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Don't you hate it when someone does a terrible cover of a song you like; sometimes to the point that you can no longer listen to the original?
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Fugees cover of Killing Me Softly- I don't know if Roberta Flack did the original, but it was her version I was familiar with. Lauren Hills' addition of extra notes in the chorus destroyed my early memories of my mum singing the song...

Emma Buntons' cover of 'What I am' by Edie Brickell. Different accent, different intonation, different end effect (i.e. dissatisfaction).

I'm sure there's more, but I haven't woken up enough to think of them... :P

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I just heard the first minute of Crowded House's "Don't Dream. It's Over." by some female singer who "wizzed" all over it. :P I had to turn off the radio, it was so bad, IMO.
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That would be by Sixpence None The Richer. :)

NOT my favorite cover. :-/ :P

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The last half a minute of "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees. Why did they murder that song with that pointless rapping?
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I didn't mind the rapping on that.  Actually, i think all in all, i prefer their version to the original *shrugs*. :)

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Don't you hate it when someone does a terrible cover of a song you like; sometimes to the point that you can no longer listen to the original?
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Anything by Jamoroquai. Though he doesn't ostensibly do covers, all his music is 'derivative'. (I would say 'ripped off' if I wasn't conscious of litigation). I can no longer listen to Stevie Wonder without thinking of the 'prat in the hat', and how much money the new pretender has made from this. >:(

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"I Love Rock n Roll" by Britney...

Well, it hasn't actually ruined the original for me, but it was a damn good excuse for a parody ;-)

Phil
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Some lousy group covered, "Signs"




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youre thinking of Tesla

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Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal

awful :P >:(

Michael's version was pretty funky! ;D

Howard
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I quite liked that version actually.  Sounded well mad when i first heard it on the radio.  And they take the mick out of Michael in the video too ;D  Although, a lot of the music from the original is lost, as is usually the way with these types of covers.

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I quite liked that version actually.  Sounded well mad when i first heard it on the radio.  And they take the mick out of Michael in the video too ;D  Although, a lot of the music from the original is lost, as is usually the way with these types of covers.
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I agree with you, I think it's probably the one of the best covers of recent years. I like it just as much as the original.

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Jose Feliciano - Light my fire (Why mess with such an excellent tune?)
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I have to disagree with you on this one.  I've never been a fan of The Doors, and when they did "Light My Fire" it just went on and on and on.  I love Jose Feliciano's acoustic guitar picking in his version.  To me it just made the song so much nicer to listen to!  

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Louise Nurding - Stuck in the Middle With You
Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall
Gareth Gates - Spirit in the Sky
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Yes Gareth Gates and Louise Nurding covered unneccessarily. As for Mike Flowers Pops, he was quite a bizarre individual (imagine Fred from Scooby Doo's dad) and did a very different version of Wonderwall - in fact, talking about songs I know that have been covered differently, I love 'Dancing in the Dark' by Big Daddy (I love this version as well as Bruce's).

'Mambo No 5' - Bob the Builder (why was this covered only a year or so after the original?)
'Celebration' - Kylie Minogue (Give me Kool and the Gang's version anytime)
'A little Respect' - Wheatus (no thanks - prefer Erasure's)

Also, Girls Aloud have just covered 'Girls on Film' originally by Duran Duran. Oddly enough, the song in itself sounds the same (no added beats or stupid effects) and the only difference is that it's girls singing.

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Also, Girls Aloud have just covered 'Girls on Film' originally by Duran Duran. Oddly enough, the song in itself sounds the same (no added beats or stupid effects) and the only difference is that it's girls singing.

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I didn't know Girls Aloud covered that song, but they did cover East 17's Stay Another Day.

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'Mambo No 5' - Bob the Builder (why was this covered only a year or so after the original?)

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Bobby

this is a different song to the original.  It is the same tune that's all.  More a parody than a cover.

Back on topic I'm not sure that it spoiled the original but I don't like Atomic Kittens version of 'Tide is High' although it did introduce my four year old to some good music.

I actually prefer the Bauhaus version of 'Ziggy Stardust' and the Power Station version of 'Get it On'.  Some covers are not worse than the original.

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I prefer Don McClean's version of American Pie to Madonna's.
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Oh yes, nothing can beat the original. To me Madonna's remake of American Pie has to be one of the low points of her long career.

Also,  not technically remakes but practically anything Puff Daddy or Will Smith (which in fact are the majority of their hits) heavily sample suck.  If I were the original artists of the songs they rip off Id be POed.  

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Those stupid uncle cracker songs that they play now. God I hate uncle cracker. >:(
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I like Uncle Kracker, and his cover of "Drift away" was alright, but I only like him if he stays away from that rap rock stuff.  Like with "follow me" and "In a little while"

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Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal

awful :P >:(

Michael's version was pretty funky! ;D

Howard
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I remember the first time I heard it, It was only 3 seconds of that song, because somebody was in their car, and I was like:
"What?! they turned Smooth Criminal Into rock!"


Okay, I posted this twice, I know.

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Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal

awful :P >:(

Michael's version was pretty funky! ;D

Howard
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I remember the first time I heard it, It was only 3 seconds of that song, because somebody was  passing my house in their car, and I was like:
"What?! they turned Smooth Criminal Into rock!"

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Anything by Jamoroquai. Though he doesn't ostensibly do covers, all his music is 'derivative'. (I would say 'ripped off' if I wasn't conscious of litigation). I can no longer listen to Stevie Wonder without thinking of the 'prat in the hat', and how much money the new pretender has made from this. >:(
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Yeah, I agree about Jamoroquai.  He even had the nerve to bash other artists on one of those MTV or VH1 specials a few years back.  I thought it was pretty funny.  Its like look who's talking.
I think the Dixie Chicks ruined Landslide after the Pumpkins did such a good cover of Stevie Nicks.

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I'll probably get lots of bashing for this, but I didn't at all care for Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails.
I have nothing against the guy, it's just that Trent Reznor's voice has a depth and a sadness that not many others can match.
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Um.  No offense to Trent Reznor, but that preppie does not show near the pain that Johnny Cash has felt in one half-second of his life.

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I just heard Mariah Carey's version of  "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" and it was awful.  :-X  :-X She completely distroyed that song.
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damn i know!!!  i was SOOOOO mad when I found out about that!  I'm not against all covers (Joe Elliott of Def Leppard personally gave permission to a radio station to play a piano version of "Pour Some Sugar on Me" because a fan (who became his friend) showed it to him and he loved it)  but that one....is just...EVIL!!

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yeah, that can suck sometimes...even though I'm sure I'm guilty of it...But then I am a voice major....
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>:( :( :PMy sister used to do that when she was a kid,and she sounded like such a damn retard when she did that!Sometimes she would repeat a line over and over,and then forget what she was just singing!Then she would ask my mom how it went again! :-X :-XCheers!

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>:( :( :PMy sister used to do that when she was a kid,and she sounded like such a damn retard when she did that!Sometimes she would repeat a line over and over,and then forget what she was just singing!Then she would ask my mom how it went again! :-X :-XCheers!
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Well, I guess I don't do it over and over, but I do randomly belt stuff out!

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Trent Reznor covering that one Joy Division song. I forget the name of it at the moment but that soooooooooooo pissed me off. I wish he would drop the angst act...it is beyond old.
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the song was 'dead souls' and it was on the crow soundtrack. i was shocked that it was a joy division song. the original was much better.

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I just heard Mariah Carey's version of  "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" and it was awful.  :-X  :-X She completely distroyed that song.
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I hear ya on that one. On her album "Butterfly" Miss Carey and Sisqo((hahahaha) SLAUGHTERED "The Beautiful Ones" by Prince