I didn't know it was a cover

proggy · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a title="Link: /profile/5377/Philly_Q" href="/profile/5377/Philly_Q">Philly_Q</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">Just to be contrary, I didn't know it <i>wasn't </i>a cover:<br><br>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. <br><br>I'm not a fan of the heavily-upholstered diva, but fair play, it's a good song.</div> </blockquote> <br>I hate to admit it but I agree with you, it is a good song.

djspecialist · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guitars4you</a> said:</div> <div>Just caught my daughter watching Dirty Dancin</div></blockquote>Yeah right ... your secret is safe with us <img alt="" src="/plugins/EmojiExtender/emoji/fb/3.gif" height="18">

ICBM · December 2017

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...<br><br>Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe. (Original by The Leaves.)<br>Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Original by Robert Hazard.)<br><br><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neill</a> said:</div> <div>Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the wind"</div> </blockquote> Only the melody. The lyrics are all Dylan's.<br><br><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neill</a> said:</div><div> <br>Led Zep's "Dazed and Confused" (and Stairway to Heaven, if you like).</div> </blockquote> Why stop there?

menamestom · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mudslide73</a> said:</div> <div>Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.<br><br><br></div> </blockquote><p> <br>I didn't either, good cover though.</p><p>

EricTheWeary · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/70/ICBM">ICBM</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">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...<br><br>Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe. (Original by The Leaves.)<br>Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Original by Robert Hazard.)<br><br><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neill</a> said:</div> <div>Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the wind"</div> </blockquote> Only the melody. The lyrics are all Dylan's.<br><br><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neill</a> said:</div><div> <br>Led Zep's "Dazed and Confused" (and Stairway to Heaven, if you like).</div> </blockquote> Why stop there?

<br><br><br></div> </blockquote> 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. <br><br>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.

guitars4you · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/6992/proggy">proggy</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.<div><br>I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.</div></div> </blockquote> Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?

ICBM · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">guitars4you</a> said:</div> <div><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">proggy</a> said:</div> <div>I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.<div><br>I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.</div></div> </blockquote> Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?</div> </blockquote>

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

prowla · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AlexC</a> said:</div> <div>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.<br>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!</div> </blockquote> 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.<br><br>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!<br><br>

proggy · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/70/ICBM">ICBM</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">guitars4you</a> said:</div> <div><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">proggy</a> said:</div> <div>I'm a believer by The Monkees. Only discovered a few years ago that it's a Neil Diamond song.<div><br>I haven't actually heard Neil Diamond's version though.</div></div> </blockquote> Like wise - I've never heard his version - maybe he just wrote it ?</div> </blockquote>

did actually record it before the Monkees, but I'm not sure if it was released.</div> </blockquote> <br>Excellent. Thanks for posting that.

prowla · December 2017

I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.<br><br>

"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).<br><br>

UnclePsychosis · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AlexC</a> said:</div> <div><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">stimpsonslostson</a> said:</div> <div>Nothin Compares 2 U springs to mind. </div> </blockquote> 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.</div> </blockquote> 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. <br><br>This is the original one:<br><br>

ICBM · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prowla</a> said:</div> <div><br>"Since You've Been Gone" was written by Russ Ballard, of Argent<br></div> </blockquote> South African girl group Clout also covered it before Rainbow.<br><br>

boogieman · December 2017

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.

HAL9000 · 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’. <br><br>It was originally by Elmore James...<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="

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FelineGuitars · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prowla</a> said:</div> <div>I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.<br><br>

"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).<br><br></div> </blockquote> Russ was pretty prolific <br>Since You've been Gone/I Surrender<br>New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you <br>So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)<br>Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff<br><br>and many more <div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard<br></div>;

BintyTwanger77 · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/2140/menamestom">menamestom</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mudslide73</a> said:</div> <div>Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.<br><br><br></div> </blockquote><p> <br>I didn't either, good cover though.</p><p>

</blockquote> Same era, but for years I thought The Soup Dragons "I'm Free" was theirs, until I discovered the Stones original.<br>

robinbowes · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/162/FelineGuitars">FelineGuitars</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Link: null">prowla</a> said:</div> <div>I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.<br><br>

"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).<br><br></div> </blockquote> Russ was pretty prolific <br>Since You've been Gone/I Surrender<br>New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you <br>So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)<br>Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff<br><br>and many more <div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard<br></div></div>; </blockquote> <br>Don't forget "Atmosphere" (I love a party with a happy atmosphere).

<br><br>R.

BintyTwanger77 · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/4063/robinbowes">robinbowes</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/162/FelineGuitars">FelineGuitars</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a title="Link: null" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">prowla</a> said:</div> <div>I Love Rock 'n' Roll was originally by Arrows.<br><br>

"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).<br><br></div> </blockquote> Russ was pretty prolific <br>Since You've been Gone/I Surrender<br>New York Groove / God Gave Rock and Roll to you <br>So You Win again (Hot Chocolate)<br>Much of Roger Daltrey's solo stuff<br><br>and many more <div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard<br></div></div>; </blockquote> <br>Don't forget "Atmosphere" (I love a party with a happy atmosphere).

<br><br>R.</div> </blockquote> <br>Yeah, Russ Abbott ruined that Joy Division song for me.

Jalapeno · December 2017

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/2140/menamestom">menamestom</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mudslide73</a> said:</div> <div>Step On by The Happy Mondays.. I was gobsmacked I tell thee.<br><br><br></div> </blockquote><p> <br>I didn't either, good cover though.</p><p>

</blockquote> John Kongos was massive for about 5 minutes in 1971/72, I remain a big fan. This album is chock full of superb tunes ....<br><br><img src="http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/496_kongos_lp_uk_front.jpg" alt="" title="Image: http://www.hipgnosiscovers.com/images/496_kongos_lp_uk_front.jpg"><br><br>

fields5069 · December 2017

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

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