The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18916   Message #191482
Posted By: Callie
07-Mar-00 - 08:01 PM
Thread Name: Original Songs v. Cover Versions
Subject: RE: Original Songs v. Cover Versions
I learnt about life the day I took my hard-earned $5 to my first rock festival. There were $5 cassettes, and I found one titled (in big letters) WINGS. And then in miniscule letters: Songs that WINGS made famous. I was so excited I didn't read the fine print. I went home, put on the tape, and found to my horror that it is a hare krishna singer called Mirinka doing covers of Wings songs. I was too old to cry, and too shocked to throw the tape at the wall. I've still got it, if anyone is interested ...

Speaking of covers, how about Morrissey doing "Moon River"!