Essra Mohawk - "Change of Heart" (her Cyndi Lauper song)

Essra sings her song that Cyndi Lauper scored a # 3 hit with. Notably, David Bowie's producer, Harry Maslin, wanted to produce Essra on this song and Lauper did not have to stray too far from the demo though she changed a lyric slightly.

Mohawk has been called "one of America's rarest treasures" by All Music Guide and has released 14 respected CDs including PRIMORDIAL LOVERS that was called in Rolling Stone "one of the 25 best albums of all time." Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1YkmhQytPQ to hear PRIMORDIAL LOVERS "I Have Been Here Before" that clearly is the muse for David Crosby's "Deja Vu."

Hear Essra's "Stronger Than The WInd" that Tina Turner also recorded @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1G1p3dtn4

Mohawk's songs have been cut by The Shangri-Las, Vanilla Fudge, McFadden & Whitehead, Keb' Mo', Lorrie Morgan, Bob Weir, Rita Coolidge, Eria Fachin, Lisa Fischer, Peabo Bryson, Annie Haslam, etc.

Moahwk's also the voice on 3 School House Rock cartoons and has collaborated with Art Garfunkel, John Mellencamp, Keb' Mo', Al Jarreau, Al Stewart, Frank Zappa, Eric Bazilian, Billy Steinberg, etc.

"Change of Heart" available as a bonus track on 2005 reissue of E-TURN cd from MummyPump Records, PO Box 210960, Nashville, TN 37221. Magazine cover photo by Susan Bulkin.

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[Thej03p]

Wow, I knew the version of Cyndi and I loved it, now I listen to the original song, and I say IT HURST MY EARS..!!

[fecinny]

@Thej03p Sorry you feel that way but hopefully you can appreciate how little Cyndi strayed from the original which is very telling...

[MisterBlue24]

@fecinny Telling in what way??? It's not as if Cyndi recorded the song without her permission. You seem to be extremely pissy about the whole thing, and I don't understand why. When an artist covers a song, they tend to make lyrical changes to it so it flows better for them. Essra got a credit on Cyndi's album and shared in the royalties from the single. You're trying to make it sound like Cyndi intentionally and deliberately ripped her off and that isn't the case at all. Grow up a little.

[fecinny]

@MisterBlue24 We're all love the Cyndi version! My point is the single sounds so close to the demo so obviously team Epic didn't have to stray too far. You're assesment is not correct and as a former music publisher, it's not true that artists "tend to make lyrical changes."

If you care to hear a song that is quite different from the demo, listen to Essra's "Stronger Than The Wind" that both she and Tina Turner recorded.

[DangerousBastard]

Nobody will every out do Essra. Cyndi Lauper is great and everything, and some will always prefer that version because they're used to it, but this is the real thing from the person who wrote it. This is the original.

[fecinny]

Thank you and I could not have said it any better!

[art4life4me]

This is an eye-opener. If she recorded this before Cyndi, she should get the credit for the arrangement and the vocal style as well as the song.  Cyndi hardly changed a thing.

[KaikeLauper]

Thanks! Is a great song!!!

[GERRYv88]

@Thej03p No offense to essra, but your right cyndis version is way better. cyndi's vocals were made for this song.

[stay780]

I noticed the hiccup Essra did, so I am wondering if she wrote this with Cyndi in mind for her and that this was actually a demo for her to sing to?

[jezkn]

>...but the fantastic band that accompanied her (as at Trafalgar Square) with the amazing guitar licks of Rik Derringer and those two drummers.This in no way detracts from this brilliant (original) performance. (and great guitar work), which clearly influenced Cyndi's arrangement (and even her whooping!).

[jezkn]

Thanks for drawing my attention to this. Yes - Essra Mowhawk is one of those legendary names you've heard of but can't quite remember who they are. I'm not going to get into whose version is better - but she certainly deserves more credit for writing this fantastic song. However since it hasn't been said yet, it wasn't just Cyndi that made this song more widely known ...>

[MisterBlue24]

@fecinny Ummm... yeah. Artists do make lyrical changes so they can be credited as co-writers of a song and garner more monies from the sale of a single/album for themselves, otherwise they wouldn't receive as much because it isn't their song to begin with. If you were really a former music publisher you would know this.

[triptoheaveandho]

@Thej03p t

hey are so similar though... just a difference in timbre of voice

cant imagine why you doint like this one... they sound virtually the same in arrangement

[triptoheaveandho]

@Thej03p t

hey are so similar though... just a difference in timbre of voice

cant imagine why you doint like this one... they sound vertually the same in arrangement