Eines der schönsten One Hit Wonder der späten 50er Jahre stammt von Phil Philips - Sea Of Love.


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Die bekannteste Version stammt wohl vom gleichnamigen Film Sea Of Love von Tom Waits:



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Ebenfalls mithalten kann die Version von Cat Powers:



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Robert Plant und Jimmy Page mit einer üppigen Version:



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Eine Version nah am Original - Del Shannon:



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Ein wenig Country mit Narvel Felts:



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Eine Reggae-Version von Marcia Griffith:



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Ebenso wie eine von den The Heptones:



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Oder von Israel Kamakawiwo'ole:



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Eine überraschend sanfte Version von Iggy Pop:



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Eine schöne Version von Marty Wilde:



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Für mich ein wenig zu viel Shakin Stevens:



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Lyrics



Sea of love Lyrics
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Come with me
My love
To the sea
The sea of love

I want to tell you
how much
I love you

Do you remember
When we met
That's the day
I knew you were my pet

I wanna tell you
how much
I love you

Come with me
My love
To the sea
the sea of love

I wanna tell you
How much
I love you

1986 veröffentlichte die Cutting Crew ihren wohl größten Hit I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight. Die tödliche Orgasmusumschreibung sollte der größte Hit der Band werden.

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Northern Kings haben eine langsame dramatische Version aufgenommen, Power Metal:



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Gothic Metal von To Die For:



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Klingt stark nach Milli Vanili Stevie B.:



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Ähnliche farblose Dance-Versionen gibt es noch von Leana, Resource oder von Intonation feat Joee.

Ein Technoremix von Marc van Damme - so kann man einen Song zerstören:



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Aber es geht noch schlimmer Duncan & Wild.

Eine etwas schnellere Popversion von Faber Drive:



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Etwas rockiger David Cook:



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Die Partyversion von Smokie:



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Samples

• Tupac
• Jay-Z
• DMX
• Smitty feat. T-Pain
• Mika
• Sunspot Jonz
• DJ Bobo

Lyrics

Hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight
I should've walked away

I keep looking for something I can't get
Broken hearts lie all around me
And I don't see an easy way to get out of this

Her diary, it sits by the bedside table
The curtains are closed, cat's in the cradle
Who would've thought that a guy like me could come to this

Oh, hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight

Oh, hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away, I should've walked away

Is there any just cause for feeling like this
On the surface I'm a name on a list
I try to be discreet, but then blow it again

I've lost and found, it's my final mistake
She's loving by proxy, no give and all take
'Cause I've been thrilled to fantasy one too many times

Oh, hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight

Oh, hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away, I should've walked away

It was a long hot night
Yes, she made it easy, she made it feel right
But now it's over, the moment is gone
I followed my hands, not my head
I know I was wrong

Hug !
I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been something you said
I just died in your arms tonight

Oh, I just died in your arms tonight
It must've been some kind of kiss
I should've walked away, I should've walked away
I should've walked away, should've walked away

1984 veröffentlichte Billy Idol Rebel Yell auf dem gleichnamigen Album. Die Idee dazu kam ihm, als er bei einer Veranstaltung die Rolling Stones Jagger und Richards aus einer Flasche Rebel Yell Bourbon trinken sah.

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Grauenhaft, die Version von Children Of Bodom:



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Das Übliche von Scooter:



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Rock von Kill Hannah:



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Gothicpop von Dope:



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Eine ähnliche Version von Drowning Pool:



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Eine Parodie von den Quietschboys



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Eine gute Metal-Version von HIM:



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Mathcore von Dillinger Escape Plan:



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Metall mit Discobeats von Cybercide:



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Avant-garde Metal von Dog Fashion Disco:



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Punkig von Discipline:



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und ebenso von Mr. Badwrench:



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Elektropop von Distored Reality



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Eine wirklich vollkommen eigenständige Version von Northern Kings:



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Powermetal mit viel Keyboard von Sinner:



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Und natürlich unvergessen die Sesamstraße Version:



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Lyrics

Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door
Last night a little angel Came pumping cross my floor
She said "Come on baby I got a licence for love
And if it expires pray help from above"

In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell she cried- "more, more, more"
In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell- "more, more, more"
More, more, more.

She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg
But when I'm tired and lonely she sees me to bed
What set you free and brought you to be me babe
What set you free I need you hear by me
Because

In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell she cried- "more, more, more"
In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell- "more, more, more"

He lives in his own heaven
Collects it to go from the seven eleven
Well he's out all night to collect a fare
Just so long, just so long it don't mess up his hair.

I walked the world with you, babe
A thousand miles with you
I dried your tears of pain, babe
A million times for you

I'd sell my soul for you babe
For money to burn with you
I'd give you all, and have none, babe
Just, just, justa, justa to have you here by me
Because

In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell she cried- "more, more, more"
In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more"
With a rebel yell she cried "more, more, more"
More, more, more.

Oh yeah little angel
she want more
More, more, more, more, more.

Oh yeah little angel
she want more
More, more, more, more

1971 veröffentlichten Yes mit The Yes Album ihr drittes Studioalbum. Es ist ein Grundstein für den Erfolg der Band, die eine der Top 4 Progressive Rock Bands wurde.

Da die ersten beiden Alben der Band gefloppt waren konnte Roy Flynn, deren Manager, Atlantic Records zwar zu einer dritten Platte überreden, musste jedoch die Aufnahmekosten selber zahlen. Daher war er zu 5% an den Einnahmen aus dem Album beteiligt, was später noch zu diversen Rechtsstreiten führen sollte.

Da Atlantic Records kein Geld in die Werbung investieren wollte klebte der Roadmanager Michael Tait in ganz London Plakate. Ein Poststreik verschaffte schließlich Yes die erhoffte Werbung - die englischen Plattenläden konnten in der Veröffentlichungswoche ihre Verkaufszahlen nicht nach London melden, wo die nationalen Charts ermittelt wurden. Also wurde Richard Branson Londoner Laden Virgin-Records als alleinige Grundlage herangezogen. Da Yes in London eine große Fangemeinde hatten erhielt das Album eine hohe Chartplatzierung und landesweite Aufmerksamkeit.

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Dream Theatre bekennen sich offen zu ihren Progressiverock Wurzeln:



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Eine Power Metal Version von Jeronimo Road:



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Der Gitarrist Joe Bonamassa zeigt seine Fähigkeiten:



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Der "immer mal wieder" Yes Keyboarder Rick Wakeman:



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Lyrics

I. Life Seeker
(Anderson)

Sister Bluebird flying high above,
Shine your wings forward to the sun.
Hide the myst'ries of life on your way.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What you don't know, I have never heard.

Starship Trooper, go sailing on by,
Catch my soul, catch the very night.
Hide the moment from my eager eyes.
Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul.
What you can't see, can't be very whole.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

Mother life, hold firmly on to me.
Catch my knowledge higher than the day.
Lose as much as only you can show.
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word.
What I don't know, I have never shared.

II. Disillusion
(Squire)

Loneliness is a pow'r that we possess to give or take away forever.
All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you.
Take what I say in a diff'rent way and it's easy to see
that this is all confusion.
As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow.

Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember,
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways.
I still remember the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that,
In the knowledge of the land, spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways.

III: Wurm (Instruemtal)
(Howe)

1971 schrieben Norman Whitfield und Barrett Strong Papa Was A Rolling Stone als Soulsong für The Undisputed Truth. Er bescherte der Band 1972 einen bescheidenen Erfolg (24 R'n'B Charts). Wie zu dieser Zeit üblich bearbeiteten beide den Song jedoch noch einmal für eine andere Band: die Temptations Version, ein 12 minütiger Funksong wurde ein weltweiter Hit.

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Oft für das Original gehalten: The Temptations:



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George Michael mixte Seals Killer mit Papa Was A Rolling Stone:



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Eine funkige Version mit jazziger Trompete von Lee Ritenour:



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Reggaetime: Lee Perry



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Eine etwas hektische und verspielte Version der Jackson 5:



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Modernerer Funk von Was Not Was:



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Funkrock von Living Colour:



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Der Song startet erst ab ca. 2.30 - Soul von Isaac Hayes:



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Natürlich ohne Ray Cooder, aber trotzdem großartig: David Lindley & El Rayo X:



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Klasse Version mit Orgel - The Pioneers:



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Eine Popversion von Regina Carter.

Eine deutsche Version von Stefan Gwildis Papa will da nich mehr wohn:



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Lyrics

It was the third of September.
That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.
Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.

And Mama just hung her head and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

Well, well.

Hey Mama, is it true what they say,
that Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama, bad talk going around town
saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.
And that ain't right.
HEARD SOME talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.
TalkIN about saving souls and all the time leeching.
Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.

Mama just hung her head and said,
"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

Uh!

Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.
Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said,
"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."
"Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

Angels war die vierte Single Robbie Williams erstem Soloalbum nach Take That Life Thru A Lens. Der Song ist Williams größter Hit und soll Gerüchten zu Folge ihm erst die Fortsetzung seiner Solo Karriere ermöglicht haben.

Der irische Songwriter Ray Heffernan beanspruchte für sich, den Song über seinen tot geborenen Sohn geschrieben zu haben. Das irische Fernsehen produzierte eine Sendung über die Anschuldigung. Williams wurde jedoch nicht verklagt. Die offiziellen Song Credits geben neben Williams seinen damaligen Songwriting Partner Guy Chambers als Urheber aus. Ihrer Version zu Folge hat der Song Williams Onkel und Tante als Vorbild.

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Eine Umsetzung als gregorianischer Gesang von Gregorian:



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Eine richtig schön Rock'N'Roll Version von den Baseballs:



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Eine soulige Version von Beverley Knight:



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Ein wenig affektiert Jessica Simpson:



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Etwas glatt, aber nett anzuhören ist die Version der klassisch angehauchten Popgruppe All Angels:



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Etwas sparsamer instrumentiert ist die Version von Johnny Logan:



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Onehitwonder Moon Dust mit ihrem einzigen Chartserfolg - einer Plastikpopversion:



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Eine spanische Version ohne Veränderungen oder Originalität von Julio Iglesias Jr.:



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bzw. das weibliche Äquivalent von Yuridia aus Mexiko. Eine italienische Version stammt von Patrizio Buanne.

Der absolute Liebling meiner Großmutter Richard Clayderman:



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Lyrics

I sit and wait does an angel contemplate my fate
and do they know the places where we go when we're grey and old
'cause I've been told that salvation lets their wings unfold
so when I'm lying in my bed thoughts running through my head
and I feel that love is dead I'm loving angels instead

And through it all she offers me protection
a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong
and down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me when I come to call
she won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead

When I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one way street
I look above and I know I'll always be blessed with love
and as the feeling grows she breathes flesh to my bones
and when love is dead I'm loving angels instead

And through it all she offers me protection
a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong
and down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me when I come to call
she won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead

And through it all she offers me protection
a lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong
and down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me when I come to call
she won't forsake me I'm loving angels instead

Als die schwedische Band Aqua 1997 ihre Parodie auf Matels Verkaufsschlager heraus brachte liefen nicht nur die Anwälte sondern auch die Charts heiß: Ken als Bankräuber, der sich mit Barbie vergnügt? Im schönsten Plastikpop-Gewand? 2002 gewann Aqua in der letzten Instanz gegen die Copyright Klage - daher dürfen wir immer noch fleißig mit trällern Life in plastic, it's fantastic:

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Audiosmog haben eine Sängerin gefunden, deren Stimme noch mehr nach Plastik klingen und wandeln den Song ansonsten in einen Rocksong:



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Der Song geht zwar erst nach ca. 30 Sek los, ist aber wirklich eine Überraschung, leichter Jazzpop vom Axel Boys Quartet:



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Punk von Home Grown:



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bzw. eine praktisch identische Version von MXPX.

Eine elektronische Version von Rob Mayth:



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Und das Humpa Cover von Eläkeläiset:



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Lyrics

- Hi Barbie!
- Hi Ken!
- You wanna go for a ride?
- Sure, Ken!
- Jump in!
- Ha ha ha ha!

I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

Come on, Barbie, let's go party

I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

I'm a blonde single girl in the fantasy world
Dress me up, take your time, I'm your dollie
You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamour and pain
Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky

You can touch, you can play
You can say I'm always yours, oooh whoa

I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh

Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please
I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again
Hit the town, fool around, let's go party

You can touch, you can play
You can say I'm always yours
You can touch, you can play
You can say I'm always yours

Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh

I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh

- Oh, I'm having so much fun!
- Well, Barbie, we're just getting started!
- Oh, I love you Ken!

kam 1989 auf dem Album Doolittle der Pixies, das heute als eines der besten Alternative Alben aller Zeiten gilt.

It's about winos and hobos traveling on the trains, who die in the California Earthquake. Before earthquakes, everything gets very calm—animals stop talking and birds stop chirping and there's no wind. It's very ominous.

I've been through a few earthquakes, actually, 'cause I grew up in California. I was only in one big one, in 1971. I was very young and I slept through it. I've been awake through lots of small ones at school and at home. It's very exciting actually—a very comical thing. It's like the earth is shaking, and what can you do? Nothing.

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Und eine akustische Version.

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Eine sehr ähnliche Version der chilenischen Alternative Rocker von Los Bunkers:



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Ein wenig punkiger von Samiam:



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Und deutlich härter von Baby Blue Elephant, sorry für die schlechte Qualität:



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Eine Version mit Streichern vom String Quartet.

Eine Version mit Xylophonen von Mike Baiardi.

Lyrics

outside there's a box car waiting
outside the family stew
out by the fire breathing
outside we wait 'til face turns blue
i know the nervous walking
i know the dirty beard hangs
out by the box car waiting
take me away to nowhere plains
there is a wait so long
here comes your man

big shake on the box car moving
big shake to the land that's falling down
is a wind makes a palm stop blowing
a big, big stone fall and break my crown
there is a wait so long
you'll never wait so long
here comes your man
there is a wait so long
you'll never wait so long
here comes your man

1967 erschien Heroin auf dem Debütalbum von The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico. Er beschreibt den Ge- und Missbrauch der Droge ohne klar Stellung zu beziehen.

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bzw. in einer akustischen Live Version.

Cover

Das wohl bekannteste Cover stammt von Billy Idol aus seiner Cyberpunk Zeit:



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1974 nahm Lou Reed als Glam Rock Song:



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Maximilian Hecker:



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Noisepop von Queen is dead:



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Und eine Rockversion von den Elderberries:



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Und eine ziemlich schräge Version von Beck



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Lyrics

I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me not, you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know

Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds

'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know

War der Titeltrack des 1992 Album von Iron Maiden. Es war übrigens das letzte Album vor Bruce Dickinson sich seine Soloauszeit nahm.

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Dark Gothic mit Trashanklängen von Ethereal:



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Eine Alternativeversion stammt von Fightstar:



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Graveworm haben eine Dark-Metal-Version mit Streichern geschaffen:



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Wie immer hervorragend, die acapella Version von Van Canto:



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Doom-Metal von den Urgesteinen von Pentagram:



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Doro & Blaze Bayley :



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Vom Tribute To Iron Maiden: Testament Sänger Chuck Billy:



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Domonios verzichten auf den schnellen Teil des Songs:



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Die Finnen von Sturm und Drang spielen den Song fast identisch nach:



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Noch mal Black Metal von Infernal Poetry:



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Lyrics

I am a man who walks alone
And when Im walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when its dark

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that someones always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someones allways there
Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When youre searching for the light?
Sometimes when youre scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
Youve sensed that somethings watching you

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no ones there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because youre sure theres someone there

Watching horror films the night before
Debating wiches and folklore
The unkown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that someones always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someones allways there

When Im walking a dark road
I am a man who walkes alone