monkeygirl Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Out of all the butchered covers of the last decade THIS bothers you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Just heard this song on my phone whilst shopping tonight (Blue Oyster Cult). Such a classic, timeless song...the original that is. Some covers can enhance the song. May I present Exhibit A: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I think her cover is a... fair representation of the overall meaning of the song, which to me is "home sucks, so screw it I'm going to get high", which she captures extremely well. I can really FEEL her version, which has a different tone, but remains true enough to the original. That's all I ask for from covers in general...so you would think I like it. Except I don't. I hate it. Paradox. Too emo. Go ahead and do drugs lady, just go do it somewhere else becsuse you're depressing me. I'd rather hang out and get blitzed with my boys Blue Oyster Cult thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 blitzedheheh Also, cover is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Middle aged celebrity trust fund offspring. LOL! Eh, the song is just...there. I don't care enough to like it or hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 Out of all the butchered covers of the last decade THIS bothers you?You want me to post ALL of those that bother me? REALLY?Perhaps you can post one or more that bother you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Any version of Last Christmas bothers me. If you aren't George Michael and Friend back in the 80's, you should stay away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 This cover isn't that bad. At least the essence of the song is still there. Adele. Great singer, but her version of The Cure's Lovesong is downright terrible. It kills any vibe that song had by slowing down the pace and droning on and on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Any version of Last Christmas bothers me. If you aren't George Michael and Friend back in the 80's, you should stay away.There is NO WAY, no matter what you tell him, or proof you may have, that my son will believe you if you say his best friend Brandon didn't invent "last Christmas, I gave you my fart" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 BÖC are terribly hard to cover, Metallica failed completely as well. Only good cover I´ve ever heard was by Swedish garage band The Nomads, they did a terrific version of "This ain´t the Summer of love". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Call me nuts, but I thought it sounded all right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 you're nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Any version of Last Christmas bothers me. If you aren't George Michael and Friend back in the 80's, you should stay away.There is NO WAY, no matter what you tell him, or proof you may have, that my son will believe you if you say his best friend Brandon didn't invent "last Christmas, I gave you my fart" Why are you knocking Brandon's creativity and originality? Sounds like someone's jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yesterday evening as I was walking my dog, a lady in an early 1970s Dodge Charger pulled up to the stop sign next to us. The opening bars of "Burnin' for You" soared above the rumble of that 426 Hemi as dog and I navigated our way through the clouds of skunk billowing from the car, and I couldn't help but think "This -- THIS -- is what life is really about, man. F*ck Lisa Marie Presley." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedigoat Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hers is crap compared to the original but if you pretend it wasn't already a song, Lisa's isn't that bad. It's hard to do that with some bands. Like why would anyone attemp to cover some songs is sacrilege but that doesn't apply to Blue Oyster Cult, though I do love em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yesterday evening as I was walking my dog, a lady in an early 1970s Dodge Charger pulled up to the stop sign next to us. The opening bars of "Burnin' for You" soared above the rumble of that 426 Hemi as dog and I navigated our way through the clouds of skunk billowing from the car, and I couldn't help but think "This -- THIS -- is what life is really about, man. F*ck Lisa Marie Presley."Sounds like a scene from Joe Dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Sounds like a scene from Joe Dirt.I wish! Sadly, I live in hipstertopia, so the noisy "metal car" was most likely routine done for the sake of irony and collecting images to post on social media later. Not that I want to gatekeep BOC, but I have my suspicions. Come on, don't make me think about it too much, man. I just want to enjoy that moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 You know sometimes the Muzak "covers" that they do to get around some copywrite laws are pretty bad. Like you're in the grocery store looking for a bag of cat food and some late night snack munchies and you sorta recognize the song but not quite because the sung words aren't from the one voice you're used to and it's musically toned down for crappy grocery store speakers. Those suck. The covers in general that I've heard have been pretty great but I know some good musicians. I actually sang a good cover of a Patty Griffith song once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 ? Instrumental versions of songs-no matter how poorly rendered- do not get around 'copyright laws'. They're the same as any other remake and that's not why they're produced. Those people genuinely think they're doing a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Really? I always wondered why not use the original song. That sad I hear "Me and Mrs. Jones" way too much at my grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Is it weird that I think this is the best cover of this song ever? 5SOS: What I Like About Youhttps://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=7zzJw_UP8yc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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