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Unless you were living under a rock in the 1970s, you would have definitely heard the big song by Carly Simon, “You’re So Vain.” Even half a century later, it’s the song she’s ...

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You got to give Michael Jackson credit where it’s due. He took the concept of music video and revolutionized it. His 1983 video for “Thriller” was groundbreaking, it proved that you could make...

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“Live and Let Die” is my all time favourite James Bond movie theme song. I love how it leads in with the piano as if it’s going to be a slower song but then it explodes with some good crunching guitars. T...

Our next song putting its cover up against the original comes in the form of “Fox on the Run.

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Back in the summer of 1976, I worked at a summer camp and every Tuesd...

This was the song I should have included in my “Songs Which Have Been Metalized,” post. That doesn’t stop me from including it in this “Original vs. Cover” post. The song is “Up Around the Bend,” originally written and recorded by American swamp rock legends, Credence Clearwater Revival on their 1970, “Cosmo’s Factory” album. The cover came 14 years later compliments of Finni...