Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uokvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uokvax!cdelliot From: cdelliot@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Covers Message-ID: <4000052@uokvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:37:00 EST Article-I.D.: uokvax.4000052 Posted: Sat Dec 8 05:37:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 04:23:36 EST Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #N:uokvax:4000052:000:790 Nf-From: uokvax!cdelliot Dec 8 04:37:00 1984 /Bernie @ brl-tgr writes: > Joan Jett's version of "Crimson and Clover" is a note-for-note > remake of Tommy James'. It is hard to say that the original is > better, since the remake is an EXACT copy. It may be a note-for-note remake, but it is definitely not an EXACT copy. Not only are the vocals different, but the whole mood of the song has been changed. The original is much preferable. In fact, I can't think of any remake of a classic song which I like better than the original. Question: When one artist writes a song, another artist records the song, and then the writer records a version later, is the writers version considered a cover? I believe this has happened with some Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan material. ..!ctvax!uokvax!cdelliot