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Post by Dirty Epic on May 27, 2020 9:33:41 GMT
Moby's cover of Joy Division's New Dawn Fades deserves a mention and it certainly does the original justice.
You can tell I've watched Heat recently.
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 27, 2020 10:24:46 GMT
Another cover version preference for me is:
I'm not a huge fan of The Monkees but there is a nostalgic thing about them that takes me back to visiting my mother's twin sister and my cousins during school holidays.
It is certainly better, in my opinion, than the original:
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Post by Del Boy on May 28, 2020 20:05:18 GMT
Nice one Sam, that is a new version I've not heard before. I'm a fan of the song so listened with interest to the Flatt & Scruggs version. I did a bit of digging after listening to it as the F&S version sounded 50s to me. It was in fact written by Bobby Hart / Tommy Boyce. Hart was influenced by hearing The Beatles Paperback Writer on the radio. Hart thought Paul McCartney was singing the line Take The Last Train but when he found out it was Paperback Writer he decided to use Take The Last Train in his song. The Oh no no no part was added as a nod to a Beatles style Yeah Yeah Yeah. The song was given to The Monkees first, whose version predates the F&S version by just under a year. The Monkees had a hit in August 1966 Flatt & Scruggs version was released in July 1967 The song has had numerous cover versions over the years, usually as album tracks and nothing of note as a single. Significant other artists to record it were The Four Tops and George Benson.
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Post by John Steed on May 28, 2020 20:10:58 GMT
I had never heard the Flatt & Scruggs version before but definitely prefer The Monkees version Steed
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Post by Del Boy on May 28, 2020 20:21:08 GMT
I had never heard the Flatt & Scruggs version before but definitely prefer The Monkees version Steed I agree with you and Samuel in that The Monkees version is the standard. Pop Quiz , it was the Monkees first hit and also the song that featured in the accompanying t.v series The Monkees the most amount of times. BTW for fans there are several full eps of said show on YT
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Post by Steve Austin on May 28, 2020 20:23:25 GMT
I had never heard the Flatt & Scruggs version before but definitely prefer The Monkees version Steed I agree with you there Mr Steed, their version certainly captures the essence of Paperback Writer.
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 28, 2020 22:19:32 GMT
Nice one Sam, that is a new version I've not heard before. I'm a fan of the song so listened with interest to the Flatt & Scruggs version. I did a bit of digging after listening to it as the F&S version sounded 50s to me. It was in fact written by Bobby Hart / Tommy Boyce. Hart was influenced by hearing The Beatles Paperback Writer on the radio. Hart thought Paul McCartney was singing the line Take The Last Train but when he found out it was Paperback Writer he decided to use Take The Last Train in his song. The Oh no no no part was added as a nod to a Beatles style Yeah Yeah Yeah. The song was given to The Monkees first, whose version predates the F&S version by just under a year. The Monkees had a hit in August 1966 Flatt & Scruggs version was released in July 1967 Thanks for the info Del Looks like I'll have to backtrack then as The Monkees' version is the original and not the cover. Like you I thought that the F&S version was 50's if not earlier. I'll leave it in here anyway as I still think it is the better version. Also the follow-up posts and your Beatles related info adds to the interest. Sam.
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Post by Del Boy on May 29, 2020 1:15:43 GMT
That is not an issue at all Sam and whatever is the original its good to hear other versions. The oddity here is the later version sounds so much older. It rarely works like that. I would have laid money on that track being from the late 50s.
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on May 29, 2020 14:10:25 GMT
Interesting information Del, thanks for that!
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Post by Vienna on Jun 1, 2020 13:39:10 GMT
One of my favourite cover versions has got to be David Grant and Jaki Graham's 'Could It Be I'm Falling In Love', originally recorded by the Detroit Spinners in 1972. A bigger hit too in the UK than the original in spring 1985. Vi
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