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I absolutely hate it when my favourite songs are covered, you might understand my horror when I switched on Sky News this morning to some young fella singing U2's With Or Without You! Argh, anyone else hear it?
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It may be that some artists are aggrieved when a cover version performs better than their own, but such is life. Alexandra Burke's cover of 'Halleluah' was always going to make the Number One after X-Factor, even though it is a por third behind Jeff Buckley's version, and Len's - in that order - but they all took the top three places in the chart, so Len gets some serious royalties which boosted his bank balance after being ripped off by his former manager - hence his need to tour again in his seventies.
I think all posters have the right idea - some cover versions are just laughable and or horrible, some bring an entire newe dimension to a song, and some franly eclipse the original.
A good song will hopefully shine through, and it may lead a section of listeners to check out the origianal which can often be a good result.
I think all posters have the right idea - some cover versions are just laughable and or horrible, some bring an entire newe dimension to a song, and some franly eclipse the original.
A good song will hopefully shine through, and it may lead a section of listeners to check out the origianal which can often be a good result.
Whitney Houston with I will always love you............omg can that woman scream, pity she can't sing though...terrible cover version....although I am sure DP laughs all the way to the bank with that one!
Quite often, so I have heard, when Dolly Parton is about to sing it on stage she opens with 'this is the way it should be sung'
Quite often, so I have heard, when Dolly Parton is about to sing it on stage she opens with 'this is the way it should be sung'
I adored the Scissor Sisters' cover of 'CN' and i speak as a massive Floyd fan. Their version underlined the maxim that a good song is a good song, and it can be treated totally differently and still stand up.
There are exceptions to every rule of course, step forward Wet Wet Wet and your version of 'With A Little Help From My Friends' - I wonder if the Lennon / McCartney / Cocker restraining order is still in force?
There are exceptions to every rule of course, step forward Wet Wet Wet and your version of 'With A Little Help From My Friends' - I wonder if the Lennon / McCartney / Cocker restraining order is still in force?
