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Old 25-03-2010, 22:03
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What songs do you love that have been covered, and murdered? Mine would have to be my favourite song ever, So Small by Carrie Underwood being murdered by bloody Italo Brothers (a German dance act)!

Carrie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEQj6RrQbgA

Italo Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJOAJhDw6nY
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:17
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Young Soul Rebels - I Got Soul
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:21
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Young Soul Rebels - I Got Soul
I agree 100% that song is horrendously bad.
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:33
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Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:36
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Haiti - Everybody Hurts
Haiti - We Are The World

Especially Everybody Hurts though, I forgive them because it's for charity though.
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:37
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Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Totally disagree.

All Saints - Under the Bridge.

This is a totally different genre that ruined the song.
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:44
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU&feature=fvst

Big Yellow Taxi, Counting Crows.

Oooh bop bop indeed.
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:50
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Totally disagree.

All Saints - Under the Bridge.

This is a totally different genre that ruined the song.
Not to mention they took out the final verse, which is basically the whole point of the song, and turned it into some kind of horrible lovey dovey ballad. Needless to say, the Chilli Peppers weren't impressed in the slightest.

Limp Bizkit's version of George Michael's "Faith" is quite hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CHH6yShbs
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Old 25-03-2010, 22:58
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Not to mention they took out the final verse, which is basically the whole point of the song, and turned it into some kind of horrible lovey dovey ballad. Needless to say, the Chilli Peppers weren't impressed in the slightest.

Limp Bizkit's version of George Michael's "Faith" is quite hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CHH6yShbs
agreed, lol.
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Old 25-03-2010, 23:23
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I loved Limp Bizkit's version of Faith as a kid!

U2 absolutely killed Lou Reed's Satalite of Love...I like U2 but they should've left that wonderful classic alone!
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Old 25-03-2010, 23:38
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It's always an odd question this, because the covers that are the most cynical are just the near straight copies, generally by boy/girl-bands or Reality TV contestant, but they're generally too bland to hate. At least if they change the genres, it shows a bit of creativity.

Mind you, despite saying that, my two least faves, Flipping horror and Spiceless hell
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Old 25-03-2010, 23:50
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I Have A Dream. The original ABBA version was perfect and really means something to me. The Westlife version...not so much. I like a lot of the stuff Westlife released around that time, but I Have A Dream just made a gorgeous, uplifting song (in my opinion) completely and utterly bland and emotionless.

I can't think of any others I feel that strongly about, although there are so many awful covers from so many different artists.
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Old 26-03-2010, 01:59
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All Saints - Under the Bridge.

This is a totally different genre that ruined the song.
Couldn't agree more.
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Old 26-03-2010, 02:02
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Every Cover that Rolf Harris has done.

Stairway To Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody... and others I believe.

How can you get more murdered than Rolf Harris and his bloody piece of cardboard.
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Old 26-03-2010, 02:13
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Every Cover that Rolf Harris has done.

Stairway To Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody... and others I believe.

How can you get more murdered than Rolf Harris and his bloody piece of cardboard.
You dont know what your talking about
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Old 26-03-2010, 02:25
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You dont know what your talking about
Indeed I do. I am talking about something which forms part of my opinion.
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Old 26-03-2010, 02:50
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Massive Attack - Teardrop - Covered by Newton Faulkner. Eugh. Just Eugh!!

Radiohead - Just - Covered by Mark Ronson and... that guy. It's not terrible, but it's annoying enough to get a mention.

Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You - Covered by Boyzone and made into that annoying boyband ballad sound.

Snow Patrol - Run - Covered by Leona Lewis. Another EUGH! Perhaps all the X-Factor covers can be included here!
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Old 26-03-2010, 05:46
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All those Westlife and Boyzone/ Ronan Keating covers.
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Old 26-03-2010, 07:36
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Every Cover that Rolf Harris has done.

Stairway To Heaven, Bohemian Rhapsody... and others I believe.

How can you get more murdered than Rolf Harris and his bloody piece of cardboard.
erm... they were deliberate, it was humour, and imho his rendition of 'stairway to heaven' completely crapped over all those pretencious people who worship that track (good though it is)

mariah carey - without you

wet wet wet - love is all around

mariah carey - against all odds

death by hanging please.
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Old 26-03-2010, 07:38
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erm... they were deliberate, it was humour, and imho his rendition of 'stairway to heaven' completely crapped over all those pretencious people who worship that track (good though it is)

'erm'... That doesn't change the fact they murdered the originals does it.
Sheesh why take it all so seriously.
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Old 26-03-2010, 09:43
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Girls Aloud/Sugababes- Walk this way.

I'm not the biggest fan of the original but when i heard their cover i nearly died of embarrasment for them lol.
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Old 26-03-2010, 09:56
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Totally disagree.

All Saints - Under the Bridge.

This is a totally different genre that ruined the song.
But Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal is also a totally different genre?

I hate most punk covers of pop songs, especially the ones on the Pop Goes Punk albums.

My least favourite cover is probably Britney's I love rock n roll.
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Old 26-03-2010, 10:40
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5yZXJaUNgQ

No Pat, NO!
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Old 26-03-2010, 10:46
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Possibly all covers of Don't Stop Believin'
Florence and The Machine's cover of Beyonce's Halo *shudders*
Simon Cowell got The X Factor 09 lot to cover a Michael Jackson song, think it was You Are Not Alone...but whichever song it was, it was horrible.
Fall Out Boy's cover of MJ's Beat It..

In contrast- one cover I expected to be a murder, but wasn't, was Kids In Glass Houses (think it was them) covering Marina and the Diamonds' Hollywood on Radio 1's Live Lounge yesterday. Bloody loved it, much to my surprise
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Old 26-03-2010, 11:12
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Possibly all covers of Don't Stop Believin'
Florence and The Machine's cover of Beyonce's Halo *shudders*
Simon Cowell got The X Factor 09 lot to cover a Michael Jackson song, think it was You Are Not Alone...but whichever song it was, it was horrible.
Fall Out Boy's cover of MJ's Beat It..

In contrast- one cover I expected to be a murder, but wasn't, was Kids In Glass Houses (think it was them) covering Marina and the Diamonds' Hollywood on Radio 1's Live Lounge yesterday. Bloody loved it, much to my surprise
I just hate that Don't Stop Believing song in general.
Although I agree re:Halo and You are Not Alone.
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