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jukebox dave Member Since: March 2006 Contributions: 2154 Gold Stars: 22 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:33 am Central Time view No problem. Didn't mean to scare you! And thanks for the Valentine, though a little early. ------------------------------------------------------ talk about "retro". remember how everyone gave these things out in grade school?...
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Timothy1964 Member Since: February 2007 Contributions: 736 Gold Stars: 20 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:46 am Central Time It seems the early 1980s experienced an "oldies revival" with artists doing covers of songs from mainly the 1960s. Examples: I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett (Oh) Pretty Woman - Van Halen Dancing In The Street - Van Halen Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Diana Ross Everyday People - Joan Jett (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
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H2IZCOOL Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 3305 Gold Stars: 70 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:57 am Central Time "Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is a cover of a song done about ten years earlier by both Johnny Bond and Charlie Ryan "Unchained Melody", that half you guys probably think came from the movie "Ghost" was originally the theme of a movie in 1955 called "Unchained". (Duh!) It was a hit record that year for several people including Nelson Riddle, Roy Hamilton and Al Hibbler. The Righteous Brothers covered it about 10 years later. After that version was used in "Ghost", the Righteous Brothers re-recorded a new version which also hiot the Top 20 - actually a cover of a cover! Remember Donny Osmond's "Sweet and Innocent" from back in the early '70s? - It was a cover of the Roy Orbison song from the late '50s. Quiet Riot's "Cum On Feel The Noize" came 10 years after the original by Slade. _________________ The spammers are taking over. It's the end of the world as we know it!
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Timothy1964 Member Since: February 2007 Contributions: 736 Gold Stars: 20 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:54 pm Central Time Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" was also a cover.
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H2IZCOOL Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 3305 Gold Stars: 70 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:06 pm Central Time Timothy1964 wrote: Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" was also a cover. view Indeed. Steve Lawrence had a big hit with it in the early '60s. _________________ The spammers are taking over. It's the end of the world as we know it!
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jpkansas Member Since: December 2005 Contributions: 2215 Gold Stars: 4 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:00 pm Central Time Timothy1964 wrote: Donny Osmond's "Go Away Little Girl" was also a cover. view So was Marie's "Paper Roses".
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jukebox dave Member Since: March 2006 Contributions: 2154 Gold Stars: 22 View User Posts	Re: Wait, that was a cover? Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:25 am Central Time Remember Donny Osmond's "Sweet and Innocent" from back in the early '70s? - It was a cover of the Roy Orbison song from the late '50s. -------------------------------------------------------- i never knew SWEET & INNOCENT was a ROY O tune, but i just listened to ROY's version online and it's a much slower tempo, making it almost seem like a completey different song. i didn't realize it at the time, but practically ALL of DONNY's big hits were remakes (he's not known as a songwriter). LONELY BOY, PUPPY LOVE (those two both former PAUL ANKA classics), A MILLION TO ONE, WHY, GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL, and DONNY's later "adult" hit C'MON MARRIANNE. even most of DONNY & MARIE's smashes were covers, including DEEP PURPLE, MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU, etc...surprisingly, most of ther OSMOND BROTHER hits were NOT covers; a few were even penned by the boys themselves.
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