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6.50pm
14 October 2012
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Totally agree about Jailhouse Rock, billyshears…it suprises me that the Beatles didn't do many (any?) Elvis covers, seeing as John and George were such big fans of his…maybe none of them had the right voice.
And, if the Beatles had kept still been going in 1974 would have been awesome if they'd done a cover of Bowie's Rebel Rebel. I can imagine George blasting out the riff.
"I don't think we were actually swimming, as it were, with shirts on, 'cos we always wear overcoats when we're swimming,"-
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8.03pm
14 December 2009
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They did a coupla Elvis songs for the BBC, "That's All Right Mama" and I forget what else.
Their covers were usually pretty faithful to the original arrangements. Since they never did any Dylan songs proper, it would've been nice if they had electrified some of the early Dylan acoustic songs that the Byrds or whoever never got around to, like maybe "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" done rockabilly-style.
Needless to say, it'd also be nice if they had the OPPORTUNITY to cover anything from 1970 or later – not that I think they'd have necessarily done a better job than the original performers. (I mean, I wouldn't want to hear them take on a Led Zeppelin song – Ringo, much as I love him, wouldn't be up to the task!)
11.38pm
18 November 2011
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bikelock28 said
Totally agree about Jailhouse Rock, billyshears…it suprises me that the Beatles didn't do many (any?) Elvis covers, seeing as John and George were such big fans of his…maybe none of them had the right voice.And, if the Beatles had kept still been going in 1974 would have been awesome if they'd done a cover of Bowie's Rebel Rebel. I can imagine George blasting out the riff.
On the "Live at the BBC" album, they cover That's All Right Mama and I've Got a Woman (Originally by Ray Charles, but their version is definitely based on Elvis' cover, George even does Scotty Moore's solo note-for-note).
1.03am
1 May 2011
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I think I Forgot To Remember To Forget was sung by Elvis but no idea if they covered his or the original.
6.05am
23 November 2011
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Here are some likely covers:
Ringo: "Wolly Bully" Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Ringo: "King of the Road" Roger Miller
Ringo: "Name Game" Shirley Ellis
Ringo: "I'm Henry VIII, I am" Herman's Hermits
George: "Tell Her No" the Zombies
George: "Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash
Paul: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Manfred Mann
Paul: "A World Without Love" Peter and Gordon (ha ha)
John: "Glad All Over" DC5
John: "Surfin' Bird" The Trashmen
4.11pm
14 December 2009
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Would love to hear any of those Ringo covers…except for the Herman's Hermits song…pretty much the worst piece o' crap of the entire DECADE! (Except maybe some other Hermits track.)
8.15pm
14 October 2012
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They did a coupla Elvis songs for the BBC, "That's All Right Mama" and I forget what else.
On the "Live at the BBC" album, they cover That's All Right Mama and I've Got a Woman (Originally by Ray Charles, but their version is definitely based on Elvis' cover, George even does Scotty Moore's solo note-for-note).
Cheers for that. I've listened to them and to be honest I don't particuarlarly rate either of them, but I'm glad that the Beatles did at least one Elvis cover.
EDIT- Found their version of I Forgot To Remember To Forget (also from Live At The BBC). George's vocals in it makes me swoon and Paul plays a mean bass line!
"I don't think we were actually swimming, as it were, with shirts on, 'cos we always wear overcoats when we're swimming,"-
George Harrison, Australia, June 1964
4.11pm
14 October 2012
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Anyone else agree that John would have done a cracking job singing NW5 by Madness?
"I don't think we were actually swimming, as it were, with shirts on, 'cos we always wear overcoats when we're swimming,"-
George Harrison, Australia, June 1964
8.44pm
6 December 2012
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I think they should have created an entire Christmas song album. That way, I wouldn't have to decide whether to listen to the Beatles or Christmas music. (Of course, the Beatles won that, even though it was December.)
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10.37pm
12 November 2012
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Egroeg Evoli said
I think they should have created an entire Christmas song album. That way, I wouldn't have to decide whether to listen to the Beatles or Christmas music. (Of course, the Beatles won that, even though it was December.)I don't think you were talking about this, but the Beatles released a Christmas record to members of their fan club from 1963-1969. If the people from Apple want to make money, they should put them all on one album. I believe you were talking about the Beatles covering classic Christmas songs, which would've been a good idea.
4.47am
1 December 2009
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Hm, a good idea if you aren't completely annoyed by xmas music, maybe! (I do enjoy those fan club records, though.)
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