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Spitfire

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Songs people dont know are a cover
« on: January 03, 2009, 09:53:12 PM »
seems people do not really know slade wrote cum on feel the noize (im guessing mostly americans) and think its a quiet riot song.. what others are like this?? i know a lot of people think kiss wrote god gave rock and roll to you.
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2009, 10:06:52 PM »
Westlife - Father and Son (Cat Stevens song)
Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light (Springsteen wrote this one)
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (Bowie wrote it)
Gary Moore - Walking By Myself (Jimmy Reed if memory serves me right)
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2009, 10:18:27 PM »
well, many kids believe that enjoy the silence is a lacuna coil song... :)
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2009, 10:29:28 PM »
It would be cool to tell people who wrote... ;)

Can't remember now anyone
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2009, 10:53:27 PM »
well, here you can find a loooooot
http://www.coversproject.com/
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2009, 11:18:47 PM »
Downtown train - Tom Waits

Really gets my goat when it is quoted as a Rod Stewart song.
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2009, 11:24:35 PM »
Whiskey in the Jar - Thin lizzy.

It's originally by The Dubliners.
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2009, 11:28:45 PM »
Quote from: SG Thrasher on January 03, 2009, 11:24:35 PM
Whiskey in the Jar - Thin lizzy.

It's originally by The Dubliners.

and there was me thinking it was a Metallica song  :lol:

edit - I did know it wasn't a Metallica song really!
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2009, 11:38:10 PM »
You'd be surprised how many conversations I've had which go like this:
"Have you heard Thin lizzys cover of Whiskey in the jar?"
To which I reply "Oh yeah, it's much better than the Dubliners one"
"Who?"
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2009, 12:00:44 AM »
Behind Blues Eyes - Limp Bizkit, original by The Who
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2009, 12:10:17 AM »
Quote from: FernandoEsteves on January 04, 2009, 12:00:44 AM
Behind Blues Eyes - Limp Bizkit, original by The Who

Yeah that's a common one, I actually prefer the Limp biscuit one. :bash:
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2009, 12:11:17 AM »
Quote from: FernandoEsteves on January 04, 2009, 12:00:44 AM
Behind Blues Eyes - Limp Bizkit, original by The Who

ah yes, how dare they! along those lines I think Eminem covered an Aerosmith song.....there should be a law against stuff like that...

how bout "Hey Joe" - Hendrix, originally The Leaves I think...
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2009, 01:16:37 AM »
Hendrix - Watchtower.

Prefer the Dylan myself...
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2009, 09:24:18 AM »
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand.

I had a minor hit with it in 1948.*







*I didn't really...
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Re: Songs people dont know are a cover
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2009, 10:14:16 AM »
Quote from: noodleplugerine on January 04, 2009, 01:16:37 AM
Hendrix - Watchtower.

Prefer the Dylan myself...

uhm... dylan's original is a great song but hendrix made it THE song... :)
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