h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Have any of you heard the cover fo odinary world or bohemian rhapsody THEY ARE TERRIBLE

PS Is this the right place to post this

MR

i heard the version the winners of i think it was x factor the classical singers and i have the same opinion now as i did then they made a mockery of a classic song

and dont get me started on her who did a "version"of sweet child of mine i am a masive guns n roses fan and it wasn't any where near as good the gnr song

Wasnt it of Pop idol

Might have been i didnt watch it myself

It was Pop Idol I think and he wasnt winner he was second.


MR

i see why

In times gone by any cover version made had a reasonable chance of approaching the greatness of the original. In the modern era the goal of anyone making a cover version seems to be to make the new version as bland as possible.

true *shudders at bohemian rhapsody by Dido*


CANT... TAKE... MORE...

MR

chaz and daves coverd by metalica

havent heard that

MR

I wasn't a big fan of Rolf Harris's "Stairway to Heaven".

Now, if Robert Plant had done "Court of King Caractacus"...

Spirit in the skys cover had no comparison to the first one.


MR

Sweet Child O Mine was ill-advisedly covered by Sheryl Crow. Another hideous cover was Shawn Colvin doing Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.

However, for true massacre of a song, look no further than Madonna's hideous effort of American Pie.

It's not to say that all covers are bad: look what the Flying Pickets did to Only You, or what Mike Flowers did to Wonderwall.

B

i had forgotten about American pie yes it was rubbish

I never heard american pie


MR

Think of a speeded up version of American Pie with lots of beeps.

Covering a song has become so commonplace now - I often find myself introducing my kids to the originals of songs that they only know from the recent cover (Eternal Flame, Tainted love, The Tide is High, Sweet Dreams etc)

Some are truly awful - dance mixes in particular make me seethe with anger.

Some add a nuance that wasn't there in the original - Metallica's version of "Nothing Else Matters" is rather sweet and lovely, and I'm currently trying to lay my hands on Juliet Turner's seductive version of Toxic.

One of my most recent downloads was of José Gonzalez (of the bouncing balls in San Francisco ad) doing Kylie's Hand on your Heart. And I adore Snow Patrol's version of Crazy in Love.

You can't say all covers are bad! An existing bank of songs provides a resource that musicians will use for a number of aims - making a quick buck, exploring another facet of a song, reaching out to a new audience - all of these are viable intentions in the biz.

But the odinary world cover*faints*

To which one are you referring?