A thread for song adaptations or covers that are not merely bad but outstandingly awful in some way.
(Ferneyhough's adapatations are ineligible in this thread. 8))
I nominate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rve03u7oEvI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rve03u7oEvI)
Not awful at all.
I love "Gangsta's Paradise" (the original) and this is a cool cover.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 13, 2015, 09:21:43 AM
Not awful at all.
I love "Gangsta's Paradise" (the original) and this is a cool cover.
Sarge
Completely destroys what makes the original work.
Quote from: Ken B on March 13, 2015, 09:24:23 AM
Completely destroys what makes the original work.
Makes it something original, and not just a copy.
Sarge
John Wayne doing Winter Wonderland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDeVAF58jPg
The sardonic French original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02pNUKInBo
The sappy English remake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E
I think we can include any and all of Pat Boone's rock covers.
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 14, 2015, 05:06:16 PM
I think we can include any and all of Pat Boone's rock covers.
I would have mentioned those, but I fear
Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 06:19:10 PM
I would have mentioned those, but I fear Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.
I also liked the song you put up (as terrible)--although I don't think I've ever heard the original. I definitely prefer covers which do something radically different with the source material. One of my favorite covers is the Los Angeles punk band "X"'s punk-folk cover of The Doors' "Soul Kitchen".
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 14, 2015, 06:44:50 PM
I also liked the song you put up (as terrible)--although I don't think I've ever heard the original. I definitely prefer covers which do something radically different with the source material. One of my favorite covers is the Los Angeles punk band "X"'s punk-folk cover of The Doors' "Soul Kitchen".
In that category the best is the Pet Shop Boys cover of Always On My Mind, which I think is fabulous. But this is a bad cover thread.
As some favorite English language "evergreens" were ripped from French chansons (e.g. My Way) there was a broad fashion of Germanizing international hits with ludicrous and often soppy German lyrics from the 50s until the 70s or so. Often the content was completely turned around. "Memories are made of this" became a song about homesickness or exile, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" a vaguely anti-war-song, and "The night they drove old Dixie down" about a drug OD of a young man. There are many more but these are among the most famous ones. (They also did this with French and Italian songs, the lyrics are often beyond terrible.)
Listen at your own peril...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8PlccBstZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c10uwHTcmoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6xAFdB2_U
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 06:19:10 PM
I would have mentioned those, but I fear Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.
;D :D ;D
...actually, I couldn't stand Pat Boone singing his original crap in the 50s. His later rock covers are great comedy records though.
Vanilla Fudge and Spooky Tooth taking on the Beatles. Travesty and sacrilege...or sheer brilliance? 8)
https://www.youtube.com/v/Wrq9GUnwNeo
https://www.youtube.com/v/o2rhekdfKns
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 07:42:05 PM
In that category the best is the Pet Shop Boys cover of Always On My Mind, which I think is fabulous. But this is a bad cover thread.
The reason I brought it up is that I am sure many (most?) Doors fans would consider the X cover a travesty, and therefore an "epically awful cover". Here it is. You may well hate it ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiow7X3hlVk
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 15, 2015, 04:57:18 AM
The reason I brought it up is that I am sure many (most?) Doors fans would consider the X cover a travesty, and therefore an "epically awful cover". Here it is. You may well hate it ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiow7X3hlVk
I like X and the Doors, bands from two very different rock eras but of equal importance to me. I love this cover.
Sarge
Quote from: Jo498 on March 15, 2015, 02:09:12 AM
Listen at your own peril...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8PlccBstZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c10uwHTcmoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6xAFdB2_U
Epic indeed! ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 15, 2015, 04:52:35 AM
;D :D ;D
...actually, I couldn't stand Pat Boone singing his original crap in the 50s. His later rock covers are great comedy records though.
Vanilla Fudge and Spooky Tooth taking on the Beatles. Travesty and sacrilege...or sheer brilliance? 8)
Brilliance IMO.
Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/v/GDeVAF58jPg
Or this:
https://www.youtube.com/v/UZGdR_E9ZBk
Quote from: The new erato on March 15, 2015, 08:07:52 AM
Brilliance IMO.
Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDeVAF58jPg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDeVAF58jPg)
Sorry, I should have labeled mine, but great minds think alike! 8)
Quote from: NJ Joe on March 15, 2015, 08:10:08 AM
Sorry, I should have labeled mine, but great minds think alike! 8)
Good one that. It must be truly awful then.
Now try this if you have the stomach:
https://www.youtube.com/v/Jj7pDNDuoJ0
Quote from: The new erato on March 15, 2015, 08:14:43 AM
Good one that. It must be truly awful then.
Now try this if you have the stomach:
https://www.youtube.com/v/Jj7pDNDuoJ0
Haha yes, I've seen this one! One of my all time favorite songs. :'(
Btw, Messrs. Fagen and Becker were astonished by that cover, and not in a good way.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 15, 2015, 05:11:11 AM
I like X and the Doors, bands from two very different rock eras but of equal importance to me. I love this cover.
Sarge
That's a coincidence: these bands are of equal importance to me!
Hey Sarge and Al ... http://www.vevo.com/watch/weird-al-yankovic/Amish-Paradise/USZM20400018 (http://www.vevo.com/watch/weird-al-yankovic/Amish-Paradise/USZM20400018)
Quote from: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 06:33:56 AM
Hey Sarge and Al ... http://www.vevo.com/watch/weird-al-yankovic/Amish-Paradise/USZM20400018 (http://www.vevo.com/watch/weird-al-yankovic/Amish-Paradise/USZM20400018)
Vid unavailable at the moment :( I'll try later.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 16, 2015, 07:11:01 AM
Vid unavailable at the moment :( I'll try later.
Sarge
I couldn't get it either (I'm in Taiwan). However, I don't think we should be sorry. I have a feeling it is not something Ken meant us to enjoy... :(
Here it is on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg)
And yes I think it is better than the first one. It is mocks but does not traduce. :blank:
Quote from: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 08:10:15 AM
Here it is on Youtube
Son of a bitch...I still can't see it: the dreaded copyright problem for those of us in Germany. I really need to learn how to use a proxy server.
Sarge
Quote from: Ken B on March 16, 2015, 08:10:15 AM
Here it is on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg)
And yes I think it is better than the first one. It is mocks but does not traduce. :blank:
Got that one. I got several very good laughs ;D I wasn't that crazy about Al in the 80s, but he seems to have improved with age. (People used to call me Weird Al once in a while back in the day, which I didn't appreciate much.) His recent songs about grammar and correct word usage really surprised me. Who'd of thunk someone who began as obvious and crass could wind up being cleverly pedantic?