Original version 1898: Original version 1929:
Category: Music
mainly youtubes
Paul Simon
This is not just about Paul Simon and his incomprehensible lyrics, it’s about the great sound he gets, esp. the dynamic, pro-active bass in the hands of someone who knows how to use it, e.g. Bakithi Kumalo on the Graceland…
The lion sleeps tonight
This is the original which has now fallen out of copyright in South Africa: This the version copyrighted … but not by the writer. Even Miriam Makeba failed to acknowledge the intellectual property of Solomon Linda: Hmmmmm, those record moguls…
Other versions of classic songs
One of the most difficult things is finding a version which is still true to the original in some ways, not just by a straight cover band but by a band [or singer] in their own right.