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Best [artist] song they never wrote
« on: May 13, 2019, 03:01:25 pm »
Best Eagles stnw: Scud Mountain Boys - Penthouse In The Woods
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2019, 03:40:11 pm »
Best Clash song they never wrote:

Afroman - Because I Got High
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2019, 04:09:44 pm »
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (Gram Parsons)

Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2019, 04:15:35 pm »
so this is not a cover per-se, but a song written by someone else for them?
or are we just talking covers, like All Along the Watchtower where the cover is better than the original?

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2019, 04:20:28 pm »
so this is not a cover per-se, but a song written by someone else for them?
or are we just talking covers, like All Along the Watchtower where the cover is better than the original?

I think (s)he means a song written and done by another artist that could have been a song by the more popular group. I'm not sure I agree with the choice of that (great) Scud Mountain Boys song, but it seems like that would fit the subject line.

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2019, 04:20:59 pm »
Well the Stones took credit

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2019, 04:21:54 pm »
Rolling Stones- It’s Only Rock and Roll (Ron Wood)

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2019, 04:36:41 pm »
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2019, 04:37:23 pm »
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2019, 04:42:08 pm »
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton - Hallelujah
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2019, 05:28:25 pm »
Tiffany - I think we're alone now
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Justin Tonation

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2019, 10:23:03 pm »
so this is not a cover per-se, but a song written by someone else for them?
or are we just talking covers, like All Along the Watchtower where the cover is better than the original?

I think (s)he means a song written and done by another artist that could have been a song by the more popular group. I'm not sure I agree with the choice of that (great) Scud Mountain Boys song, but it seems like that would fit the subject line.

This. Not covers. Originals that, if you didn't know better, sound like a better known artist.
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2019, 10:28:18 pm »
Best Hall & Oates stnw: Prefab Sprout - Enchanted
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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2019, 08:53:47 am »
so this is not a cover per-se, but a song written by someone else for them?
or are we just talking covers, like All Along the Watchtower where the cover is better than the original?

I think (s)he means a song written and done by another artist that could have been a song by the more popular group. I'm not sure I agree with the choice of that (great) Scud Mountain Boys song, but it seems like that would fit the subject line.

This. Not covers. Originals that, if you didn't know better, sound like a better known artist.

I'm not saying I'm a walking music library by any stretch of the imagination, but this kind of thing often happens when you have a partner who is less of a library than yourself. Not that there's anything wrong with that. You'll be playing Sturgill Simpson and she'll be like "Oh is that George Jones?"

*Note: I actually don't really like Sturgill Simpson and personally think he sounds more like Waylon Jennings (who my partner wouldn't recognize) than George Jones (who she would use as a common catch-all for classic male country artist voices) but that's the best example I could come up with early on a Tuesday.

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Re: Best [artist] song they never wrote
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2019, 12:36:18 pm »
Led Zeppelin: anything by Greta Van Fleet

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