For questions about cover versions of musical works. (NOT for cover art on albums, CDs, etc. For album cover art, use the "artwork" tag instead.)
Questions tagged [cover]
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Is Ghost's "Square Hammer" a cover?
I recently discovered the band "Ghost" and one of their songs named "Square Hammer" sounds so awefully familiar.
Youtube: Ghost - Square Hammer
Is this song a cover or contains some very similar elements from another famous song? Especially the…
Matthias Nicklisch
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Is the song "25 ans" by Ben Mazué a cover?
Is there a "original" version of this song 25 ans by Ben Mazué?
Kris
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Do Irish bands/music fans have a special thing for Kraftwerk?
Kraftwerk have never seemed to me to be the most obvious band to cover, and yet
U2 have covered Neon Lights
The Divine Comedy have done a version of Radioactivity
The Frank and Walters often give The Model their own special treatment live
Is this…
user16
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Gianni Morandi - C'era un ragazzo
There is an Italian music written by Mauro Lusini called C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones.
Then made famous by singing it with Gianni Morandi at Rai Uno just before being censored by Rai TV channel. Other famous…
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Why didn't Lynyrd Skynyrd ever record "Powderfinger"?
According to Wikipedia, the Neil Young song "Powderfinger" was to appear on Lynyrd Skynyrd's next album.
Because of Ronnie van Zandt's death, this didn't happen.
Does anyone know why the song was never used by Lynyrd Skynyrd?
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Tie a yellow ribbon VS kisses for me
"Tie a yellow ribbon by the old Oak tree" and "kisses for me, save all your kisses for me" from the Eurovision are the same song? If it is, who copied from whom?
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