2. "lol....luther is just utterly sick w/the remakes." In response to Reply # 1
i literally had no idea "havin' a party" was a remake (sam cooke) until a few months ago. same with "creepin" (stevie wonder) and "anyone who had a heart" (dionne warwick).
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3. "i don't think "i feel 4 u" or "nothing compares 2 u" are fair lol" In response to Reply # 1
the remakes were HUGE hits while the originals were album tracks. there's a difference between that and, say, not knowing patti labelle made "if you ask me to" first.
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32. "I heard this back then....then I heard Morris Day's years later" In response to Reply # 8
and never even realized that it was the same song for a while. I forgot about TLC's til I heard it at the end of some movie, n then I said "wait.............that's the same lyrics/melody as Morris huh?"
17. "Helter Skelter, Cum on feel the noize, Am I evil?" In response to Reply # 0
I first heard "Helter Skelter" with Mötley Crue as a kid and didn't even know it was a Beatles-song until MUCH later...
Cum on feel the noize I thought was a Quiet Riot original but is of course a Slade-song. I never checked for Slade growing up on the strength of their terrible hits "My oh my" and "Runaway".
Metallica's classic non-album B-side "Am I evil?" is a Diamond Head song but I didn't know until much later for some reason; I guess I was bad at checking credits when I was younger. Also, that song sounded totally metallica unlike many of their other covers...
20. "Slade never made it in america..." In response to Reply # 18 Thu Jun-30-11 03:47 PM by Jakob Hellberg
Just like Sweet, Suzie Quatro or even T.rex to a certain extent. Basically, the british '70's glam-rock scene never truly crossed over to america (not that it needed to, Kiss and Alice Cooper held it down in the US with better records IMO-Marc Bolan/T.rex an obvious exception).
Basically, i doubt the regular american knows that it's a cover. For me, it was more ignorance since Slade actually were quite big in sweden...
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22. "the jackson 5 own this post (in my life anyway)" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Jun-30-11 08:35 PM by mwasi kitoko
- who's loving you (the miracles) - standing in the shadows of love (the four tops) - i know i'm losing you (the temptations) - born to love you (the temptations) - chained (marvin gaye) - stand! (sly & the family stone) - can you remember (the delfonics) - lala means i love you (the delfonics) - a fool for you (ray charles) - shoobedoobedoodaday (stevie wonder) - ready or not (here i come) (the delfonics) - walk on (issac hayes) - doctor my eyes (jackson browne; i actually just heard this for the first time today because of this post lol) - ask the lonely (the four tops) - i hear a symphony (the surpremes)
edited to add: everybody is a star (sly & the family stone)
41. "RE: come clean: classic songs where you heard the remake first." In response to Reply # 0
Isley Brothers: hello it's me (heard the groove theory version first) at your best (heard the aaliyah version first) work to do (heard the vanessa williams version first)
Loose Ends: Stay a little while (heard mariah carey's remake/remix first)
Stevie Wonder: you and I (heard mariah carey's live version of it first)
I had only heard Isaac Hayes' version, and when I learned that Dionne Warwick sang it originally I damn near had a heartache. Although Dionne's version is really really great, Isaac killed that shit in a manner that's hard to follow.
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79. "their versions are so different, it's really hard to compare." In response to Reply # 43
it's almost like it's 2 different songs entirely because isaac haye's take is so radically different from the original. hers is a pop ditty that's great (fantastic, really) to snap your fingers to. isaac haye's take is EPIC.
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52. "RE: come clean: classic songs where you heard the remake first." In response to Reply # 0
Strawberry Letter 23...I was damn near 25 years old before I found out that The Brothers Johnson remade it. Quincy should be shot for remaking it with Akon.
53. "Lol I actually heard Tevin's version first" In response to Reply # 52
>Strawberry Letter 23...I was damn near 25 years old before I >found out that The Brothers Johnson remade it. Quincy should >be shot for remaking it with Akon. > >Long time OK lurker...first OK post.
54. "RE: come clean: classic songs where you heard the remake first." In response to Reply # 0
"twist and shout" "hound dog" "all I do is think of you" "at your best" "hello, it's me" "ooh baby I love your way" "free bird" "blowing in the wind" "got to get you into my life" "I feel 4 u" "nothing compare's 2 u"
59. "*walks into this post...sees some of the replies*" In response to Reply # 0
*realizes how young some of you bastards are...walks back out*
I felt bad about "All Along The Watchtower" but some of the OTHER shit you guys are naming? Really? "Cruisin'" as re-recorded by D'Angelo? How old are some of you guys, 17?
65. "Does damn near every hip hop song with a sample count?" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Nov-30-11 04:55 PM by beatnik
because honestly there are tons of songs where i actually heard the sample first when i was younger then read some liner notes, then had the internet years later or heard it on the radio at some point
and one great example is that i never realized that was minnie ripertons voice on lyrics to go until i watched the documentary. . . #facepalm
66. "Dawn Penn - No No No" In response to Reply # 0
Song already existed in a few iterations before her.
For Once In My Life which I thought was Stevie's until I saw him bring up Tony Bennett to sing it at MSG.
Erykah Badu's 4 Leaf Clover I thought was an original (which I like) until my big bro walked in on me playing it and got pissed off. He said she messed up the song.
67. ""All Along The Watchtower" OWNS this post." In response to Reply # 0
I very much doubt there's ANYBODY who heard the Bob Dylan original first. For most people it's the Hendrix version they're familiar with, or if you're a lot younger, the ubiquitous cover version by the Dave Matthews Band.
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80. "Aretha Franklin - Respect (Ray Charles)" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Jan-24-12 01:16 AM by b.Touch
Temptations: Papa was a Rollin' Stone (Undisputed Truth) Love Woke Me Up This Morning (Marvin & Tammi)
Supremes & Temptations: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Dee Dee Sharp) Sweet Inspiration (Sweet Inspirations - smh @ me) I'll Try Something New (Miracles)
Jackson 5: Who's Lovin' You (Miracles) Born to Love You (Temptations)
Whitney Houston: I Believe in You and Me (Four Tops)
Undisputed Truth: Smiling Faces Sometimes (Temptations)
Aaliyah At Your Best (You are Love) (Isley Brothers)
Beatles: Twist & Shout (Top Notes/Isley Brothers)
Supremes: Someday We'll be Together (Johnny & Jackey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJ_zWKPuzA. "Johnny" (Bristol) is the gruff sounding producer heard coaching Diana through her vocal on the so-called "Supremes" hit version)
Carl Carlton: Everlasting Love (Robert Knight)
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye: You Are Everything (Stylistics) Stop, Look, Listen (To You Heart) (Stylistics)
Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Gladys Knight & the Pips - well, there's was the first of three previous versions to come out).
82. "every remake i heard by the Beatles i thought was og" In response to Reply # 0
....and some of them mofos i prefer that way still.
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