Rate-A-Record: Black Magic Woman
Did Carlos’ hands make the magic on this song? Did you know there was another version?
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4 min readJul 24, 2023
Francis B. recently threw out a challenge asking if a good song can stand the test of time on its own, or do some songs need an outstanding cover to shine.
This is a great challenge!
How many hits have we all loved but never knew the hit version was a cover? I surprised myself when I did a simple search and found there were a lot of hit covers!
Francis’ story compared multiple versions of “Forever Young,” a song released by German synth band Alphaville in 1984. Read his story, it’s chock-full of interesting information.
I like the original release by Alphaville the best. But then, I’m a big Napoleon Dynomite fan, so what am I going to do?
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not? — Marian Gold
