On the flip of the Captions, which is an anti smoking song 'Nicotine Stains'...they dont sound white! A doo wop group, I think? But, white, brown or pink, the Captions , when it is played loud, eclipses the Otis version...and I have had both. Its at the point where they go up a few octaves and im afraid that Otis just cant go there, But, really, to me, they are two different records and BOTH very, very good. The Captions falls in to the 'haunting' category!!