Farmer John wrote:If we're including live, non-studio covers, then "Ship Song" and "You Can Close Your Eyes" are two of my favs.
stunning and amazing both
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Tue January 07, 2025 10:34 am
by EwanRider
A bit of sleuthing and Apple Music may have solved the Sax man mystery, ‘Horn Section’ is credited to Ron Blake & James King.
Ron Blake is probably most prominently known as a Sax player in the SNL live band, James King is/was a member of Fitz & the Tantrums, who contributed Sax to another recent Watt release, the Stones ‘Hackney Diamonds’, he was all over ‘Sweet Sounds of Heaven’, the one with Lady Gaga.
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Tue January 07, 2025 4:35 pm
by Buby
No hookup from from previous page.
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Wed March 18, 2026 8:02 pm
by Peeps
Not sure how true this video is but it goes about stating how Betterman was directly influenced by Save it for Later. I believe Betterman was actually written when Ed was a teenager and performed by Bad Radio first. he actually wanted to give it to Chrissy Hinde to perform on a benefit album for Green Peace. In the studio when they recorded the backing track Dave Wakeling from English Beat was there and was like, hey thats mine.
I feel like the "this rock song is a ripoff of this rock song" video has been around since the dawn of YouTube.
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Thu March 19, 2026 12:27 pm
by Peeps
Monkey_Driven wrote:I feel like the "this rock song is a ripoff of this rock song" video has been around since the dawn of YouTube.
agreed and while there are no verifiable sources for this the guy does a very solid job of presenting the evidence.
there are some songs out there that i can think of are majorly influenced by other songs but for the most part they are kind of unnoticed by the general populace. I watched this video a few days ago and never really made the connection but now that i hear it i kind of cant unhear it
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Thu March 19, 2026 3:29 pm
by lvc
I believe Cormac McCarthy’s aphorism “books are made from other books” carries over to pop music.
Re: Save it for Later - EV
Posted: Fri March 20, 2026 1:36 pm
by Strat
Pete Townsend was also tagging save it for later at end of let my love open the door. Long ago. Same progressions just different keys. It's all one song
