Songs that were cover versions (but you never knew) |
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Jan 17 2010, 11:43 PM
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Long before we had the internet, it was sometimes difficult to know that a song might be a cover version, unless the DJ on the radio happened to mention it. When you first heard a song you liked, but you thought it was an original tune, and then a while later you find out it was actually a cover version of an old song. Are there any songs that you were surprised to hear were actually cover versions.
Ones that I never knew were covers till a long time after were: Soft Cell - Tainted Love (original: Gloria Jones) The Clash - I fought the law (original: Sonny Curtis & Crickets) Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk (original: Elvis Costello) Harry Nilsson - Without You (original: Badfinger) Manfred Mann’s Earthband - Blinded by the light (original: Bruce Springsteen) Nazareth - Love hurts (original: Everly Brothers) Pretenders - Stop your sobbing (original: Kinks) The Byrds - Hey Mr Tambourine Man (original: Bob Dylan) |
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Jan 17 2010, 11:50 PM
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Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U. That shocked me recently.
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Jan 18 2010, 12:53 AM
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Jan 18 2010, 12:54 AM
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Jan 18 2010, 12:55 AM
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Jan 18 2010, 12:59 AM
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WOAH! Sinead O'Connor 'Nothing Compares 2 U' is a COVER?!
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Jan 18 2010, 03:45 AM
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Soft Cell didn't do the original Tainted Love?
For quite some time i had no idea the Sugababes Freak Like Me was a cover |
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Jan 18 2010, 07:05 AM
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Jan 18 2010, 08:33 AM
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Written by Prince and recorded by a side-project of his called 'The Family' I also didn't know Wet Wet Wet's 'Love Is All Around' was originally by a band called The Troggs. yes it was... and ive got the original on vinyl... i DETEST the wets awful tripe version bolndie - denis (denee) (forgot the orig but early 60's ) clash - i fought the law (orig bobby fuller four 1966) |
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Jan 18 2010, 08:36 AM
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I didn't know till about 10 years ago that Status Quo's Rockin' All Over The World was originally a John Fogerty song then I heard the original and realised how superior it was to the Quo version
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Jan 18 2010, 10:40 AM
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OMG! I never knew that either! Thought it was an original song aside from the Gary Numan sample. It's a lyrical cover of a 1995 RnB track. The producer made a mash up of the two and wanted to release it, but the singer didn't allow her vocals to be used. So Richard X approached the Sugababes to sing the lyrics and their first #1 was born. Would have loved them to work with him again |
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Jan 18 2010, 10:12 PM
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The irony is that Prince's version of Nothing Compares 2 U is awful. Sinead made it her own, though to be fair, I'm not a fan of her version either...
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Jan 18 2010, 10:20 PM
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Jan 18 2010, 10:24 PM
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Long before we had the internet, it was sometimes difficult to know that a song might be a cover version, unless the DJ on the radio happened to mention it. When you first heard a song you liked, but you thought it was an original tune, and then a while later you find out it was actually a cover version of an old song. Are there any songs that you were surprised to hear were actually cover versions. Ones that I never knew were covers till a long time after were: Soft Cell - Tainted Love (original: Gloria Jones) The Clash - I fought the law (original: Sonny Curtis & Crickets) Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk (original: Elvis Costello) Harry Nilsson - Without You (original: Badfinger) Manfred Mann’s Earthband - Blinded by the light (original: Bruce Springsteen) Nazareth - Love hurts (original: Everly Brothers) Pretenders - Stop your sobbing (original: Kinks) The Byrds - Hey Mr Tambourine Man (original: Bob Dylan) That's an interesting list. I think I knew that most of them were covers at the time because DJs at the time were more likely to mention it. The one exception would be Love Hurts - the first version of that song I remember hearing was by Jim Capaldi but again it was regularly introduced as a cover version. |
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Jan 18 2010, 10:27 PM
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yes it was... and ive got the original on vinyl... i DETEST the wets awful tripe version bolndie - denis (denee) (forgot the orig but early 60's ) clash - i fought the law (orig bobby fuller four 1966) Also Blondie - The tide Is High originally by The Paragons and later massacred by Atomic Kitten |
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Jan 18 2010, 11:08 PM
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Sundream
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'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia. Never realised it was a cover until a good year or so later when I saw something on MTV at the time.
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Jan 18 2010, 11:13 PM
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My Way was an English language version of a French song adapted by Paul Anka.
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Jan 19 2010, 09:37 AM
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Jan 19 2010, 11:49 AM
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Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group
I only found out last year this was a cover version, on the Island 50th anniversary programme broadcast on BBC2. |
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Jan 19 2010, 01:37 PM
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Madonna - Ray of Light
based on the track "Sepheryn", written by Clive Maldoon & Dave Curtiss |
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