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11 Aug 15 - 06:18 PM (#3729687) Subject: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: cnd 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. |
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11 Aug 15 - 09:05 PM (#3729711) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: PHJim 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 |
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11 Aug 15 - 10:55 PM (#3729721) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: Janie 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 |
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11 Aug 15 - 11:00 PM (#3729722) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: Janie Was the Manfred Mann recording really the original? |
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11 Aug 15 - 11:05 PM (#3729723) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: Janie Nevermind. I should have searched Mudcat first. Question answered, and the answer appears to be yes. |
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12 Aug 15 - 05:10 AM (#3729742) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: Joe Offer 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: And here's the original version, by (believe it or not) Manfred Mann: |
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12 Aug 15 - 01:29 PM (#3729851) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: beeliner 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 |
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12 Aug 15 - 02:17 PM (#3729857) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: PHJim 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." |
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13 Aug 15 - 06:44 PM (#3730132) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: cnd I also really enjoyed the Seldom Scene's version of the song |
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14 Aug 15 - 06:42 AM (#3730272) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: GUEST,DTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDCvYTO4BHQ |
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14 Aug 15 - 06:46 AM (#3730274) Subject: RE: Favorite Version of Fox on the Run From: GUEST, DTM Oops - disregard link above 'Good' version here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDCvYTO4BHQ |