Topic: Artists That Should Never Ever Be Covered. Ever. (Read 85742 times)

Alphapenguin · « **Reply #200 on:** 22 Feb 2007, 18:14 »

I've stumbled upon a few abominations in my time, but never anything on par with the Megadeth cover of "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'."

Unless we're talking about the punk version of "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy." If I ever find those bastards, so help me...

I'LL MAKE THEM WATCH UWE BOLL MOVIES UNTIL THEIR EYES EXPLODE!!!

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #201 on:** 22 Feb 2007, 19:30 »

On the Macha Loved Bedhead EP, they actually turned Cher's "Believe" into a touching and beautiful song.

Stayc · « **Reply #202 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 00:56 »

That's possible...?

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #203 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 09:08 »

Download it if you don't believe me. Or just buy the whole EP, because it is the best thing Macha OR Bedhead ever did. It's one of the best CDs I own, bar none.

Patrick · « **Reply #204 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 09:47 »

Quote from: SilentJ on 22 Feb 2007, 16:57

I just found Crazy in Love by Beyonce covered by the goddamn Snow Patrol.

sauce pl0x

Thrillho · « **Reply #205 on:** 23 Feb 2007, 13:59 »

Quote from: SilentJ on 22 Feb 2007, 16:57

I've posted too much in this thread in recent days, so I promise this is my last one here for a little while.

I just found Crazy in Love by Beyonce covered by the goddamn Snow Patrol.

Words can't really describe this one.

Where've you been for the last three years? I think that's a half-decent cover. Although the guy's 'Jay Z impression' is a disgrace.

SilentJ · « **Reply #206 on:** 24 Feb 2007, 12:37 »

I just got turned on to the Snow Patrol by a friend like a week ago.

Quote from: KimJongSick on 23 Feb 2007, 09:47

Quote from: SilentJ on 22 Feb 2007, 16:57
I just found Crazy in Love by Beyonce covered by the goddamn Snow Patrol.

sauce pl0x

All I've got is an mp3 and I'm not computer-nerdy enough to know how to send it to you, sans email-attachment or through AIM or whatever.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #207 on:** 25 Feb 2007, 01:37 »

That crowd is fucking annoying. SHUT UP AND LISTEN.

matt fatt · « **Reply #208 on:** 09 Mar 2007, 03:07 »

i agree that no one should cover nirvana cause they suck and shouldnt have existed at all

Thrillho · « **Reply #209 on:** 09 Mar 2007, 10:53 »

Quote from: matt fatt on 09 Mar 2007, 03:07

i agree that no one should cover nirvana cause they suck and shouldnt have existed at all

Well played, buttmunch.

matt fatt · « **Reply #210 on:** 23 Mar 2007, 07:08 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 09 Mar 2007, 10:53

Quote from: matt fatt on 09 Mar 2007, 03:07
i agree that no one should cover nirvana cause they suck and shouldnt have existed at all

Well played, buttmunch.

ass taste good on tounge

smudgeface · « **Reply #211 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 04:16 »

The obvious issue here is that too many people get more caught up in matching the original rendition -- poorly -- than they work on making a song their own.

Well, Snow Patrol made Crazy In Love "their own", but it was a shitty song to begin with.

anditsdiscontents · « **Reply #212 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 04:59 »

Something For Kate do a heaps good version of Bowie's Ashes To Ashes. seriously. Bowie liked it so much he got them to support him on his Australian tour.

Peter Harris · « **Reply #213 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 07:47 »

I agree with most of the posters - shitty bands need to stop making covers. If you make a good cover, one where you're innovative and respectful and just plain talented, man, you can cover whoever you goddamn please!

eatyrspleens · « **Reply #214 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 11:19 »

Quote from: est on 21 Jan 2007, 04:35

I disagree with every entry in that list. It's just that shitty bands need to stop making shitty covers is all.

i fully agree with this statement. i'll admit though, i'm a little hesitant of any modest mouse cover.

el_Presidente · « **Reply #215 on:** 25 Mar 2007, 18:13 »

I have heard some terrible Nirvana covers in my day. So much so that a guy I know who works a local club wrote a cease and desist style letter to a band that played a particularly shitty cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

Near Lurker · « **Reply #216 on:** 26 Mar 2007, 14:19 »

Quote from: ampersandwitch on 04 Feb 2007, 18:23

Something happened.
When I was sitting in a diner.
It was so shocking that even I cannot believe it had happened.
It was indeed a Kenny G cover of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful."
I almost shat myself, it was so bad.

You know...am I the only one who thinks that a Dropkick Murphys version of that song might not be too bad?

In any case, I know it's well-liked, but the first time I heard the Cake cover of "I Will Survive," my head nearly exploded.

lockedge · « **Reply #217 on:** 27 Mar 2007, 04:50 »

I don't think any band is really off-limits, but artists need to stop putting out horrible covers. The My Chemical Romance and the Used's version of "Under pressure" is among the worst casualties of covers I've ever heard. I'd rather Tom Waits, radiohead, and most other artists/bands with unique voices not be touched because frankly their songs feel naked without them. Of course, if a really good band/singer does a cover and makes it awesome, then I'll be pleased, but usually it doesn't work out that way.

McTaggart · « **Reply #218 on:** 27 Mar 2007, 05:46 »

Cover everyone mercilessly, but know that people will hate you if you screw up.

Clara · « **Reply #219 on:** 01 Apr 2007, 13:36 »

1 and 2

Dimmukane · « **Reply #220 on:** 03 Apr 2007, 06:22 »

So, apparently, Alanis Morissette did a cover of the Black Eyed Peas amazing hit single, "My Humps". Only this time, there's lots of sad piano, and a MUSIC VIDEO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g

matt fatt · « **Reply #221 on:** 04 Apr 2007, 01:34 »

Quote from: el_Presidente on 25 Mar 2007, 18:13

I have heard some terrible Nirvana covers in my day. So much so that a guy I know who works a local club wrote a cease and desist style letter to a band that played a particularly shitty cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

that song is numero uno on my list of reasons i hate nirvana

books_out_loud · « **Reply #222 on:** 10 Apr 2007, 12:10 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 21 Jan 2007, 04:24

Brought about by the Elliott Smith thread... we all know there are some things you just don't cover. Ever. For any reason.

The Smiths (also: note to shitty emo bands: stop naming yourselves after Smiths songs. Morrissey hates you.)

i think i love you.
hahahahaha.

Ismara · « **Reply #223 on:** 01 Jan 2008, 21:22 »

'Pop Music' and that stupid 'I'll give you a ride' (If that even is the name. It's so F**king stupid I've forgoten.
'
They were awful to begin with, and owrse now. And who ever heard the 'time warp' by 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' I pity you.

FUBAR · « **Reply #224 on:** 01 Jan 2008, 22:02 »

bjork should never be covered

Ismara · « **Reply #225 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 16:09 »

I agree with you on that one. To cover a Bjork song, someone would alter it compleately.
Why do people even try covers? Some people can get away with it, but some songs just don't copy. They're to stupid to begin with.

Oh, and Zero by Evanescence was pretty bad. It wasn't even their style.

Spinless · « **Reply #226 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 16:54 »

After a thread has died, it needs a good reason to come back, because if all you're doing is beating a dead horse in a year-gone thread, you'll be distracting from the current active threads for no good reason. Most of us don't read past the first half of the first page, so if you bump 5 dead threads, that's 5 active threads we'll overlook.

Basically, unless you are totally amazing and have something really great to say in a thread that's dead, don't post in it. Because people might start to dislike you!

Also, if you have the last post in more than three consecutive threads, people will hate you for that too!

Near Lurker · « **Reply #227 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 19:23 »

I have absolutely got to disagree with Dylan. Dylan isn't a tenth the singer he is a songwriter; his songs are almost tailor-made to be covered.

Johnny C · « **Reply #228 on:** 02 Jan 2008, 22:59 »

Quote from: Spinless on 02 Jan 2008, 16:54

Also, if you have the last post in more than three consecutive threads, people will hate you for that too!

Hey dude.

dalconnsuch · « **Reply #229 on:** 03 Jan 2008, 20:06 »

bob dylan should never be covered? bob dylan songs that have been covered rock look at fugazi's "masters of war" and jimi hendrix's "all along the watch tower" bro please

Statik · « **Reply #230 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 12:08 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 22 Jan 2007, 10:24

My interest in alternative music started by never listening to contemporary pop music, ever. At the time all my friends were getting seriously obsessed with Nirvana (14/15), my favourite songs of all time were 'Puritania' by Dimmu Borgir, 'Queen of Winter, Throned' by Cradle of Filth, 'Countess Bathory' by Venom, 'Disciples of Black Sorcery' by Thou Art Lord and 'I Am The Black Wizards' by Emperor. My softer listening was all Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Pink Floyd. I thought Nirvana were lame, and, though I know far, far more about music now then I did then, my initial opinion held, and not for want of re-appraisal, I own two Nirvana albums. Never been able to sit through either of them.

Your friends were getting into Nirvana nearly a full decade after his death?

Aside from that, on topic, Sentenced did a good, if rather bland cover of Radiohead's "Creep"
I personally think that bands shouldnt cover anything released within the past decade. (Exceptions can be made as always, but in GENERAL) Also, if the cover is a note for note copy, just with different musicians, it shouldn't be done. This is called a "tribute" and not a "cover."

Pop artists / groups should stop covering ANY metal songs. I was going to go into a long tirade on cover songs that shouldnt exist (such as "Walk" by Avenged Sevenfold) but then I realised that all the covers I hate are by bands I hate, so it wouldnt exactly be a very good argument, just kind of a "They suck and shouldnt cover good songs"

I also tend to hate on cover albums in general, but Between The Buried and Me's fantastic "The Anatomy Of" album hurts my argument.

amok · « **Reply #231 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 12:10 »

"bland cover of Radiohead's "Creep""

to be fair, it'd take a stroke of genius to make a version of that song that wasn't bland.

Valrus · « **Reply #232 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 13:03 »

Yeah I think the only way to do that would be to add a couple really crunchy guitar stabs just before the chorus.

Or wait, has someone already tried that?

amok · « **Reply #233 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 13:23 »

the only way to do that would be to remove every aspect of the original song and just make a new one

which frankly would not fit under even the loosest definition of 'cover' in my book

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #234 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 13:29 »

I hate Alanis Morrissette for co-opting JOY's style by doing "My Humps".

I heard "You Oughta Know" for the first time in a long time yesterday and wow, what a song. What a horrible, horrible song.

lilibet23 · « **Reply #235 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 14:59 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 21 Jan 2007, 06:41

I would much rather see a list of individual songs which shouldn't be covered anymore. Topping the list for me is "Love Will Tear Us Apart."

Devil's advocate here, but two different covers of this song:

1. Hot girl, changing it up A LOT

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7527873222288236969&q=love+will+tear+us+part&total=834&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

2.Umm, if you re easily offended, DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-845659753247439876&q=love+will+tear+us+part+fall+out+boy&total=39&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Re: "Legends" covering stuff, good covers, in my opinion: Faith No More "Easy", Johnny Cash "Personal Jesus" & Nirvana (Seeing as they've been talked about a lot) "Molly's Lips" Soft Cell "Tainted Love" Sonic Youth "Touch Me I'm Sick" (If you've not heard it Kim Gordon does vocals, it's hot....)

Marilyn Mason should stop covering songs. (I just realised as I was typing he covered two in that list....ugh!)

Alex C · « **Reply #236 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 19:37 »

I'm strongly in favor of making fun of Fergie, so I have a hard time hating the My Humps cover, but yeah, I hate "You Oughta Know". It's surreal going through old magazines and music articles; all these adjectives like "searing" and "blistering" get strewn about that song and for the life of me I have no idea what the fuck it is they're hearing that I don't.

hannahrochelle · « **Reply #237 on:** 10 Jan 2008, 20:20 »

Quote from: amok on 10 Jan 2008, 12:10

"bland cover of Radiohead's "Creep""

to be fair, it'd take a stroke of genius to make a version of that song that wasn't bland.

I dunno.. Amanda Palmer did a pretty awesome cover when she was at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne with Ali McGregor. And also if you look it up on YouTube, she also does a solo cover of it using a ukelele.

And for all you Aussies.... Have you heard Karnivools's cover of Gotye's The Only Way? OMG SO AWESOME.

amok · « **Reply #238 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 09:36 »

(few posts up) Swans do two awesome covers of Love Will Tear Us Apart. And I got some random dub EP called 'Dub Will Tear Us Apart' awhile ago with a sick instrumental reggae version.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #239 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 10:25 »

Quote from: amok on 10 Jan 2008, 12:10

"bland cover of Radiohead's "Creep""

to be fair, it'd take a stroke of genius to make a version of that song that wasn't bland.

The Arrogant Sons of Bitches covered a load of Radiohead songs, unfortunately(?) Creep wasn't among them. You can download the album from the Quote Unquote Records site.

Johnny C · « **Reply #240 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 13:06 »

Fuck I love Nouvelle Vague.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #241 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 13:15 »

That "Killing Moon" cover does fucking rock.

I still prefer the Pavement version though. "Cucumber, cu-cu-cu-cumber."

Thrillho · « **Reply #242 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 15:39 »

Quote from: Ã¶de on 11 Jan 2008, 10:25

Quote from: amok on 10 Jan 2008, 12:10
"bland cover of Radiohead's "Creep""

to be fair, it'd take a stroke of genius to make a version of that song that wasn't bland.

The Arrogant Sons of Bitches covered a load of Radiohead songs, unfortunately(?) Creep wasn't among them. You can download the album from the Quote Unquote Records site.

Good God, I love that album. 'Hi, we're going to play some boring shit and you'll sit and listen to it because we're Radiohead.'

Statik · « **Reply #243 on:** 11 Jan 2008, 17:21 »

Quote from: Valrus on 10 Jan 2008, 13:03

Yeah I think the only way to do that would be to add a couple really crunchy guitar stabs just before the chorus.

Or wait, has someone already tried that?

The sentenced cover is a bit heavier than Radioheads original (Plus I like Ville's vocals a lot better, but Im biased because I like Setenced and dislike Radiohead)

Also for someone mentioning the horrible CoF cover of Mr. Crowley, Moonspell did an amazing cover of that song (but Fernando is a SINGER)

Weird Covers i have:

Machine Head covering "Message in a bottle"
Children of Bodom covering "Rebel Yell" (I love CoB, but Alexi shouldnt be singing)
Graveworm covering "Losing My Religion"
Umbra Et Imago covering "Rock Me Amadeus"
Angelzoom covering "Crawling" (Linkin fucking Park covered in an opera style singer, wtf)
Sinergy covering "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" Power metal cover of ABBA, I honestly dont know wtf to think

Also, CoB covered "Oops I did it again" and its awsome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeY6KIMZRk

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #244 on:** 12 Jan 2008, 12:05 »

There's a whole album of awesomely weird REM covers.

http://www.amazon.com/Surprise-Your-Pig-Tribute-R-E-M/dp/B00000AR4U

This pretty much sums it up:

"Phelg Camp's cover of "Feeling Gravitiy's Pull" is awesome. If you are one of those artsy-fartsy REM/GenXer's "woe-is-me-no-one-understands-me" fans typical to the late 80s and early 90s expecting to hear the urgent pathos of Michael Stipe's voice re-interpreted then you are an idiot. If the title does not give away what this record is about then you need to go back and review satire and parody in your high school literature text. If you are into punk rock then this is a great record for you. This isn't about mood, pathos, or art this is about having fun with the most overrated "mood" band of the 1990s."

el_loco_avs · « **Reply #245 on:** 14 Jan 2008, 04:12 »

I just came across this:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_OI83uINQjM

Noone gets to do that to a Jeff Buckley song and live.

NOONE.

(also.... lol@ the blatant video)

meticulous · « **Reply #246 on:** 14 Jan 2008, 05:06 »

The Dillinger Escape Plan did a fantastic cover of Rebel Yell actually as part of a BBC radio 1 live session- christ, Greg Puciato, what a voice! anyway the copy i have of that is of horrible quality so if anyone has a better version or even the whole session feel free to pm me.

Spluff · « **Reply #247 on:** 14 Jan 2008, 05:21 »

Quote from: Statik on 11 Jan 2008, 17:21

Also, CoB covered "Oops I did it again" and its awsome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeY6KIMZRk

Yeah, the CoB one is just plain funny. Also funny is 'These Boots are Made for Walking' by Megadeth, though at least that one is musically credible.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #248 on:** 14 Jan 2008, 18:41 »

Quote from: tommydski on 14 Jan 2008, 04:31

Jawbreaker were on this too, non?

Yup, and Steel Pole Bathtub, Gumball, King Missile, many good bands. Also the heavy metal cover of \"Losing My Religion\" is wundertisch.

bbqrocks · « **Reply #249 on:** 15 Jan 2008, 13:20 »

I'm gonna have to go with rush. The couple of covers I have heard have been horrendous.

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Author Topic: Artists That Should Never Ever Be Covered. Ever. (Read 85742 times)

matt fatt

matt fatt

smudgeface

Peter Harris

eatyrspleens

el_Presidente

lockedge

Clara

matt fatt

books_out_loud

Ismara

FUBAR

Ismara

Spinless

dalconnsuch

lilibet23

bbqrocks