Covers, uncovers, remakes, etc.

[Old Dude]

Last pair I'm posting tonight. Original by Yngwie Malmsteen, remake by Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen, lead singer for Amberian Dawn.

 

[Arkie]

Its two am here , g'nite all.

 

[Arkie]

Do you think Malmsteens version of this is better than Testaments?

 

[Big Ears]

Definitely, yes. The Scorpions were always a less is more band, while Malmsteen's attitude was that more was never enough. It is difficult not to be impressed by his shredding though, which is super fast, and Boals is a fair singer. Testament are not my cup of tea and seem to have missed the point of the original. The Scorpions' original is, by far, the best of the three; they had a strong lineup at this point and Uli Jon Roth was a class act.

 

[Nora]

Original: It Must Be Love - Labi Siffre

Cover: It Must Be Love - Madness

 

[Old Dude]

Classic Rock original

Jazz/swing version

 

[Old Dude]

The original, by Donovan, when "classic rock" was a much, much bigger tent.

Then, one of the best impromptu jam versions ever recorded. Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield were working on an album to be called "Super Session". On the second day of the two-day session, Bloomfield was too strung out to even show up. Kooper called Steve Stills to come over at the last minute, and this is one of the songs they laid down.

Vanilla Fudge carved out a niche for themselves doing ultra psychedelic covers of popular songs. They had a huge radio airplay hit with their cover of the Holland-Dozier-Holland Motown classic, You Keep Me Hanging On, recorded by the Supremes. This wasn't as big a hit.

Finally, a chick singer who was well known in the UK, and almost unknown in the states.

 

[Needs More Cowbell]

My Little Red Book

Composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David were hired to provide the soundtrack to the movie "What's New Pussycat?" (1965). Amomg the songs they created was "My Little Red Book" which was given to the English rock band Mannfred Mann to record.

It was a fine song but the original version IMHO dragged too much

In 1966, the L.A. band Love did their own version, a definitive and far superior one. They released it as a single as well as the lead-off track to their debut album

Also from 1966 was a nice lounge version sung by Mel Torme

There has been quite a few subsequent versions since then. For instance, in the early 80s we have Toni Basil

To bring this full circle, a more recent performance by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach

 

[Old Dude]

My Little Red Book

In 1966, the L.A. band Love did their own version, a definitive and far superior one. They released it as a single as well as the lead-off track to their debut album
[q/quote]

You're right about that. Back in the 60's, in my neck of the woods, My Little Red Book was an obligatory song for every garage band to cover, and everyone did the Love version.

Also from 1966 was a nice lounge version sung by Mel Torme

One of the things that made the song was the dissonant vocal notes. Mel threw them out.

There has been quite a few subsequent versions since then. For instance, in the early 80s we have Toni Basil

She was a very good dancer and choreographer. And, with enough reverb and other studio tricks, her vocals didn't suck.

 

[zX1988]

Peter Gunn Theme