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Old 2006-11-18, 09:04 PM   #1
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Songs That Shouldn't Be Covered

I was just listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, and remembered someone singing it on American Idol once and wishing he hadn't done that because it's IMPOSSIBLE to come close to how good the original is...some songs should be classified as untouchable, that no one should ever attempt to do a cover of, and Bohemian Rhapsody is one of them.
What are some others?
I'm thinking a lot of Bob Dylan songs...Beatles too.
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I was just listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, and remembered someone singing it on American Idol once and wishing he hadn't done that because it's IMPOSSIBLE to come close to how good the original is...some songs should be classified as untouchable, that no one should ever attempt to do a cover of, and Bohemian Rhapsody is one of them.
What are some others?
I'm thinking a lot of Bob Dylan songs...Beatles too.
No songs should be covered, IMO.
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Why do you say that?
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Why do you say that?
Its not creative really, and I've never heard a cover that was on par with the original. When you play someone else's song you dont have the same passion, emotion, etc that the original artist had. I do agree that some things are harder/worse to cover than others though.
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no girl should ever cover a nirvana song.
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Old 2006-11-18, 09:15 PM   #6
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No songs should be covered, IMO.
I will disagree and say that there are no songs that shouldn't be covered. For some songs the likelihood is low that any given cover will be sufficiently well done and original to overcome the established expectations of the original. Nevertheless no song is above a new interpretation.
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When you play someone else's song you dont have the same passion, emotion, etc that the original artist had.
Bullshit. Songs can and do affect listeners strongly enough to make them passionate about them. Passionate enough to want to create a new version.

Every classical performance is essentially a cover.
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Every classical performance is essentially a cover.
been playing in orchestra for 4 years now, and i never thought of it that way.
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no girl should ever cover a nirvana song.
Hahah, true that. Obviously referring to Tori Amos doing Smells Like Teen Spirit....
to DK: think about the fact that The Beatles didn't write Twist and Shout, but its one of their most famous, or at least well known songs. It was written by the Isley Brothers, but the Beatles covered it and it was so freakin' awesome that everyone forgets the Isley Brothers version....
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Hahah, true that. Obviously referring to Tori Amos doing Smells Like Teen Spirit....
Well notwithstanding that Tori Amos is a bit annoying, it wasn't bad.

Here's a couple of "girls" doing a really nice Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin.
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I agree with JJugle, there's nothing that shouldn't be covered. Distinctive songs like Bohemian Rhapsody may be difficult to cover well, but for a band to reinvent the song in their own style still takes originality and talent.
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sometimes you can put a twist on a song..play it in a different genre or something..sometimes thats interesting
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Here is a very nice album of covers of songs from the 60s called Bleecker Street.

There's even one by John Gorka which is good.
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Old 2006-11-19, 12:39 AM   #15
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I have heard (and collected) many covers of songs that are as good as if not better than the original. Raphael is right, all songs should be covered. You never know when an artist's interpretation will strike a note (bad pun intended) with you.

There is a thread whose topic is covers of songs.

I found this thread with a little used trick known as the "SEARCH" function.
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