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  • 10-12-2012 03:56 PM
    Mileycyrussoulja
    Nice! I was thinking about if one of these threads was made earlier today and you just read my mind!
  • 10-12-2012 04:24 PM
    ClaptonsWig
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by thatmarkguy View Post
    Eric Cartman's "Poker Face"?

    I suppose Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" isn't *entirely* a cover of Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly..."

    It wasn't when they wrote it, but the similarities are there. Sucks to be them is all I can say. Added Cartman though.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mileycyrussoulja View Post
    Nice! I was thinking about if one of these threads was made earlier today and you just read my mind!

    Long as we got one, its good.
  • 10-12-2012 05:19 PM
    ZigZag2005
    Neil Peart - The Hockey Theme is an oft overlooked cover of a Canadian classic.
  • 10-12-2012 05:48 PM
    Runesmith
    Blondie's "Hanging On A Telephone" (1978) is a cover of the obscure gem by power-pop group The Nerves, originally released in 1976. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc
  • 10-12-2012 05:52 PM
    HamKet
    Some people might argue that even though they wrote it, The Beatles' version of "I Wanna Be Your Man" is a cover of the Rolling Stones' version.

    But those people would be crazy.
  • 10-12-2012 09:29 PM
    ClaptonsWig
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ZigZag2005 View Post
    Neil Peart - The Hockey Theme is an oft overlooked cover of a Canadian classic.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Runesmith View Post
    Blondie's "Hanging On A Telephone" (1978) is a cover of the obscure gem by power-pop group The Nerves, originally released in 1976. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emy5mA8Ixtc

    Will edit these in when I get around to, thank you

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by HamKet View Post
    Some people might argue that even though they wrote it, The Beatles' version of "I Wanna Be Your Man" is a cover of the Rolling Stones' version.

    But those people would be crazy.

    Yeah, they're probably the same people who believe The Stones wrote a lot of their stuff when they first started. They never covered/stole the blues and jazz songs, ever.
  • 10-13-2012 06:50 AM
    NoVisAnima
    How about "I love rock and roll" which was originally by The Arrows
  • 10-13-2012 10:26 AM
    Witticus
    Both of Reba's songs in Rock Band are covers. Her song Fancy is a cover originally by Bobbie Gentry
  • 10-15-2012 02:59 AM
    gamesurf
    "Twist and Shout" isn't originally by the Isley Brothers. It was originally written and performed by The Top Notes, and was produced by a young and inexperienced Phil Spector. The Top Notes hated Spector's production, so much that Bert Russell, the original writer of the song agreed to let the Isley Brothers to cover it on the condition that he personally produced it and prove what it was "supposed" to sound like. The Isley Brothers version made the Top 40, proving Russell was right all along... before The Beatles went and ruined everything by doing their own take on the minor hit and obliterated any chance of the Bert Russell version being remembered by history.

    So Phil Spector's crappy production not only pissed off a songwriter with his treatment of the Beatles' last album, but his crappy production also pissed off a songwriter that helped lead to the success of the Beatles' first album. The beat goes on.
  • 10-15-2012 08:08 AM
    Retrokaiser
    Ring of Fire - Both the Social Distortion and Johnny Cash versions were originally recorded by Anita Carter.