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Subject: 1970's songs covered by other artists
Last week I was listening to N.P.R. (National Public radio) and the show played a clip of Dolly Parton singing Led Zepplin's " Stairway to Heaven."
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Personally I thought that was scary having a country singer crooning an almost worshipped 70's ballad.
Two questions.
Just wondering what other artists covered Zepplin's songs?
2. What are your favorite 70's songs covered by other artists.
( Include the good, bad, and the ugly)
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
Rolf Harris did Stairway in his own inimitable style... but in his defence, he was on an Australian TV show that got all its guests to do a rendition and Rolf's was so, er, distinctive it did the rounds (all before MP3s and music sharing) to such an extent that they decided they had to release it as a record.
Phil
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
The Good: Get It On-Power Station
A killer version of the great T. Rex hit. :)
The Bad: Ironman-The Cardigans
I don't care for Black Sabbath, but the Devil made them (The Cardigans) redo it.
The Ugly: Cat's In the Cradle-Ugly Kid Joe
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
Quoting:Just wondering what other artists covered Zepplin's songs?
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Philbo is right, of course. There was an entire album of "Stairway to Heaven" covers inspired by a segment on a TV show called The Money or the Gun, where the musical acts on the show had to perform their own version of the song. There was also an album called Encomium that featured Led Zep covers from bands like 4 Non Blondes, Tori Amos, Rollins Band and (I think) Duran Duran among others. Let's forget Puff Daddy's diabolical version of "Kashmir" from the Godzilla soundtrack. And the Black Crowes did an album with Jimmy Page a while back that was mostly Zep tunes.
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
The only Led Zep covers I could find were a live rendition of Lemon Song by DMZ, and an entire CD full of Led Zep covers... which although I had found, due to Netscape's annoying traits, I can't copy and paste to you.
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
If you wish to find it, just go to http://www.allmusic.com and type in Led Zeppelin as Artist. Somewhere down the line you shall find Songs Appear On.
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
If you wanna hear bad versions of 70's songs by other people, you need go no further than your local flea market and look for an album with a name like "Super Hits '73" or "Hot Disco Hits" or somesuch name. If you look on the back and it lists the songs, but not who sings them, it is most likely a ripoff record done by unknown singers. Those are pretty interesting, to say the least.
Once in a while those singers even got some words wrong. There is a web page called Frank's Vinyl Museum, and the entry for "Nashville Country Singers" gives a prime example of this. It is:
http://www.franklarosa.com/vinyl/Exhibit.jsp;jsessionid=KNEPMCBGGLMH?AlbumID=60
The biggest perpetrator of these records was the Pickwick label, but there were other lesser-known companies as well. (Sunshine Sound Productions from Paducah, KY is one that comes to my mind.)
This genre has made a comeback in the last decade. In the cheap tape sections of stores, there are tapes such as "Hits of the 80's" or "Hits of the 90's" that lists the songs, but no hit singers. If you look good enough, you may find in small print "Performed by the COUNTDOWN SINGERS" or a similar dumb name.
Stairway to Heaven: Anybody remember the "SCTV" commercial for the "Stairways to Heaven" album that had immitations of different singers singing bits of the song, along with the "5 Nice Guys"? If that real album was "inspired by" anything, it had to be this!
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
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If you wanna hear bad versions of 70's songs by other people, you need go no further than your local flea market and look for an album with a name like "Super Hits '73" or "Hot Disco Hits" or somesuch name. If you look on the back and it lists the songs, but not who sings them, it is most likely a ripoff record done by unknown singers. Those are pretty interesting, to say the least.
Once in a while those singers even got some words wrong. The biggest perpetrator of these records was the Pickwick label, but there were other lesser-known companies as well. (Sunshine Sound Productions from Paducah, KY is one that comes to my mind.)
This genre has made a comeback in the last decade. In the cheap tape sections of stores, there are tapes such as "Hits of the 80's" or "Hits of the 90's" that lists the songs, but no hit singers. If you look good enough, you may find in small print "Performed by the COUNTDOWN SINGERS" or a similar dumb name.
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The reason they do this is so they can cash in on the songs, without having to pay performance royalties to the original artists, or get permission from their record companies to use the original recordings.
Subject: Re: 1970's songs covered by other artists
Quoting:
Last week I was listening to N.P.R. (National Public radio) and the show played a clip of Dolly Parton singing Led Zepplin's " Stairway to Heaven."
::)
Personally I thought that was scary having a country singer crooning an almost worshipped 70's ballad.
Two questions.
Just wondering what other artists covered Zepplin's songs?
2. What are your favorite 70's songs covered by other artists.
( Include the good, bad, and the ugly)
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Somewhere, I have a MP3 of Tiny Tim (yes, the "Tiptoe THrough The Tulips" guy) singing Stairway! It is truely demented.
Also, Pat Boone did a cover of it on an album a year or so back.