Nazareth does a couple of songs differently.... (Page 1/1)
cvxjet SEP 21, 05:19 PM
Nazareth is/was a Scottish heavy metal group back in the 70s...Their most famous song is "Hair of the Dog" which is better known by the chorus phrase; "Now you're messin' with a...A Son of a ***** "



My funny story about HOTD; My father was re-finishing the cabinet of his old Philco wood-cabinet stereo while I installed a CD player and some high-quality speakers and receiver...The (Arrogant) "lady" across the hall knew I didn't have a stereo and started playing her music loud all the time. The day I finally got the stereo back, she did not know this and started playing some music loud...so I played "Hair of the Dog" at "9" (The whole building was shaking)....Afterwards, total, complete silence. She never played her music loud again.

What I find amazing about Nazareth is that they took a couple of songs and changed them, making them (Very successful) heavy metal songs;

The first is the Everly Brothers "Love Hurts" It was not a very big hit, but how in heck did Naz take it and change it to what became a big hit?

Everly Brothers version;



Nazareth version;




Next up is the Joni Mitchell song "This Flight Tonight"...They don't even seem to have any relation except the words....

Joni's version;



and then the Nazareth version;



Where they came up with the temerity to take these two songs and change them like this, I can't imagine- but I stand in awe of their ability and chutzpah.

[This message has been edited by cvxjet (edited 09-21-2022).]

Raydar SEP 21, 07:09 PM
Yup. And if I remember correctly, "Going Back To Alcatraz" was borrowed from someone, too. (Leon Russell?) But it may be the other way around.
One of my favorite "ride around and fog up the windows" bands, from my youth.
Valkrie9 SEP 22, 01:52 AM

All those kids, blown away by the brash Scotsman, in those tight white bell bottoms.
Now in their '70s, what tales they could tell of that night in Germany, so long ago.
Terrible rogues, ' Fotzenhunds ', making true the dreams of teen groupies all across the planet.