Well, Jeff Beck played lead guitar on the TYardbirds’ hit “Shapes of Things,” and re-recorded it a few years later on the “Truth” album, with his new band, featuring Rod Stewart on guitar and Ron Wood on bass.
While Beck’s version wasn’t as popular as the Yardbirds’, I’d say it was much better.
A similar thing happened with Cheap Trick and “I Want You to Want Me”, although the original might have made the charts, I’m not sure, but the live version was much more famous.
You know you’ve been listening to too much Fiddler on the Roof when you read the above two sentences and picture Ozzy and Sharon standing around a candlelit table with the kids, singing Sabbath Prayer…
A quick trip in the Wayback Machine[sup]TM[/sup] reveals that Bill Monroe originally performed “Blue Moon of Kentucky” as a slow number. When Elvis performed it in rockabilly style, Bill Monroe responded with a souped-up version of his own, which outperformed his original recording.
R.E.M. had an earlier, rock-ier version of “Radio Free Europe” which pre-dated the version that appeared on Murmur. Though the band liked the former better, the latter was a greater commercial success.
A lot of the bands in the past 10 years have had a pretty horrible general sound to them. This does not mean they are bad musicians: I hear their unplugged versions of their songs and my opinion of them is changed.
I like Matchbox 20’s and Incubus’s acoustic covers of their songs a lot better than the first versions.
quote>Hiding Out revived Crying for Roy Orbison…
>>Remake.
>>>Cite.
In fact, it’s one of my favorite songs – a duet between Roy and k.d.
Her hitting Roy’s high notes (because he couldn’t?) can send chills down my spine.
Wow, all because I’m a bad speller who forgot to use spell check. Kind of a lame reason to pit someone if you ask me. However, I feel kind of honored. I mean, now that I’ve been pitted, that means I’ve really made it, right? I can die now, my life’s complete