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Subject: Cover Song?
Written By: Steve2891 on 11/19/04 at 4:44 am
I hear the 60's song "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" on the radio, and I remember listening to that song as a kid in the mid/late 80's, as if it were a new song. But it seems like the version I heard in the 80's sounded different. My question is, was there a cover of that song in the mid or late 80's? And if so, by what band/artist?
Thanks.
Subject: Re: Cover Song?
Written By: karen on 11/19/04 at 6:42 am
Could it be this version by DJ Otzi?
http://www.lyricsstyle.com/d/djotzi/dowahdiddy.html
(watch out for pop-ups though)
I typed ("do wah diddy" -manfred) into Google (minus the parentheses). There might be other versions that I didn't look at.
Subject: Re: Cover Song?
Written By: kairi747 on 11/19/04 at 12:44 pm
I hear the 60's song "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" on the radio, and I remember listening to that song as a kid in the mid/late 80's, as if it were a new song. But it seems like the version I heard in the 80's sounded different. My question is, was there a cover of that song in the mid or late 80's? And if so, by what band/artist?
Thanks.
yes, there was a version in the 80's - 1982-ish?? i can't remember who did it but I definitely remember that being a song that got a lot of air time. let me think about and hopefully it'll come to me!
Subject: Re: Cover song? (Doo Wah Diddy?)
Written By: Foo Bar on 01/30/05 at 4:54 pm
I hear the 60's song "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" on the radio, and I remember listening to that song as a kid in the mid/late 80's, as if it were a new song. But it seems like the version I heard in the 80's sounded different. My question is, was there a cover of that song in the mid or late 80's? And if so, by what band/artist?
Thanks.
Well, 2 Live Crew did a pretty tasteless (and hilarious :) cover of it in 1987's "Move Somethin'.
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But trust me, you probably didn't hear it on radio in the USA. The FCC would have problems with, umm... every verse.
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If you remember verses about prostitution, douching, and/or transvestitism, that's the cover you're looking for :) Lyrics are Googlable, if you're brave :)
Subject: Re: Cover Song?
Written By: Spaff.com on 01/31/05 at 10:30 pm
I betcha you're thinking of the movie Stripes, where Bill Murray and his platoon use "Doo Wah Diddy" as a marching cadence call. That's where I got familiar with it; it wasn't until years later that realized that it was an ACTUAL SONG.
xoxox
Spaff
Subject: Re: Cover Song?
Written By: karen on 02/01/05 at 4:49 am
I betcha you're thinking of the movie Stripes, where Bill Murray and his platoon use "Doo Wah Diddy" as a marching cadence call. That's where I got familiar with it; it wasn't until years later that realized that it was an ACTUAL SONG.
xoxox
Spaff
Isn't that the funniest film? I also liked the bit near the beginning when one of them is teaching Da Do Run Run to his English class.