It's not all about songwriting. An important part of being an artist is sometimes knowing the right song to cover. This is for the covers that you dig, that you're glad the artist took the time and energy to do a song they didn't write. Or, to just compare cover versions to the original.
This is the only song from Mason's new EP that wasn't written by him. It's also the song that made me surrender all where he is concerned.
P.S. For a song that was done by someone else first before Mason, I love to hear him sing this song that was done first by the late and legendary Hank Williams Sr. This recording was done before Mason's voice did its changing.
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Yes. I love this take! Adele is such a good interpreter!
I agree Romanelli
Dylan has done some quality originals but many artists have covered his work so well.
Especially this one and the Jimi Hendrix Experience one mentioned earlier.
[quote="Romanelli"]It's not all about songwriting. An important part of being an artist is sometimes knowing the right song to cover. This is for the covers that you dig, that you're glad the artist took the time and energy to do a song they didn't write. Or, to just compare cover versions to the original.
@Romanelli, I love this topic. Thanks for starting this thread.
Strange. The site isn't letting me post two videos in one post for some reason. So here's the original version of "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Whitney Houston's mother Cissy. It's a slower version than the more famous cover version but still soulful and good.
And here's the more famous cover version by Gladys Knight & The Pips. Most of you are probably familiar with this version. But did you know it was originally called "Midnight Plane to Houston"? It was Whitney's mother, Cissy that changed it (with the songwriter's permission) to "Midnight Train to Georgia".
Denver recorded the song for his 1969 album Rhymes And Reasons after it had become a hit for Peter, Paul And Mary. But Denver recorded the song first, for his self released demo album John Denver Sings (1966). The original version carried the original song title, "Babe I Hate To Go".
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Strange. The site isn't letting me post 2 videos in one post again today. I don't know why. It's working for other people, but not me. So, I'll have to post these videos in separate posts. This is the Ella Fitzgerald version of "Born to Lose" from 1968.
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