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cum on feel the noize by... slade?
- Thread starter pcake
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This white boy has real difficulty performing Higher Ground on bass. Getting the rhythm right is challenging, which is why many folks do not bother.logic prevailed
(or I guess it didn't, until now)
Flea is from Australia
It irks me a little too much that young-uns don't know Stevie wrote the song.
It irks me a little too much that young-uns don't know Stevie wrote the song.
Oh, there were plenty of cringeworthy bands back then. How about Greenslade, Gentile Giant, Renaissance, Steely Dan with the singer who could eat corn on the cob through a chainlink fence (David Palmer) , all the goobers in Black Oak Arkansas......many, many more.
Tell that to Pete Townshend.....his Esso jumpsuit was "highwaters" of the first degree!
But we're all missing the whole point of Slade........
They were pawns in an insidious plot to destroy capitalism, starting in the hair care industry. The scheme depended on Dave Hill popularizing that "no bangs" look, so kids would start lopping off random clumps of their hair, depriving shampoo/conditioner manufacturers of expected revenue!
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And, just found out moment ago, Santana's Black Magic Woman was also a Fleetwood Mac cover. Granted these are Peter Greene era Fleetwood Mac, rather than the more well known in the US Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac. I'm still floored by the origins of some of the metal tunes I knew as a kid.
"Diamonds & Rust" was already mentioned, so I'll bring up:
"Better by You Better Than Me"
And rounding out the Judas Priest covers, although everyone knows, or at least should know that this was a cover. I give you Johny B Goode. Without the really bad movie tie-in video footage:
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Cool, I always thought she wrote it.
Another rock song I didn't know was a over was This Flight Tonight by Nazareth, which is a Joni Mtchell tune (and was later covered by Diamond Head).
Whats funny about that, is if you listen to the album the lead singer says "I wish we wrote this"...
Come on, man! Slade did the GOOD version.
In the same sort of way that Johnny Winter did the way better [original] version of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" (with the guy who recorded the super famous version as Winter's sideman). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and Mott the Hoople did the way better [original] version of "Ready For Love" (with the guy who wrote it and sang it in M.T.H. also playing on the incredibly famous Bad Company cover, bringing his song with him from one band to the other). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and the original version of "I Love Rock-n-Roll" is better (though I never for the life of me remember the original artist, and I don't mind the Joan Jett one). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and of course the Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" is superior in every way (though I do dig the Soft Cell one in its own way). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and the list could go on.
This isn't always the case, though. The more obscure original is sometimes quite blah compared to the famous cover.
In the same sort of way that Johnny Winter did the way better [original] version of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" (with the guy who recorded the super famous version as Winter's sideman). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and Mott the Hoople did the way better [original] version of "Ready For Love" (with the guy who wrote it and sang it in M.T.H. also playing on the incredibly famous Bad Company cover, bringing his song with him from one band to the other). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and the original version of "I Love Rock-n-Roll" is better (though I never for the life of me remember the original artist, and I don't mind the Joan Jett one). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and of course the Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" is superior in every way (though I do dig the Soft Cell one in its own way). You must listen to the original, if you think the famous version is good!
...and the list could go on.
This isn't always the case, though. The more obscure original is sometimes quite blah compared to the famous cover.
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Peter Green era Mac > Bob Welch era Mac >>>>> Stevie/Lindsay era Mac.
OK, I wouldn't be a proud East Coast Canuck without tossing out this cover by Newfoundland's own Great Big Sea. Here is their Irish-Canadian-East Coast version of Run Runaway.
And, while were on the subject of covers, here's Canadian rock legends Helix covering Nazareth's Dream On.
And, while were on the subject of covers, here's Canadian rock legends Helix covering Nazareth's Dream On.
