If you were going to make a album of 10 cover songs, what songs would you cover?

[Steve w]

Here are mine-

1) Let it Be (Beatles)

2) Expecting to Fly (Buffalo Springfield)

3) Anyday (Derick and the Dominoes)

4) Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)

5) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)

6) Little Miss Fortune (Bad Company)

7) When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin)

8) The Only Living Boy in New York (Simon and Garfunkel)

9) And it Stoned Me (Van Morrison)

10) The Card Cheat (The Clash)

[Dave]

My choices would be:

Jerry Doucette: Mamma Let Him Play

Led Zeppelin: Black Dog

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Cold Shot

Van Halen: Drop Dead Legs

ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man

The Moody Blues: Gemini Dream

Rush: Time Stands Still

Chilliwack: Fly At Night

Deep Purple: Space Truckin'

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week

[Claviusb]

1. The inner groove from Sgt. Pepper
2. The organ music that they play at a baseball game to get the crowd riled up
3. Achoo! (by Sparks)
4. Revolution #9
5. The Girl From Ipanema
6. On The Run (Pink Floyd)
7. Seasons In The Sun
8. Theme from Goldfinger
9. Jupiter and Beyond: Requiem for Suprano, Mezzo Suprano, Mixed Choirs & Orchestra (2001)
10. Oscar Meyer wiener song

[Grant]

Hmmmmm, this would taks some real thought because I would only do songs that I thought I could improve on or that I could radically change with a whole new arrangement.

So far, the only one that immediately comes to mind is "Love Light" by the Archies. Don't laugh! It has serious potential!

[Bob Lovely]

All,

When I think about the term "Cover Songs" I think back to the early days of Top 40 Radio when White artists made, for the most part, dreadfully awful "covers" of R & B hits originally recorded by Black artists. Pat Boone released many "cover songs". His version of Tutti Frutti is absolutely annoying and awful. Thankfully, this practice ended by the late 57' or early 58' when the record buying public only wanted the real thing!

Bob

[Grant]

Bob,

The practice didn't end there. The purposes may have changed, but many blacks were first exposed to cover versions of songs made popular by white artrists in the 70s, at least on a smaller scale. Many people consider the covers as the definitive versions because they were the first they heard, like "Love The One Your'e With" by the Isley Brothers" or "Jive Talkin'" by Rufus.


But back in the 50s, though the reasons were racial, they brought R&B tunes to the white public that would have never listened to or heard of them otherwise. Of coures, now, most people realize that the cleaned up versions are far from authentic and know the real ones. But there are a lot people who still have never heard the originals. They are comfortable with Pat Boone.

[Bob Lovely]

Grant,

Good points! Thankfully, oldies stations rarely, if ever, play the cover versions of those 50's R & B songs. R & B artists used to cover each other as well. Often these covers were better than their original version. The most famous "better" covers from that period were Little Darlin'--Diamonds and The Twist--Chubby Checker who covered the Gladiolas and Hank Ballard versions, respectively.

I brought up the 50's cover versions as being nefarious because they were purely racially motivated and artistic drivel, for the most part.

Bob

[Paul Chang]

American Side
1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
2. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Touch Me
5. Desperado
British Side
1. The Water Is Wide (English Trad. arrg. Felix Pappalardi/Gail Collins)
2. Twist And Shout (covered cover)
3. As Tears Go By
4. I Can't Explain
5. Spread Your Wings

And I think my older brother will make two:
Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2

[BradOlson]

Originally posted by Bob Lovely
All,
Pat Boone released many "cover songs". His version of Tutti Frutti is absolutely annoying and awful.
Bob

I once in a while personally like to hear Pat Boone's version of Tutti Fruitti.

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bob Lovely
All,

His version of Tutti Frutti is absolutely annoying and awful. Thankfully, this practice ended by the late 57' or early 58' when the record buying public only wanted the real thing!

Bob
Agreed!!!:rolleyes: