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Yount
10-07-2012, 05:06 AM
Every time I hear this song (black velvet by Alannah Myles - that is) I sing the Tell The Truth verses and chorus and it's extremely similar, fits in well. Always wondered which one was a single first...
Well, it wasn't Dave.
What was your reaction to the similarity back in 1991?
VHscraps
10-07-2012, 06:36 AM
I thought the same.
I wonder if Dave's co-writer (was it Craig Goldy) had anything to do with the Alannah Myles song ...
Seshmeister
10-07-2012, 07:24 AM
Every time I hear this song (black velvet by Alannah Myles - that is) I sing the Tell The Truth verses and chorus and it's extremely similar, fits in well. Always wondered which one was a single first...
Well, it wasn't Dave.
What was your reaction to the similarity back in 1991?
It was very obvious then as Black Velvet had been a minor hit.
Dave got away with it by not selling any albums.
Yount
10-07-2012, 07:55 AM
It was very obvious then as Black Velvet had been a minor hit.
Dave got away with it by not selling any albums.
Ha! Sad but true.
Zing!
10-07-2012, 09:46 AM
I've always thought that too. TTT is Dave's Black Velvet knock-off.
ashstralia
10-07-2012, 04:20 PM
I know which song I like better, though. :)
Yount
10-07-2012, 05:25 PM
If the world loves a bad guy, then, how 'bout the doubt?
I was first one to get in, I'm the last one out.
Profess to love me babe, then
Why can't I tell?
All you do is use me babe,
You lyin' to yourself... think it's time.
Yount
10-07-2012, 05:29 PM
The little bass run before the verses start are very similar in both songs.
And I haven't looked but was the Black Velvet video done in black & white too? (Although every-fucking--band was going for the b&w, trenchcoat, cowboy boots look back in the early 90's eg. Poison, Bon Jovi, Cinderella...)
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