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Originally posted by mikeylips
Covers are good only if...
1) The song was good originally
2) The cover is well done
I think some bands are covering songs to try and get known, but screw that, they should be working their asses off with their own original material like the way it's supposed to be.
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Actually, I disagree that the song needs to be good to begin with. Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa's cover of (Hit Me) Baby One More Time rocks to a degree that is totally unprecedented for any girlie music. When Brittany Spears sings it, the only good thing is like as not she'll be wearing a red Saran Wrap tube top.
Anothr one that springs to mind, but which I havent been able to track down a second time was a punk cover of Glen Campbell, Wichita Lineman. Maybe that's a good song behind the canned strings, but you can't prove it by me. The cover was awesome. Wish I could find it again.
Another: The Gourds, who are bluegrass rather than punk, covered Snoop Dog - Gin and Juice. Snoop Dogg's version is a sterling example of just how boring a rap song can be, even with the excellent lyrics he penned. The Gourds breathed life into that snoozer.