Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "Top 10 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers" video.

  1. Yes, their subtext are quite different: - Whitney basically says "We will always be together because I just can't let you go!" - Dolly Parton is more like "I know we will be apart soon, but my memories and love for you will live on" (which seems to be intention behind the lyrics)
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  2. +Lilliath I didn't even know there was a cover until people started commenting here
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  3. +Duytrucvu Vu Why is that so surprising?
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  4. John Cale sings in the movie. Leonard Cohen's original version also has a slightly different lyrics, and it's more close to speaking the song
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  5. LOL
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  6. It's sampled/remixed in "Like Toy Soldiers", not covered by him
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  7. Dolly Parton has the most fitting subtext, but most people probably prefer Whitney Houston because of her advanced and powerful vocal performance. I don't know which one I prefer
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  8. Dolly's subtext fits the context better though
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  9. +Nikulas Ymir It samples the Aerosmith song in the chorus, but the verses are definitely by Eminem
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  10. +theNecksLevel Yes, in order to do a cover, you need to get the rights, and that costs quite a lot of money. Just featuring famous songs in movies, theatre plays, or TV shows is also expensive
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  11. At least they turned out to be wrong
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  12. It's Eminem (Slim Shady is his alter-ego, and he was not even playing him in the song), and he only sampled Martika's song in the chorus, not covered it
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  13. They only have the same title; the lyrics and melody are completely different
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  14. LOL, I knew it was a Irish folk song long before I had even heard about Metallica
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  15. +Lauren Hayes I wouldn't say that she ruined it, but the subtext kinda disappeared
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  16. +2011armyvet No, no. "Hurt" was released as a single in 1995
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  17. Not all rap songs are shitty
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  18. Tupac samples the song, he is not covering it
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  19. If you're thinking about Eminem, then he only samples the Aerosmith song in the chorus. The verses are written by him
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  20. "Living next door to Alice" Smokie Originally by New World
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  21. I have only heard Terry Jack's version on the radio. Plus, it's actually a French song originally
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  22. "Video Killed the Radio Star is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Wooley in 1978" "They [The Buggles] all wrote 'Video Killed the Radio Star' in an hour of one afternoon in 1978"
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  23. Who doesn't know that?
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  24. Vanilla Ice only samples the background music; he doesn't cover the song
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  25. No
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  26. Adam Castro Song: anything that consists of lyrics, vocals, instruments etc. Cover: An artist releases his/her own version of a song that has already been written, composed, and released by another artist
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  27. +eveny119 I first heard "Whiskey in the jar" in elementary school when I learnt about Ireland in English class. I was actually a bit surprised back then that a heavy metal band had made a cover of it
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  28. You mean Nine Inch Nails
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  29. Nope, it's the other way around
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  30. Hahahaha, very funny
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  31. I just heard "I Will Always Love You" in a music video once at a lecture and searched the song up, and naturally the results said that it was made by Dolly Parton
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  32. Gilpow I'm European too and have still heard about Dolly Parton
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  33. Good joke
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  34. In some cases, it's because the originals had great potentials and maybe a great lyrics, but lacked something, the new artist noticed that, and then he/she gave the original just what it needed
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  35. Then they're sampling, not covering
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  36. Paul Volkmann A cover means performing an already existing song, including lyrics and (most of the time) melody Using an already existing melody and adding lyrics to the verses to create a new song is sampling. The same goes when using an already existing song as the chorus, but the verses are written by the new artist
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  37. Sugar Daddy Hey, I understand what you mean
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  38. Bobby McFerrin made the song, and there is no cover by Bob Marley (the latter had even passed away long before the song was released)
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  39. +Onyx Fang I have also done that
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  40. Did you just refer to a country legend like Dolly Parton as just "the other woman"?
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  41. +Ronald Le LOL, I knew about Busted long before I even came across Jonas Brothers
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  42. +Billy McNeill Yeah, it surprised me as well
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  43. +Goncharnik Nosok It only contains a sample of You Spin Me Round; it's not a cover
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