Tunes Most People Don't Realise are Covers

[Sunspots]

You lie that you didn't know. How could you not. You're not daft like.

But... er... the MC5 only gave me five seconds to decide.

 

[pengaleng]

to be honest, i think most people DO know it's a cover

dont.

 

[Dubversion]

dont.

do

 

[braindancer]

i offer you Mr Pharmacist by the Fall and - bizarrely - Beaver Patrol by Pop Will Eat Itself.

and?

Who is Mr. Pharmacist by then? And is it any good?

I didn't know it wasn't by the fall.

 

[rekil]

Who is Mr. Pharmacist by then? And is it any good?

I didn't know it wasn't by the fall.

The Other Half. It is excellent, a tad heavier if anything.

 

[rekil]

You don't miss your water til the well runs dry.

 

[futha]

I Just Don't Know What to do With Myself, White Stripes

who did the original?

 

[skyscraper101]

I wrote Stairway To Heaven before those pesky Page and Plant thieves nicked it off me.

 

[A Dashing Blade]

who did the original?

White Stripes have covered Dusty Springfield??

 

[joevsimp]

who did the original?[i just dont know what to do with myself]

i THINK it was Dusty Sprinfield, but dont know for sure, but it was written by Burt Baccharach and Hal David

 

[jbob]

who did the original?

It's a Burt Bacharach song covered by several artists, Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick to name two.

 

[jbob]

White Stripes have covered Dusty Springfield??

So? They've done Dolly too. And had the ignominious honour of being covered by Joss Stone.

 

[futha]

didnt know it was a cover. ill check it out. eugh that joss stone cover is rubbish. silly bint.

 

[rutabowa]

i didn't know I Will Always Love You was a Harry Nillson song, before Dolly.

edited to add "until recently"

 

[Kanda]

Leaving on a jet plane.

Was gutted when I found out Ben Affleck hadn't just conjured it up to sing to Liv in Armageddon

 

[trashpony]

Christ this thread makes me feel old

 

[maximilian ping]

Isn't True by Spandau Ballet a cover of some old guy?

 

[Geri]

Isn't True by Spandau Ballet a cover of some old guy?

No, Gary Kemp wrote it.

 

[Dubversion]

i didn't know I Will Always Love You was a Harry Nillson song, before Dolly.

edited to add "until recently"

she wrote it though
you sure you're not confused?

 

[rollinder]

your not thinking of Without You?

who wrote I Don't To Talk About It - listening to Crazy Horses version right now, did they do it first?
re Rod - Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin), Downtown Train (Tom Waits)- Tom Tranter's Blues too but don't know how many people know that one to start with.

Tom Petty - Heart Of Gold (Neil Young)

eta: Dirty Old Town

 

[JTG]

Blue Suede Shoes

 

[N_igma]

Elvis Presley-Hound Dog.

Originally done by Big Mama Thornton.

 

[Dhimmi]

"Ain't She Sweet?"

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Dirty Old Town was written and sung by Ewan McColl many years ago for a radio ballad. It is about Salford as many people know and is nothing to do with Ireland as is supposed by many Pogues fans.

Blue Suede shoes was sung by Carl Perkins before Elvis the young upstart took it up and made it famous.

 

[JTG]

It wasn't just sung by Perkins, it was written by him and all. Inspired by a story told by Johnny Cash.

 

[strummerville]

Robert Wyatt covered Shipbuilding from the other Elvis.
And Manic Monday and Nothing Compares 2 U are both Prince covers

 

[editor]

"I fought the law" - originally recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (and then the Bobby Fuller Four)
I've net loads of peeps who think it's a Clash original (I did at first too)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Fought_the_Law

 

[N_igma]

"I fought the law" - originally recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (and then the Bobby Fuller Four)
I've net loads of peeps who think it's a Clash original (I did at first too)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Fought_the_Law

Didn't know that myself.

Made up a wee lyrics from that.

"I fought the law and the law won, I fought back now it's one-one"

 

[Hocus Eye.]

He fought the law
It's a one-all draw.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Take Me to the River, Talking Heads, originally Al Green.

Nazareth, Love Hurts, originally done by The Everly Brothers