Favorite (R.I.P)Tribute Songs

batmon

The Whispers - A Song For Donny-has got me open recently.Name some good ones. Any Genre.Is this a lost art? Where was Luther VanDross' tribute song? Max Roach?

SoulOnIce

Johnny Copeland, "Dedicated to the Greatest"

Ham

i used to love the DITC Big L rip song. havent heard it in like 5 years though.

pickwick33

The Whispers - A Song For Donny

-has got me open recently.

Name some good ones. Any Genre.

Is this a lost art? Where was Luther VanDross' tribute song? Max Roach?

It's too soon to tell for Max.

As far as others:
"Night Shift" - Commmodores (Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye)
"Hillbilly Heaven" - Tex Ritter (early sixties tribute to various deceased country singers and campy as all hell, but I like it anyway...Ritter himself was admitted into Hillbilly Heaven in 1974)
"A Tribute To A King" - William Bell (Otis Redding)
"Soul Heaven" - Dixie Drifter (Nat "King" Cole, Dinah Washington, Sam Cooke)

batmon

Johnny Copeland, "Dedicated to the Greatest"

Is this for Copeland or Copeland singing for the Albert Collins?

batmon

"Night Shift" - Commmodores (Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye)

My eyes well up to this and Diana Ross - Missing You.

SoulOnIce

Johnny Copeland, "Dedicated to the Greatest"

Is this for Copeland or Copeland singing for the Albert Collins?

It's Copeland singing for Sam Cooke, with shout-outs to
Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington and I think a couple of
others ...

LaserWolf

You guys are naming some of the best rip tribute songs. But, to me, none of these songs are that good. I don't think the genre is very good. I would love to here the Johnny Copeland and the Dixie somethings, I don't know those.

I can think of one I will ride for:
Needle and The Damage Done - Neil Young (might be for a guitar player in Crazy Horse, not sure.)

batmon

I don't think the genre is very good.

Indeed. But there's still a handful of songs out there.

Brian

UGK - One Day
Trae and H.A.W.K. - Swang
Trae and Z-Ro - Miss My Dawg
The Lox - We'll Always Love Big Poppa
H.A.W.K. and Big Moe - Home of S.U.C.

batmon

UGK - One Day
Trae and H.A.W.K. - Swang
Trae and Z-Ro - Miss My Dawg
The Lox - We'll Always Love Big Poppa
H.A.W.K. and Big Moe - Home of S.U.C.

Did DJ Screw ever get a tribute song?

Jam Master Jay?
Tupac?
What's Aaliyaah's called again?

obscure_addict

UGK - One Day
Trae and H.A.W.K. - Swang
Trae and Z-Ro - Miss My Dawg
The Lox - We'll Always Love Big Poppa
H.A.W.K. and Big Moe - Home of S.U.C.

Did DJ Screw ever get a tribute song?

What's Aaliyaah's called again?

You can't remember jayz's tribute to aaliyah?? that's sad...

Jay-Z Miss You Remix...

your pops is missing you, dame is missing you, damn we're missing you...

Tim & Magoo also had one called, Hold On...

batmon

What's Aaliyaah's called again?

You can't remember jayz's tribute to aaliyah?? that's sad...
I only remember %85 of Jay-Z good stuff. Isnt it a Missy Song anyway w/ Jay on the Remix?

alieNDN

So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boys To Men

played it at my buddy's funeral

obscure_addict

obscure_addict

What's Aaliyaah's called again?

You can't remember jayz's tribute to aaliyah?? that's sad...

I only remember %85 of Jay-Z good stuff. Isnt it a Missy Song anyway w/ Jay on the Remix?
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!! you really are a retard, keep searchin out those epmd singles you don't own.

If you we're standing in front of me i'd slap the bitch right out yo punk mouth.

EDIT* to answer your dumbass question though, toni braxton, missy & teet did MISS YOU, JAY Z DID THE REMIX... get your shit straight country bumpkin.

batmon

So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boys To Men

played it at my buddy's funeral

Cool. The OG isnt a Tribute song if i recall. Its from the Cooley High Soundtrack.

And maybe the BIIMen video shows images of passed artists but did Babyface n Them really have that in mind while doin the song.

Tribute Songs NO= Death Songs.

I love Maureen by Sade but Maureen is just a personal friend.

faux_rillz

If you we're standing in front of me i'd slap the bitch right out yo punk mouth.

This seems unlikely.

batmon

What's Aaliyaah's called again?

You can't remember jayz's tribute to aaliyah?? that's sad...

I only remember %85 of Jay-Z good stuff. Isnt it a Missy Song anyway w/ Jay on the Remix?

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!! you really are a retard, keep searchin out those epmd singles you don't own.

If you we're standing in front of me i'd slap the bitch right out yo punk mouth.

EDIT* to answer your dumbass question though, toni braxton, missy & teet did MISS YOU, JAY Z DID THE REMIX... get your shit straight country bumpkin.
ITS ON.

batmon

If you we're standing in front of me i'd slap the bitch right out yo punk mouth.

Uv got the worst case of E-Thug. Just stop it dude.I like your fiestyness, but the K.Fed posing has to stop when talkin to me son. U can pull that shit w/ the rest of these suburb dudes but Im not that cat.



Back to music.....Post the song cause i know u got it.

LaserWolf

Boulder To Birmingham - Emmy Lou Harris for Grahm Parsons

yuichi

Eric Clapton- Tears in Heaven
Tupac- Life Goes On

onetet

Fallen Soldiers -- Cormega

JustAlice

I think this thread needs its own R.I.P. tribute Song.

SoulOnIce

I think this thread needs its own R.I.P. tribute Song.

"Shattered Jaw - The Day O-A Stepped Foot in the Bronx"

... a duet between Tim Dog and Willie Nelson?

obscure_addict

step ya game up SOI softserve yogurtboy...

TheBeatGoes

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Cosmo

Cosign on "Nightshift."

Another one that came to mind was Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang" in tribute to James Honeyman-Scott.

Also, "T.R.O.Y" in tribute to Trouble T-Troy - can't believe nobody said that already.

pickwick33

So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boys To Men

played it at my buddy's funeral

Cool. The OG by G.C. Cameron[/b] isnt a Tribute song if i recall. Its from the Cooley High Soundtrack.

And if you remember, it was played in the movie right after Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs' character (Cochise?) died, during the funeral scene.

mannybolone

"T.R.O.Y" in tribute to Trouble T-Troy - can't believe nobody said that already.

I think this one breaks the "bad tribute song" curse, no?

Unlike, say, "Miss American Pie."

batmon

So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boys To Men

played it at my buddy's funeral

Cool. The OG by G.C. Cameron[/b] isnt a Tribute song if i recall. Its from the Cooley High Soundtrack.

And if you remember, it was played in the movie right after Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs' character (Cochise?) died, during the funeral scene.

To this day, that Beatdown always confuses me. They beat him down and one of the last punches makes him spin into the steel Subway column? So he dies of a concussion?