 Crappy covers, Why bother wrecking good songs? |
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 Apr 10 2005, 04:41 PM
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Conscience gets expensive, doesn't it?  Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,210 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Schrute Farms, Scranton, PA Member No.: 2,924  |
Anything that Gareth Gates has covered.
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Apr 10 2005, 04:43 PM
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Alley Viper Group: Senior Members Posts: 11,843 Joined: 29-December 04 From: Cobra Island Member No.: 3,024 |
Any Michael Jackson version of Beatle`s songs.
Come Together sticks in the mind, if only for topical reasons. |
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Apr 10 2005, 04:44 PM
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Three Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 284 Joined: 11-February 05 Member No.: 3,395 |
QUOTE (spacemonkey @ Apr 10 2005, 10:39 AM) Oh... that does it... I totally forgot about that one. I think my brain shut it out to prevent itself from imploding. They're going to be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes (I'm a bit of a rabid Pink Floyd fan)  Me too mate, thats why i find it so unspeakably back, not only is it a cover of a wicked band that should not be covered, but it's a shit one! 
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Apr 10 2005, 08:25 PM
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Don't Call The Dustman Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 1-February 05 From: Bat country Member No.: 3,316 |
The Sugababes destruction of Tubeway Army's Are Friends Electric?
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Apr 10 2005, 10:14 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (Stella MM @ Apr 10 2005, 03:36 PM) Why don't you like any emo bands that cover Smiths songs? I'd venture to suggest that it's the same reason that I loathe the Futureheads - because they've taken a song/artist that's very close to my heart and fucked around with it. You can say that it's 'different', but we both know it's worse. I'd actually say that the Futureheads version is equal to if not better than the Kate Bush version at least in terms of being a pop song, Kate Bush's version is much more emotional than the Futureheads version but theirs is designed to get people dancing and is a great slice of art-house punk funk (or whatever the fuck the nme are calling it nowadays) |
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Apr 10 2005, 11:20 PM
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escapee Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,859 Joined: 26-November 04 Member No.: 2,818 |
QUOTE (Sostie @ Apr 10 2005, 04:19 PM) Frank Sidebottom those are two words we don't hear enough these days |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:24 AM
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Dreaming my life... Group: Senior Members Posts: 3,593 Joined: 3-October 04 From: Lots of different places. Member No.: 2,336 |
QUOTE (Stella MM @ Apr 10 2005, 11:30 AM) Fucking Futureheads with their fucking awful cover of Hounds of Love. Makes me want to hunt each member of the band down and beat them to death with their own instruments. When I first heard that song, I didn't realise it was a cover. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard the original. I do like the song. I think it's great! But having heard the rest of the Futureheads album recently, I can tell you 'Hounds of Love' is the only decent song on it. ...(imho) |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:33 AM
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Don't Call The Dustman Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 1-February 05 From: Bat country Member No.: 3,316 |
Anyone heard China Drum's cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights? Now that's a good cover.
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Apr 11 2005, 05:55 AM
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Toasty Group: Senior Members Posts: 9,759 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Hell-Lay Member No.: 2,939 |
Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes" - Foul.
No Doubt - "It's My Life" - Rancid. Billy Idol - "Mony Mony" - Inescapable for some reason when it first came out, I remember distinctly rushing to switch the station only to find it was on the next station I flipped to at the same time. The horror. Duran Duran - "White Lines" (discussed previously in the "White Lines" thread, heh.) Pains me to say it as they were a childhood obsession. But it's miserable. And when they played it at the reunion show, I sat down and sulked. That whole album was pretty lame, except for "Perfect Day" which was just tolerable. There are more. Many more. But I will give my stomach a rest. |
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Apr 11 2005, 10:02 AM
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Cursing. Ladies. Dancing. And pleasure. Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,594 Joined: 1-October 04 From: The twin worlds of sodomy and knitting Member No.: 2,284 |
QUOTE (Jon 79 @ Apr 11 2005, 02:24 AM) When I first heard that song, I didn't realise it was a cover. Actually, I don't think I've ever heard the original. Then hie thee to a branch of Fopp and buy the album. I think they've got it for a fiver at the moment. Seriously, you're only half a human if you've only heard that bloody awful cover and not the sublime original. Like a dog with a bone, me. |
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Apr 11 2005, 10:46 AM
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Gaaaaaaay. Group: Senior Members Posts: 475 Joined: 17-October 04 From: Wimbledon Member No.: 2,557 |
Madonna's American Pie is one that springs to mind instantly, but then I have also seen Chesney Hawkes live on stage butchering that, along with John Lennon's imagine.
That remix of "everywhere" by Fleetwood Mac does my nut in. |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:16 PM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
QUOTE (MissingPlanet @ Apr 10 2005, 08:25 PM) The Sugababes destruction of Tubeway Army's Are Friends Electric? Not really a cover of that song though. Although, it is a re-recording of an existing bootleg remix that featued the Numan sample |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:20 PM
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Don't Call The Dustman Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 1-February 05 From: Bat country Member No.: 3,316 |
True, but it's still recognisable as 'Are Friends Electric?'. And it's awful.
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Apr 11 2005, 01:28 PM
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SPOOOOON! Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,168 Joined: 30-March 05 From: NE Scotland Member No.: 3,738 |
QUOTE (Ell @ Apr 10 2005, 10:37 AM) Scissor Sisters with that awful cover of Comfortably Numb, if i here that one more time on the radio i'm gonna shoot someone! I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that cover for the first time. The term "fecking shite" comes to mind. But what really got me was that other people really seemed to like it! They mustn't know the Floyd, cos otherwise they'd abhorr it. |
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Apr 11 2005, 01:31 PM
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Don't Call The Dustman Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,595 Joined: 1-February 05 From: Bat country Member No.: 3,316 |
Before I post this, I have to say that I did not watch The X Factor. I was staying with a friend with dubious taste and was subjected to the final.
That said, did anyone hear G4's cover of Creep? |
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