Covers that make you cringe....

JayMcGee · 05-12-2006, 07:32 PM

as Ibram said.....

Few things are radder than a great cover of a great song........

but then again there are those that made you wonder why they bothered.

like The Doors version of Gloria
Banarama's cover of Venus

DucksNuts · 05-12-2006, 08:58 PM

Jessica Simpson's utter bastardisation of Robbie Williams' 'Angels' makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out

(preferably hers)

Jay - I quite like Bananarama's Venus...but then....my taste might of sucked big time back then.

Snakeadelic · 06-04-2017, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Jessica Simpson's utter bastardisation of Robbie Williams' 'Angels' makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out

(preferably hers)

Jay - I quite like Bananarama's Venus...but then....my taste might of sucked big time back then.

I like that version of Venus as well. My favorite cover of all time thus far is a tossup; if I'm feeling all 'vintage' (aka feeling my ACTUAL age) it's 'Mercury Blues' as done by the Steve Miller Band, and if I'm feeling more modern it's definitely the 2007 digital remaster of 'Running Up That Hill' by Placebo. (I still have the Kate Bush original on 7" single, because I'm VINTAGE dammit...)

Most covers I just don't like, including many I didn't know were covers when I started not liking them.

JayMcGee · 05-12-2006, 09:42 PM

ah, the folly of youth...... check out the original by Shocking Blue, and then search and download others from them...

Guyute · 05-12-2006, 11:28 PM

Hey Ducks I'll hold Jessica down by the large lumps on her chest if you go for her eyes LOL

Ibby · 05-12-2006, 11:37 PM

Green Day doing We Are The Champions takes the cake for worst ever, I think.

Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World comes close.

Ibby · 05-13-2006, 01:17 PM

Oh, and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing in the Streets.

jinx · 05-13-2006, 01:23 PM

Elvis Costello - Ship of Fools
Cindy Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall

Griff · 05-13-2006, 01:33 PM

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Cindy Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall

Surely you are making this up, nobody would let Lauper try that, would they?

jinx · 05-13-2006, 01:40 PM

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Surely you are making this up, nobody would let Lauper try that, would they?

Yeah, I have the track on my pc somewhere, listened to it once. If I'm not mistaken, it was at a concert at the recently downed Berlin Wall, with Pink Floyd playing. Sinead sang Mother at the same event and its pretty good...

Snakeadelic · 06-04-2017, 09:16 AM

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Surely you are making this up, nobody would let Lauper try that, would they?

NINE MONTHS after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd put together what is still one of the most ambitious outdoor concerts ever. Today it'd take 2 years to plan and fall apart before the first rehearsal!

The Wall Live At The Wall. Thomas Dolby, members of The Band, Bryan Adams (rockin like the 80s never let him), The Scorpions, Joan Baez doing 'Goodbye Blue Skies' still gives me goosebumps, and of course a zillion others I can't remember offhand.

It's on DVD. Cyndi did a surprisingly good live take on her part! Sinead O'Connor, who sang 'Mother', not so much...and if you watch the extras, you'll discover in one of the interviews that Roger Waters does NOT like her.

Snakeadelic · 06-04-2017, 09:12 AM

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Oh, and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing in the Streets.

The only excuse I've been able to come up with for that one is a blend of "they had contract issues to deal with" and "well, there was that time Jagger's sig-o of many years caught them naked in bed together..."

Altho' I wasn't wild about the Van Halen cover either.

Ibby · 05-13-2006, 01:33 PM

Ew, nobody is worthy of covering ABitWII. Gilmour is a god, and the only person worthy of playing guitar in that song. I doubt that any of the "anti-establishment" bands who cover that song to make an extra few bucks know anything about the song, or what it means.
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lumberjim · 05-13-2006, 03:53 PM

Call me a fag, but I think Cyndi has a powerful voice. I heard her do True Colors live on Howard Stern's show one morning, and had NHO's for an hour.

Griff · 06-02-2017, 06:17 AM

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Call me a fag, but I think Cyndi has a powerful voice. I heard her do True Colors live on Howard Stern's show one morning, and had NHO's for an hour.

In 2006, we forgot to call Lumberjim a fag. We are deeply sorry for the lack of offense.

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DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Jessica Simpson's utter bastardisation of Robbie Williams' 'Angels' makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out (preferably hers) Jay - I quite like Bananarama's Venus...but then....my taste might of sucked big time back then.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Green Day doing We Are The Champions takes the cake for worst ever, I think. Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World comes close.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Oh, and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing in the Streets.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Ew, nobody is worthy of covering ABitWII. Gilmour is a god, and the only person worthy of playing guitar in that song. I doubt that any of the "anti-establishment" bands who cover that song to make an extra few bucks know anything about the song, or what it means. </rant>

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