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Originally Posted by becca
It's just too famous a Yardbirds track for me to appreciate by anybody else probably. Credit to the Mac for not slavishly imitating at all with it. I've always felt if you took something that was a hit and had a hit with it again you've accomplished pretty much nothing
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Well, "Twist & Shout" gave the Beatles a concert set ender for a couple of tours...and it was only a couple of years after the original Isley Bros version was released. (and, The Beatles' version for about 95% of the world is THE definitive version)
At least it was nearly a decade after the Yardbirds' version before Fleetwood Mac's "For Your Love" was released. Plus, (as you mentioned) FMac's version is pretty much a completely different song, only the lyrics give away that it's a cover, by comparison.
So, "accomplishing nothing" by doing a cover of an already popular (ok, a "hit") song isn't really vaild. Entire careers have been forged by that process. (for example, Santana, Joe Cocker, Linda Ronstadt, Chubby Checker, Faith Hill, etc)
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Originally Posted by becca
This is why people still see red at the name Michael Bolton (at least those who know of Otis Redding existing).
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And, if you're one of the main characters in the movie
Office Space 
