80 Songs You Probably Didn't Know Were Cover Versions (and Their Originals)
Some good ones. Some bad ones.
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Hands up if you honestly thought Geri Halliwell was responsible for It's Raining Men.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:31,
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Ha
She wasn't even responsible for Wannabe.
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:33,
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I started listening to pop radio around 1958 - yes, I'm old.
Even was a non-commercial radio DJ for about 25 years. I was surprised by the number of cover versions I have not heard in this mix - I just remember the originals or different covers.
Nicely done, though.
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tubaman, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:34,
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I am honored to know you.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 19:53,
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Didn't we call radios 'the wireless' back then?
'Daaaad ... Do you want the Light Programme on on the wireless?'
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Flash_Bastard, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:53,
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I actually listened a lot on a crystal radio
- a kit I built myself, until the good stations in my area moved to FM.
( more here )
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tubaman, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 23:36,
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It's not like I've never heard of those. I just never have seen one...
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 20:42,
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All along the Watchtower is the only one I prefer to the original. Saying that I do like Cash's version of Hurt.
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Marxist Pig Better Red Than Smeg, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:38,
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The 4 rules of cover versions
Any cover of a Dylan song is better than the original.
Even Trent Reznor admits that Cash owns Hurt now.
???
Profit!
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 5:47,
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you sure about that?
youtu.be/jyfRmlKZW6g
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 13:43,
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Fair cop, although at least Lulu's version features actual tambourines
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 14:12,
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Shout-out to all the pub quizzers out there.
(although to be fair some of them did make me go "Ooh, I didn't know that")
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 18:39,
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The covers were by talentless hacks (I'm looking at you Beyoncé), and most destroyed their original's unique qualities, and I respect the original artists even less for allowing the musical pollution. I used to love that Talk Talk song, until that diet punk, shit for brains skwarked all over it and it was played in EVERY, SINGLE, SHOP, and supermarket for three long years.
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Just makes me sad how many of the good ones in that video are dead
And how many of the talentless ones are still alive.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:12,
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didn't know about the remakes half the time
But the one that got me , was nirvana cos on the track he intros it as a david Bowie song..
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This fell into two distinct categories for me
I either knew that they were covers and new the original/know of an original... or I didn't give a shit.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 20:47,
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I have never seen us in the same room...
unless you were at the December 2005 bash, in which case your theory either holds water or it doesn't.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Thu 23 Feb 2017, 22:10,
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Although Ednaswap wrote Torn and recorded it in 1995 for their debut album
It was first released in 1993 by Danish signer Lis Sorensen as Brændt ("Burnt"), with lyrics translated by Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen.
For all you pub quiz aficionados.
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Also, Nothing Compares 2 U was never released as a single by Prince/The Family, it was only an album track.
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Fri 24 Feb 2017, 6:20,
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