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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Too soon to be covering songs |
| Date | Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:42:29 -0700 (PDT) |
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~~~david graham(e) wrote that??? wow. i love/d that
song. nice the pop.
jocelyn
--- kcronin <fiatluxury@yahoo.com> wrote:
> oi:
>
> just my .02 on this topic: seems to me some
> relatively unknowns called the Offspring covered
> local
> spazrockers the Didjits' "Killboy Powerhead"
> (admittedly, a Didjits release from 4 years prior)
> and
> seems to me their album unexpectedly went
> platinum...seems to me Rick Didjits bought a city
> 2-flat and several more years of making the music he
> does best offa this songwriting credit, and I've
> never
> heard him complain about it once.
>
> Seems to me the enigmatic and squirrelly david
> graham
> has been allowed alot of his enigma and
> squirrelyness
> via the superpopularity of Mr. Big's "Be With You,"
> which he acknowledged in his pretty
> straightforwardly
> titled "Song Equals House."
>
> Seems to me Jules Shear was quoted as introducing
> his
> "All Through the Night" by commenting something
> along
> the lines of, "Songs are like children. Some of them
> are disappointing, some of them you love
> anyway...this
> one bought me a house."
>
> Seems to me that a very talented, long-toiling, and
> hardworking songwriter named Jesse Harris, whose
> sleepy countrified "Don't Know Why" recently won a
> grammy when it was dressed up in Norah Jones,
> happily
> and proudly stood a table full of near-strangers a
> round of drinks when he got his first royalty
> check..a
> fact related to me by his new manager, a friend of
> mine who can't sleep now for the deluge of Jesse
> related calls from all manner of luminaries and
> non-luminaries who now have Jesse in their sights.
>
> Somehow I'm not thinking any of these people were
> saying, "Man, my version shoulda been the hit...they
> just didn't catch the essential ESSENCE of it at
> ALL."
> No. I'm thinking they are saying: wow, cool -
> someone
> saw potential in my music and they made me a fucking
> fortune off it.
>
> I'm sure there are anecdotes to the contrary - I
> seem
> to recall Robert Palmer releasing "didn't mean to
> turn
> you on" (written by someone else, i don't remember
> who,) that was also released by Charelle? Cherelle?
> some young R&B thang the year before..hers was
> getting
> some radio airplay before his eclipsed it totally (I
> remember hearing hers AFTER his and thinking how
> weird
> that she should cover it, then finding out later
> hers
> was released a year earlier - being in 6th grade at
> the time, I much preferred his, because it was the
> one
> i had more radio exposure to, AND he was a cute
> guy.)
> Double bummer for her, since it wasn't even her
> songwriting credit...oh well.
>
> --kelly
> np:
>
>
>
> --- Ira Rosen <irosen@ixtelecom.com> wrote:
> > In March of 1970, CSNY released "Deja Vu," which
> > included the song
> > "Woodstock, " by Joni Mitchell.
> >
> > One month later, Joni released "Ladies of the
> > Canyon," which also included
> > "Woodstock."
> >
> > The versions are completely different, and the
> CSNY
> > recording is the more
> > well known.
> >
> > Which is the cover?
> >
> > Which should not have been released so soon?
> >
> > Me, I love them both - in different ways and for
> > different reasons. I could
> > care less than they were released a month apart.
> > Granted, I heard them much
> > later, as I was only 3 at the time.
> >
> > Ira
> >
>
>
> =====
> oderint dum mentuant
>
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