Pop Group Covers of Soul Songs
When the British 'Beat Group' sound took the US by storm back in the mid 60's, few white Americans realised that those wile Brits were just 'selling snow to the Eskimos' as around 80%+ of the songs the UK groups were performing were cover versions of US soul / blues artists tracks.
The situation has carried on down the years with pop / rock versions of soul originals making the pop charts on numerous occasions .....
Here's a song that perfectly illustrates my point ......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiMtoIZOq0U
US rock group J Geils Band took that into the charts many years later.
Some pop cover versions stand up against the originals [[many Georgie Fame cut did just this -- his version of "Point of No Return" is a real gudun).
But lots of artists have cut old Motown, Stax & soul songs down the years ...... many rappers & dance scene acts have also sampled classic racks to gain big selling outings.
Kylie Minogue has even cut her version of the NS mega-anthem "Time Will Pass You By".
Here's an item that didn't escape on 45 in the UK, but did over there across the pond ......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIqLyu_m0js
What are some of the best / worst of these covers in listies opinions [[there are some really dreadful takes on Motown songs out there).
