A song murdered by someone.

@acresverde---We have a winner! I have no idea what was suppose to be funny about that. Why mock such a thing?

Al---I had forgotten about "Stroll On"! You’re exactly correct about the reason for the change in lyrics. I’m sure they would be sued for plagiarism these days. I have a friend who saw The Yardbirds twice in one week in ’67. The first time their line-up was just as seen in the movie, with rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja having moved to bass (to make room for new member Jimmy Page. Original bassist Paul Samwell-Smith had left the group, later producing the audiophile classic, Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman), the second with Jeff Beck gone, Page now the lone guitarist. That line-up made The Yardbirds final album---their only bad one---Little Games.

For another example of a song that is an obvious remake of another with different lyrics, check out The Chocolate Watchband’s "Don’t Need Your Lovin’", performed by them in the Roger Corman-produced teen-exploitation movie Riot On Sunset Strip. It’s a remake of The Kinks 1965 version of the old Blues song "Milkcow Blues" (The Watchband also covered The Kinks "I’m Not Like Everybody Else, but with no changes in lyrics). The Chocolate Watchband were local heroes in my hometown of San Jose, for reason’s no longer clear ;-) ---they were nothing more than a glorified cover band. Singer Dave Aguilar was a shameless Mick Jagger impersonator, right down to the double maracas. Drummer Gary Andrivasevich (who still performs around Santa Cruz, the beach town just over the mountains from San Jose) was a couple years ahead of me at Cupertino High School, and played in both the school’s orchestra and it’s marching band. I’d see him marching on the field at an afternoon football game, then see him on stage that night with The Watchband!