Fall Out Boy never covered I Write Sins, Weezer never covered Teenage Dirtbag. What the fuck are you talking about?
Fall Out Boy never covered I Write Sins, Weezer never covered Teenage Dirtbag. What the fuck are you talking about?
You exaclty wrote this, so yes you did claim he didnt record them. Also those weren't "performance recordings". all those songs were recorded in the studio for albums. the guy was living in recording studios. in fact such artists produce, write and record many many more songs than you get to see on the final album and in the case of prince it was a huge body of work per album - all recorded, mixed and mastered.
If people wanted to have a song: a quick flip through the past production archives and badabing a selection of songs, (already arranged vocals, instruments etc) he thought were suitable for the respective artist and finally gimme the dollars. thats about it.
Last edited by Magneto; 2021-05-03 at 08:32 PM.
I don't even know who or what "Killswitch Engage" is. Only ever known of Dio.
I think the problem here is that many of you are YOUNG AF.
Half the music out to day often young people think they are the "creatORs" of it. Shit has been around since your Dads' time.
Like Rappers today, half of everything they are, came from the early thru late 90s. Won't hear that from them though.
<~$~("The truth, is limitless in its range. If you drop a 'T' and look at it in reverse, it could hurt.")~$~> L.F.
<~$~("The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise.")~$~> I.A.
Whenever I see the band "Dio" mentioned I always mix it up with Blackmore's band "Rainbow." (O..did anyone try to do "Since you were gone?" Because that would be just wrong.)
Care to share what album Prince released them on? I don't see anywhere on his discography where they are listed. And do you have the year that those videos you posted were recorded of him singing them inside a recording studio as proof he was the one that recorded them first? I don't see a time stamp on either of those videos you posted.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
unfortunately you also have zero ideas of how album production, song writing, archives, overstock of songs that didnt make the respective album, licensing model, vocal and instrument arrangement with licensing works, but claim to know it all. re read the stuff i wrote.
im out as this is getting ridiculous. peace.
https://www.discogs.com/Prince-Originals/master/1565224
Last edited by Magneto; 2021-05-03 at 11:08 PM.
So your claim that an album that was released a full three years after his death is somehow showing how he recorded and released those two songs BEFORE Sinéad O'Connor & The Bangles? Dude you are soooooooooo stretching on this argument you're making. The link you even provided said they were demo recordings. Demo recordings aren't songs recorded by artists that are release ready nor are they necessarily songs they will ever rerecord and release. They are simply the singer recording shit to show other people (typically recording labels or other singers they are hoping will record the song instead) that aren't meant to be publicly released. Also I think you failed to read each line that said "MADE FAMOUS BY" meaning the song was made famous because of that person's release of the song. Even going off of Prince recording Manic Monday in 1984 (what your link says) doesn't change the fact that The Bangles released it in 1985 while this whole Prince Originals wasn't released until 2019 (again 3 years after Prince died). Even going off of the fact Prince recorded Nothing Compares 2 U in 1984 doesn't change the fact that The Family (who I listed my first post who is a project band Prince put together) recorded & released Nothing Compares 2 U in 1985 and it was not as popular or famous as the Sinead O'Connor released in 1990.
Last edited by gaymer77; 2021-05-04 at 05:29 AM.
Adding something a little bit different to this list -
Songs that can vary differently (in meaning/feel) between covers.
I'm actually looking at two COVERS here; though often Dylan is credited as the original writer. He is not.
"House of the Rising Sun"
Originally written by : George Turner/Bert Martin
Covered by many- but the two I'm referring to here are the 1962 Bob Dylan Release (changes the words) and the 1964 release by The Animals (the most famous one).
Grew up on The Animals version, love The Animals version.
Heard the 1962 Dylan version in the last ten years, and it really changes the feel of the whole song. Dylan chose to sing it as the female relating the song in the verses, ("girl" and not "boy" in the lyrics) instead of the man's POV and wow - what a shift in feel to me.
Much like Cash's version of "Hurt" manages to envoke a different tone and feel to the lyrics when compared to Resnor's original -- so too does hearing Dylan sing as 'many a poor girl' instead of boy.
Small shifts that can change everything about a song. Find it really interesting, even without getting into what a statement Dylan made in 1962 to sing it that way. =D
Last edited by Koriani; 2021-05-04 at 07:07 PM.
Koriani - Guardians of Forever - BM Huntard on TB; Kharmic - Worgen Druid - TB
Koriani - none - Dragon of Secret World
Karmic - Moirae - SWTOR
inactive: Frith-Rae - Horizons/Istaria; Koriani in multiple old MMOs. I been around a long time.
As others have pointed out, most of the covers listed were laughably wrong (like saying Stacy's Mom wasn't made famous by Fountains of Wayne. That song was literally everywhere for quite a few years).
Even some of the ones that they claim were "made famous by" came out while I was in high school/early twenties and you rarely heard them over the covers on various stations, so it's not just a generational thing.
A better example would be something like
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY The Four Lads (though it went Gold in the '50s) MADE FAMOUS BY They Might Be Giants.
I've been having that sort of feeling, as well. Watching that one YouTube video someone posted that was akin to this thread, and most of the time I was thinking "who the hell are these people doing the covers? I only know the original because it was popular at the time!" I grew up listening mostly to songs from the 50's to 80's, so my playlist is mostly populated by songs from this generation (some 90's stuff in there, but not much). Even within this time period, quite a few people did covers or remakes of songs.
That being said, sometimes I like the originals, sometimes I like the covers, sometimes I like both (especially if they evoke different tones or change things up drastically). To contribute to the thread while providing an example of a cover I really like: Puttin' on the Ritz was originally from the late 20's, but it got revitalized by Taco making a cover of Puttin' on the Ritz in the 80's. There's actually a couple versions of the song with differing lyrics, but I do thoroughly enjoy Taco's version.
Last edited by exochaft; 2021-05-05 at 04:36 AM.
“Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.”
“It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights — the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery — hay and a barn for human cattle.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
One good thing to be said is sometimes a cover will make one curious about the original. For example, Toto"s "Africa" covered by Weezer. Weezer's was so weak in comparison. I thankfully no longer hear Weezer's version anymore, while Toto's is constant.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment