There's one recent song that uses the same vocal tempo as "Afternoon Delight".
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
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Yep, Dolly was one of those singers I heard constantly, for various reasons, when I was little, so I heard her version of the song quite a bit back before that one Material record (ya know, the one that Whitney apparently made her professional debut on).
Dolly's done some interesting covers too, I remember seeing her on TV one time doing a bluegrass version of Shine by Collective Soul, and she also did a version of Stairway To Heaven.
And I'm tired of hearing people kvetch about how terrible Pachabel's Canon is. I've always thought it was a beautiful piece of music, and I enjoy hearing it when I do (except when it's used in every single wedding ceremony in Port Charles, dammit!). I dunno, maybe I'd feel differently if I had to play it at a million and one weddings or whatever. (shrug)
I had to stop and mentally run both of those songs through my head -- and I think it's a stretch for Lightfoot to say he was ripped off. Yeah, there's one passage in "Greatest Love" that sounds practically identical to a passage in "Read My Mind," but nothing else in the former bears even a passing resemblance to anything else in the latter. I love Lightfoot, but I can't see that as being anything other than a coincidence.
Pacobell is too tame for me. Plus, I get sick on his Tacos Locos.
I prefer "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, even if it is overplayed for every epic movie battle, major sporting event and footage of a guy unhinging his jaw to eat the Colossal Artery Clogger Burger from a burger chain.
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
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But that passage is OBVIOUS, and note-for-note the same. I remember when both my brother and I heard it for the first time, we said, "Hey, isn't that 'If You Could Read My Mind'?" Somehow, to me, it made it worse hearing Lightfoot's subtle delivery on that bit turned into the bombastic piece of cheese Houston delivered.
"Arf." -- Frank Zappa, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (live version)
which part??
I do know Dave Brock played parts of it in one of his pieces (I forget the name offhand)
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
Jenny Darren did the original version of “Heartbreaker,” turned into a hit a bit later (with revised lyrics) by Pat Benatar (apologies for the cheesy video):
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The term "moonraker" was changed because it would have likely confused American listeners.
I looked up what it means, and I didn't know that. Boy, I feel like a moonraker.
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Many moons ago I acquired an album " The Famous Charisma Label's Fifth Anniversary Album" and I really liked the song Symphony by Rare Bird--- and then. Marillion did it as well---- don't know about the charts but it was a hit for me!!!
What About Love by Heart was a song that had been recorded just a year before by a Canadian rock group from Toronto, called Toronto which also featured two female singers. It was written by two of the band's members, Sheron Alton and Brian Allen, plus additional lyrics by famed Canadian producer/song writer Jim Vallance (who played drums on the recording). It was never released by the band however because the other band members vetoed it citing it was for pussies. The band did release it years later on a 'best of' compilation called. Songs You've Never Heard (and One We Were Too Stupid To Release)
I always thought the emblematic example of this was "Piece of My Heart," original by Erma Franklin.
Related to that, I was today years old when I learned that, although he wrote the song, Kris Kristofferson did not record the original of "Me and Bobby McGee," instead he gave it to Roger Miller. Kenny Rogers and Gordon Lightfoot also released versions before Kristofferson recorded it himself. But that was still before Janis Joplin made the definitive version.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
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