I Heard the Cover Version First

[The Inside of Outside]

My three teen daughters were floored when they learned that Lorde's Swinging Party was a cover of a Replacements song.

 

 

I am floored to learn she covered it.

 

 

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The first time they played it in the car, I had the same reaction. Her version is pretty good - she definitely puts her stamp on it. Not as good as the original though (obviously).

[uncool2pillow]

The first time they played it in the car, I had the same reaction. Her version is pretty good - she definitely puts her stamp on it. Not as good as the original though (obviously).

There's another modern cover from the Paper Towns soundtrack by a band called Kindness.

 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3t6bWEYhEgvSYlLSqW8v4J

[Winston Legthigh]

I'm trying to figure out if I heard Everyday People as done by Joan Jett before the Sly version. God I hope not.

[Lammycat]

I'm trying to figure out if I heard Everyday People as done by Joan Jett before the Sly version. God I hope not.

Joan Jett's cover of  "I Love Rock and Roll" before The Arrows' original version....

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Blake Babies' version of "Loose" before the Stooges.

also, for a while i didn't realize that Whiskey in the Jar was a traditional Irish tune; thought it was a Thin Lizzy song.

[Winston Legthigh]

Joan Jett's cover of  "I Love Rock and Roll" before The Arrows' original version....

Yes, definitely heard her cover of that one first. Now I'm also wondering about Crimson and Clover... 

[jff]

I heard Ram Jam's Black Betty before the original, which Leadbelly usually gets credit for, but the original author may be lost to history.

[John Smith]

My three teen daughters were floored when they learned that Lorde's Swinging Party was a cover of a Replacements song.

Twenty years ago I'll bet people were shocked that the Crash Test Dummies didn't write Androgenous.

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heard the Siouxsie and the Banshees version of "The Passenger" before Iggy's.
and Bowie's "China Girl" before Iggy's (likely already mentioned).

[jff]

and Bowie's "China Girl" before Iggy's (likely already mentioned).

 

 

Same here. Long before.

 

I heard Power Station's Get it On (Bang a Gong) before the T. Rex original.

[Winston Legthigh]

I heard Power Station's Get it On (Bang a Gong) before the T. Rex original.

 

ooh, nice one.

[Lammycat]

G 'n R's take on "Look at Your Game, Girl" before the original by Charles Manson.

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Heard The Bongo's "Mambo Sun" long before T Rex's.

[jff]

I wonder how many pages we'll be up to before someone admits they first heard In the Street on That '70s Show.

[PopTodd]

Same here. Long before.

 

I heard Power Station's Get it On (Bang a Gong) before the T. Rex original.

Yup. Me too.

[Winston Legthigh]

I wonder how many pages we'll be up to before someone admits they first heard In the Street on That '70s Show.

I first heard In The Street when I listened to Box Full of Letters. 

[nalafej]

I first heard In The Street when I listened to Box Full of Letters. 

 

Ha.

 

I didn't know about Big Star before the 70's show...so there you go. 

[Robby]

Sweet Jane - Mott The Hoople (Velvet Underground)

[ih8music]

I wonder how many pages we'll be up to before someone admits they first heard In the Street on That '70s Show.

 

... and the first time I heard it on that show I thought to myself, "what a terrible theme song!"  

[gracernz]

 I heard the I'm your fan compilation including John Cales Hallelujah and Ian McCulloch's Hey thats no way to say goodbye before I knew who Leonard Cohen was!

It prompted me to find out though.

Likewise all the covers on The late geat Daniel Johnson introduced me to him.

[John Smith]

Sweet Jane - Mott The Hoople (Velvet Underground)

Ditto

[John Smith]

I heard Loudon Wainwright III and Jeff Buckley do Hallelujah before Leonard Cohen.

[Passenger Sid]

R.E.M.'s covers of "There She Goes Again," Pale Blue Eyes," and "Femme Fatale" by the Velvet Underground. 

 

Yep, me too. 

 

 

Rod Stewart's "The First Cut Is The Deepest", which only recently did I realize was a Cat Steven's song.

[mountain bed]

G 'n R's take on "Look at Your Game, Girl" before the original by Charles Manson.

End of thread. 

[jff]

I first heard Widespread Panic versions of Send Your Mind (Van Morrison) and Travelin' Light (JJ Cale) before the originals. 

 

Speaking of JJ Cale, I first heard Cocaine done by Clapton and Call Me the Breeze done by Skynyrd, 

 

And speaking of Van Morrison, I heard Jackie Wilson Said first by Dexy's Midnight Runners, courtesy of The Young Ones.