Talk:God Gave Rock and Roll to You

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This shouldn't be merged; rather this article should be "beefed up". The original song is God Gave Rock 'n Roll To You, although it should maybe be mentioned that "This song was covered by KISS (band) as God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II". It's also been covered by a few other artists. To have it subsumed into an article about a band doing a cover version (albeit a perfectly acceptable one) is, I think, rather sad. -- JediLofty ^{User ¦ Talk} 14:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, for what it's worth.Strumphs 20:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I totally agree. The original is the subject of the article, even if less famous. We should merge the Kiss cover version here rather than the other way around. Could just be WP:BOLD... for other songs that have been covered, such as Spirit in the Sky and Unchained Melody, all the cover versions are listed on the one page.-h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 14:31, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

In those cases (Unchained Melody, et al.) cover versions belong as a mention on the main song page. However, this song was given a new title (albeit a small difference...) and the lyrics and structure were significantly altered. -- Thisis0 (talk) 19:47, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I concur with the majority of the correspondents above, as to 'originality' and the question of merging. On this subject, according to^[1] the song's original (1973) song title is correctly depicted as "God Gave Rock and Roll To You". Sorry to be pedantic but, if references to other research is used you will not easily (as I discovered) find the current wikipedia article.

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)