emmanuelle cunt wrote:

wes9 wrote:

SecondEdition wrote:Evanescence - Heart Shaped Box

Sweet Jesus, why?

<fart sound>

I know pigs can't fly, so why does the singer have wings?

eric clapton - i shot the sheriff

the definitive bad cover.

then again, the dude has an entire album of unlistenable robert johnson covers.



also, although i like bowie, i must say his cover of "across the universe" sucks

i also like soundgarden but dont like their cover of "come together"

kerble wrote:

emmanuelle cunt wrote:

wes9 wrote:

SecondEdition wrote:Evanescence - Heart Shaped Box

Sweet Jesus, why?

<fart sound>

I know pigs can't fly, so why does the singer have wings?

Dear God...I wasn't expecting...that...

I'm adding Mark Kozelek's album of Modest Mouse covers. The AC/DC album was passable. But this one was undistilled Crap.

U2 does a cover of "Beat on the Brat." Bono sort of whines the words.

And he's Irish.

He has no baseball bat.

KeithV wrote:

ubercat wrote:I vote for the Chrome medley by The Jesus Lizard. It might have been
some kind of goof... ...still, a chrome medley is pretty freaking silly. And
to goof on Chrome might be some manner of sacriledge.

Chrome is one of my favorite bands of all time, but I think The Jesus Lizard's little medley of 2 of their best songs isn't silly at all and is in my opinion a great cover. I don't think they are "goofing" on the songs and I don't think it's some kinda sacrilege. Jeez...

Same here man. Chrome is probably my favorite band. Probably the unsung
heros of modern rock.

Maybe, if you are reved up to cover a Chrome song, cover one. Don't just
take the easy licks and smash them together. Maybe sit down and pick a
song, and try to give it some measure of dignity by attempting to replicate
it. That would be a fitting tribute/cover to a band who's NEVER had a song
covered the way the songs are written.

Covering a Chrome song itself is a massive undertaking, and rather then
butchering a few in a freaking medley, perhaps cover one well. I rather like
The Jesus Lizard, but I was confounded at thier lazyness. They could cover
a Chrome song as it was recorded - it's a mystery why they didn't.

You ask: why cover it as it was recorded? Because there is no way anyone
could make something like Magnetic Dwarf Reptile or SS Cygni any more
interesting then they are.

The Jesus Lizard didn't pay homage or make Chrome's stuff more interesting,
IMO.

when nina gordon from veruca salt decided to do an acoustic cover of nwa's straight outta compton. i still don't know if this is just silly, or awesome.

Lemuel Gulliver wrote:I'm adding Mark Kozelek's album of Modest Mouse covers. The AC/DC album was passable. But this one was undistilled Crap.

U2 does a cover of "Beat on the Brat." Bono sort of whines the words.

And he's Irish.

He has no baseball bat.

you reminded me of this. talking about horrible versions of bad songs, huh? (although music rising fund gets a NC vote from me).

davesec wrote:when nina gordon from veruca salt decided to do an acoustic cover of nwa's straight outta compton. i still don't know if this is just silly, or awesome.

I don't think I handled that one too well.



p.s.: it was CRAP.

kerble wrote:

davesec wrote:when nina gordon from veruca salt decided to do an acoustic cover of nwa's straight outta compton. i still don't know if this is just silly, or awesome.

I don't think I handled that one too well.



p.s.: it was CRAP.

The NO jazz version of "Vertigo"... Man, I hate NO-style music. But somehow it's more satisfying than the original.

Gordon's cover is far superior to the original, mainly because it isn't a rap.

This "Compton" talk reminds me of some bluegrass band from Denton TX that covered "Gin and Juice." I can't remember their name for the life of me because I'm trying to. A little help, please?

I seem to remember The Tannahill Weavers covering Gin and Juice. Maybe
it was some other NWA/Snoop/West Coast thing. Crap. Time to hit web
crawler. BRB.