Why oh why?
Is there a worse (serious) cover version than this?
Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
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Lord Rother
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Re: Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
Ooh boy - I like Hollies, but I am afraid to play that.
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Popple rain?
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Re: Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
I'm no fan of the original, so I can't see that a cover version would be any more unbearable.
We're usually skipping around the function room in our long-johns by now...
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Hugh
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Re: Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
This is one of the worst things I have ever heard.
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Lord Rother
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Hugh wrote:This is one of the worst things I have ever heard.
Christ.
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Metallias version of When Doves Cry, well two of them. I'll spare you by not posting a clip.
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Re: Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
Not sure whether there would be 100% agreement on either the respect appropriate to the band or the greatness of the song, but Joy Division's version of Sister Ray was an unpleasant one-time-only experience
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Re: Respected bands doing shit cover versions of great songs
Perhaps it's best to describe this project as ill-advised.