A$$holes ruining songs

Ken. · 19-04-2015 02:20PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Surely it doesn't count if its raising money for charity.

MRnotlob606 · 19-04-2015 02:23PM

Is this it ?

Duckjob · 19-04-2015 02:58PM

Blame Simon Cowell. The abomination that is the X-Factor and all its sh*tty derivatives have all but decimated the artistry of music in the last 10 years by producing a generation of karaoke kings and queens and convincing them that music is about taking treasured songs and bastardizing them with a big glitzy production going on behind you.

The more vocal embellishments you add to the chorus the better it is, apparently: embellish the **** out it to the point where the original melody is virtually unrecogniable = you smashed it, made it your own etc etc. Makes me want to puke.

Saralee4 · 19-04-2015 06:19PM

MsQuinn wrote: »

Just heard a cover version of the Jam's "That's Entertainment" on one of Channels.

Little delicate voice trying to make it into a lulaby.

She pissed me off.

We spoke about this in another thread, adverts you hate, thread.

The tone of the way she sings the song does not relate to the lyrics at all. 7It just doesn't fit the song. It would be like singing "don't stop me now" by Queen in a sad, meloncoly way or something like that.

Saralee4 · 19-04-2015 06:22PM

efb wrote: »

All those raw accapella versions can go shyte

But efb, "that's entertainment" these days

George White · 19-04-2015 06:27PM

Yamanoto wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3x1PSYcm8

Not as terribly brilliant as this.

RoadhouseBlues · 19-04-2015 06:38PM

When Will Young did a version of Light My Fire, I nearly had a Van Gogh moment and cut off both ears. The horror.............the horror.............

Saralee4 · 19-04-2015 06:48PM

What about Susan Boyle singing the Rollling Stones, Wild Horses.

It took me a long time before i could even listen to tthat song again but a part of me died the day I heard her version

Sleepy · 20-04-2015 02:15PM

That Scissors Sister cover should surely be reserved for use as punishment in one of the inner circles of hell... **** me, I've heard drunken eejits playing argos-bought acoustic guitars with 4 strings do the song more justice at house parties than that.

Ronan Keating's cover of Fairytale of New York would be up there too.

Wang King · 20-04-2015 03:15PM

Had forgotten about Cher doing a cover of Walking in Memphis.... Not a fan of the original as it is...but this version stank worse than her pissy knickers

Electric Boobs · 20-04-2015 03:37PM

Elli Goulding made 'Your Song' even worse!

Magico Gonzalez · 20-04-2015 03:50PM

Duckjob wrote: »

Blame Simon Cowell. The abomination that is the X-Factor and all its sh*tty derivatives have all but decimated the artistry of music in the last 10 years by producing a generation of karaoke kings and queens and convincing them that music is about taking treasured songs and bastardizing them with a big glitzy production going on behind you.

The more vocal embellishments you add to the chorus the better it is, apparently: embellish the **** out it to the point where the original melody is virtually unrecogniable = you smashed it, made it your own etc etc. Makes me want to puke.

Absolutely, add in this dreadful fetish for turning the vocal track of a song into a demonstration of individual technique (..i.e. singing "judges" talking about "runs" and other versions of warbling), singing has turned into an extended version of the overly intricate and unlistenable guitar solo. All technique and power with very little that is actually enjoyable to listen too. Solo singers seem particularly obsessed with it where the actual music produced by the instruments are formulaic vehicles which only exist to support their ability to flex their vocal chords over. Basically most modern american pop and r&b singers have turned into hair metal guitar solo-ists.

MonkeyTennis · 20-04-2015 03:52PM

Johnny cash does a version of Neil Young's 'Heart of Gold' with Jon Frusciante playing guitar on it

It's WONDERFUL.

valoren · 20-04-2015 04:02PM

Lilly Allen's cover of Keane's Somewhere Only we Know a few years back.

It was used for a Christmas ad iirc.

All the hallmarks of musical cover song masturbation, whispering the lyrics to a plinking, plonking piano.

And making a million or two off the back of it as well

dirkmeister · 20-04-2015 06:51PM

Youtube is full of people butchering songs and sucking every bit of aggression and energy out of the original.

Slowing a song down DOES NOT necessarily make it better

Take for example

compared to....

After all....YOU'RE IN THA JUNGLE BABY!!!!!!!

Mental Mickey · 20-04-2015 07:43PM

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Johnny cash does a version of Neil Young's 'Heart of Gold' with Jon Frusciante playing guitar on it

It's WONDERFUL.

Just listened to it. F&@king fab!

A$$holes ruining songs

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