Worst cover versions of all time

Originally posted by steve52 I disagree with the No Doubt one,i think they`ve done a good job of it.:)

oh, totally spot on! they did a good cover and to bring more attention to talk talk's music is a great thing.

also, i haven't posted this much in a year! go me!

I like the no doubt one too

I concur,as it were

Alright,you win! (unless i find a sneaky way of catchin up)

Originally posted by steve52 Alright,you win! (unless i find a sneaky way of catchin up)

I'm going away again next week, Cologne Germany, so I hope to see evidence of sneakin on me return :D

no doubt's 'it's my life' is growing on me.

and taco's rendition of 'puttin' on the ritz' is an aural masterpiece.

on the other hand we have 'words' remade by boyzone. it was crap when the bee gees recorded it the first time, and it only got worse the second time around.

Originally posted by AgentWood no doubt's 'it's my life' is growing on me.

I'm gettin to the point where I have to really think about how the original sounded, thing is I didn't like the original and I'm neither here nor there with No doubt.

Boyzone comments , I gotta agree

Not familiar with ' Taco '

Originally posted by Garymac Not familiar with ' Taco '

well, taco is best known for 'puttin' on the ritz' and, erm, 'puttin' on the ritz.'

Originally posted by AgentWood > Originally posted by Garymac> Not familiar with ' Taco '

well, taco is best known for 'puttin' on the ritz' and, erm, 'puttin' on the ritz.' So, this is a remake of a Fred Astaire number ? Or should I get me coat ?

All this talk of Taco is giving me Shellshock.

Originally posted by Garymac > Originally posted by AgentWood> > > > Originally posted by Garymac> > Not familiar with ' Taco ' >

well, taco is best known for 'puttin' on the ritz' and, erm, 'puttin' on the ritz.' So, this is a remake of a Fred Astaire number ? Or should I get me coat ?

yep. well, written by irving berlin and popularised by fred astaire.

You should try "self control" by Laura Brannigan Gary,cos you cant help yourself.:D

No doubt it'll be big on the mediterranean holiday/ tourist spots and everywhere by August. cant wait:(

Originally posted by Detweiler All this talk of Taco is giving me Shellshock.

wonder what he's up to these days.... dinner theatre?

Originally posted by steve52 You should try "self control" by Laura Brannigan Gary,cos you cant help yourself.:D

That you in the rearview again steve

The Frits - November Rain :barf:

Originally posted by Grell i think the cover rammstein did of "stripped" was pretty bad.

yeah, it's wretched. and 311's cover of "lovesong" is an abomination.

Totally forgot that I had the Pavement's CD single for Major Leagues, so I gave that a spin yesterday. It's got an okay version of Echo's The Killing Moon, but their take on The Classical by The Fall is really lame, some new words around the "I've never felt better in my life" bit of the original.

Grace Jones "She's Lost Control" makes me squirm I always think she sang this not as a tribute to a good song but as a blatent publicity message to say "Look how I am strange and wild".

Did she rename it "Shes a fuckin weird bitch whos lost control".

Not that I am aware of--but she should have done so