... er ... you do know this is about cover versions, SW ??
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 17:34
by zigzag
Two favourites of mine
Sisters of Mercy - Gimme gimme gimme
Muse - Feelin' Good
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 17:48
by Selby White
rigger wrote:... er ... you do know this is about cover versions, SW ??
Sure do have a Kinks album with the origional on, It's a Ray Davies composition.
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 18:04
by Deleted User 728
I didn't know that !
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 18:09
by Selby White
rigger wrote:I didn't know that !
Fooled me for years until I heard it on the Kinks album.
Another I found out about at the same time was The Jams David Watts was also a Kinks album track.
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 18:14
by Deleted User 728
Now, that I did know
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 18:17
by Sniffer
Selby White wrote:
rigger wrote:... er ... you do know this is about cover versions, SW ??
Sure do have a Kinks album with the origional on, It's a Ray Davies composition.
A great cover indeed. With the late and very great James Honeyman-Scott on guitar and the late swagger man supreme, Pete Farndon on bass. They died within a year of each other in '82/'83 but they left a fine body of work with The Pretenders.
In a similar vein here's another cover of a Ray Davies number.
Re: Great Covers of Great Songs
Posted: 30 Apr 2018, 23:26
by Emley White
Alright then smarty bottoms, here are 20 UK hit singles that were all cover versions, just tell me who recorded the original.
1. Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics
2. Mickey - Toni Basil
3. Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley
4. The Only Way Is Up - Yazz &The Plastic Population
5. Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton
6. Self Control - Laura Branigan
7. Rocking All Over The World - Status Quo
8. In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
9. Step By Step - Whitney Houston
10. Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance
11. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
12. Private Life - Grace Jones
13. The Bump - Kenny
14. She's The One - Robbie Williams
15. Relight My Fire - Take That and Lulu
16. Ca Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand
17. Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
18. Baby Don't Change Your Mind - Gladys Knight and the Pips
19. I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
20. Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Good luck everyone, they're not easy and I'll be very impressed if anyone knows any of the original artists on any of these songs. I have them all and hundreds more too and will reveal all the answers when you've had chance to have a think.
