Favorite Version of Fox on the Run

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: GUEST, DTM
Date: 14 Aug 15 - 06:46 AM

Oops - disregard link above

'Good' version here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDCvYTO4BHQ

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: GUEST,DTM
Date: 14 Aug 15 - 06:42 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDCvYTO4BHQ

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: cnd
Date: 13 Aug 15 - 06:44 PM

I also really enjoyed the Seldom Scene's version of the song

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: PHJim
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 02:17 PM

Yes, it is the original. It was written by Tony Hazzard who wrote a few tunes for Manfred Mann and some other British pop groups like Lulu, The Yardbirds and Herman's Hermits.

Since you cannot copyright a title, it sometimes happens that they get used over again. The title of the old chestnut "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" was re-used by Van Morrison and that song got Rod Stewart a Grammy.

Todd Snider's "Beer Run" was re-used by Garth Brooks, as was the line, "B, double E, double R, U, N." A little too close to be coincidence. Todd often introduces the song by saying, "I wrote this song and then a few years later some other guys wrote it again."

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: beeliner
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 01:29 PM

I was unaware of the Manfred Mann version - it's excellent, but is it really the original?

There is, of course, a completely different song with the same title, which is pretty good too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1-kh6HbHQ

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 Aug 15 - 05:10 AM

My favorite version? That would be the parody, Boxers and Socks by Peter and Kristina Cady.

Here's a recording of the song by The Country Gentlemen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjQRzH-S_JM

And here's the original version, by (believe it or not) Manfred Mann:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqFDRA1HY8&spfreload=10

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: Janie
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 11:05 PM

Nevermind. I should have searched Mudcat first. Question answered, and the answer appears to be yes.

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: Janie
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 11:00 PM

Was the Manfred Mann recording really the original?

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: Janie
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 10:55 PM

This is my favorite, most likely because it was the version I heard first, at a small club, long ago and far away. Seldom Scene - Fox On The Run

Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: PHJim
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 09:05 PM

The Good Brothers 1973 version was the first bluegrass style version I heard. It's still my favourite.
Fox On The Run - Good Brothers

The first time I ever heard it was the original by Manfred Mann.
Fox On The Run - Manfred Mann

Subject: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run
From: cnd
Date: 11 Aug 15 - 06:18 PM

What's your favorite rendition of "Fox On the Run?" So far, I'm enjoying the ones by The Country Gentlemen and the Blue Grass Alliance.