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Post by inger on Jan 3, 2024 0:18:17 GMT -5
Understood. I often look at "covers" or different renditions as essentially different songs. I remember all the uproar over Jose Feliciano's version of "Light My Fire". As a Doors fan, I saw it as a different song...kinda like Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends" & other Beatles songs. I liked how Cocker took a song he covered and made it completely different from the original. My favorite Cocker cover is Traffic's "Feelin' Alright". The Traffic original is also great. I enjoy a lot of Cocker’s stuff. “Unchain My Heart” blows it out of the water. Turn it up loud to get the full effect. I also like his slow stuff like “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” and “Sorry Seems Be (the hardest word)”. And certainly I agree with “Feelin’ Alright”. “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window 🪟 “ requires a lyrics sheet to understand him, but that’s all right… 🤓 |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2024 5:07:01 GMT -5
Found this Tom Petty Song from a video game trailer and immediately liked it:
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:26:10 GMT -5
Found this Tom Petty Song from a video game trailer and immediately liked it:
Good one Kaybli. I feel a little badly for you in that these discussions are mainly about songs recorded well before you were born. Wish I had more to say on acts from the 21st century! What do you think about the hip hop/rap acts who are in the R&R HOF? Are they all deserving in your view? Looking at the list, the first one inducted was in 2007 with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Others in there are Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J and Jay-Z. So famous even I have heard of them, but I'd be hard-pressed to discuss much about them. BTW I've done some listening to The Roots because I know you like them and I am a big fan of Lee Andrews, who is the father of Questlove (but whose music bears no resemblance to that of his son. Polar opposites.) I kind of liked "The Seed." Is that good or bad? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:32:38 GMT -5
I liked how Cocker took a song he covered and made it completely different from the original. My favorite Cocker cover is Traffic's "Feelin' Alright". The Traffic original is also great. I enjoy a lot of Cocker’s stuff. “Unchain My Heart” blows it out of the water. Turn it up loud to get the full effect. I also line his slow stuff like “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” and “Sorry Seems Be (the hardest word)”. And certainly I agree with “Feelin’ Alright”. “She Came in Through The Bathroom Window 🪟 “ requires a lyrics sheet to understand him, but that’s all right… 🤓 I don't think I had put it together about how most of Cocker's output that is familiar comes from covers, although he clearly does make them his own. Remember he also did "The Letter" and his first actual 45 release was The Beatles "I Should Have Known Better" in 1964, but the world wasn't ready for him yet. His version of the 50s Julie London torch song "Cry Me A River" bears zero resemblance to the original and is probably my favorite Cocker song. I also like "High Time We Went," one of the few he actually wrote and which has the immortal line "Don't forget the lemon and lime." I was unaware that he had covered Elton John songs like " Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" and "Sorry." |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:35:01 GMT -5
I assume you know ARS evolved from Classics IV. I like 'em both... I am, I favor the ARS version because of the guitar solo. Every year the classic rock station out here in Chicago keeps that one alive by playing at Halloween. That and "The Monster Mash" start racking up royalties in late October. |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2024 6:35:51 GMT -5
Found this Tom Petty Song from a video game trailer and immediately liked it:
Good one Kaybli. I feel a little badly for you in that these discussions are mainly about songs recorded well before you were born. Wish I had more to say on acts from the 21st century! What do you think about the hip hop/rap acts who are in the R&R HOF? Are they all deserving in your view? Looking at the list, the first one inducted was in 2007 with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Others in there are Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J and Jay-Z. So famous even I have heard of them, but I'd be hard-pressed to discuss much about them. BTW I've done some listening to The Roots because I know you like them and I am a big fan of Lee Andrews, who is the father of Questlove (but whose music bears no resemblance to that of his son. Polar opposites.) I kind of liked "The Seed." Is that good or bad? No worries pipps. Just means I have new songs to discover from the discussions here! All those hip hop acts deserve to be in the R&R HOF (whether or not they should change their name to the music HOF is another debate) but I was never a fan of LL Cool J. All those other artists are in my heavy rotation though. My favorite of all time is the Wu Tang Clan.
I LOVE the Roots. The Seed 2.0 is awesome. I Especially love their jazz inspired album Do You Want More?. This is one of my favorite tracks from that album:
Another one of my favorite Roots songs. This one from the album Illadelph Halflife:
Let me know if you want me to keep going. I have so many favorite Roots songs.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:42:10 GMT -5
"Last Kiss", the Cavaliers Haha, J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. "The screaming tires, the busting glass, the painful scream that I heard last." Coming toward the end of the teen tragedy genre in 1964, although it had been written in 1961. Hard to believe that Pearl Jam covered it. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:44:08 GMT -5
Good one Kaybli. I feel a little badly for you in that these discussions are mainly about songs recorded well before you were born. Wish I had more to say on acts from the 21st century! What do you think about the hip hop/rap acts who are in the R&R HOF? Are they all deserving in your view? Looking at the list, the first one inducted was in 2007 with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Others in there are Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J and Jay-Z. So famous even I have heard of them, but I'd be hard-pressed to discuss much about them. BTW I've done some listening to The Roots because I know you like them and I am a big fan of Lee Andrews, who is the father of Questlove (but whose music bears no resemblance to that of his son. Polar opposites.) I kind of liked "The Seed." Is that good or bad? No worries pipps. Just means I have new songs to discover from the discussions here! All those hip hop acts deserve to be in the R&R HOF (whether or not they should change their name to the music HOF is another debate) but I was never a fan of LL Cool J. All those other artists are in my heavy rotation though. My favorite of all time is the Wu Tang Clan.
I LOVE the Roots. The Seed 2.0 is awesome. I Especially love their jazz inspired album Do You Want More?. This is one of my favorite tracks from that album:
Another one of my favorite Roots songs. This one from the album Illadelph Halflife:
Let me know if you want me to keep going. I have so many favorite Roots songs.
Thanks Kaybli. That will get me started. Still trying to expand my edumacation! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jan 3, 2024 6:52:05 GMT -5
Understood. I often look at "covers" or different renditions as essentially different songs. I remember all the uproar over Jose Feliciano's version of "Light My Fire". As a Doors fan, I saw it as a different song...kinda like Joe Cocker's "With A Little Help From My Friends" & other Beatles songs. I liked how Cocker took a song he covered and made it completely different from the original. My favorite Cocker cover is Traffic's "Feelin' Alright". The Traffic original is also great. I know you're a Traffic guy Chi, even though they were before your time. So much talent in that group, especially Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. Hard to believe that this was Winwood's second major group and he was barely 19 when they formed after he left Spencer Davis Group, of which "Gimme Some Lovin'" was the main hit song. And then on to the short-lived Blind Faith along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech, who also did time with Traffic. Occasionally somebody prints out one of those rock band family trees and Winwood and Clapton are all over the place. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Jan 3, 2024 9:00:37 GMT -5
You are correct about "Good Girls Don't". That was actually a much better song than "My Sharona", IMO. "Safety Dance" and "She Blinded Me With Science" are 2 excellent choices! Bomber, another one from the early days of MTV who was a one-hit wonder was Martin Briley, who did "Salt In My Tears." That was a funny video in heavy rotation in the days of Martha Quinn and JJ Jackson and Nita Blackwood. Actually, Briley's mentor, Arthur Brown, was another one-hit wonder with "Fire." "I am the god of hellfire." Did The Vapors have any hits beyond "Turning Japanese?" Musical Youth "Pass The Dutchie" was a OHW in the US, although they had one or two others in the UK. Wow, what memories!! I think I used to watch MTV as much to see Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwood as I did to see the videos. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 3, 2024 9:18:54 GMT -5
Combination of "sad" & "covers". Joan Osborne live rendition of "What Becomes of The Broken Hearted", originally recorded by Jimmy Ruffin... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5FGjnp_yU |
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 3, 2024 9:21:01 GMT -5
Found this Tom Petty Song from a video game trailer and immediately liked it:
Strange, I heard this deep cut track from Petty driving into work. Good tune. |
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Post by kaybli on Jan 3, 2024 9:30:57 GMT -5
Found this Tom Petty Song from a video game trailer and immediately liked it:
Strange, I heard this deep cut track from Petty driving into work. Good tune. Its gained popularity ever since it was used in the GTA 6 trailer:
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Post by chiyankee on Jan 3, 2024 9:45:53 GMT -5
I liked how Cocker took a song he covered and made it completely different from the original. My favorite Cocker cover is Traffic's "Feelin' Alright". The Traffic original is also great. I know you're a Traffic guy Chi, even though they were before your time. So much talent in that group, especially Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. Hard to believe that this was Winwood's second major group and he was barely 19 when they formed after he left Spencer Davis Group, of which "Gimme Some Lovin'" was the main hit song. And then on to the short-lived Blind Faith along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech, who also did time with Traffic. Occasionally somebody prints out one of those rock band family trees and Winwood and Clapton are all over the place. Yeah, Winwood and Clapton are talented guys but they liked to jump around when it came to working in other bands and with other people. Winwood co-wrote songs, like "I'm a Man" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" when he was still a teenager. By the way, the group Chicago did a great cover of "I'm a Man" on their debut album. |
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Post by azbob643 on Jan 3, 2024 9:46:30 GMT -5
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