Lammycat Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I think i heard Thelonious Monster's "For My Lover" before the Tracy Chapman version. Bob Forrest, from Celebrity Rehab! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Jane's Addiction - Rock and Roll. Heard before the VU original. Beware of Darkness - Leon Russell. Heard before the George Harrison original. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Making Plans for Nigel - I heard Primus's version before the XTC original. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Wire is one of the best bands. Oh yeah, I heard Minor Threat's 12XU a decade before I knew who Wire even is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Bob Forrest, from Celebrity Rehab!i love this tune. it found its way on some mix tapes i made in the 90s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uKO8cvp_9IMaking Plans for Nigel - I heard Primus's version before the XTC original.i heard RHCP do "Freddie's Dead" before Curtis Mayfield. what a travesty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 i heard RHCP do "Freddie's Dead" before Curtis Mayfield. what a travesty.I didn't know RHCP did that one, but I heard Fishbone's version of it first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plumplechook Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 'This Flight Tonight' by Nazereth before I heard Joni Mitchell's origninal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx7flBWrdSw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 ^^^ Speaking of Nazareth (words I've never typed before), I heard their version of "Love Hurts" before The Everly Brother's.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Nazareth's Love Hurts. Looks like Everly Brothers recorded it first. Never heard it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 ^^^ Speaking of Nazareth (words I've never typed before), I heard their version of "Love Hurts" before The Everly Brother's..jinx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 ^^ Double Jinx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Speaking of cover songs, I heard/saw King Missile doing (w/ John Hall wearing a gas mask for the vocals) Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" before I heard the originial. Also, Steve Earle's "Townes" album of all Townes tunes is excellent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Oi! Who's got a problem with Nazareth?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Now you're messing with... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Now you're messing with...Probably first heard that off of The Spaghetti Incident....They cover "Morning Dew," too... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Second one that popped into my head (first one tonight): "Quinn the Eskimo" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I saw Pylon open for REM on the Green tour in Roanoke, VA. Still know very little about them.I saw them a number of times on their own and as an opener back in the day. "Pylon played their first live show at a party on March 9, 1979.[5] Members of The B-52's attended Pylon's third show. Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson of the B-52's were particularly supportive and helped promote Pylon's music in New York City, getting them a gig at Hurrah.[6]Soon Pylon opened for Gang of Four in New York. Pylon's debut single, "Cool," appeared on DB Records in early 1980, and received many positive critical reviews. From 1980 to 1983 Pylon toured parts of the U.S., Canada, and the UK, playing with groups such as the B-52's, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, Love Tractor, R.E.M., the Talking Heads, and U2. Pylon was the opening act for the first part of U2's first U.S. tour. Crazy/M-Train charted at No. 61 for Club play singles in 1982 according to Billboard Magazine entry in All Music Guide. At that time the members of Pylon were beginning to feel that playing together was becoming less fun and more like a business. They decided to break up the band in 1983.[2]With some help from the members of R.E.M., Pylon's reputation as one of the great underground bands of the new wave era was solidified in 1987. When Rolling Stone named R.E.M. "America's Best Band" in November 1987, R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry said, "We're not the best rock 'n' roll band in America." Pylon, he said, was the best. In the same year, R.E.M. released their compilation album Dead Letter Office (1987):the album opens with a version of Pylon's "Crazy", which had been the b-side to their single "Driver 8".[4] Confirming this judgment, numerous musicians from the Athens rock scene publicly attest to their deep reverence for Pylon in the film Athens, GA: Inside Out.[7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_%28band%29#Singles_and_EPsOr "Pictures of Matchstick Men."I had no idea that wasn't a CVB tune until I read this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Walking the Cow - fIREHOSE. Heard before the Daniel Johnson original.I heard M Ward do "To Go Home" before I heard Daniel Johnston. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Just listened to Hair of the Dog via Spotify today at work - never realized that Love Hurts was a Everly Brother's tune. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Plumplechook Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 'Girls Talk' by Dave Edmunds before I heard Elvis Costello's original.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0cwGYwUzA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Heard The Flying Burrito Brothers' version of "Dark End of the Street" before I heard the original James Carr version. (Or the original Dan Penn demo.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Uncle Tupelo's version of "Effigy" before knowing it was a Creedence song. Elliot Smith's version of "Thirteen" before Big Star RHCP's version of "Love Rollercoaster" before knowing it was a cover. Replacements version of "Black Diamond" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Heard Jason and the Scorchers version of Absolutely Sweet Marie long before I heard Dylan's Version.Stevie Ray Vaughn's Voodoo Chile before Hendrix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 All those Hot Tuna covers of Rev. Gary Davis, Jr. songs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?"heard the Elvis Costello version before I heard the Brinsley Schwarz version.And, speaking of Rev. Gary Davis:Heard the Grateful Dead's version of "Samson and Delilah" before that of the right reverend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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