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1644 sats \ 101 comments \ @Public_N_M_E 21 Aug 2023 meta

Good Morning Stackers!

Last week gave us a lot of great tracks to fill our ear holes with and scratch that musical itch.

Let's stay in the same vein with covers for now. Let's look at songs you didn't know were covers! (You might have known but the cover has had more success than the original).

My submission for this is, American Woman wasn't a Lenny Kravitz original it was originally done by a band called The Guess Who in 1970.

What have you got?

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73 sats \ 8 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Aug 2023

All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix and originally Bob Dylan - I had no idea.

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_Bellzer 21 Aug 2023

Not the biggest Dave Matthews Band fan but I enjoyed their cover of the cover

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Aug 2023

Nice! Have just looked it up.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Jimi made it so his that you wouldn't notice it was someone else's.

15 sats \ 3 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Aug 2023

I have just read that Dylan preferred Hendrix’s version.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Good of him to acknowledge it. I love it when artists do that. Like Simon and Garfunkel praising Disturbed for their version of Sound of silence. I'm pretty sure Paul Simon said (and I'm paraphrasing) "I wish we'd made the song sound like that". Which is an incredible compliment to receive.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_Bellzer 21 Aug 2023

I liked their Shout and Land of Confusion covers more but think I may be alone in that

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Their LoC was brilliant. Played that on repeat over and over. Their shout was good aswell.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

epic

52 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 21 Aug 2023

Motorhead - Enter Sandman

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Speaking of motorhead. Depends where you want to draw the line between cover and tribute. Lemmy wrote Hellraiser for Ozzy. Both released versions, personally I preferred Lemmy's over Ozzy's.

126 sats \ 1 reply \ @supratic 21 Aug 2023

Music: TiP_NZ Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8A6wvTI9etOFXtxStK3BLw

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Nice. Cheers for this. Looks like I got homework to do.

489 sats \ 15 replies \ @kenn_b 21 Aug 2023

Rammstein -

(I guess not a cover, but a great song nevertheless :))

37 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 21 Aug 2023

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10 sats \ 13 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

You're right. Not a cover but I'm not opposed to stepping outside the bounds of the intended theme and recommending excellent music. And Rammsteins stage show... What a spectacle, truly epic.

10 sats \ 12 replies \ @nemo 21 Aug 2023

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

"i got to say its fun revisiting some of these music videos I pickup on a lot of detail unlike when I was a young pleb, lol :)"

This is why I do this. Going through everyone's suggestions is always either a trip down memory lane or completely new and I love it. I'm definitely going to try to keep doing a weekly Monday music thing.

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Same it's mad how much we missed when we were young. Like RATM - Bulls on Parade. I had no idea that was about military spending in the US. But I was a ... Not American teen ... In .... Not America... Clearly I did not listen hard enough to what de la Rocha was actually saying.

5 sats \ 9 replies \ @nemo 21 Aug 2023

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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

I think that may have been a "know your audience moment" COVID was a divisive topic. I think it was almost smart PR by the band to not get involved and potentially piss off half of their fan base.

5 sats \ 7 replies \ @nemo 21 Aug 2023

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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Was that the least controversial part?? 🤣 In some places (cough UK) they still haven't repealed the laws that allow curfews to be enforced. Nor the ability to enforce a lockdown for whatever reason they wish. Somehow that's flown under the radar. It's technically legal to arrest someone for being out beyond a curfew that no longer exists. I think they'd have a really hard time enforcing and or prosecuting for it now. But the fact it's still there raises eyebrows for sure.

But yes the musicians who tend to represent the voice of the public (at least far better than politicians) seemed to prefer to stay suspiciously quiet. Like you mentioned... Some might call that selling out.

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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @jgbtc 21 Aug 2023

"Crazy" sung by Patsy Cline was written by Willie Nelson.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0fje0 21 Aug 2023

Even if you're not into Julio Iglesias, if you like saxophone and haven't come across his cover of Crazy, you ought to. Unfortunately only towards the end, but worth the wait:

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Iconic. Strange that both versions were released in 1961. I've 100% heard the Patsie version, but didn't know who Willie Nelson was! Perfect example. Thank you.

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 21 Aug 2023

Finger Eleven / Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

Another Canadian music factoid. Finger Eleven was once known as the Rainbow Butt Monkeys.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 22 Aug 2023

Always thought that was funny considering they don't sound like a band that would call themselves that

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Not one I've come across but now I hear it. I can absolutely hear Depeche mode but with more meat on the bone that finger eleven bring to it. Good call on that one.

31 sats \ 30 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

I'll tell you how old I am. I never heard Lenny Kravitz do it. I only know the Guess Who version. It was all over the radio in 1970. Huge hit.

20 sats \ 28 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

The Guess Who is great but Lenny did it better.

20 sats \ 23 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

I think I'll catch more shit for this reply than if I came out touting Solana. I listened to Lenny's version. Now it could be that I come from a different era, but I like The Guess Who's version much better. First of all, where is the amazing bass line? Lenny's is spare musically but overproduced at the same time. His guitar solo hit about every 70s rock cliche on the planet, and the overdub on the vocals just sounds phony. Other than that, I loved it.

20 sats \ 21 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

Uh oh. Lenny is on Siggy's grudge list now. Haha

10 sats \ 20 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

I like him much better than the Leafs, Yankees and Cowboys.

30 sats \ 18 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Does anybody like the cowboys? I'm fairly sure cowboys fans are just self-loathing.

0 sats \ 17 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

There are a lot of people I met in Fort Worth Texas when I was there for 2 months last year that are cowboys fans.

Oddly enough, I met a real estate agent who showed my wife and I a house that was a Bills fan. I didn't expect that in Texas. Nice kid.

We didn't end up buying the house and haven't zeroed in on the location for our US home yet so I am still stuck in the communist republic of Canada. At least there is good music up here.

40 sats \ 16 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Communist republic of Canada 🤣🤣🤣 that got me good. Hope you land a nice property!

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

That's not saying much.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Wow... That's a glowing review 🤣🤣 should fwd it on for Lenny to cite for his induction into the rock and roll hall of fame 😜 I get ya. There's a particular sound that's quite, marmite, either you're down with it or your not. As for guitar solo clichés, you gotta hit those what's a guitar solo without unnecessary cliche bits. I'd almost be disappointed if a solo didn't have those components these days. Unnecessary note bending, break notes and offbeat re-entrys. Gotta love them 🤣

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

I will have to give it a listen. I saw Lenny Kravitz warm up Bob Dylan after he released his first album. It was at CW Post College on Long Island. https://www.thethings.com/lenny-kravitz-remenisces-about-touring-with-bob-dylan-and-david-bowie-on-jimmy-fallon/

Back then he had the reputation of being a Hendrix imitator, not that there's anything wrong with that. I recall really enjoying the set.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Bet that would have been a fantastic gig to see. Although I've never really cared for Bob Dylan much. I can't not appreciate and understand his contribution to the music industry.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

It wasn't really an industry when he started. His voice is an "acquired taste", and his harmonica playing is pretty bad, but man could he write a song. Listen to the studio version of A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall in the context of the cold war and the possibility of nuclear Armageddon. Listen to Masters of War and think about what's going on in Ukraine. It's not about an industry.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Haha! Cheers for being honest. I checked the guess who version and honestly it sounds so different in not sure I actually liked it. Being so used to the Kravitz version it kinda sounded wrong to me. That's programming for you though.

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @ViennaCalling 21 Aug 2023

The Beat "The tears of a clown" Cover of Smokey Robinson

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Was that song not about Robin Williams? If I remember right? There's some connection to Robin Williams but I can't remember what.

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Aug 2023

Iron Maiden did a song called Tears Of A Clown by Adrian Smith and Steve Harris - it was written about Robin Williams.

Smokey Robinson’s version was referring to a clown in the opera Pagliacci.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Ahhh that'll be it. I remember that track. Off the 2015 book of souls album if I remember rightly?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 21 Aug 2023

Correct. It’s a good song.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @AllCatsAreEvil 21 Aug 2023

I'm going with Killing Me Softly by The Fugees. Back in 1996 I had no idea it was a cover. It's better than the original by miles.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

I was today years old when I found out it was a cover! Thanks for that suggestion, absolute banger of the 90s era. Who was the original? (I could Google sure but that's not how discussions go, if I knew all the answers I wouldn't need to engage.)

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @AllCatsAreEvil 21 Aug 2023

Well, I couldn't remember the girls name, so I went and googled her, then learned I was wrong and it was released a year earlier in 1972 by someone called Lori Lieberman - although I couldn't remember the name, the person I was thinking of was Roberta Flack, but I now see it's also been covered multiple times...I didn't rate Flacks voice, I found it to whiny so always rated the Fugees version more highly

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Yeah I went and took a Google. Looks like that track has some a checkered past. Some disgruntled people involved for sure.

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

The Guess Who is a great Canadian band of course.

Randy Bachman, who was the lead guitarist, songwriter and backing vocalist for the Guess Who eventually went solo and formed Bachman-Turner Overdrive whose biggest hit was Taking Care of Business.

Just a little Canadian music factoid for you all on Meta Music Monday.

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Yes! Love a factoid! Didn't realise it was that bachman for bachman-turner overdrive.

I have found my people.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

I know quite a few interesting factoids about Canadian music. I was highly immersed in the Toronto music scene in the mid 2000s. I played in a band and I used to have a music promotions company and we promoted show for indie bands.

At some point I am planning to upload my band's music to wavlake but my ex wife has the orginal recordings. She was a sound engineer at the time and owned the music promotions company with me. Maybe I will just rip it from a CD, convert it to mp3 and hope for the best sound wise.

Anyways, if you want a great Canadian band you have never heard of, look up the band Vacuity on Spotify and listen to their album 'At the Command of the Blanket Sky'. Those guys were my buddies when I was promoting shows. They did ok, a couple tours across Canada and had a opening spot on Pilate's tour (formerly Pilot Speed).

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Homework! I'll give that a go in the car on the way back from work. Thanks for the suggestion 👍

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

Canada has produced great musicians: Robbie Robertson Neil Young Jonie Mitchell, to name a few. I'm sure there are many more.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

Yes, Robbie passed away a couple weeks ago.

Speaking of covers, I didn't know were covers. When I was a kid (teen), I didn't realize Broken Arrow by Rod Steward was actually a Robbie Roberston song until I heard my dad playing the Robbie version one day. Nothing against Rod but Robbie's version was better.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

Light Years Better.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @0fje0 21 Aug 2023

Not sure if it's a cover or just written by Prince, but certainly made famous by Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U:

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

What an absolute banger. RIP to both of these fantastic musicians.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @sahil 21 Aug 2023

Jonathan Young's OP cover of Unravel Tokyo Ghoul:

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

I got a lot of time for Jonathan Young. He's a very talented musician. His cover of "see you again" hits me like a tonne of lead.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Aug 2023

The Beatles Twist and Shout was originally recorded by the Top Notes, whoever they were.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

See I know you don't mean Lulu. Yet everytime someone mentions twist and shout I think Lulu (hers was just called shout). A completely wrong association but sometimes that's how brain works 🤣. Never heard of the top notes either.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 21 Aug 2023

Motörhead - Heroes - David Bowie Cover This one is really nice

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Aug 2023

The Wallflowers also did a good version of this song. Great tune.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

Bowie's hero's is so iconic I'm not sure the Motorhead version fits as a cover you didn't know was a cover but nonetheless I'll take it and I'll enjoy listening to it. (I'd not come across it before).

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 21 Aug 2023

Diamonds and rust - Judas Priest Original song by Joan Baez

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 21 Aug 2023

I had no idea this was a cover! Wicked recommendation!

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 22 Aug 2023

Popped up on my Spotify today...Karnivool - Sleeping Satellite

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 23 Aug 2023

That's a nice version. Tasmins was great but I also like this version.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 23 Aug 2023

Tasmin archer cover? Nice find. I'll add that to my growing list 😉

5 sats \ 3 replies \ @orthzar 21 Aug 2023

Close to the Edge, by Yes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ktk8PtkXO8GdshsmXb6w0fhaCMMTsyFio

It's an old album (1972), but it holds up well today, especially the first song.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 22 Aug 2023

I wanted to respond to this sooner. But I felt it was only necessary to wait about as long as a rick wakeman keyboard solo. Wicked album. My personal favourite of theirs was fragile, I really loved roundabout. Something about it (mighta been the baseline) just had a really cool funky sound to it.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthzar 23 Aug 2023

Fragile is an excellent album as well. I particularly like South Side of the Sky and Heart of the Sunrise.

Yes has released a lot of great albums over the decades, but most of their newer albums get little attention. For instance, Fly from Here was released in 2011 and is very good. I listen to it when I start a road trip. There's a certain point in the song that hits me every time:

Turn yourself around Turn your life around Turn your world around Turn this ship around So turn the wheel around

Imagine hearing that after ~10 minutes into a road trip.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E OP 23 Aug 2023

Haha! I didn't know they were still releasing music as recently as this century 🤣 lyrics like that on a road trip, doubt you'd get very far if you took their advice. End up back home really fast and the road trip would be very short 🤣