You heard the cover first then discovered the original.
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A few I remember well are
I like all the above versions, though I don't think I have heard Tiny Bradshaw yet. And there are tons more!
Oh and I still think Manfred Man's version of "wrapped up like a goose" was better than the Boss singing it.
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell ~ Gloria Jones (I actually found her 1964 single the same year Soft Cell released their version)
- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer ~ Eddie Cochrane
- This Flight Tonight - Nazareth ~ Joni Mitchell
- Train Kept A Rollin - Aerosmith (1974) ~ Yardbirds (1965) ~ Tiny Bradshaw (1951!)
- Brand New Cadillac - The Clash (1979) ~ Vince Taylor (1959)
- All The Young Dudes - David Bowie covering his own song in 1974 that he wrote for Mott The Hoople who recorded it first in 1972
I like all the above versions, though I don't think I have heard Tiny Bradshaw yet. And there are tons more!
Oh and I still think Manfred Man's version of "wrapped up like a goose" was better than the Boss singing it.
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Oh yeah, and I prefer the Johnny Cash version of Hurt to NNN. Cash makes me feel the hurt, unlike almost any song I have heard in recent memory.
As for Hallelujah I think Cohen's own has the edge though K D Lang's is pretty impressive for the quality or should I say clarity of her voice.
As for Hallelujah I think Cohen's own has the edge though K D Lang's is pretty impressive for the quality or should I say clarity of her voice.
Ed in Tx
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"Strawberry Letter 23" by The Brothers Johnson, drilled into everyone's head in the late '70s if you had a radio on, written by Shuggie Otis. I found later that I had the original version all along that Shuggie had done on the seldom heard 1972 LP Freedom Flight. I like the original '72 version better.
spideyjack
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Hello Hooray by Alice Cooper. I still have never heard the other versions, apparently Judy Collins does this song.
cprincipe
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Same here. I actually love both for different reasons.
cprincipe
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Reportedly Trent Reznor heard Cash's version and did an Otis Redding on it, saying that it was Cash's song now.
cprincipe
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Ha! As I was reading through this thread I was thinking of posting this one. The Gary Jules version is just amazing and of course we know it from the Donnie Darko soundtrack (cool movie). Same as you I discovered it was originally done by TFT - no comparison, the Jules version if immensely better (at least to me).
Might even say he 'E-waved' the original.
Maybe it's because the TFT was something I heard growing up, but I can't stand the Gary Jules version. I find it's overwrought and has sucked all the energy out of the original.
spideyjack
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I heard Do Ya done by ELO before I heard the version by the Move, but it's the same guy so it's kinda confusing.
I also heard California Man done by Cheap Trick before I heard the Move version.
I also heard California Man done by Cheap Trick before I heard the Move version.
Estring
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Jeff Lynne was in The Move before he formed ELO. ELO was supposed to be a temporary side project, but of course that changed. He sang both "Do Ya" and "California Man".
spideyjack
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I also heard Elvis do The Promised Land long before I heard the Chuck Berry original.
same goes for It Wasn't Me only it was George Thorogood who wasn't me first not Chuck Berry who wasn't Me much earlier. right?
same goes for It Wasn't Me only it was George Thorogood who wasn't me first not Chuck Berry who wasn't Me much earlier. right?
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I first heard the country classic Psycho "you think I'm psycho don't you mama?") in a cover by the Australian band The Beasts Of Bourbon. Later I heard Elvis Costello sing it, finally I heard the Jack Kittel version. Apparently George Jones also did the song and I will be looking for that version also.