Spin on the thread from the old place. What song did you not realise was a cover version? Post the original.
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Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
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Re: Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
Who have thunked that Lulu would cover Bowies cover of Nirvana...
Re: Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
I'm going to cheat a little, or at least stretch the definition a bit into the grey area of sampling. But, this example goes beyond sampling and is more of a kind of remix/cover really. And also, due to legal action, the samples were removed and replaced with a new vocalist at the last minute anyway.
It's also a good one cos it'll surprise a lot of people. So, here's Love Sensation by Loleatta Holloway, better known by its covered title as Ride on Time by Black Box.
For extra geek points, the 'new' title came from a misheard lyric in the original - it's 'cos you're right on time', but Black Box being Italian, they didn't realise
It's also a good one cos it'll surprise a lot of people. So, here's Love Sensation by Loleatta Holloway, better known by its covered title as Ride on Time by Black Box.
For extra geek points, the 'new' title came from a misheard lyric in the original - it's 'cos you're right on time', but Black Box being Italian, they didn't realise
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Re: Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
Following Slenver's " take " on this thread I offer you a song from 1957 . A folk song at that..........
compare with Roberta's 1972 version....
compare with Roberta's 1972 version....
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Re: Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
Steve Earle's original made famous by the proclaimers.
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Re: Songs you never new were a cover version...and the original is better.
After the legal hijinks surrounding that, they re-recorded it with Heather Small doing the vocals. But the vocalist for the majority of their stuff was Martha Wash.Slenver wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:29 am I'm going to cheat a little, or at least stretch the definition a bit into the grey area of sampling. But, this example goes beyond sampling and is more of a kind of remix/cover really. And also, due to legal action, the samples were removed and replaced with a new vocalist at the last minute anyway.
It's also a good one cos it'll surprise a lot of people. So, here's Love Sensation by Loleatta Holloway, better known by its covered title as Ride on Time by Black Box.
For extra geek points, the 'new' title came from a misheard lyric in the original - it's 'cos you're right on time', but Black Box being Italian, they didn't realise
A fair bit of 90s EDM was basically Martha doing session work.
"Does this bus go to the Titanic?"
"No missus, It's a submarine you need....."
"No missus, It's a submarine you need....."