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I didn't know it was a cover

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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5827
    Philly_Q said:
    Just to be contrary, I didn't know it wasn't a cover:

    I only learned this week that "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a Mariah Carey original, I'd always assumed it was a cover of something from the '60s. 

    I'm not a fan of the heavily-upholstered diva, but fair play, it's a good song.

    I hate to admit it but I agree with you, it is a good song.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71950
    I've known about these for a long time, but it was a surprise at the time when I found out, having listened to them for years beforehand...

    Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe. (Original by The Leaves.)
    Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Original by Robert Hazard.)

    Neill said:
    Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the wind"
    Only the melody. The lyrics are all Dylan's.

    Neill said:
       
    Led Zep's "Dazed and Confused" (and Stairway to Heaven, if you like).
    Why stop there? :)


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  • Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.



    I didn't either, good cover though.

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  • ICBM said:
    I've known about these for a long time, but it was a surprise at the time when I found out, having listened to them for years beforehand...

    Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe. (Original by The Leaves.)
    Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Original by Robert Hazard.)

    Neill said:
    Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the wind"
    Only the melody. The lyrics are all Dylan's.

    Neill said:
       
    Led Zep's "Dazed and Confused" (and Stairway to Heaven, if you like).
    Why stop there? :)


    The Cyndi Lauper one was written by Hazard several years earlier and recorded by him but , according to Wikipedia anyway, never released so wether technically it’s a cover version I wasn’t sure. Although, yes, I guess most people imagine it was written by her and not by a bloke called Robert and I didn’t know until recently. 

    My only Cyndi Lauper story is that she held up the recording of We Are The World. Apparently they had to stop for several hours whilst they sorted out a mystery noise that was coming through on the recording - turned out to be Cyndi’s bangles. 
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 14026
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    proggy said:
    I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.

    I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.
    Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71950
    proggy said:
    I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.

    I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.
    Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?


    He did actually record it before the Monkees, but I'm not sure if it was released.

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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    AlexC said:
    If Not For You - George Harrison released it on All Things Must Pass just before Dylan released it on New Morning. I heard the Harrison version first not realising it was a Dylan song.
    I also had to endure, along with the rest of the UK, Without You by Mariah Carey which someone told me was a Nilsson song. So imagine my surprise when I bought a Badfinger cd 15 years later and found out it’s actually their song!
    I didn't know thst "If Not For You" was by Dylan, but it absolutely makes sense just from the phrasing. BTW, if you haven't heard it, listen to the Concert For Bangladesh album.

    Nilson lifted Badfinger's "Without You" to another level. Funnily enough, their biggest hit ("Come And Get It") was written by McCartney and featured in a movie starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr!



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  • proggyproggy Frets: 5827
    ICBM said:
    proggy said:
    I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.

    I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.
    Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?


    He did actually record it before the Monkees, but I'm not sure if it was released.

    Excellent. Thanks for posting that.
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.



    "Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent, who also wrote "God gave Rock And Roll To You" and who sang "Hold Your Head Up" (though he didn't write that one).

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  • UnclePsychosisUnclePsychosis Frets: 12879
    edited December 2017
    AlexC said:
    Nothin Compares 2 U springs to mind. 
    I could be wrong - but I think Sinead released her version before the Prince version was released. Bit like Manic Monday - which he gave to the The Bangles - not sure if he ever released a version of that.
    Prince had a short lived funk band called The Family. "Nothin Compares 2 U" was recorded by them as an album track, then he gave it to Sinead O'Connor. He later recorded a solo version. 

    This is the original one:



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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71950
    prowla said:

    "Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent
    South African girl group Clout also covered it before Rainbow.


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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 12313
    I knew Kula Shaker’s version of Hush was a cover, but didn’t realise until recently that Deep Purple hadn’t written the original. It’s by Billy Joe Royal. 
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9549
    edited December 2017
    The Sky is Crying - I’d always assumed that the SRV version was the original since, in  the words of the X Factor judges, he certainly ‘owns it’ or ‘makes it his own’. 

    It was originally by Elmore James...

    https://youtu.be/kFn538A_yBA

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  • FelineGuitarsFelineGuitars Frets: 11494
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    prowla said:
    I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.



    "Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent, who also wrote "God gave Rock And Roll To You" and who sang "Hold Your Head Up" (though he didn't write that one).

    Russ was pretty prolific 
    Since You've been Gone/I Surrender
    New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you 
    So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)
    Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff

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  • Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.



    I didn't either, good cover though.

    Same era, but for years I thought The Soup Dragons "I'm Free" was theirs, until I discovered the Stones original.
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  • prowla said:
    I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.



    "Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent, who also wrote "God gave Rock And Roll To You" and who sang "Hold Your Head Up" (though he didn't write that one).

    Russ was pretty prolific 
    Since You've been Gone/I Surrender
    New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you 
    So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)
    Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff

    and many more 

    Don't forget "Atmosphere" (I love a party with a happy atmosphere). ;)

    R.
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  • prowla said:
    I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.



    "Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent, who also wrote "God gave Rock And Roll To You" and who sang "Hold Your Head Up" (though he didn't write that one).

    Russ was pretty prolific 
    Since You've been Gone/I Surrender
    New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you 
    So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)
    Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff

    and many more 

    Don't forget "Atmosphere" (I love a party with a happy atmosphere). ;)

    R.

    Yeah, Russ Abbott ruined that Joy Division song for me.
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.



    I didn't either, good cover though.

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  • Louie Louie - The Kingsmen, originally by Richard Berry. I think the guy who used to DJ The Catfish in Brighton had both versions on vinyl. He got understandably irate when we lurched and stumbled over to his decks when out on a mate's stag do.

    I Don't Wanna Talk About It - Rod Stewart. The original by Crazy Horse is so much better.
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