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songs that should just NEVER be covered.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Irnbru wrote:
    Has anyone heard Mark Ronsons cover of Just by radiohead? Its actually very good, i like what he has done with it :)
    Has it got a trumpet in it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    on the subject of covers, if you haven't heard this vocal arrangement of 'i predict a riot' by the kaiser chiefs, you are missing out.

    i think i prefer it to the original.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    All Saints - Under the Bridge was criminal and should have been banned under the Good Music Defamation Act.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thunderstruck wrote:
    Avril Lavigne's cover of Metallica's Fuel at the MTV Icon awards in 2003 was gut wrenching. At said awards, Snoop Dog's cover was pretty funny (can't remember what song he did) and Sum 41 rattled off a few good songs but then again, they are surprisingly adept musicians for their chosen genre.


    stragnely yeh, they worship the ground iron miaden walk upon so they know what good music is :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    wheresmyplacebo wrote:
    stragnely yeh, they worship the ground iron miaden walk upon so they know what good music is :D

    mm brownsound is very talented

    good name too lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Irnbru wrote:
    Has anyone heard Mark Ronsons cover of Just by radiohead? Its actually very good, i like what he has done with it :)

    Oh, that's who is was. I quite like that version.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I absolutely hate the version done several years ago of 'Hey Baby' from Dirty Dancing. Grr. :grump:
    On the otherhand, I am pleasantly surprised by Amy Whitehouse's cover of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?'... If somebody had asked me beforehand if I'd be happy with it being covered, I would have been horrified. Lucky they didn't though, as I actually quite like it :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All along the Watchtower" was better than the original

    Personally I think Guns and Roses cover of "Live and let Die" was good

    And Trickys cover of "Black Steel" by Public Enemy was very good.

    So you never can tell till you hear it,
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Dashboard Confessionals cover of Jamie by weezer is amazing, i actually prefer it to the original and i love weezer.

    another cover i like is Stevie Wonder's cover of We can work it out
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Iknowyourmum wrote:
    Jimi Hendrix's cover of "All along the Watchtower" was better than the original

    No, it wasn't. :p

    Radiohead's live cover of Nobody Does it Better is a thing of beauty.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    briggi wrote:
    No, it wasn't. :p

    Radiohead's live cover of Nobody Does it Better is a thing of beauty.

    Yes it was evern Bob Dylan said so, you cant get more of an endorsment than that
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think there's a lot to be said for the minimalism of the original. The harmonica is haunting, and that's what makes the song for me.

    I'm only slightly biased, of course.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Britney's cover of "i love rock and roll" was just awful. some covers are better than the originals though, like Jamie Cullum's version of Frontin'
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    **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    Cain wrote:
    All Saints - Under the Bridge was criminal and should have been banned under the Good Music Defamation Act.

    :lol: I remember thinking the same thing when it first came out.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Death cab for cutie's version of this charming man. I once heard a cover of Stone Roses's I am the resurrection - whoever it was needs to die. Painfully.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    **Helen** wrote:
    :lol: I remember thinking the same thing when it first came out.

    Most people would probably agree with you here.

    Despite being a fan of The Wedding Present, I think they've done rather bad covers of two great songs - 'Come up adn see me (make me smile)' and 'It's Not Unusual'. (however, the two live versions of INU are hilarious)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Did anybody get the pisstake of michael Jackson "the way you make me feel"
    the version was "never copped a feel"
    "I dont molest little kids now baby,,It dosnt turn me on"

    I had that song going in my head so I had to download the original to try and replace it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Let us not forget Rolf Harris's version of Stairway to heaven
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Iknowyourmum wrote:
    Let us not forget Rolf Harris's version of Stairway to heaven
    no, that was genius.

    I LOVED that
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nothing by radiohead should ever be covered, or Pink Floyd. I get seriously upset if anything like that happens and honestly do feel genuinely disgusted. You cant copy genuis.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    badabing wrote:
    Nothing by radiohead should ever be covered, or Pink Floyd. I get seriously upset if anything like that happens and honestly do feel genuinely disgusted. You cant copy genuis.
    Yes you can. You can paste it as well:

    genuis.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jon_UK wrote:
    Yes you can. You can paste it as well:

    genuis.
    its true y`know
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    badabing wrote:
    You cant copy genuis.

    maybe so, but you can't spell it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    O_o wrote:
    maybe so, but you can't spell it

    it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    oh i thought of a terrible one Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields

    this is a rediculous piss take.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jordy - C'est dur d'etre un bébé...

    5 years old kid exploited by his parents, the kid released a crappy pop album in France...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Any "proper" band that does an "ironic" cover version of a pop song at a gig.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Bri-namite wrote:
    Any "proper" band that does an "ironic" cover version of a pop song at a gig.

    Deftones did a cover of "hungry like the wolf" by Duran Duran
    I thought it was great.

    Some other rock band did a cover of wothering heights (Kate Bush) also good

    Remember Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal, that was good it worked as a rock song.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've heard a few covers of some Evanescence tracks and they are absolutely awful. The woman singing sounds like a drowning cat.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    rainbow brite wrote:
    recently heard one of my favourite songs ever "the weakness in me" by Joan Armatrading, being covered by some stupid silly girl whos got a crappy normal popstarry voice with no feeling behind it. theyve added an irritating poppy beat to it too just to really piss me off.

    What???????????i perfectly know you're referring to Keisha White.But why do you have to call her stupid?So long as she's doing that song doesn't mean you should call her stupid.
    I first heard the song from Keisha.It pretty much moved me,i like the way she sang the song everything is so perfect.Thanks to her the song is one of my favourite songs so it'll be pretty disgusting for you to call her stupid.
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