No bad versions of.....

skel

VehicleFeel Like Making LoveVera CruzCall Me (Tony Hatch lounge classic, not Spagna plastic Eurodisco pop pap)There can be no bad versions IMO.What are your own selections?

markus71

I never really heard a bad version of I feel the earth move....or Whichita Lineman.

skel

I never really heard a bad version of I feel the earth move....or Whichita Lineman.

was it you who had hundreds of Wichita Lineman covers on hard drive and lost them all? That was tough...

markus71

I never really heard a bad version of I feel the earth move....or Whichita Lineman.

was it you who had hundreds of Wichita Lineman covers on hard drive and lost them all? That was tough...

No that wasn't me......

Duderonomy

Are there any bad versions of Eddie Harris' "Listen Here (Goes Funky)"?

Jimster

Feel Like Making Love

I find myself always taking the latter option of listening to this tune or the clawing of fingernals down a blackboard. I dunno, I just find it cheesier than a tramp's bell-end.

re: "Call Me", what about the Dave Spikey "Phoenix Nights" tribute; "Corned Beef"?

"If you're feeling rather hungry, hey there's a product you'll remember.
Eat it hot or cold on Sunday, or you can put it in a blender.
Corned Beef, with chips or with salad, It's
corned beef - even Buckingham Palce eats
corned beef....

Hey why don't you try corned beef hash!"?

You Tube (Which The Block Here So I Can't Embed)

skel

Feel Like Making Love

I find myself always taking the latter option of listening to this tune or the clawing of fingernals down a blackboard. I dunno, I just find it cheesier than a tramp's bell-end.

re: "Call Me", what about the Dave Spikey "Phoenix Nights" tribute; "Corned Beef"?

"If you're feeling rather hungry, hey there's a product you'll remember.
Eat it hot or cold on Sunday, or you can put it in a blender.
Corned Beef, with chips or with salad, It's
corned beef - even Buckingham Palce eats
corned beef....

Hey why don't you try corned beef hash!"?

You Tube (Which The Block Here So I Can't Embed)

now that is good, almost worthy of John Shuttleworth himself - "I can't go back to savoury now" - related.

How can you hate on Feels Like Making Love???
Check Ricardo Marrero's and (especially) Ana Mazzotti's take for some downbeat misty-eyed lazy funk action. Makes me hornier than Ken Livingston at 9am after a night on the turps. Sorry to ruin your lunches.....!

Duderonomy

I liked his "Men In Black/Black Bin Bags" cover personally.

skel

I liked his "Men In Black/Black Bin Bags" cover personally.

hahahaha fantastic

Jimster

Check Ricardo Marrero's and (especially) Ana Mazzotti's take for some downbeat misty-eyed lazy funk action.

Cheers for the tip. I smell some "Share Or Be Banned" action ce soir.

jaysus

"Get out of my life woman"

dope

erewhon

I feel like there could always be a bad version of any song.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but I wonder if anyone can think of any songs that have been covered at least a few times where nothing could be as bad as the original.

bassie

Message From a Black Man

DJFerrari

Not to hi-jack the thread, but I wonder if anyone can think of any songs that have been covered at least a few times where nothing could be as bad as the original.

Spinning Wheel

prof_rockwell

haven't heard all the versions but Light My Fire seems to have a good life as a cover song.

DrWu

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

MoogMan

Never heard a bad version of Ode to Billy Joe.

FYBS

For some reason, it's hard to think of a horrible version of Ain't No Sunshine (DMX version not included), but I'm sure it exists.

DJFerrari

Down by the River

Tonearm_Robbery

"Sunny"

"Little Green Apples"

luck

"Little Green Apples"

Oh, come ON.

Tonearm_Robbery

"Little Green Apples"

Oh, come ON.

Hey, what can I say, I have my vices.

I've always like that song in any incarnation.

Nap Town gets called out. Whatdoyouwantfromme?

leisurebandit

maybe "people get ready"?
i mean i'm sure there MUST have been bad versions, but this is a song so good that it's hard to ruin

groove70s

"We've only just begun"
"Afro blue"
"One note samba"
"Walk on by"

maybe there are some bad versions I don't know of "Fever" and "Summertime"?

bobbydee

I've only encountered like 5 versions, but "hey joe" always seems to stand up to covers.

skel

I feel like there could always be a bad version of any song.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but I wonder if anyone can think of any songs that have been covered at least a few times where nothing could be as bad as the original.

this got me thinking, and here is the considered reply:

Paranoid: the Dickies > Black Sabbath
Banana Splits : the Dickies > og tv theme
Nights in White Satin : the Dickies > Moody Blues
Sound of Silence : the Dickies > Simon and Garfunkel
Silent Night : the Dicki.....

you get the picture
btw, I'll dispute the assertion that there can be a bad version of certain songs.
Some are so well crafted that they cannot be damaged by a reasonably sane and skilled artisan. They are, effectively, bullet-proof.

'Call Me' is my prime example.
But I'd sure be interested to hear a bad version...

PrimeCutsLtd

whiter shade of pale...maybe knock on wood

Dj_Coma_Toast

"Get out of my life woman"

dope

butterfield blues band version is pretty bad imo.

aint no sunshine
sunny
it takes two
california dreamin' (theres probably a pretty crappy one out there somewhere though)

rocco2nr

I've only encountered like 5 versions, but "hey joe" always seems to stand up to covers.

LaserWolf

I've recently discovered Chers version of Hey Joe. I think it's great.

skel

whiter shade of pale...maybe knock on wood

WSOP has over 800 covers known. Gotta be some tripe in there.

Knock on Wood?
Please listen to Amii Stewarts late 70's disco turd.