Dreadful covers from bands who really should have known better

[The_Reverend_M]

Same here!

 

[editor]

actually the record i decided was the worst thing ever recorded ever was a cover..

Cyndi Lauper doing Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.

The record's awful, but her performance on The Tube at the time was incredible. Completely bonkers.

Oh, and what's that horrendous Motown cover by Ash?

 

[aylee]

I love the Futureheads' version of Hounds of Love, it's ace

Thirded. And I also think the Scissor Sisters' version of "Comfortably Numb", turning portentous prog into fluffy disco, was total genius.

A good cover version takes a song from way outside a band's usual genre and gives it new life. Both these are prime examples of what I'm talking about.

What I really can't stand is the way that boybands and girlbands butcher classic 70s soul and disco records. First up against the wall as a main offender should be that pointless cunt Ronan Keating.

 

[bluestreak]

don't remember the name, but some dreadful indie band murdered Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love a couple of years ago. The bit that makes you cringe and duck the most are the ooh ooh bits in the chorus. Just jaw-droppingly bad.

i thought that was really good. i still do. i like the futureheads' first album. great stuff.

 

[bluestreak]

that was ace, especially if you realised that they were singing the lyrics of Butthole Surfers' Going To California instead of the 7 Nation Army lyrics.

innit. i love that cover.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Gary Jules covering Tears 4 Fears 'Mad World' , saccharine drivel.

 

[rekil]

The Manics doing the MASH theme. Yucky.

 

[May Kasahara]

Hahaha, all the Futureheads lovers are outing themselves now.

The first time I ever saw or heard of the Futureheads, they were supporting Radio 4 (look, I'm over that now, ok?). Usually I don't pay much attention to unknown support bands, being as I'm only waiting for the main band to come on, but within 5 minutes of them striking up I realised that they were actually much better than the headliners. The fact that they could not only confidently take on an amazing song by my biggest musical hero, but pull it off with such aplomb, sealed my affection for them forever.

 

[grimble]

Light My Fire by Massive Attack. Grim.

 

[May Kasahara]

Light My Fire by Massive Attack. Grim.

Yes....shame on them for besmirching Blue Lines.

 

[rekil]

What I really can't stand is the way that boybands and girlbands butcher classic 70s soul and disco records. First up against the wall as a main offender should be that pointless cunt Ronan Keating.

But shits butchering classic tunes or making shit songs shitter are two a penny. Exhibit B Def Leppard's covers album. We want nominally decent bands who balls things up.

 

[bluestreak]

The Manics doing the MASH theme. Yucky.

not at all, superb.

the b-side was fatima mansions covering everything i do i do for you in a kind of warped dirge. best b-side since clint eastwood's 'i talk to trees' was on the flip of wanderin' star.

 

[editor]

Fatima Mansions rocked!

 

[Mogden]

Katie Melua - Just Like Heaven



The Futureheads are and I especially liked Hounds of Love at Glasto when they divided the crowd and got them to eh eh and oh oh along with the band

ETA I've just realised it's "bands who should know better". She's rubbish anyway but it's worth a post.

 

[bluestreak]

Hahaha, all the Futureheads lovers are outing themselves now.

The first time I ever saw or heard of the Futureheads, they were supporting Radio 4 (look, I'm over that now, ok?). Usually I don't pay much attention to unknown support bands, being as I'm only waiting for the main band to come on, but within 5 minutes of them striking up I realised that they were actually much better than the headliners. The fact that they could not only confidently take on an amazing song by my biggest musical hero, but pull it off with such aplomb, sealed my affection for them forever.

yeah, i saw them support someone at the barfly years and years ago and we were only there on an MTV blag because the word of mouth was that this lot were on fucking fire. then they disappeared for a year and i assumed the industry had claimed another victim but lo! the album appeared and knocked my socks off.

not a massive fan of the second record though, but it's grown.

 

[May Kasahara]

Mogden: they did that at Prima a couple of years ago as well, it was lots of fun.

 

[rekil]

not at all, superb.

Well I hate it.

the b-side was fatima mansions covering everything i do i do for you in a kind of warped dirge. best b-side since clint eastwood's 'i talk to trees' was on the flip of wanderin' star.

It was a double A side. Best top ten hit (#7) evah?

 

[chazegee]

Gary Jules covering Tears 4 Fears 'Mad World' , saccharine drivel.

Tears for fears version worse though.

 

[bluestreak]

it went to number one didn't it?

i need to look this up now...

 

[rekil]

it went to number one didn't it?

i need to look this up now...

I thought so too. I checked, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[bluestreak]

you win

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Is_Painless_(Manic_Street_Preachers_song)

 

[May Kasahara]

not a massive fan of the second record though, but it's grown.

I love both albums. It'll be interesting to see where they go next.

They seem like good lads as well - when I saw them at the Barfly me and my friend were getting comprehensively crushed against the stage by a load of beery wankers who had defaulted to 'shove' mode, and the band made a big effort to get people to dance instead of barge

 

[rekil]

Primal Scream and someone called Kate Moss massacred Some Velvet Morning.

 

[Dubversion]

not at all, superb.

the b-side was fatima mansions covering everything i do i do for you in a kind of warped dirge. best b-side since clint eastwood's 'i talk to trees' was on the flip of wanderin' star.

no, the Manics side was fucking dire. The FM flipside was great, but not as good as their cover of Shiny Happy People.

 

[Orang Utan]

<retires from Urban75 in disappointment and disgust>

 

[Maggot]

don't remember the name, but some dreadful indie band murdered Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love a couple of years ago. The bit that makes you cringe and duck the most are the ooh ooh bits in the chorus. Just jaw-droppingly bad.

If you don't even know the name of the band, how do you know that they should have known better?

 

[rekil]

What's good about that Futureheads thing? Iirc, it's a note for note version that adds nothing and takes away quite a bit from the original.

 

[bluestreak]

no, the Manics side was fucking dire.

no, it was good. end of.

 

[Dubversion]

no, it was good. end of.

you do realise that only total fucknuckles ever say 'end of'?

 

[rekil]

Period.