Vanessa Paradis did not cover The Ronettes "Be My Baby", nor did U2 cover Metallica's "One".
― Siegbran, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:01 (nine years ago) link
imagine some people were peeved at Queen for their Jefferson Airplane appropriation in the 70s
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
Neil Young has an unreleased song called "Born to Run" which he apparently wrote at about the same time as the Springsteen song came out, so might just be a coincidence.
He has a track called 'Little Wing' on the 'Hawks and Doves' album.
― Betel-chewing Equipment of East New Guinea (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uZ7nlN26zs
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flALeVELizQ
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:36 (nine years ago) link
Cursive - "Staying Alive" (not posting the boring song)
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:38 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bsXRqI1WbI
humorous for obvious reasons
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptBwWEbQJrc
― MaresNest, Saturday, 21 March 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
The Who - "We're Not Gonna Take It"Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 21 March 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
jaymc did you already have that list saved up and formatted or ??― groundless round (La Lechera), Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― groundless round (La Lechera), Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just did a Google search on "sadly not a * cover" and pasted some of the results.
― jaymc, Saturday, 21 March 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Rihanna just released a song called "Dancing in the Dark"
― bunny slopes, Saturday, 21 March 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
(maybe not quite 'untouchable') Fish And Chips by Denim isn't a cover of the song from Charlie Girl, though it does kind of borrow the tune, I get the feeling that the 1970 Jack Wild version was the inspiration?
― soref, Saturday, 21 March 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
bruce springsteen has made a pretty good career of this.
-dancing in the dark (later, as noted above, re-appropriated by rihanna)-all or nothing at all-mansion on the hill (later re-appropriated by neil young)-walk like a man-wreck on the highway-downbound train-reason to believe-out in the street (he removed the plural "s" from the shangri-las title)etc.
he also likes to appropriate film titles.
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
"mansion on the hill" already a hank williams hit :)
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:49 (nine years ago) link
oh nvm I just realized that was your point
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 21 March 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
The "wait, this isn't a cover!" thread
― qualx, Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:48 (nine years ago) link
-out in the street (he removed the plural "s" from the shangri-las title)
There's also the Who's "Out In The Street."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 22 March 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
David Bowie, "Day-In, Day-Out" - sadly not the Rube Bloom/Johnny Mercer standard
Black Flag, "Black Coffee" - sadly not an homage to Peggy Lee
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Elvis Costello's "You Belong to Me" is not a bad song, but it should not be allowed to step on the toes of the Chilton Price "You Belong to Me" ("See the pyramids along the Nile...")
― Ye Mad Puffin, Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:24 (nine years ago) link
Oh, I got one:
Nick Cave - "Do You Love Me?"
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Mention of Elvis Costello reminds me of his "I Want You".
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Thursday, 26 March 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
The Cars ("Bye Bye Love","Maybe Baby")
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Sadly, Metallica's "One" was not a cover of Three Dog Night/Harry Nilsson
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Thursday, 26 March 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
Morrissey / Dagenham Dave / The Stranglers
― mahb, Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
(xp) sadly, u2s "one" was not a cover of metallica.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 26 March 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
Prince - Cinnamon Girl sadly is not the Neil Young song.Bass-o-matic - Fascinating Rhythm is sadly not the old standard of that name.And neither Nik Kershaw's or Prefab Sprout's Wild Horses are the Jagger/Richard song ('tho the Sprouts' song ain't bad at all).
As for Neil Young, I believe he wrote a whole album of songs with well-known titles, but it was never released. There's those mentioned above; 'Goin' Back from 'Comes a Time' has to be another.
― Bloody Snail, Thursday, 26 March 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Dave Clark Five "Everybody Knows" is not the same as "Everybody Knows" by the Dave Clark Five.
Yep, they released two songs as a-sides that had the same title.
― Mark G, Friday, 27 March 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
^ Leonard Cohen as well.
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Friday, 27 March 2015 16:16 (nine years ago) link
Crack The Sky's "Surf City" a good example of appropriating a famous song title with the intent of turning it on it's head
― Lee626, Friday, 27 March 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
JAMC's "Dream Lover" not a cover of Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover."
― And that is not a mood board, it is a stealing board (Phil D.), Friday, 27 March 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
More sadly, that dog's "Never Say Never" not a Romeo Void cover.
― And that is not a mood board, it is a stealing board (Phil D.), Friday, 27 March 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
-out in the street (he removed the plural "s" from the shangri-las title)There's also the Who's "Out In The Street."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:52 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
UFO as well
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 27 March 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
Beyoncé's "Sweet Dreams", not a Eurythmics cover.Madonna's "Whos's That Girl", not a Eurythmics cover.Eve's "Who's That Girl", not a Madonna cover.
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 27 March 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Saves The Day's Through Being Cool not the Devo song.
― how's life, Friday, 27 March 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link
Timberlake's "Cry Me A River" not the torch song made famous by Julie London.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 March 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" is not the Four Seasons song (both huge hits).
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 28 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money" sounds nothing like the AMG song of the same name.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 28 March 2015 01:17 (nine years ago) link
The Cure - "Play for Today" Belle and Sebastian - "Play for Today"
― Ex Slacker, Monday, 30 March 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link
Neil Young's been mentioned; Yo La Tengo have also done it more than once ("I'll Be Around," "I Should Have Known Better," "We're an American Band").
― clemenza, Monday, 30 March 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link
Oh, "I should have known better" Wire, obv.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2015 10:48 (nine years ago) link
Also:
Jess Glynne has topped the UK singles chart for the first time as a solo artist with her track Hold My Hand.
not the Rutles classic, I assume.
― Mark G, Monday, 30 March 2015 11:05 (nine years ago) link
wonder girls, be my baby
― katherine, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
The Jam, "That's Entertainment." Not a cover of the song from the 1953 MGM musical The Band Wagon.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 March 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
"Accidents Will Happen" by Elvis Costello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klsbzC9V0Yg
― Vic Perry, Monday, 30 March 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Always found N Gallagher naming a song 'Stand By Me' particularly audacious.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 March 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
pixies did a song called "stormy weather"
― brimstead, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:54 (nine years ago) link
I Should Have Known Better is really common
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link
I only knew two (now three)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:43 (nine years ago) link
What's sort of unsettling is when you only know the 'other' one like when someone says "We are going to sing "Rock of ages" nd you go yeah! "BET YOU THINK ITS FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE SPENDIN ALL MY MONEY BUT I DON'T! WAA HAA!"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
One time on Blockbusters, the question was "What's the third line of "God save the Queen"?" and I said "They made you a moron"
Not the answer on the card..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link
Chris Isaak - "Wicked Games"The Weeknd - "Wicked Games"
― Ex Slacker, Thursday, 2 April 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
First one is singular.
― Mark G, Thursday, 2 April 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link