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00:0010 Cover Songs That The Original Artist Hates
00:0310. Linda Ronstadt Covering Elvis Costello
00:07Linda Ronstadt polished Elvis Costello's songs like Allison.
00:12He called them torture, later conceding exposure benefits while preferring his originals.
00:189. Manfred Mann's EarthBand Covering Bruce Springsteen
00:22Manfred Mann's blinded by the light-topped charts, altered lyrics and irked Springsteen,
00:27often overshadowing his original for new listeners.
00:318. Helen Reddy Covering Billy Joel
00:34Billy Joel's intimate You're My Home became orchestrated by Helen Reddy.
00:39His rebuke mortified her, prompting vows to avoid Joel.
00:437. The Hollies Covering The Beatles
00:46The Hollies issued If I Needed Someone Alongside Rubber Soul.
00:50Harrison's dismissal spurred backlash, and Nash blamed ensuing commercial failure.
00:548. Pet Shop Boys Covering You Too
00:58Pet Shop Boys mashed streets with Can't Take My Eyes, irking you too.
01:04Bono balked, and reconciliation reportedly took 12 years.
01:089. Peter Gabriel Covering Radiohead
01:11Peter Gabriel covered Street Spirit for Scratch My Back.
01:16Radiohead withheld reciprocal wallflower cover, signaling quiet disapproval and ending collaboration.
01:2110. Eagles Covering Tom Waits
01:25Tom Waits derided the Eagles' old 55 as antiseptic, yet rising royalties softened his stance, as Glenn Frey observed.
01:3411. Van Halen Covering The Kinks
01:38Despite huge success, Dave Davies dismissed Van Halen's You Really Got Me as artlessly technical and Generations Misattributed Authorship.
01:4712. Type O Negative Covering
01:51Seals and Crofts
01:52Type O Negatives
01:54Summer Girl parody offended Seals and Crofts.
01:57They later released a sincere summer breeze on Bloody Kisses.
02:0113. Led Zeppelin Covering Jake Holmes
02:05Led Zeppelin adapted Jake Holmes' Dazed and Confused Without Credit, prompting a 2010 lawsuit and eventually inspired by acknowledgement.
02:1314. Unpacked
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