Other People's Songs (pop, album, rolling stones, iggy pop, goth)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-07-2008, 06:15 PM

If an artist writes a song for another artist , and then goes on to record it themselves who do you think of as doing the definitive version of it.

For example David Bowie wrote China Girl for Iggy Pop in 1977 and then had a huge hit with it himself in 1983. Do you think the Iggy version or the Bowie version is definitive. He also wrote All The Young Dudes for Mott The Hoople who took it to No 1 , Bowie played it regually in his live show but his studio version stayed unreleased until 1995.

The same with the Rolling Stones. They wrote Out Of Time for Chris Farlowe in 1966 and recorded the song themselves the same time , Farlowe's version got to No 1 yet the Stones version was just an album track. They also wrote Wild Horses for Gram Parsons in 1968 and had a huge hit with it themselves in 1970

So give some examples of this happening and say which you consider the definitive versions.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Other People's Songs If an artist writes a song for another artist , and then goes on to record it themselves who do you think of as doing the definitive version of it. For example David Bowie wrote China Girl for Iggy Pop in 1977 and then had a huge hit with it himself in 1983. Do you think the Iggy version or the Bowie version is definitive. He also wrote All The Young Dudes for Mott The Hoople who took it to No 1 , Bowie played it regually in his live show but his studio version stayed unreleased until 1995. The same with the Rolling Stones. They wrote Out Of Time for Chris Farlowe in 1966 and recorded the song themselves the same time , Farlowe's version got to No 1 yet the Stones version was just an album track. They also wrote Wild Horses for Gram Parsons in 1968 and had a huge hit with it themselves in 1970 So give some examples of this happening and say which you consider the definitive versions. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.