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The middle-aged dummies are forming a band called "Blanket"! It's a cover band. (4 Viewers)

Uruk-Hai said:

I know a lot of people aren't big Presley fans, especially among this demographic. But damned near everything you like happened because a nobody, loser kid from the wrong side of the tracks got frustrated and bored in a little Memphis studio one day in 1954 and picked an obscure blues song to cover.
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Man, I struggled so much to pick an Elvis cover. I even considered a 31 song shtick. But I'll spoiler my own choice by saying this is it. Third song of mine that's been taken so far and that includes the 5 outs. I chose this for the reasons you mention. Nice to be like-minded considering the many many options. Love the scene in the recent Elvis movie where 10 year old Elvis catches Crudup doing it live.
 
Covers I know and like

One Way Out
I shot the Sheriff
Mony Mony
Green Manalishi...
Mad World
Without You

LIkes I didn't know were covers

Dead Souls
What's So Funny About...
Always Something There to Remind Me
When the Levee Breaks- even though I'm doing covers by hard rock/metal bands, I didn't choose any Zeppelin or this would've been high on my list. I didn't want to worry about what was a cover ,a reimagining or something in between.

Covers I liked

Going to California - wasn't sure on first listen but after 3-4 it grew on me
On Broadway - only familiar with the Donna Summer version
Peppermint Twist
Where is My Mind?
Where the Streets have no Name - if I had done covers by only female artists I'd have a few cello based songs in my list
Riders in the Sky
Summertime Blues
Games Without Frontiers

New to me likes

The Pump
Son of Sam
 
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#27 Ruby Baby-Donald Fagen (The Drifters)

I hope you've enjoyed my Drifters mini-medley.

The behind-the-scenes songwriting tandem of Lieber-Stoller had their hands on both this song and On Broadway, though for the latter, they share co-writing credits with the husband/wife team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

I didn't have much to say in my write-up for this song in the last MAD artist countdown, but thanks to @Pip's Invitation for providing the commentary I should have added back then.
 
shuke said:
krista4 said:
shuke:

No Woman No Cry/Let It Be mashup - Umphrey's McGee (Bob Marley/The Beatles)
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I actually expected some backlash for this, either that it wasn't truly a "cover" or that it was just ridiculous. But I love what Umphrey's does with their mashups, making two songs sounds like they were genuinely written together.

I flirted with the idea of doing an entire list of mashups. Based on the lack of love this got, glad I didn't.

Seeing them Friday night, pretty excited.
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I wrote that it was "oh-so-clever"!
 
Chaos34 said:
If you read my posts this would not be new to you. I'm not much of a write-up guy, but it's one I've drafted, written up with some effort and well... shouldn't be new to you. And yeah, it's pretty great. Eddie's version is so good also. If I could ever learn guitar this would be high on my list to learn and try singing it.
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Somewhere in a prior M-aD countdown I clarified that "new-to-me" can also mean "have heard but my increasingly feeble brain doesn't remember." :)
 
Chaos34 said:
Blue Bottle's current Ethiopian is seriously world class coffee. I may break my 16 oz rule.

If you put your trash out on a windy stormy night and it gets blown over and all over your neighbor's property, what do you do? I roll my can over there and pick it up. Also, discovered my front yard is the wind funnel for debris on this street.:cautious:

Ooh. Hazel Dean improving Abba? Sounded great.
haha... right into Judas Priest. I feel sorry for people who don't love music. This is fun. Need to check out the Fleetwood Mac version. But this rocks.
And a sped up Peppermint Twist by Sweet. Can't complain about that and this transition actually worked. Gave me a Nick Lowe Dave Edmunds vibe. That's a good thing.
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I never listened to the original Green Manalishi until this morning and it was better than I expected! Ended up playing the whole album (Then Play On) twice
 
Pip's Invitation said:
OH tally:

OH cover songs I have heard of: 0
OH original songs I have heard of: 0
OH cover artists I have heard of: 3
OH original artists I have heard of: 3

Obviously I know who Ricky Nelson is. I have heard of Bongwater but not Freakwater. Still an 0-fer on the songs. At the beginning of this thread I set the over/under on # of OH songs I'd heard of at 7.5. Under looking good so far.
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I just looked at his list. I'm not sure about the six-pointer, but the next six after that are songs where I'm sure you'll know the originals.
 
Chaos34 said:
haha... right into Judas Priest. I feel sorry for people who don't love music. This is fun. Need to check out the Fleetwood Mac version. But this rocks.
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After you've checked out the original Mac version of Manalishi, check out this performance a couple of years ago by Mick Fleetwood and Friends. Kirk Hammett is playing with Peter Green's Les Paul used on the original recording.

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Uruk-Hai said:
krista4 said:
krista4:

I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Alison Krauss & Union Station (traditional)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (1); Baby, Now That I’ve Found You (1)
Original artist: N/A
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I'm guessing a double-reason for choosing this. Thanks.
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Yes. As a song, I actually prefer her version of "Down to the River to Pray," but I had to give tribute here to our friend Tom instead. Bonus: the version I linked was recorded in Louisville.
 
5 Points - Our Last Summer - The A*Teens (Abba)

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Original - Buried on Super Trouper, this album track is just one of the great non singles that Abba have loads of. This album is stacked too. Brought back to life, as are many lesser known Abba songs, through the Mamma Mia musicals and movies

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Well it had to happen. A teen band formed in Sweden to make exclusively Abba covers. They hit number one in their home country with Mamma Mia and number two with Super Trouper. Two more top 10 tracks happened in Sweden before the Contagion spread throughout Europe. Their cover of Dancing Queen even made #95 in the US. This song was one of the album tracks and like the rest, sticking a 90s dance beat onto an Abba song really doesn’t add much at all.
 
5 Points - (They Long to Be) Close To You - The Carpenters (Richard Chamberlain)
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One of the many great Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs, this one was thrown around in its early days. Richard Chamberlain (Dr Kildare) did the first recorded version. It was the B side to Blue Guitar which reached #42 on the Billboard charts. Dionne Warwick had a shot. Then Dusty Springfield. Even Bacharach himself took a turn.

Cover
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The Carpenters - Close To You (1970) Official Video

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Herb Alpert was one who also recorded it, but he hated his cover and never released it. Alpert as head of A&M records was instrumental in convincing brother sister duo The Carpenters, fresh off a wonderful cover of Ticket to Ride, to have a crack. I will let wiki take it from here

The arrangement was completely different from the version Bacharach cut with Richard Chamberlain, with one exception. When Richard Carpenter asked Bacharach for permission (as a courtesy) to redo the song, Bacharach requested that he keep the two "quintuplets" (five note groupings" (piano ornaments) at the end of the first bridge. Bacharach recalled his initial reaction on hearing the finished product: "Man, this is just great! I completely blew it with Richard Chamberlain but now someone else has come along and made a record so much better than mine."
 
zamboni said:
Chaos34 said:
haha... right into Judas Priest. I feel sorry for people who don't love music. This is fun. Need to check out the Fleetwood Mac version. But this rocks.
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After you've checked out the original Mac version of Manalishi, check out this performance a couple of years ago by Mick Fleetwood and Friends. Kirk Hammett is playing with Peter Green's Les Paul used on the original recording.

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This was great-thanks for posting!
 
krista4 said:
Doug B:

Baker Street - Foo Fighters (Gerry Rafferty) NOT ON PLAYLIST
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Until I sought out the Spotify/YouTube links for this cover ... I had a Mandela Effect memory that this song was used in the film Good Will Hunting and was on the soundtrack. Instead, it was the original Gerry Rafferty version that was in the film and on the soundtrack -- it was just a coincidence that the Foo Fighters' cover was getting airplay right around then.

Rafferty's studio version needs no introduction, so I'll post the sax-less demo (YouTube).
 
Mister CIA said:
krista4 said:
Mister CIA:

Bennie & The Jets – Hickoids (Elton John)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Bennie & The Jets (1); Border Song (1)
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I was a little surprised at myself when I chose this song for my playlist. I've had the live version on YouTube bookmarked for a while, but when I happened to play the studio recording it hit me how much I loved this gem of a glam rock song converted into lo-fi. Subsequent efforts to identify similar genre-benders have come up empty (have not looked that hard) and I'm open to suggestions, which might result in spoilers, so ixnay on that. ... T Rex almost covers both at once.

For the visual learners in the crowd, a live performance with sexy time. I know @shuke is a fan.
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You were surprised you included it??? When have you ever missed an opportunity to post that live video in a thread here?
 
krista4 said:
shuke said:
krista4 said:
shuke:

No Woman No Cry/Let It Be mashup - Umphrey's McGee (Bob Marley/The Beatles)
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I actually expected some backlash for this, either that it wasn't truly a "cover" or that it was just ridiculous. But I love what Umphrey's does with their mashups, making two songs sounds like they were genuinely written together.

I flirted with the idea of doing an entire list of mashups. Based on the lack of love this got, glad I didn't.

Seeing them Friday night, pretty excited.
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I wrote that it was "oh-so-clever"!
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You really can't help yourself but fall for a "no one reads your posts" joke setup, can you?
 
shuke said:
Mister CIA said:
krista4 said:
Mister CIA:

Bennie & The Jets – Hickoids (Elton John)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: two votes – Bennie & The Jets (1); Border Song (1)
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I was a little surprised at myself when I chose this song for my playlist. I've had the live version on YouTube bookmarked for a while, but when I happened to play the studio recording it hit me how much I loved this gem of a glam rock song converted into lo-fi. Subsequent efforts to identify similar genre-benders have come up empty (have not looked that hard) and I'm open to suggestions, which might result in spoilers, so ixnay on that. ... T Rex almost covers both at once.

For the visual learners in the crowd, a live performance with sexy time. I know @shuke is a fan.
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You were surprised you included it??? When have you ever missed an opportunity to post that live video in a thread here?
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It happens almost every day.
 
Joan Baez' version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is the first version that I ever heard. It was popular on the radio in the early 70s, and my neighbor had the 45 that she played a lot. I loved the folk sound of it and I love storytelling songs. I'd eventually hear the original by The Band, which I love, but I still love Joan's version, too.

Joan flubs some of the lyrics in the first verse of the song, but if Robbie Robertson can forgive her, so can I. She misheard the lyrics and didn't intentionally record them wrong. After she learned the correct ones, she would sing it the correct way live. Robertson said he got some of his story inaccurate historically, so he isn't judging. She also made him a lot of money. Anyway, it's an anti-war song from the view of a poor southern dirt farming family that lost everything in the Civil War, and the only thing they had to rejoice about was the day the war ended, and all the bells were ringing. Robbie Robertson got the idea of writing the song after meeting Levon Helm's dad in Arkansas. His dad was a cotton farmer, and Robertson had some conversations with him about the Civil War, and the seed was planted to write the song.
 
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krista4 said:
Pip's Invitation said:
OH tally:

OH cover songs I have heard of: 0
OH original songs I have heard of: 0
OH cover artists I have heard of: 3
OH original artists I have heard of: 3

Obviously I know who Ricky Nelson is. I have heard of Bongwater but not Freakwater. Still an 0-fer on the songs. At the beginning of this thread I set the over/under on # of OH songs I'd heard of at 7.5. Under looking good so far.
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I just looked at his list. I'm not sure about the six-pointer, but the next six after that are songs where I'm sure you'll know the originals.
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If they’re all Neil Young covers, then yes. :laugh:
 
simey said:
rockaction said:
Never retaliate. They always punish the retaliatory action and not the person who started it.
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You're right, rock, and I've been a peaceful person my whole life. However, destroying my scrumdiddlyumptious bowl of CC w/ Crunch Berries was declaring war. I had to go to battle. No regrets.
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it would make more sense to me if it was peanut butter crunch
 
Uruk-Hai said:
krista4 said:
Uruk-Hai:

That's All Right Mama - Elvis Presley (Arthur Crudup)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: three votes – That’s All Right Mama (1); Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1); An American Trilogy (1)
Original artist: first vote
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Crudup wasn't even a 5th tier artist. He was a one-trick pony, and wasn't good at even that. God bless him, though.

I reckon most folks here know how Presley came to record this, so I won't bore you with the details (unless you ask). It was pretty much an accident that changed music history.

The thing about this record is how it sounds, which makes it different than anything that came before. There's no drummer on this, yet the beat is there (most credit to Bill Black's bass for that). Scotty Moore pretty much lays the template (for better or worse) for almost 70 years of guitar-based Western music. And the singer got exactly what Sam Phillips was looking for. The way this record soars will never go out of style.

I know a lot of people aren't big Presley fans, especially among this demographic. But damned near everything you like happened because a nobody, loser kid from the wrong side of the tracks got frustrated and bored in a little Memphis studio one day in 1954 and picked an obscure blues song to cover.
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Robert Plant loves Elvis, and one can argue that he based a LOT of his vocal approach on what Elvis did on this song.
 
Doug B said:
zamboni said:
After you've checked out the original Mac version of Manalishi, check out this performance a couple of years ago by Mick Fleetwood and Friends. Kirk Hammett is playing with Peter Green's Les Paul used on the original recording.
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Zamboni holding back on the Billy Gibbons appearance: "Oh yeah ... and some guy with a ZZ Top beard and cheap sunglasses was milling around ..."
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And Clapton on bass!
 
welp, I gave the bastages until one to come get their trash. i did it myself. felt like community service punishment. i even picked up my next door neighbor's mess for him. he's a good dude and isn't home. pretty sure with the wind kicking up hard this afternoon (desert phenomena actually) it was all headed my way anyway. now the bastages cans are empty and mine are over-stuffed. and i need a run to the dump. music mood delayed. carne asada mood engaged.

but

really liked lucy dacus doing believe

like everything trampled by turtles does

elvis costello's peace love and understanding is the best version i've heard

2 cellos doing u2. hell yeah. i went missing here for months as y'all did a bunch of music stuff. i was lost in jazz (saxophones baby) and classical-ish stuff last year. this is a great pull already on a playlist here.

i picked the studio version of disturbed's sound of silence and welcome it live. hell, it's better live.

that's where i stopped. i really like the list i sent krista, but y'all just killin' this with stuff i'd have never thought of. thanks.

off to the damn dump and bernardino's for that wild habanero carne they make.
 
Pip’s Invitation:

I See You – Yes (The Byrds)

The Byrds are well-known for covers. Their two biggest early-career hits were covers of "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan, drastically rearranged to the extent it birthed the genre of "folk rock", and "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a Bible verse arranged into music by Pete Seeger. Their unpopular-at-the-time but ultimately influential album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which may have birthed the genre of "country rock," consisted almost entirely of covers, most of them from classic country artists. Their 1990 box set has 11 (!) Dylan covers.

But they were also innovative songwriters. Eight Miles High, which I selected in the US countdown and which had a Husker Du cover in the Last 5 Out, was truly revolutionary for its time, paving the way for psychedelia to work its way into the mainstream. On that same album (Fifth Dimension) from 1966 was another song that borrowed from jazz and Indian ragas, I See You, co-written by Jim (later Roger) McGuinn and David Crosby.

Three years later, an English band named Yes released their self-titled debut album. They did not come out as a fully formed "prog" band. That genre hadn't really solidified yet, nor had the band acquired two of its most renowned instrumental wizards, Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman. Rather, the first two Yes albums (despite some questionable orchestration decisions on the second one) are adventurous and charming, and very much within the contemporary practices of mixing originals with covers and of carrying on the genre-hopping and eclectic experimentation of mid-60s bands like the Byrds and the Beatles. (It is no accident that these records also contain Beatles and Buffalo Springfield covers.)

The Yes version of I See You keeps the main structure of the Byrds' version but ups the jazz quotient, lengthening the song and creating plenty of room for solos, but also remaining very much a group effort, with the force of the rhythms and melodies never being undermined. This is the track from the debut album that best showcases the talents of bassist Chris Squire and drummer Bill Bruford, who would go on to amass legions of devotees of their instrumental prowess. It is also the best performance that original guitarist Peter Banks gave during his two-album tenure. The band improved in skill when Howe replaced Banks for their third album, but the freewheeling, charming vibe the band gave off here also left with him. Starting in 1971, Yes became Serious Business.

I See You is one of two of my favorite covers Yes performed. I wrote about the other one in my 1975 countdown.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSsXlNw7TA
 
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
5 Points - Our Last Summer - The A*Teens (Abba)

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Original - Buried on Super Trouper, this album track is just one of the great non singles that Abba have loads of. This album is stacked too. Brought back to life, as are many lesser known Abba songs, through the Mamma Mia musicals and movies

Cover

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Well it had to happen. A teen band formed in Sweden to make exclusively Abba covers. They hit number one in their home country with Mamma Mia and number two with Super Trouper. Two more top 10 tracks happened in Sweden before the Contagion spread throughout Europe. Their cover of Dancing Queen even made #95 in the US. This song was one of the album tracks and like the rest, sticking a 90s dance beat onto an Abba song really doesn’t add much at all.
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ditkaburgers was a big A*Teens fan as a tween. She included both ABBA and A*Teens in her global 31.
 
simey said:
Joan Baez's version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is the first version that I ever heard. It was popular on the radio in the early 70s, and my neighbor had the 45 that she played a lot. I loved the folk sound of it and I love storytelling songs. I'd eventually hear the original by The Band, which I love, but I still love Joan's version, too.

Joan flubs some of the lyrics in the first verse of the song, but if Robbie Robertson can forgive her, so can I. She misheard the lyrics and didn't intentionally record them wrong. After she learned the correct ones, she would sing it the correct way live. Robertson said he got some of his story inaccurate historically, so he isn't judging. She also made him a lot of money. Anyway, it's an anti-war song from the view of a poor southern dirt farming family that lost everything in the Civil War, and the only thing they had to rejoice about was the day the war ended, and all the bells were ringing. Robbie Robertson got the idea of writing the song after meeting Levon Helm's dad in Arkansas. His dad was a cotton farmer, and Robertson had some conversations with him about the Civil War, and the seed was planted to write the song.
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It's kind of ironic that Baez' biggest hit record is about the Confederacy.
 
krista4 said:
Don Quixote:

Pills - The New York Dolls (Bo Diddley)
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Considered the Bo Diddley original for my MAD 31 list before opting to include a different Diddley song. But I’ve always liked the cover of it by the New York Dolls too — lyrics work with the punk edge. I think this is the only song in my list where I’ve seen both the original artist and the cover artist live.
 
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#27 Always on My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (Gwen McRae)

Original: Spotify; Youtube

There are.. a few other cover versions of this song floating around. At least one I wouldn't be surprised to see later, and if I'm being honest, there was a battle between this version and another as far as what to select that lasted until I needed to submit my list. So part of choosing this version might be simply liking it better in that window. Maybe it's the dissonance, the rather upbeat, poppy music intermixed with a song about regret and longing. Maybe it's me wanting to shine a light on this version too. Regardless, it's very likely a familiar song that's been done in several styles, where so many (if not all) of them work.

#26 will be a song it's difficult to really think of as a cover, as the version I chose has far eclipsed the original.
 
Mt. Man said:
#27 Always on My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (Gwen McRae)

Original: Spotify; Youtube

There are.. a few other cover versions of this song floating around. At least one I wouldn't be surprised to see later, and if I'm being honest, there was a battle between this version and another as far as what to select that lasted until I needed to submit my list. So part of choosing this version might be simply liking it better in that window. Maybe it's the dissonance, the rather upbeat, poppy music intermixed with a song about regret and longing. Maybe it's me wanting to shine a light on this version too. Regardless, it's very likely a familiar song that's been done in several styles, where so many (if not all) of them work.

#26 will be a song it's difficult to really think of as a cover, as the version I chose has far eclipsed the original.
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You got a copy of my list or something? lol. Another one. Possibly. Perhaps. Without spoiling.
I had the original as Brenda Lee though
 
Mt. Man said:
#27 Always on My Mind - Pet Shop Boys (Gwen McRae)

Original: Spotify; Youtube

There are.. a few other cover versions of this song floating around. At least one I wouldn't be surprised to see later, and if I'm being honest, there was a battle between this version and another as far as what to select that lasted until I needed to submit my list. So part of choosing this version might be simply liking it better in that window. Maybe it's the dissonance, the rather upbeat, poppy music intermixed with a song about regret and longing. Maybe it's me wanting to shine a light on this version too. Regardless, it's very likely a familiar song that's been done in several styles, where so many (if not all) of them work.

#26 will be a song it's difficult to really think of as a cover, as the version I chose has far eclipsed the original.
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I remember when this came out. I don’t think I liked it much then but really haven’t thought of it in 35 years or so. When it came on today, I thought it had a great sound and was a nice take on what that song had been.

Not sure if another 35 years will pass until I hear it again. I’ll let you guys know.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
Pip’s Invitation:

I See You – Yes (The Byrds)

The Byrds are well-known for covers. Their two biggest early-career hits were covers of "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan, drastically rearranged to the extent it birthed the genre of "folk rock", and "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a Bible verse arranged into music by Pete Seeger. Their unpopular-at-the-time but ultimately influential album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which may have birthed the genre of "country rock," consisted almost entirely of covers, most of them from classic country artists. Their 1990 box set has 11 (!) Dylan covers.

But they were also innovative songwriters. Eight Miles High, which I selected in the US countdown and which had a Husker Du cover in the Last 5 Out, was truly revolutionary for its time, paving the way for psychedelia to work its way into the mainstream. On that same album (Fifth Dimension) from 1966 was another song that borrowed from jazz and Indian ragas, I See You, co-written by Jim (later Roger) McGuinn and David Crosby.

Three years later, an English band named Yes released their self-titled debut album. They did not come out as a fully formed "prog" band. That genre hadn't really solidified yet, nor had the band acquired two of its most renowned instrumental wizards, Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman. Rather, the first two Yes albums (despite some questionable orchestration decisions on the second one) are adventurous and charming, and very much within the contemporary practices of mixing originals with covers and of carrying on the genre-hopping and eclectic experimentation of mid-60s bands like the Byrds and the Beatles. (It is no accident that these records also contain Beatles and Buffalo Springfield covers.)

The Yes version of I See You keeps the main structure of the Byrds' version but ups the jazz quotient, lengthening the song and creating plenty of room for solos, but also remaining very much a group effort, with the force of the rhythms and melodies never being undermined. This is the track from the debut album that best showcases the talents of bassist Chris Squire and drummer Bill Bruford, who would go on to amass legions of devotees of their instrumental prowess. It is also the best performance that original guitarist Peter Banks gave during his two-album tenure. The band improved in skill when Howe replaced Banks for their third album, but the freewheeling, charming vibe the band gave off here also left with him. Starting in 1971, Yes became Serious Business.

I See You is one of two of my favorite covers Yes performed. I wrote about the other one in my 1975 countdown.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSsXlNw7TA
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At #26, the cover on my list that is most similar to the original. It’s mainly here because I am amazed it was covered at all.
 
krista4 said:
higgins:

From the Beginning - Dokken (ELP)
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!!!

Never new these guys covered this. Lost track of Dokken after high school -- their last album in the 80s was 1987. They broke up for a spell and went eight years before releasing another album -- Dysfunctional, on which this cover appeared. Would've appreciated hearing this when it first came out.
 
Doug B said:
krista4 said:
higgins:

From the Beginning - Dokken (ELP)
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!!!

Never knew these guys covered this. Lost track of Dokken after high school -- their last album in the 80s was 1987. They broke up for a spell and went eight years before releasing another album -- Dysfunctional, on which this cover appeared. Would've appreciated hearing this when it first came out.
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Never knew this existed either - hell of a cover. Not surprising that George Lynch could pull this off on acoustic with zest.
 
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