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Post by NoShear on Oct 28, 2024 14:56:23 GMT
One of my favorite 60's bands grew out of the tradition of playing small gigs and dances, before the Beatles kicked it up notch by filling sports arenas, etc. (I saw The Beatles at a horse racetrack and it was as strange as it sounds.) Part of that tradition was having a lot of cover versions (Sorry, james, but I'm going to continue to use "cover" the way I've used it all my life.) at their disposal. You gotta give the people what they want. A Rock Fan: You should see my record collection, and I know a lot about rock music, too. I Love Melvin: I saw the Beatles. A Rock Fan: Oh. |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Oct 28, 2024 16:48:36 GMT
One of my favorite 60's bands grew out of the tradition of playing small gigs and dances, before the Beatles kicked it up notch by filling sports arenas, etc. (I saw The Beatles at a horse racetrack and it was as strange as it sounds.) Part of that tradition was having a lot of cover versions (Sorry, james, but I'm going to continue to use "cover" the way I've used it all my life.) at their disposal. You gotta give the people what they want. To me The Young Rascal's version of In the Midnight Hour fall under the common, generally used definition of a cover-tune, since the first release of the song was by co-songwriter, Wilson Picket. |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Oct 29, 2024 17:07:16 GMT
I saw The Beatles at a horse racetrack and it was as strange as it sounds. I'm sorry.... WHAT???Kindly direct me to the link here of where you have described this experience in great detail. The search function on CFTR isn't the greatest and running Beatles through it will not work I suspect. Very slight boring in comparison PS: I am amazed when reading artist bios and fan experiences just what acts played high schools. I don't believe anyone ever played mine. |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Oct 29, 2024 17:55:44 GMT
Is this a cover? Regardless it is unique for a song version to be released before the songwriter released their own version. (we saw this with Carol King, but there are few songwriters like that). youtu.be/4PQAqprjOuAHere is the version by the original artist. (and his version sounds too similar to the Monkey's so, is Diamond covering his own song?). youtu.be/0ZLdcSKXz5k |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Oct 30, 2024 17:32:45 GMT
Below is a link to an article: The most covered songs of all time. The author is using "covered" in a very general sense, as in a unique version, and a count is determined by the number of singers or bands that released a version of the song. It says this "Aside from tunes from The Beatles, Christmas music accounts for a large number of the most-covered songs, including Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" in 1942: the second-most-covered holiday song with more than 50 million copies sold internationally to date". White Christmas was written by Irving Berlin for the film Holiday Inn. Crosby released the first version of the song. It is inaccurate to imply White Christmas is Crosby's song. Instead it should have said "including Irving Berlin's White Christmas". If the author wanted to give credit to Crosby they could have added "first released by Bing Crosby". Of well, songwriters get ignored yet again! (Songwriters that don't record and release the initial version, which was many of the old-timers prior to rock-and-roll). www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-most-covered-song-of-all-time-plus-see-the-rest-of-the-50-most-covered/ss-AA1snNst?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=7f5c9e2ecffe4883b7eee1f314a647c3&ei=30 |
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Post by NoShear on Nov 8, 2024 16:31:31 GMT
Is this a cover? Regardless it is unique for a song version to be released before the songwriter released their own version. (we saw this with Carol King, but there are few songwriters like that). youtu.be/4PQAqprjOuAHere is the version by the original artist. (and his version sounds too similar to the Monkey's so, is Diamond covering his own song?). youtu.be/0ZLdcSKXz5k Of both Carole King and The Monkees, jamesjazzguitar: ...and the demo of the song from one of its songwriters: |
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Post by NoShear on Nov 8, 2024 17:06:17 GMT
With the drone element eliminated, for me, the WHO tune was rendered hollow:
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Post by NoShear on Nov 19, 2024 17:36:50 GMT
Shel Talmy, composer of "Bald Headed Woman" and producer of the following groups heard here, died last week:
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