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worst remakes of songs you've ever heard

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THere may be a thread about this already, but what remakes of other people's songs can you not tolerate listening to?

I'm sure there are others on my list but my biggest one:

The Rainbow Connection ( by Paul Williams for " the muppet movie" ) Performed by Willie Nelson :xlime:
 
Lauryn Hill's remake of Frankie Valli's "You're just too good to be true."

Barry Gibb's remake of The Beatles "Oh Darling"
 
Limp Bizkit's remake of "Behind Blue Eyes"

and ANY cover Britney Spears has done.
 
Jessica Simpson's version of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" has got to be the worst cover version EVER, in my humble opinion. This just confirms my belief that in today's world, a singer's sex appeal is more important to the record companies than the product they release. Maybe teenyboppers who don't know any better would love this, but anyone with an ear for good music wouldn't pay good money for this version of the song. Anyway, check it out for yourself:
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And here's the original version by Nancy Sinatra. What can I say... I love the Classics:
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featherfingers said:
Jessica Simpson's version of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" has got to be the worst cover version EVER, in my humble opinion. This just confirms my belief that in today's world, a singer's sex appeal is more important to the record companies than the product they release. Maybe teenyboppers who don't know any better would love this, but anyone with an ear for good music wouldn't pay good money for this version of the song. Anyway, check it out for yourself:
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And here's the original version by Nancy Sinatra. What can I say... I love the Classics:
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Jessica Simpson has a good voice, but she doesn't use it so much as of late. Instead it's always her trying to sound like a 3 year old. Apparently that's hot. I don't know.
 
samamigo82 said:
I might get killed for this, but....


Marilyn Manson's version of " This is Halloween" ( Danny Elfman, " Nightmare Before Christmas" )
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Or his cover of "Personal Jesus" or "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This"

However, Johnny Cash's covers are always raw as hell.
 
Oh, dear lord....anything Marilyn Manson has covered (or done, for that matter) is unlistenable.

I don't know who does it, but the stupid satellite radio station we have to listen to at work plays this god-awful reggae-wanna-be cover of Cat Steven's "Wild World" that makes want to hunt them down and shove musical taste down their throats.

Basically, any rock song covered by a country artist blows. I heard a whiny, twangy cover of Journey's "Faithfully" that made me wanna puke. (Not that the song was that great to begin with, but...) Kinda like Faith Hill's pathetic "doing it for the money" cover of the Sunday Night Football song (based on "I Hate Myself for Loving You") that Pink used to do. It's like she's just going through the motions because all her fans care about is how pretty she is.

I heard a cover of Rush's "Spirit of Radio" by Catherine Wheel that was extremely lame. Also, Billy Corgan attempted a cover of "Limelight" that was actually laughable. You can't cover Rush. Period. Stop trying and go back to your emo lyrics and barre-chords.
 
ticklishgiggle said:
Jessica Simpson has a good voice, but she doesn't use it so much as of late. Instead it's always her trying to sound like a 3 year old. Apparently that's hot. I don't know.
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Well, you know me... I listen to mostly '60s and '70s music so I'm not really hip to Jessica or any of the other bands and singers out there today. I just happened to stumble upon that video of Jessica singing "These Boots..." and the rest is history. But to be fair, I listened to a song or two of hers on Youtube and she really does have a nice voice, especially in the song "I Think I'm In Love With You."
 
Yeah...considering her "voice" is processed beyond belief, like most of the female pop singers today. She doesn't sing live, she lip-synchs, so you can't tell at her shows...and on the rare occasion when she does get asked to sing live, she forgets the words and runs off stage. Lincoln Center Honors, anyone? (Or was it Kennedy? Anyway, the point remains.)

And, "I Think I'm in Love" sampled "Jack and Diane" in a most disturbing way.
 
Lauryn Hill's entire pathetic catolog and too many others to name...id be here all year..
 
don't usually comment in 'the worst' threads, but...

Funny others should bring up Lauryn Hill (sic). The Fugees' 'Killing Me Softly' cover was cringe-inducing to me- particularly the verse with her singing over a drum machine/sampled beat while the others grabbed coffee (I assume) and the 'one time' business (what did that have to do with the song?). Butchering it loudly...
 
The worst of all time was Pat Boone, in his trademark white bucs, singing Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti".

It was an attempt, at the time, to convince parents that rock & roll was not the music of Satan's Spawn and could be good, clean, wholesome fun.
 
Dave2112 said:
And, "I Think I'm in Love" sampled "Jack and Diane" in a most disturbing way.
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I was going to mention the sampling but then I figured I'd have opened up a whole new can of worms. I was afraid this thread would've turned into an anti-Rap kinda thing (not that all rap is bad) since sampling is a big part of the Rap music industry.

I know I'm gonna get booed for this, but Guns N' Roses vocalist Axl Rose has one of the worst voices in Rock. The band was great but his voice, alas, was not. Listen as he mangles the Paul McCartney & Wings song "Live And Let Die":
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...and he does just as good a job of mangling Bob Dylan's "Knocking On Heaven's Door":
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You're all kidding, right?

No one.

Trumps.

SHATNER!

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No arguement from me on the Axel thing. The most overrated asshole in the history of Rock. NPR did a whole half-hour show about the saga of a new Guns and Roses album and the whole thing was about how Axel couldn't get happy with the music or any of that other prima-donna shit. As strong an album as their debut was...one or two hit albums does not turn you into Bob Dylan or Led Zeppelin. You don't get to take 15 years to do an album and say it's an "artistic quest". You're not that good, Axel...and by now, nobody cares.

Not to mention the fact that he's a dick. Back in 1990, I was doing keyboard tracks and vocal overdubs in Studio B for a band called Mindscape at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. In Studio C, Dweezil Zappa was recording vocal tracks for his album and Axel Rose was doing some guest vocals. I had the "pleasure" of running into Mr. Rose on several occasions, and I can say from personal experience that he's the biggest shit in the music industry.
 
Capnmad said:
No one.

Trumps.

SHATNER!
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Well, if we're going to count the likes of ol' Captain Kirk in this thread, then by golly, I've gotta pay my respects to Mrs. Miller, the lady with the Cowardly Lion-esque voice. Her rendition of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" makes Jessica Simpson sound like Barbra Streisand:
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Dave2112 said:
No arguement from me on the Axel thing. The most overrated asshole in the history of Rock. NPR did a whole half-hour show about the saga of a new Guns and Roses album and the whole thing was about how Axel couldn't get happy with the music or any of that other prima-donna shit. As strong an album as their debut was...one or two hit albums does not turn you into Bob Dylan or Led Zeppelin. You don't get to take 15 years to do an album and say it's an "artistic quest". You're not that good, Axel...and by now, nobody cares.

Not to mention the fact that he's a dick. Back in 1990, I was doing keyboard tracks and vocal overdubs in Studio B for a band called Mindscape at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. In Studio C, Dweezil Zappa was recording vocal tracks for his album and Axel Rose was doing some guest vocals. I had the "pleasure" of running into Mr. Rose on several occasions, and I can say from personal experience that he's the biggest shit in the music industry.
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Thanks for the reassurance, Dave. So, did Axl's vocals help Dweezil's album go gold or platinum or anything? I like Dweezil, just so you know, but I don't see how adding Axl's voice to a recording would be considered a wise move.
 
Don't know if it counts, but Simple Plan raped Bad Religions "American Jesus" at some concert once. :idontwann
 
ticklegothgirls said:
Don't know if it counts, but Simple Plan raped Bad Religions "American Jesus" at some concert once. :idontwann
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Nearly everything counts in TMF land, ticklegothgirls.

In regards to Simple Plan: I made a mix CD of Classic Rock hits ("Stairway To Heaven," "Layla," "Purple Haze," etc.) and gave it to this kid I know who wanted to learn to play guitar. After listening to a few of the songs, the kid opened up his backpack, pulled out a Simple Plan CD and told me, "The guys on your CD are okay but these guys play guitar much better." I'm not a violent person so I excused myself, drove to Sabino Canyon and screamed obscenities for about ten minutes.
 
featherfingers said:
In regards to Simple Plan: I made a mix CD of Classic Rock hits ("Stairway To Heaven," "Layla," "Purple Haze," etc.) and gave it to this kid I know who wanted to learn to play guitar. After listening to a few of the songs, the kid opened up his backpack, pulled out a Simple Plan CD and told me, "The guys on your CD are okay but these guys play guitar much better." I'm not a violent person so I excused myself, drove to Sabino Canyon and screamed obscenities for about ten minutes.
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Weak. How old of a kid? If he was a young dude, he might just think power chords are awesome and think that's the best way to play guitar. He's wrong, but he should snap out of it. That is if he's young. If he's like 17, then he's a schmuck.
 
ticklegothgirls said:
Weak. How old of a kid? If he was a young dude, he might just think power chords are awesome and think that's the best way to play guitar. He's wrong, but he should snap out of it. That is if he's young. If he's like 17, then he's a schmuck.
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I think he just turned 12 years old, so maybe he'll wise up before he's 17.

The good news is that his 13 year old cousin is learning guitar and she's currently into Boston, Queen and The Eagles. I've made her a couple of Classic Rock CDs and her Mom tells me she's listening to them almost non-stop! I'm always happy to help the younger generation learn about great music from the past.
 
ticklegothgirls said:
Don't know if it counts, but Simple Plan raped Bad Religions "American Jesus" at some concert once. :idontwann
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I've found one more reason to hate Simple Plan even more. Man, this is horrible!!! The Turtles can't possibly like this remake. The lead singer sounds a bit like "Weird Al" Yankovic to me, too, but he would've remade this into "Crappy Together" or something like that:
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StuGatz9 said:
The worst of all time was Pat Boone, in his trademark white bucs, singing Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti".

It was an attempt, at the time, to convince parents that rock & roll was not the music of Satan's Spawn and could be good, clean, wholesome fun.
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Did it work 😉 ?
 
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