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Aug-29-09
 | | Open Defence: I havent heard the Gladys Knight version, the guitar playing on the CCR version is awesome.. |
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Aug-29-09
 | | HeMateMe: <It's very rare that a song has three really great and distinct versions (Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye and CCR) and in fact all of them are covers!> Perhaps "Gloria"--Patty Smith, the Doors and Them--Van Morrison? From Wiki:
<"Gloria" is a rock song classic written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 as the B-side of "Baby, Please Don't Go". The song quickly became a garage rock staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is particularly memorable for its "G–L–O–R–I–A" chorus. It is very easy to play (three-chord) and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar. The song continues to be played by thousands of bands from famous recording artists to unknown garage bands. Humourist Dave Barry joked that "If you drop a guitar down a flight of stairs, it'll play 'Gloria' on its way to the bottom."[1]> |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Jim Bartle: "On Broadway"?
Drifters, George Benson, Neil Young. |
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Aug-29-09
 | | TheAlchemist: Hmm, how about
Whiskey In The Jar - The Dubliners, Thin Lizzy, Metallica (though I don't really like their version too much) I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Nina Simone, CCR I'm A Man - Bo Diddley, The Yardbirds, The Who (though I'm not sure how populr their version was) Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Jeff Buckley
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Joan Baez, Led Zeppelin, QMS (their version is quite different from the other two, but I think it was quite obscure, so it might be a stretch; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblx...) |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Jim Bartle: I don't know about hit versions, but "All Along the Watchtower" is a song which has moved from one version to the next, with Bob Dylan did a second time, picking up on the changes from the Hendrix version. |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Calli: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Amy Winehouse, Carole King(Tapestry), Shirley Alston (Shirelles) and I'll even put in Brenda Lee's early cover, overlooked, but very popular on YouTube these days. The better the song, the more interpretations are possible. Enjoy them all... |
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Aug-29-09
| | TheAlchemist: <I don't know about hit versions, but "All Along the Watchtower" is a song which has moved from one version to the next, with Bob Dylan did a second time, picking up on the changes from the Hendrix version.> Hendrix's take is probably the greatest cover song ever, that or Respect by Aretha Franklin. Both just slightly ahead of Crossroads by Cream. |
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Aug-29-09
| | HeMateMe: Avoid Jim Nabor's cover of 'Yesterday' and Leonard Nimoy's cover of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line." But ther other ones above all sound good. Joan Baez singing Zeppelin? I'll have to look for that one. Best cover ever? Maybe the Who's "Young Man Blues" from the 'Live at Leeds' album. |
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Aug-29-09
| | TheAlchemist: <HeMateMe> Woah, you opened a Pandora's box there :-) There are so many awful covers, many, many more than good ones. The absolute worst I've had the misfortune of hearing are more recent takes, like Madonna's American Pie, Hilary Duff's My Generation, Celine Dion's You Shook Me All Night Long, Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes, Britney Spears' I Love Rock'n'Roll and probably others I can't recall right now. Kid Rock's All Summer Long, though not strictly a cover, would also hold a special place. My advice would be stay away from the classics, unfortunately no one listens to me :-) What pisses me off is that some young musically uneducated listeners think the cover is actually an original! Blasphemy! <Joan Baez singing Zeppelin?> It's actually the other way round :-) |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Jim Bartle: There's a special space, somewhere, for Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," a double ripoff. Another triple "hit" would be "Not Fade Away": Buddy Holly, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead. Each quite different. And that's a good joke--the idea of Hilary Duff singing My Generation! What an idea! |
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Aug-29-09
| | TheAlchemist: <Jim> The worst (if there's one) part of that one is that she sings the "I hope I die before I get old" part, to me the essence of the song, as "I hope I don't die..." Me and my sister actually have a rather "twisted" habit of sometimes listening to these awful songs by wannabe popstars, boy/girl bands, though most are from our country, and laugh our asses off at the horrible lyrics, singing etc. |
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Aug-29-09
| | TheAlchemist: I don't remember which composer said it, but when he was listening to a piece by a colleague, which incorporated many stolen parts from different compositions, he remarked (paraphrased): "What do people come up with, when they have no ideas." |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Jim Bartle: What? She sings "Hope I DON'T die"? Talk about flipping the meaning of a song. |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Dredge Rivers: <Jim Bartle> re: Talkin' Bout My Generation. Hilary Duff may be annoying, but if the Who were to perform that song now they'd have to change the lyrics to "Hope I die before I get REALLY old!" :) |
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Aug-29-09
| | TheAlchemist: I have always understood the "old" part not in terms of age, but as in being like the previous generation they were rebelling against. In any case, they've probably become just as grumpy now, it's inevitable :-) |
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Aug-29-09
| | HeMateMe: <TheAlchemist> I know Pandora personally, I hope she doesn't take umbrage at your comment...<Celine Dion's> cover of AC/DC won 'Worst cover song ever done' by a music survey. Might have been performed by rolling Stone magazine, not sure. Worst covers ever? I saw a special on TV as a teenager, wherein Tony Randall, Bernadette Peters and one other person sang Beatles songs for an hour. I think there should have been a mandatory 6 month jail sentence for this. Some or all of it might be on youtube, should you be morbidly curious. I just realized, this site--fogarty--a reference to John Fogerty, the superb songwriter for CCR? A good choice for a music page! |
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Sep-03-09
 | | OhioChessFan: Worst cover ever: Mariah Carey- I'll Be There |
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| Sep-03-09 | | Jim Bartle: Agreed! |
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Jul-13-10
| | OhioChessFan: I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James. |
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Mar-16-11
 | | Penguincw: I hope this player has a first name.Or is <Fogarty> his first name? |
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Feb-22-13
| | OhioChessFan: Met myself a comin' county welfare line.
I was feelin' strung out, Hung out on the line.
Saw myself a goin', down to war in June.
All I want, All I want is to write myself a tune.
Chorus:
Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone,
Wrote a song for truth.
Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone
And I couldn't even talk to you.
Got myself arrested, Wound me up in jail.
Richmond 'bout to blow up, Communication failed.
If you see the answer, now's the time to say.
All I want, All I want is to get you down to pray.
Chorus
Chorus
Saw the people standin' thousand years in chains.
Somebody said it's diff'rent now,
Look, it's just the same.
Pharoahs spin the message,
Round and round the truth.
They could have saved a million people, How can I tell you? Chorus
Chorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2-f... |
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Feb-22-13
| | HeMateMe: Keep on castlin,
Keep on castlin,
Keep on castlin, Castlin, Castlin, Castlin |
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Mar-22-13
| | OhioChessFan: Interesting interview:
http://www.spinner.com/2013/03/21/j... |
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Apr-30-13
| | OhioChessFan: New album, one month from today. Sweet. |
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Apr-30-13
| | HeMateMe: Well, when you can play Centerfield, this is the right time of the year to release an LP. |
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