Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Christ, that is awful. The sort of cover that advertising firms find appealing.
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[Music] Iconic songs that YOU think are crap
- Thread starter Icy Gull
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Christ, that is awful. The sort of cover that advertising firms find appealing.
"I just called to say I love you" gets slated. The first time I heard it, it wasn't the original but a 'lovers rock' cover by John Holt (RIP), played on LBC. I absolutely adored it, so I find it hard to hate the original (even though everyone else does, apparently).
Here is the cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGnKrotXoDU
Barnet Seagull
Luxury Player
This.
Awful.
Every cover ever is awful too. No-one can make this good.
Awful.
Every cover ever is awful too. No-one can make this good.
There's loads of 'em, but my number one contender is 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'
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Thrifty non-licker
Wow.
Loved Talk Talk, particularly the later three albums
Edit: I see that Eddie Hollis was the manager of Eddie and the Hotrods, so it wasn't a cover at all.
Not starting another thread but as another side line, musical artists (reasonably well known) with siblings in other bands?
I can think of Pete Wiley (Wah!) and Dave Wiley (Come in Tokio)
Alex Harvey (SAHB), and Les Harvey (Maggie Bell's guitarist)
Peter McCartney ('Mike McGear' of the Scaffold) and the **** in Wings.
Mick Hucknall and Carol Decker?
boik
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Wow.
Loved Talk Talk, particularly the later three albums
Edit: I see that Eddie Hollis was the manager of Eddie and the Hotrods, so it wasn't a cover at all.
Not starting another thread but as another side line, musical artists (reasonably well known) with siblings in other bands?
I can think of Pete Wiley (Wah!) and Dave Wiley (Come in Tokio)
Alex Harvey (SAHB), and Les Harvey (Maggie Bell's guitarist)
Peter McCartney ('Mike McGear' of the Scaffold) and the **** in Wings.
Does Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses) and Tanya Donelly (Breeders, Belly) count. Only step sisters though.
Screaming J
He'll put a spell on you
1) Bohemian Rhapsody
2) Stairway to Heaven
3) Love will tear us apart
4) Anything from Rumours by F. Mac
2) Stairway to Heaven
3) Love will tear us apart
4) Anything from Rumours by F. Mac
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Just about everything released after 1990.
He has a tremendous range.
And they have made some delightful pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epj84QVw2rc
Never mind his range I'm more impressed by his magnificent colander...
jakarta
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Hate to say this as a long time Led Zep fan but wouldn't be bothered if I never listened to Stairway to Heaven ever again - some songs just get played to death...
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- Jan 3, 2012
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Absolutely this. The biggest load of pretentious cr@p ever to escape…… rather than being released.
jakarta
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I think his voice and jingle jangle guitar are brilliant and the band was better than the Beatles (who they influenced by their own admission)
To quote Edwin Collins of Orange Juice: I wore my fringe like Roger McGuiin, I wore it hoping to impress
- Jan 3, 2012
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Never been a Led Zep fan, but Stairway to Heaven was awful, second only in pretentiousness to bohemian Rhapsody (above)
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Was always a Beatles fan, although preferred the Stones in their early days, but Yesterday is an awful uninteresting dirge.
Give it to Ray Charles and it is transformed
Give it to Ray Charles and it is transformed
jakarta
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They did far, far better stuff and I'm going to inflict on You one from the same album... You can't deny that it is a Iconic Drum Beat...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwiTs60VoTM
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Thrifty non-licker
Was this written when Lennon lived in an exclusive appartment block in a desirable area of New York?
Might have been whilst on vacation in that big Surrey gaff.
Do I detect you share my cynicism for Mr Spiggy Topes ("Love is it, hate isn't"), late of The Turds?
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Thrifty non-licker
Sorry mate, I don't understand a word of that.