this is gonna sound bad, bu i didnt know that:

i wanna be your dog-uncle tupelo

was a cover for a while

Hallelujah by John Cale

Always thought he wrote - he sooo owns it

Hallelujah by John Cale

Always thought he wrote - he sooo owns it

I thought that was a Tea Party song!?

ooooohhhhh....never knew John Cale did a version? I was only aware of Cohen and Buckley.

And here I was thinking Dave McCormack did the original.

hahahahaha.

waits for some cunt to make obligatory Jet joke

Hallelujah by Jet

i had no idea!

no fucking way! Could someone link me to it?

Apparently K.D.Lang does a cover of it and rips it like a mofo.
Black Betty by Ram Jam.
I wanna here both versions of "You can't hurry love" now.

Okay, i've found every band to cover hallelujah. (i hope it comes out a list)

-Jeff Buckley

-Rufus wainright

-Bob Dylan

-Bono

-Dresden Dolls

-K.D Lang

-Damien Rice

-Sheryl Crow

-the Junebugs

-Tony Lucca

-Elisa

-Chris Botti

-Clare Bowditch

-Eric Beverly

-Erik Flaa

-Euan Morton & Denise Summers

-Arooj Aftab

-Allison Crowe

-Gavin DeGraw

-Jack Lukeman

• John Cale

-John Jerome

-Kate Noson

-Katheryn Williams

-K's Choice

-Late Tuesday

-Lucky Jim

-Macbrolan

-Ari Hest

-Imogen Heap

-Street To Nowhere

ahhhhh
i see where i went wrong now
=]

wolfmother.

?

wait, theyre not actually covers?

whoa, popular cover choice if ever I did see.

My favourite Jet insult, "I like it better when the Beatles did it."

hahaha. sorry disco, did you mean wolfmother coverd hallelujah?

dr wu - the minutemen

originally by steely dan

I still can't find it anywhere on the net, the jet version

Earl Gray - Long Hot Summer Night

Call me stoopid but i didn't know for a while that this was a hendrix tune

I don't really have a problem with how Dylan uses lines and melodies from blues and folk songs. All part of the tribute I'd say. For some reason I have more of a problem with bands like Led Zep ripping. I'll get back to you when I figure why...

twiddles thumbs

Che by Spaceman 3

''leper messiah'' by metallica.....didn't know it was a line from the Bowie song....off Ziggy Stardust!

wtf!

i was pretty annoyed when i found out that one of my favorite Gaslight Anthem lyrics came from a fucking Counting Crows song, but most of the current bands i like do a bit of borrowing. it's usually pretty self-conscious and not as artful as Dylan

That's my favourite gaslight song, and the line is from my favourite Counting Crows song.

Wait, this isn't the shameful confessions thread is it?

ghostofbarry said about 1 year ago:
Blondie covered Hanging on the Telephone by The Nerves

Ok everybody probably knew that, but I came in late. The Nerves version is superior, check it.

Paul Collins (from The Nerves) is playing at The Sando next week.

Nothing compares 2 U. I like many, I thought Sinead O'Connor did it first.

Imagine - Avril Lavigne. I thought she write it.

I thought Until It's Time For You To Go is a Elvis song cause he fucken nailed it live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcT5AQ3ugA

Buffy Sainte-Marie, who wrote this song, did it at the Melbourne concert.
This is the amazing 1976 live performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17uvzMvGIaM

Franoise Hardy's version is awesome too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Err4sXtrWus

Neil Diamond version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ol6VWdldj8&feature=related

I never knew À cause des garçons by Yelle was a cover. I suspect this is largely because I'm not French.

I found out that 'Misirlou' was not a Dick Dale original. I had no idea until my uncle told me last week. It goes back to 1927 apparently.

That's interesting Tramdriver. I just checked to see who got the songwriting credit for Dale's version. I wonder who these dudes are:

Ah, wen tback and read the wiki article more closely and my question was answered.

Yeah an old Egyptian song- had no idea. The shit you learn.....

Always knew that's why I loved surf music - because of it's middle eastern melodies. When I found out Dick Dale was lebo, it all clicked into place.

I'd never thought about surf music being influenced by traditional Greek and Turkish music but now that you point it out it makes so much sense.

Weren't some of The Atlantics from a Greek background?

Goin blind by the melvins (kiss original)

Yes miserlou is originally a Greek song

I don't think the singer from Toploader knew ''Dancing In The Moonlight'' was a cover.
I read an interview saying he thought it was amazing he'd travel the world and hear people singing his song.

It's a cover, dude. You didn't write it.

astralwerkor said about 4 years ago: this is gonna sound bad, bu i didnt know that: i wanna be your dog-uncle tupelo was a cover for a while