Cover Better Than The Original

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    Back-in-the-day, although Buddy was in my top 5 artists, along with -- in no particular order -- Fats, Elvis, Chuck, and Jerry Lee, I preferred this '66 cover of Holly's original:

    Love's Made a Fool of You - YouTube

     
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    I'm not a fan of Miley Cyrus, but I love this cover of "Jolene." Miley is Dolly Parton's god-daughter.

     
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    I Fought The Law and the Law Won.

    Great tune.
    Great group.
     
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    I don't know how I ended up surfing into a video of her singing Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" in concert, but she is very talented. It's too bad that (like Lady Gaga) the "Look at me!" over-the-top stuff eclipses it.

    In some ways she's another train-wreck created by Disney Studios.
    Goodness knows what they do to young girls over there.
     
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    The article mentions the possibility involvement of Morris Levy. That guy was a mob-associated thug.

    Recall reading of his dealings with other artists. Bad man.

    I wasn't aware of his possible connection to Fuller.
     
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    Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" was much better by Robert Palmer, at least in my opinion. :D Palmer was gone too soon.



     
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    Dylan could write one hell of song.... couldn't sing worth a lick tho.
     
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    The industry is full of people who had long successful careers yet couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

    In whose world is Rod Stewart's voice pleasing? Or Janis Joplin's?
     
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    Mine.

    Can you imagine anyone else singing Maggie May?. Or Me and Bobby McGee?
     
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    Yeah JB, their voices aren't pleasing but I think that they can at least carry a tune within their scratchiness. But Dylan -- whew! Sometimes I wonder if he only wrote the lyrics but not the melody. He's just atonal and off-key and yuck!
     
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    I can't imagine listening to it.

    I call them "novelty voices." They're not good singers, but they convey a message to enough folks to earn a living.
     
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    I think you and I are going to celebrate "Offend Your Fellow Forum Members Day" together.

    Hmmmm....what about Neil Diamond?

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