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25 Mar 2003, 14:58
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Mr. Blobby
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Why?
Ok, as I was listening to the radio, I heard the JCA song "I begin to wonder". Only, it sounded wrong. Somehow, it wasn't the same. And then it dawned on me. This wasn't the same singer. Brightness Points +5. Apparently, Dannii Minogue has covered this song, which left me with the question of "Why?".
If you can't sing particularly well, why do you cover a song, so that everyone can hear you sing worse than the original singer? And if you decide to cover a song, why do you cover it in exactly the same way, so that the comparison with the original is even easier, and you sound even worse? And finally, if you decide not to care about all that, why the hell do you cover it like within a few months of the original song's release, so that everyone still knows that the original sounded better anyway?
I mean, what drives people like that? Do they just have a desperate need for embarassing themselves?
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25 Mar 2003, 14:59
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it sells no?
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25 Mar 2003, 15:00
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Dirte
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Cover songs are (often) just crappy attempts to take songs, and make profits out of them.
There are very few good covers.
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25 Mar 2003, 15:01
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Mr. Blobby
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Don't they listen to their own songs and think: "Hey, this sounds way crappier than the original, it makes me sound like a 3rd-rate cheap artist who can't sing"?
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25 Mar 2003, 15:05
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Dirte
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Quote:
Originally posted by Leshy
Don't they listen to their own songs and think: "Hey, this sounds way crappier than the original, it makes me sound like a 3rd-rate cheap artist who can't sing"?
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Not really. Also, its the managers/prodcuers that decide, not the artists. (At least, whit most artists)
There are bright spots in the world of covers. For instance, The Living End - Sunday, Bloody sunday is nice. Also, either RATM or Cypress Hill has covered How could i just Kill a Man, and both are good.
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25 Mar 2003, 15:23
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King of The Fat Boys
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Plus Danni Minogue's version got to number 2 in the UK charts, so it wasn't such a bad idea after all.
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25 Mar 2003, 15:41
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Here Today
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everyone makes money*
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26 Mar 2003, 02:17
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Quote:
Originally posted by Snurx
Also, either RATM or Cypress Hill has covered How could i just Kill a Man, and both are good.
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RATM, from what little I can remember, the original version was by Cypress Hill.
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26 Mar 2003, 02:27
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Cooki-Monster
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Quote:
Originally posted by Snurx
Cover songs are (often) just crappy attempts to take songs, and make profits out of them.
There are very few good covers.
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'que the naming of every cover song we can think off'
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26 Mar 2003, 05:58
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monkey on crack
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If someone gave you an insane amount of money to make a desperate attempt at singing a cover song, chances are you would do it.
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26 Mar 2003, 06:03
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Doh!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Crackmonkey
If someone gave you an insane amount of money to make a desperate attempt at singing a cover song, chances are you would do it.
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the insane idea appeals to me somehow...............hmmm
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26 Mar 2003, 09:05
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Angry Young Man
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Cover versions are generally crap
Rule #1 about Cover versions :
DONT TOUCH THE CLASSICS
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26 Mar 2003, 09:13
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Mr. Blobby
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Quote:
Originally posted by Deffeh
DONT TOUCH THE CLASSICS
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I'd say "Knocking on Heaven's Door" is a classic, and it was at least covered succesfully twice.
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26 Mar 2003, 09:20
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Angry Young Man
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Quote:
Originally posted by Leshy
I'd say "Knocking on Heaven's Door" is a classic, and it was at least covered succesfully twice.
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Anything covered with Axel Rose singing is not a success.
You miss my point. Covering a classic to me is like marrying your dead best friends widow. You just dont do it.
GnR are clearly capable of writing their own songs. Good songs. To them, covering a classic is easy.
Hell, any half-talented band could cover like, queen, or beatles - add a modern baseline, or a better drum solo et al to a song, and thus "make it better", but you ___just dont___.
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26 Mar 2003, 09:21
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Louise covered "Stuck in the Middle With You" with some serious style.
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26 Mar 2003, 09:25
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Angry Young Man
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GRWAAAAAAAAGH
Im so easy to troll about music
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26 Mar 2003, 09:59
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smooth crimilal - alien ant farm was pretty good. but on the whole I agree. unless someone is actually going to do something with a song that is interesting and different* from the original, then it sahouldn't be done.
*this discounts Rap 'covers' all of which are crap.
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26 Mar 2003, 10:35
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Guy next door
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Tori Amos is awesome at doing covers
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26 Mar 2003, 11:11
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King of The Fat Boys
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Quote:
Originally posted by LHC
Louise covered "Stuck in the Middle With You" with some serious style.
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If "with some serious style" is your way of saying "seriously badly" then yes, you're right.
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