Songs people dont know are a cover

[maverickf1jockey]

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (especially with two covers being in the charts at the same time).

Bangkok as played by Steve Vai was originally written by a member of ABBA for a stage musical.

[AndyR]

Whiskey in the Jar is a traditional folk song, the Dubliners didn't write it neither :D

[38thBeatle]

Hallelujah was one I was going to cite. Having said that I like Leonard Cohen's version but Jeff Buckley's is the one that I love the most.As for the abomination that was No 1-well that just about undid the life breathing that Jeff did. In my band we were thinking of doing it but abandoned it when we heard that woman wailing her way through it as the general public may only know the "wailing" version. Occasionally covers can be improvements but it is always going to be down to opinion but the amount of covers that are unattributed does annoy me at times-but hell, at the very least it would be good to think that the composer gets a few quid out of it. Personally I liked Rod Stewart's version of Street Fighting Man more than the Stones own -having said that they balanced out and it's probably neck and neck now.

[Ratrod]

I recently heard Diane by Husker Du (I know spelling is not correct). I always thought it was an original by Therapy.

Whiskey In The Jar isn't by the Dubliners either. It's an old traditional.

[Spitfire]

I recently heard Diane by Husker Du (I know spelling is not correct). I always thought it was an original by Therapy.

Whiskey In The Jar isn't by the Dubliners either. It's an old traditional.

the words are traditional.. i think thin lizzy wrote the arrangement which has been covered a lot tho.

[PhilKing]

Black Magic Woman is by Fleetwood Mac (a Peter Green Song), not Santana

[gwEm]

i didn't realise 'warning' on the first black sabbath album was a cover:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ6flwRot9c

[nfe]

I have to say, everthing in this thread I'd have never thought people wouldn't know which the original was. Really surprised some folks think that Whiskey in the Jar is even a 20th Century number. Maybe my music trivia knowledge is just really geeky. :lol:

First one that springs to mind for me would be God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You by Argent.

[indysmith]

The other day on X-Factor or some such there was a load of people who thought "Without You" by Harry Nilsson was by Mariah Carey :lol: .
Actually there's a lot of songs by Harry Nilsson which he is largely uncredited for. My favourite songwriter :)

[MrBump]

The other day on X-Factor or some such there was a load of people who thought "Without You" by Harry Nilsson was by Mariah Carey :lol: .
Actually there's a lot of songs by Harry Nilsson which he is largely uncredited for. My favourite songwriter :)

Yeah, Nilsson is ace. 

[Philly Q]

The other day on X-Factor or some such there was a load of people who thought "Without You" by Harry Nilsson was by Mariah Carey :lol:

Weren't nearly all of those "Mariah Carey" songs actually covers?  After 2 hours of Cowell and that tw@t Dermot O'Leary crawling up her arse going on about what a musical genius she is....

[38thBeatle]

"Without You" having been written by Peter Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger who recorded it originally.

[indysmith]

"Without You" having been written by Peter Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger who recorded it originally.

:o :oops: owned
never knew that!

EDIT: I'm listening to Badfinger singing it on YouTube. This is awful, haha.

[Gary]

All By Myself - Rachmaninoff (sung by Eric Carmen)

[rohlfo]

The other day on X-Factor or some such there was a load of people who thought "Without You" by Harry Nilsson was by Mariah Carey :lol: .
Actually there's a lot of songs by Harry Nilsson which he is largely uncredited for. My favourite songwriter :)

Yeah, Nilsson is ace. 

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