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From: eli@uw-beaver (Eli Messinger)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Cover Versions (Definitions)
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Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 02:57:11 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 02:57:11 1984
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I think in the strict 50's sense, where "cover version" meant Pat
Boone sucking the life out of a black rock'n'roll song, yes, we might
leave the term to mean someone re-recording a song and garnering more
wealth and/or noteriety than the originator...

But I don't think this is true any longer.  The term has had its
meaning expanded to include, yes!, the local lunchtime high school
band's rendition of "Hooked On A Feeling."

We the lay people just go on forming our own language I guess.  Sorry.

America's Big Dealer...   ...uw-beaver!eli