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[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1343244691' post='1747757']
Cindy Laupers version of Roy Orbinsons 'I Drove All night'

Wish I'd thought to put Cindy Lauper on the recent Guilty pleasures thread come to thik of it.
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Hate to say it but Cindy wrote it and Roy covered it. sorry :)

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[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1343234928' post='1747542']
That has to be one of the most awful covers. No energy, just the most lazy, cynical cash in ever by a bunch of talentless hacks.

The best cover of the song is, frankly, by Joni herself from the [i]Shine [/i]album.
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sorry but that album should be called sh*te not Shine :blink:

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1343230802' post='1747463']
Taking of Hendrix covers, this a great version of what I consider to be a really weak original - Freedom, covered by Steve Lukather
[media]http://youtu.be/jOmgg-1B85A[/media]
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Yea, good one...!

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[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1343250354' post='1747896']
Neither of em wrote it, but Roy Orbinson released it first
So there.... :P .... I think !
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Can i join in ?

Your both wrong :P - Orbinson recorded it first [written for him supposedly]
but it was released a couple of years [b]after[/b] Cyndi's released version. :lol:
Not sure who wrote it.



Garry

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1343237257' post='1747596']
There's a whole Little Roy album, 'Battle for Seattle'. :D
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There is, and its pretty darn fab IMO, never liked Nirvana much, but really like the Little Roy covers....

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Apparently Dylan took a lot from the Hendrix version of the song and started playing it live more like that.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_L4RtU1iRg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_L4RtU1iRg[/url]


I've always liked this one too...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MDlvg-4qc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MDlvg-4qc[/url]

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I love this version:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B_NwRr9-5c[/media]

They also do a fantastic version of Jesus Gonna Be Here


This is also a favourite:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dunKAwRN3P8[/media]

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[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1343281058' post='1748158']
It has a couple of duff, slow tracks but balances that with awesome tracks like [i]Night of the Iguana[/i] and [i]Hana[/i].
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i will try giving it another listen !! (in between revising/learning some stuff that some pesky local band that want me to audition Duran/Rio in G!! FFS do these singists have no sense of decency!!)

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[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1343250354' post='1747896']
Neither of em wrote it, but Roy Orbinson released it first
So there.... :P .... I think !
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Wouldnt want to split hairs, nor argue with wikipedia... which is always right :D But I clearly remember hearing Cyndi Lauper being interviewed on the radio, on a Saturday afternoon when the single was current. and stating how much she dug the Roy Orbison track, and reasons why she covered it etc etc Orbison was a little bit out of fashion at the time I think..

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[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1343294512' post='1748343']
Wouldnt want to split hairs, nor argue with wikipedia... which is always right :D But I clearly remember hearing Cyndi Lauper being interviewed on the radio, on a Saturday afternoon when the single was current. and stating how much she dug the Roy Orbison track, and reasons why she covered it etc etc Orbison was a little bit out of fashion at the time I think..
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Well she must have heard it somewhere, but Orbison's version was released in the early 90's.
Don't know about Wiki - but Disc dogs...which is always right.. :lol:
Says................
[url="http://www.discogs.com/Roy-Orbison-I-Drove-All-Night/release/949041"]http://www.discogs.com/Roy-Orbison-I-Drove-All-Night/release/949041[/url]#

Both good versions IMO.

Garry

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1343295946' post='1748373']
Well she must have heard it somewhere, but Orbison's version was released in the early 90's.
Don't know about Wiki - but Disc dogs...which is always right.. :lol:
Says................
[url="http://www.discogs.com/Roy-Orbison-I-Drove-All-Night/release/949041"]http://www.discogs.c.../release/949041[/url]#

Both good versions IMO.

Garry
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Both great versions agreed. Gues we'll never know who did what first. Couldve been in the can for yonks, put out on a sampler in the U.S, released on the back of the Willburys success, who knows.

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