[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]i quite like boyzone's cover of Father and Son. haha ridiculous taste in music i know but i do love the original. love a bit of Yusuf Islam.
I liked that version.
now the one Jim Davidson did with his real son. That was cringe worthy.
I know im going to get ruined for this BUT i just watched the boyzone vid (well im not sure its a vid its garbage) but this song always makes me a little bit choked for some reason and now seeing young stephen on it. even sadder, god love him.
(for those that dont know im a woman so am allowed to make such stupid statements).
Lot of Love (by the great Homer Banks), covered by that God awful ginger p***k simply dead, who still seems to be under the misguided impression he's a Soul singer.
[cite]Posted By: mistrollingin[/cite]Lot of Love (by the great Homer Banks), covered by that God awful ginger p***k simply dead, who still seems to be under the misguided impression he's a Soul singer.
LOL
I will vote for anyone doing Son of a Preacher man. Dusty did it and no one is going to do half as well so just leave it alone.
Agree about Smiths covers - unless they are markedly different and give a wholly new perspective on the song (Quicksand's cover of 'How Soon is Now' springs to mind) anyone attempting them should be castrated.
So far, of the list above, the cover of 'Hallelujah' is by far the worst. Listen to Jeff Buckley's version for a good cover version of what is an awesome, beautiful song.
Anything by Westlife, Boyzone or any other bag of boy band shite. I was going to nominate 'I believe I can fly' which is covered by just about every lame karaoke artist from reality TV land; then I realised I hate the original as well.
P.S The Paul McShane incident (watch it - it's horrific) was rendered 100 times funnier for me as a friend said 'he's supposed to have a really good voice' with an air of authority just as he got going. One minute later he was dying of embarassment and the rest of us were pissing ourselves laughing....
The Ronson version of Stop Me. I was quite exctied when I heard that a cover of it was in the charts as I think Strangeways is their most underated album, I thought it might give it some of the kudos it deserves - then I heard Ronson's mangling of it urrggghhhh.
[cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]The Ronson version of Stop Me. I was quite exctied when I heard that a cover of it was in the charts as I think Strangeways is their most underated album, I thought it might give it some of the kudos it deserves - then I heard Ronson's mangling of it urrggghhhh.
I refer you to my earlier comment, it is truly awful. FIrst time i heard it was on Radio 1 in the car, i was so mad at how badly he'd ruined it i moaned to my bird (who was driving at the time) bout it for like 30 mins, she was not amused.
[cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]The Ronson version of Stop Me. I was quite exctied when I heard that a cover of it was in the charts as I think Strangeways is their most underated album, I thought it might give it some of the kudos it deserves - then I heard Ronson's mangling of it urrggghhhh.
I refer you to my earlier comment, it is truly awful. FIrst time i heard it was on Radio 1 in the car, i was so mad at how badly he'd ruined it i moaned to my bird (who was driving at the time) bout it for like 30 mins, she was not amused.
Just youtubed it - Absolutely butchered just like those Russian mugs TaTu did to "How soon is now".
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I liked that version.
now the one Jim Davidson did with his real son. That was cringe worthy.
I know im going to get ruined for this BUT i just watched the boyzone vid (well im not sure its a vid its garbage) but this song always makes me a little bit choked for some reason and now seeing young stephen on it. even sadder, god love him.
(for those that dont know im a woman so am allowed to make such stupid statements).
LOL
I will vote for anyone doing Son of a Preacher man. Dusty did it and no one is going to do half as well so just leave it alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpX1ZjuaiA&feature=fvw
Not as good as Cat Stevens but he's good IMHO
So far, of the list above, the cover of 'Hallelujah' is by far the worst. Listen to Jeff Buckley's version for a good cover version of what is an awesome, beautiful song.
Sorry Mistrollongin and Henry but I prefer Aretha's version. But then I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Gospel.
Anything by UB40 (surely the most successful cover band in music history), they make me cringe every time I hear them.
Yeh - but other peoples vocals brought it all together :-)
And Henry - you said you loved Aretha's version of Preacher Man, one early morning heading East on the M20.
P.S The Paul McShane incident (watch it - it's horrific) was rendered 100 times funnier for me as a friend said 'he's supposed to have a really good voice' with an air of authority just as he got going. One minute later he was dying of embarassment and the rest of us were pissing ourselves laughing....
Nothing wrong with Aretha's version but she is Aretha so normal rules do not apply.
I refer you to my earlier comment, it is truly awful. FIrst time i heard it was on Radio 1 in the car, i was so mad at how badly he'd ruined it i moaned to my bird (who was driving at the time) bout it for like 30 mins, she was not amused.
Just youtubed it - Absolutely butchered just like those Russian mugs TaTu did to "How soon is now".
Mozza is a legend.
Best (worst) Otway covers:
I Will Survive, sung in the style of Bob Dylan complete with tuneless harmonica
Space Oddity, in Yorkshire accent complete with brass band
Punk version of Two Little Boys.
Classic, remember watching them sing that ... could have been down the Woolwich Tramshed ?