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I never knew that was a cover
Posted by Mondo on 22 January 2010 - 11:54am.
It’s mildy crushing when a long cherished chestnut is not actually as original as you’d believed. Yesterday, I discovered Colin Bluntstone's Say You Don't Mind was a Denny Laine number from the sixties. Over Christmas I came across You Heard It Here First, an album that lets light in on a fistful of first versions supplying source material for bigger hits including..
Anymore obscure originals or perhaps first-timers you favour over the more famous refit (Gloria Jones - Tainted Love, gets my vote) - that you’d care to share with The Massive
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By The Time I Get To Phoenix
By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Johnny Rivers.
I wouldn't say it was 'better' than the version Glen Campbell made a couple of months later, with pretty much the same musicians, but worth hearing all the same.
In the cold light of day ...
... and without the sepia fug of nostalgia, the strings on the Campbell version melt my teeth.
To my shame
Until about six weeks ago, I didn't know "I'm Only Sleeping" was by the HJH. I'll blame it on my youth, but I thought it was by... er, Suggs...
Sorry...
Nelson Muntz laugh
In your general direction!
Not actually a Christmas song.
It was only over Christmas (the most recent one) that I found out that "Warm This Winter" by Gabriella Cilmi was a cover of a song by Mark Barkan with Hank Hunter and sung by Connie Francis.
You could have knocked me down with a feather
You could have knocked me down with a feather when I discovered a couple of weeks ago that the barnstorming disco classic Gonna Get Along Without You Now by Viola Wills was originally a swing song from the early 50s before being made famous by two sisters, aged 11 and 14, called Patience & Prudence. They sang it on the Perry Como show in 1956.
http://open.spotify.com/track/3C4RTuYyi3bRUwMqYml1z3
You have to admire the imagination of whoever hit on the idea of turning that into this . . .
Before becoming garage classics - they sounded like this..
Dolly's
I Will Always Love You
A great, great song butchered by the histrionic caterwauling of Whitney Houston We Have A Problem
"Whiskey in the Jar"
For many years I thought that "Whiskey in the Jar" was a Thin Lizzy original (hangs head in shame).
Oops I Did It Again
Was originally a 1930's classic performed by crooner Max Raabe
Funny that
....Creep was originally a favourite from the 50s crooner Richard Cheese
I spent the early 70s...
...convinced that Led Zeppelin wrote great blues songs.
So did they.
Yeah...
...just ask Willie Dixon.
How about...
...Bessie Banks' original of Go Now.
This may sound familiar
A Couple from Me
Part 2
Hey Dave C!
Have you been on my blog, Plain Or Pan over the last couple of days? I just posted the very track you mention!
http://philspector.wordpress.com
I am available for reviews and write ups, Mr Hepworth. Apologies for the shameless self promotion. I lurk here daily and post fairly infrequently.
Ciao!
I love your blog!
I'm there all the time. Keep up the good work.
Yes
That's me Phil
Yes that's me Phil
The Man From Mondo
http://planetmondo.blogspot.com/
All Fired Up by Pat Benatar was originally by these blokes
No I've never heard of them either.
They are called Rattling Sabres
Forgot to mention
I have that album in the original post and I was genuinely shocked to find out that Hey Joe is not an ancient blues number as I assumed. It's apparently a common misconception and only dates back to the 1960's
You can read the story here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe
Massive Attack
Hunter Gets Captured By The Game. I was looking for the song on Youtube and found all these other versions and it's years old. Doh!
Mazzy Star
Never knew 'Blue Flower' was a cover, originally by the Pale Saints. Still prefer the Mazzy version though.
Elvis
Given his lack of original material, this thread could easily be limited to Elvis and it would still be enormous. If you can be bothered to track down things like Jerry Reed's Guitar Man or Tony Joe White's Polk Salad Annie, the shocking thing is how unimaginative many of Elvis' interpretations were.
Here's one that another thread threw up:
http://open.spotify.com/track/3cKZjf7s1uyBfuqsB6sEyh
Also worth a listen:
http://open.spotify.com/track/7KO4eAmJw9bVZWjyOzL5x2
http://open.spotify.com/track/4sBrV9YyLFxUyDldRodWIH
Given new wave make-overs
Before Blondie 'Telephone' it sounded like this - not that diff' actually
Covered by the H.League on Travelogue