smoe.org mailing lists
ivan@stellysee.de
| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Covers |
| Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:29:11 -0400 |
[Part 1 text/plain iso-8859-1 (1.7 kilobytes)]
(View Text in a separate window)
Okay ... glad I'm not the only one with a soft spot for "Torn."
I prefer the Imbruglia version to Ednaswaps.
And I'll also make the radical proposal that Ms. Imbruglia's recorded output
is full of under-appreciated pop gems.
As for covers, well, I know this is sick, but I've always been a sucker for
Paul Young's version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," and "Wherever I Lay My
Hat" (in particular).
See the thread about 1983-84 being a big musical year for me for further
illumination.
john micek.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Covers
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
>> This thread actually commenced as a discussion of the "best cover version
>> of all time to reach the American Top 40", which is why the first three
>> suggestions were "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk, "You Really Got Me" by
>> Van Halen, and "All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. The Ramones
>> and Wilson Pickett obviously didn't qualify with their covers.
>
> Tell that to Joel Whitburn: Pickett's "Sugar Sugar" hit #25 in 1970, and I
> still hear it on oldies satellite radio stations today.
>
> And if that's your criterion, give it up for the Beatles' version of the
> Isleys' "Twist and Shout," which hit the charts TWICE, in '64 and '86!
>
> And in the category of "hit covers that only pop geeks knew were covers in
> the first place," I nominate Natalie Imbruglia's cover of Ednaswap's
> "Torn," which hit the charts mostly because it was so much better than the
> original, which was only a couple years old at the time.
>
> S
>
>
For assistance, please contact
the smoe.org administrators.