• RetroBen81
    • 4 years 7 months ago
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    		 Hi,

    Do any of you here recall what songs by your favorite artists have been remade from the original genre into another?

    Take, for example, Whitney Houston's 1992 #1 "I Will Always Love You": Originally a country-and-western song recorded in 1973 by Dolly Parton, Houston's version is remade into her usual slick R&B groove, with help from Canadian super-producer David Foster (Chicago).

    Then, there's another #1 cover song that started out as belonging to another genre: "Blinded by the Light." A #1 hit for Manfred Mann's Earth Band in February 1977, this prog-rock hit was originally a folk-rock song written by Bruce Springsteen dating from 1973 (his version is available on his debut album from that year, Greetings from Asbury Park).

    ~Ben

    "I am such a purist for old information on anything '70s and '80s."
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    • SSPig
      • 4 years 7 months ago
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      		 "Satisfaction" by The Stones was covered by The Residents and DEVO in an interesting way.
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      • One Louder
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        		 Here's Betty LaVette's R&B/Soul cover of Love Reign Over Me from the Kennedy Center tribute to the Who. You can see in the video how moved Roger and Pete are by it;

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJi6maTueSc
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        • Otown407Soldier
          • 4 years 7 months ago
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          		 Marilyn Mansons covers of Swert Dreams, or Tainted Love.
          Free Lil Boosie
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          • kenE2389
            • 4 years 7 months ago
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            		 Bob Dylan's Knockin On Heaven's Door has been re-done by seemingly everybody but it was pretty big with Guns N' Roses in the 90's

            also All Along The Watchtower was Jimi Hendrix's only number one hit and it was also a Bob Dylan Cover
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            • kenE2389
              • 4 years 7 months ago
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              SSPig wrote:
              "Satisfaction" by The Stones was covered by The Residents and DEVO in an interesting way.


              you know I've always heard that version in Goodfellas and for some reason I assumed it was the Talking Heads
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              • AtariMan76
                • 4 years 6 months ago
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                		 Devo did a pretty good cover of Lee Dorsey's Working in the Coal Mine.
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                • Shazbot
                  • 4 years 6 months ago
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                  		 Apocalyptica doing Metallica's "Master of puppets":
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH68Z6ysqZs

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                  • jrs1991
                    • 4 years 6 months ago
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                    		 pat boone covered crazy train, master of puppets, and a bunch of other well known metal songs on In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy cover album.
                    Rest In Peace, Sunshine, 2002 - 7/21/2011. The best dog ever.
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                    • jrs1991
                      • 4 years 6 months ago
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                      		 and johnny cash's cover of nine inch nails's hurt.
                      Rest In Peace, Sunshine, 2002 - 7/21/2011. The best dog ever.
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                      • thabz
                        • 4 years 2 months ago
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                        		 Peter Frampton's Baby I Love Your Way which got a funky Reggae version courtesy of Big Mountain.
                        Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?
                        Can't live, can't breathe with no air
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                        • Celeste
                          • 4 years 2 months ago
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                          jrs1991 wrote:
                          and johnny cash's cover of nine inch nails's hurt.


                          We mustn't forget his cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage. That was interesting. :)
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                          • thecrow174
                            • 4 years 2 months ago
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                            		 Al Green's R&B hit "Let's Stay Together" was made into a rap song.
                            There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                            One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                            http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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                            • Celeste
                              • 4 years 1 month ago
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                              thecrow174 wrote:
                              Al Green's R&B hit "Let's Stay Together" was made into a rap song.


                              It was also covered by Tina Turner on her album Private Dancer. :) My mother still has that casette tape in very good condition. :)
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                              • yellow_submarine
                                • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                I was saddened to hear this was a cover song, Naked Eye's 1983 masterpiece "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me".

                                It was written as an r&b song in the 1960's and recorded by Sandie Shaw and later by Dionne Warwick.

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                                • Shazbot
                                  • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                  		 Another good Johnny Cash cover is his version of Soundgarden's "rusty cage".
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                                  • thecrow174
                                    • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                    		 The Smashing Pumpkins did a song called "Landslide", and then it was later redone by The Dixie Chicks. I think that's one of those songs that anybody can redo.
                                    There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                                    One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                                    http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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                                    • kenE2389
                                      • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                      thecrow174 wrote:
                                      The Smashing Pumpkins did a song called "Landslide", and then it was later redone by The Dixie Chicks. I think that's one of those songs that anybody can redo.


                                      fleetwood mac did it 25 years prior
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                                      • RetroBen81
                                        • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                        		 But one song that may be dishonorable as a cover may be Faith Hill's version of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart."
                                        "I am such a purist for old information on anything '70s and '80s."
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                                        • Celeste
                                          • 4 years 1 month ago
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                                          Shazbot wrote:
                                          Another good Johnny Cash cover is his version of Soundgarden's "rusty cage".


                                          Is there an echo in here? :)
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