Songs that you should not cover

[EBS_freak]

What songs do you think should never be covered as you would never be able to do them justice...?

With all these pap covers arriving in the charts... which songs do you hope never get covered?

[neilb]

Superman - Black Lace

[Johngh]

Anything by Girls Aloud, they are all sacred classics IMHO

[bass_in_ya_face]

"Love will tear us apart" by Joy Division.

The two versions i've heard (Paul Young, The Cure) make me want to rip my ears off

[skywalker]

Purple Haze

[niceguyhomer]

The old cliche is "Alright Now" - bollox I say, play and be damned.

[gilmour]

anything by hendrix.

It never sounds right - doesn't matter how good you are it just not worth it!

[BigRedX]

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='66812' date='Sep 28 2007, 11:44 AM']"Love will tear us apart" by Joy Division.

The two versions i've heard (Paul Young, The Cure) make me want to rip my ears off[/quote]

You should check out the versions by [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nouvelle-Vague-Vol-1/dp/B00018D3JQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190978183&sr=8-2"]Nouvelle Vague[/url] and [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melody-Mountain-Susanna/dp/B000GUJYVU/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_b/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&qid=1190978249&sr=1-1"]Susanna and the Magical Orchestra[/url]

[Dood]

"No Stairway!!! Denied!!!"

[Bass_In_Yer_Face]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='66834' date='Sep 28 2007, 12:18 PM']You should check out the versions by [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nouvelle-Vague-Vol-1/dp/B00018D3JQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190978183&sr=8-2"]Nouvelle Vague[/url] and [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melody-Mountain-Susanna/dp/B000GUJYVU/ref=pd_bxgy_m_h__text_b/202-8975719-4339045?ie=UTF8&qid=1190978249&sr=1-1"]Susanna and the Magical Orchestra[/url][/quote]

In a good way or a bad way

[Buzz]

Status Quo - Down Down at a funeral?

Edited September 28, 2007 by Buzz

[jacko]

No-one should ever try to cover any of the chili peppers numbers. It just doesn't work. I've also never heard a decent cover of Sweet Home Alabama.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Bass_In_Yer_Face' post='66844' date='Sep 28 2007, 12:32 PM']In a good way or a bad way[/quote]


Well I think they're great

YMMV

[theosd]

Mustang Sally
Teenage Kicks
Smells Like Teen Spirit.

This list is endless.

[Happy Jack]

I'd nominate [i]Bohemian Rhapsody[/i], [i]Good Vibrations[/i] and - oh, what the hell - [i]Mustang Sally[/i].

[Kiwi]

Anything by Demis Roussos.

[Bass_In_Yer_Face]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='66894' date='Sep 28 2007, 01:33 PM']Anything by Demis Roussos.[/quote]


TBF I don't think Demis Roussos should have attempted them in the first place

[Mike]

Anything by the Smiths or Morrissey. Heard a vile cover of a Smiths number by Muse - horrendous!

[fleamail]

Anything that has some short of originality. It just can't be reproduced

[theosd]

[quote name='fleamail' post='66910' date='Sep 28 2007, 01:55 PM']Anything that has some short of originality. It just can't be reproduced[/quote]

Um, no....

[BigRedX]

Anything with originality, do it again in a completely different original style.

Strip to song back to the vocal line and build it back up. It helps if you don't really know the original so you won't be influenced.

[beerdragon]

Days of Pearly Spencer by David McWilliams

[The_D]

I should probably go and hide then We do Mustang sally (the girls love it and someone ALWAYS asks for it), Teenage kicks and under the bridge.

We also do Sweet Home Alabama! Give the drunken public what they want is my view.

I think a few on this list are songs band members dont want to do. Not what bands are incapable of doing justice. None of the above are difficult to reproduce.

[Hamster]

"Floral Dance" by Terry Wogan - a real showstopper

Hamster

[EBS_freak]

[quote name='Buzz' post='66848' date='Sep 28 2007, 12:35 PM']Status Quo - Down Down at a funeral?[/quote]

I always thought that Arthur Brown's Fire would always go down a storm at a funeral.