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ggw
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Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:49 PM UTC #
Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb
Postal Service – Against All Odds
kosmo
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:50 PM UTC #
thumbs up on both of those…
MiloGTC
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:52 PM UTC #
Limp Bizkit covering anything.
thirsty moore
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:54 PM UTC #
P. Diddy - Ziggy Stardust
kosmo
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:55 PM UTC #
Originally posted by econo:
P. Diddy - Ziggy Stardust
that is to horrible to even imagine… did you know he invented the remix
mankie
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:55 PM UTC #
10,000 maniacs - Every day is like Sunday.

Also, any song were the cover artist puts in too many "wooooooaaaah's" at the end of each line like Whitney Houston does.

I think it's referred to as "diahrrea of the vowels" or something.
thirsty moore
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 01:57 PM UTC #
I was hoping someone would call me on that. Just to clarify, Didster never covered Zigster.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by econo:
P. Diddy - Ziggy Stardust
that is to horrible to even imagine… did you know he invented the remix
kosmo
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:05 PM UTC #
don't give him any ideas…
thirsty moore
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:07 PM UTC #
That could possibly send bollocks over the top.
pepper*sans*salt
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:07 PM UTC #
P. Diddy and Faith Evans- Every breath you take

Ugh.
El Tee
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:36 PM UTC #
Boys of Summer - The Ataris
mankie
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:36 PM UTC #
Originally posted by econo:
That could possibly send bollocks over the top.
I didn't believe it for one second….but ironically I heard Bauhaus sing their cover version of it last night on XM and thought to myself…"WHY?" That's like xeroxing the Mona Lisa. I don't mind if people do covers for the most part, but nobody except Bowie should sing that song.

Which brings us to another question.

Which songs should NEVER be covered, and why?
ratioci nation
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:39 PM UTC #
rhett miller - ziggy stardust
thirsty moore
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Re: Worst Covers September 03, 2004 at 02:42 PM UTC #
Covers in general are pissing contests, at least in indie rock. I definitely wouldn't want to hear most adult contemporary covered. However, I did hear a great cover of Cher's Do You Believe in Life after Love where the band used a telephone key tones as the music.
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