mac56
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Thu Nov-27-03 11:40 PM
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Songs you would have sworn were by someone else |
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This has probably been discussed before - but are there songs that, when you first heard them, you believed were recorded by a different well-known artist than actually performed them? Not necessarily because the actual artist was trying to cop the other one's style - but because they just had a certain feeling to them?
For example: for the longest time I thought Crowded House's "Something So Strong" was by Squeeze. When I first heard "Darlin'" by the Beach Boys, I thought it was Chicago. "Crazy On You" by Heart - I thought it was Jefferson Airplane. "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel - I was certain it was Dylan.
Anybody else have any true confessions along these lines? Discuss.
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Thu Nov-27-03 11:45 PM
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1. Aerosmith - "Dream On" |
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At first I thought it was a song by the Guess Who I hadn't heard before.
And the first time I saw Marilyn Manson on TV I thought, "Isn't Alice Cooper getting a little old to be doing this".
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Thu Nov-27-03 11:47 PM
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2. When "What's Love Got to do With It?" came out in 1984, I thought... |
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Michael Jackson had sung it. (it was Tina Turner...)
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:05 AM
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I thoght it was Mick Jagger.
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:05 AM
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I've heard that song dozens of times on the radioo station my soon listens to in the car, and I was certain it was Sting until very recently.
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:13 AM
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5. Once pegged "Goodbye Stranger" on Winwood. |
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Also, Steely Dan's "Do It Again" on the Doobie Brothers.
Why? Who knows. I guess THC crosses the synapses a bit.
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:13 AM
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6. I was sure that the Polonaise in A-flat Major was by Borodin. |
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:38 AM
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9. made that mistake many times myself |
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:15 AM
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"Rock Me Gently" sounds like Neil Diamond. But is Andy Kim of The Archies.
Most Donnovan songs sound like Dylan. But aren't.
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:28 AM
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8. Exactly what I thought. Neil Diamond - only better. |
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:42 AM
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10. Two oldies I originally thought were by Elvis |
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Conway Twitty's "It's Only make Believe" (1958) Charlie Rich's "Lonely Weekends" (1960)
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:47 AM
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How about "Suspicion" by Terry Stafford, and "You Don't Know What You've Got" by Ral Donner?
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Fri Nov-28-03 03:06 AM
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14. "Don't Pour Your Love Out on Me Baby" |
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by Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds. Swore it was Elvis.
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Fri Nov-28-03 12:59 AM
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LIES, The Knickerbockers (The Beatles)
JACK AND JILL, Raydio (Thought it was Sly and the Family Stone)
BLUE, LeAnn Rimes (Patsy Cline, of course)
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Fri Nov-28-03 01:21 AM
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Sounds like CSNY, but it's America. Whaddaya know.
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Fri Nov-28-03 03:13 AM
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...when Blondie's "Dreaming" came out, my (now ex-)wife asked if all ABBA songs sounded alike!
;-)
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