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re: Confession time. Songs you didn't know were covers?
Posted on 11/5/15 at 8:22 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 11/5/15 at 8:22 pm to Ace Midnight
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"cover version
n. A recording of a song that was previously recorded or made popular by another. Also called cover song."
Did Devo cover the Stones' "Satisfaction"?
Did Jimi cover Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"?
Did Yes cover Simon and Garfunkel's "America"?
I would argue no, because it's such a struggle to relate them to the original songs.
Posted on 11/5/15 at 10:29 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Years after the album fossils, I found out "just like heaven" wasn't a dinosaur jr song....still prefer their version.
Posted on 11/5/15 at 10:46 pm to eye65
Blackaliscious doing "Blazing Arrow".....originally a Harry Nilsson song that I didnt know til I watched the doc about him.
Posted on 11/5/15 at 11:31 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I thought Dwight Yoakam wrote Suspicious Minds. Never was an Elvis fan though.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 5:05 am to Ace Midnight
quote:IMHO the Stones' "Wild Horses" is not a cover, as it was recorded first. But it was not released for a year and a half as the Stones were trying to get out of their record contract and wanted to save "WH" for their new label.
On the other hand, I can see Wild Horses being argued the other way - while "technically" (meaning, by the definition I listed above) the Rolling Stones' version could be considered a cover
"Cover" is such an elastic term -- it originally (1950s) meant white remakes of R&B hits, smoothed over for the pop market (think Pat Boone/Little Richard) -- that it can mean almost anything.
My favorite example of nitpicking is "Rock Around The Clock". Bill Haley didn't write it, record it first, or release it first -- but Wikipedia claims his version is not a cover:
quote:
Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights on March 20, 1954, the more famous version by Bill Haley & His Comets is not, strictly speaking, a cover version. Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable to record it himself until April 12, 1954.
Posted on 11/6/15 at 7:38 am to Kafka
I would like to see just how hard Keith Richards and Mick Jagger would laugh their asses off if somebody referred to "Wild Horses" as a cover song in an interview or something.
"But... but look, guize... duh dickshunerry sez it aint yer song..."
"But... but look, guize... duh dickshunerry sez it aint yer song..."
This post was edited on 11/6/15 at 7:45 am
Posted on 11/6/15 at 2:48 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I was young and in high school when making this mistake, but I thought the Smashing Pumpkins were the original for Landslide. (Pretty good cover)
Posted on 11/6/15 at 2:53 pm to Jonas
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I was young and in high school when making this mistake, but I thought the Smashing Pumpkins were the original for Landslide. (Pretty good cover)
Similar thing happened to me. I was in HS when LimeWire or Napster first launched. Well "Dream On" was listed on there several times by Led Zepplin. At that point I had no exposure to much classic rock and so I use to argue with people for longest time it wasn't an Aerosmith song.
Posted on 11/7/15 at 2:05 am to JAXTiger16
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I learned a couple years ago that Dolly Parton wrote and sang "I Will Always Love You."
Her version is better IMO
Saw Dolly on David Letterman shortly after Whitney Houston's version was released. He was picking on her about how Whitney's version was a bigger hit than her version - he was trying, in typical Letterman fashion, to get a rise out of her. She just laughed him off, replying that Whitney's version of the song had made her a "couple extra million dollars".
God, I love Dolly Parton - she is truly, the Bomb...
Posted on 11/7/15 at 6:51 am to HaveMercy
Didn't know Long Time Gone was a cover til I started listening to Darrell Scott and Tim Obrien.
Long Time Gone
Long Time Gone
Posted on 11/7/15 at 8:12 am to RockAndRollDetective
quote:
I would like to see just how hard Keith Richards and Mick Jagger would laugh their asses off if somebody referred to "Wild Horses" as a cover song in an interview or something.
Just from watching interviews with musicians, I don't think they'd laugh at all. They usually don't care about stuff like that nearly as much as their fans. They are also more respectful of other artists than we are.
"Prior to its release on Sticky Fingers, Gram Parsons convinced Jagger and Richards to allow him to record "Wild Horses" with his band The Flying Burrito Brothers.[citation needed] Gram Parsons and Keith Richards were roommates at the time in Nashville. The song was written by Mick and Keith in return for his having orchestrated the song "Country Honk" as it appeared on the album "Let it Bleed." This is discussed in Keith Richard's autobiography. According to Keith's book, he expected to perform and record with Parsons but Parsons' death in 1973 ended those plans."
So I don't think they'd be laughing.
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 8:16 am
Posted on 11/7/15 at 8:27 am to Tigertown in ATL
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
A Carol King song that she wrote and recorded.
First done by the Shirelles in 1960 and then done a bunch of times until King recorded it in 1971.
Four Seasons, Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie James Dio, Brenda Lee, Cher, Dusty Springfield, the Chiffons, and the Righteous Brothers all recorded it before her.
A Carol King song that she wrote and recorded.
First done by the Shirelles in 1960 and then done a bunch of times until King recorded it in 1971.
Four Seasons, Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie James Dio, Brenda Lee, Cher, Dusty Springfield, the Chiffons, and the Righteous Brothers all recorded it before her.
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 8:31 am
Posted on 11/7/15 at 9:07 am to Tigertown in ATL
Best sanctimonious power move I've seen yet = using a four decades old death to posture in a discussion about songwriting credits.
Need a tissue bro?
Need a tissue bro?
Posted on 11/7/15 at 9:21 am to RockAndRollDetective
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RockAndRollDetective
What the hell are you talking about?
They were friends. I don't think they'd be laughing about the intricacies about what a cover is.
Are you an a-hole in real life too?
quote:
Need a tissue bro?
For what purpose?
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 9:26 am
Posted on 11/8/15 at 5:25 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 11/8/15 at 8:57 pm to Mizz-SEC
Manteca
Roses Are Free
Ya Mar
Roses Are Free
Ya Mar
Posted on 11/8/15 at 9:32 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:
Did Devo cover the Stones' "Satisfaction"?
Did Jimi cover Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"?
Did Yes cover Simon and Garfunkel's "America"?
I would argue no, because it's such a struggle to relate them to the original songs.
What. The. frick?
Posted on 11/8/15 at 9:35 pm to kingbob
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I never knew the Rolling Stones's "Honkey Tonk Blues", "Satisfaction",
Am I drunk or am I just not able to read this correctly?
Posted on 11/8/15 at 9:37 pm to VOR
A couple of years ago I heard "My Maria" on a pop station and thought someone remade the Brooks and Dunn song.
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