Bad covers.

bazzabear · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:09

PC777 said:
The best parts are just from the original

That brings to mind 'Pump It Harder' by the Black Eyed Peas. A song which consists of an almost unchanged (and excellent) Miserlou instrumental, except it has some complete halfwit shouting 'Pump It' every now and again for no appreciable reason.

I may be exaggerating there, but I have absolutely no intention of listening to it again to check for sure.

PC777 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:25

Don't mean to keep posting but this is a good topic, while I still remember this I'll post it as it has a good back story.

Chris Jericho of Fozzy had a real Twitter spat with star Sebastian Bach of Skid Row a month or so back, that by all accounts seemed to develop into genuine animosity about Bach accusing Jericho of faking singing at concerts and of being a midget among other insults.

Detailed here in two pretty funny podcast clips.

So to "prove" that he could really "sing" live after all, Jericho unwisely chose to cover Bach's best known song as an accapella, all while looking genuinely butthurt over the whole situation.

Original

Jericho's "cover"

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:31

Junglist said:
Do I win?

sadly as the original was rubbish too, no. Don't get me wrong that is awful. It's funny how at one point they turn the autotune right up to max, and it still sounds bad so the dial it down again and it gets worse. At first I thought not too bad, albeit he can't sustain phrases so it's all staccato,but then she sings the poor thing. Was that televised? Live is bad enough but televised too? oh the poor thing.

Reminded me a bit of this:

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:34

builder22 said:
Anything Leo Morrachioli/Frog meal studios do
I like all kinds of metal but not this dude...millions of subscribers/views as well!

this is just the first one I found...they’re all **** tho

Well we now know what Christian Fuchs does in his spare time, but where does he get his stick-on goatees from?

bloodiedathame · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:37

Most of these covers are too good.

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:44

PC777 said:
Another one more notable for how good the original is compared to an initially not bad rap cover, but when P Diddy tries to sing approx 2:02. Holy crap is that bad especially compared to the original vocals. The best parts are just from the original and the sequenced drums not as good as the original either. Diddy paid Jimmy Page to play on it I think, so many only a half cover as well.

Bonham was an amazing drummer, often hailed as one of the best, if not the best, drummer in muso forums. The sound of the drums is the latter video is partly down to the samples they've opted for (they sound sampled to me). If that's studio recorded live that is some weird mic and eq arrangement compared to what they could have chosen.

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:46

builder22 said:
Anything Leo Morrachioli/Frog meal studios do
I like all kinds of metal but not this dude...millions of subscribers/views as well!

this is just the first one I found...they’re all **** tho

ok it's very different, but as a cover it's not awful. New genre sure but they pull it off, and musically it's on point. No car crash there other than personal taste in style on that one I think. Not sure why they need the ****** ending doubling the length of the video though.

PC777 · 7 Sep 2020 at 17:03

ik9000 said:
Bonham was an amazing drummer, often hailed as one of the best, if not the best, drummer in muso forums. The sound of the drums is the latter video is partly down to the samples they've opted for (they sound sampled to me). If that's studio recorded live that is some weird mic and eq arrangement compared to what they could have chosen.

Read a few Zep bios so I know how well Bonham is regarded, I agree they sound like sequenced Bonham samples but it loses so much of his overall style as he could keep the beat better and freestyle like he does in the original. As you rightly say many still consider him the best drummer ever.

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 17:09

PC777 said:
Read a few Zep bios so I know how well Bonham is regarded, I agree they sound like sequenced Bonham samples but it loses so much of his overall style as he could keep the beat better and freestyle like he does in the original. As you rightly say many still consider him the best drummer ever.

He's definitely up there. As is Mitch Mitchell (the Jimi Hendrix Experience)

ik9000 · 7 Sep 2020 at 17:46

bazzabear said:
Just watch any advert over the past few years where they've decided they want to grab some 80's pop or soft rock, but don't want to pay for it. Without fail they pick the most terrible cover you can imagine.

A notable recent one is a Volvo advert that appeared a couple of weeks ago, where they use a soft acoustic version of Born to be Wild. I mean, the clue is in the name of the song for why a dreary acoustic approach is stupid.

That said, none of them are as bad as the OP. Surely that was a deliberate parody?

ik9000 said:
I know just the one you mean. And I share your view. As for the OP. Nope no parody.

Not all examples of this are bad though. Lorde's cover of Everybody Wants To Rule the World was recorded for the 2nd Hunger Games and isn't bad, but used really well in a couple of adverts, not least that Barnados (?) charity ad.

ik9000 · 8 Sep 2020 at 12:08

today's cover of woe:

Yaayuh! · 8 Sep 2020 at 12:12

builder22 said:
Anything Leo Morrachioli/Frog meal studios do
I like all kinds of metal but not this dude...millions of subscribers/views as well!

this is just the first one I found...they’re all **** tho

Agreed!

ik9000 · 8 Sep 2020 at 12:15

Yaayuh! said:
Agreed!

Yes bad, and I doubt the original writers are thrilled, but they are at least doing what they aimed to do i.e metal versions. I wouldn't put them on my playlist but at least it's not as bad as the PoM or Peter Andre+Jordan clips which are both real "why did nobody say something and stop them?" affairs.

ik9000 · 8 Sep 2020 at 15:07

ik9000 said:
somewhere there's a celine dion cover duet with someone featuring meredith brooks on guitar. It's a howler too but I can't think what it is... will have a hunt later.

edit. Aw they've taken it down. No fair Viacom! Give people a laugh, the times are hard right now. It was Celine Dion, Anastasia and Meredith Brooks covering ACDC's "You shook me all night long". It really really is awful. You can read the comments of other victims here: https://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2007/celine-dion-in-acdc-cover-shocker/

Good old Vevo, Here it is:

a1ex2001 · 8 Sep 2020 at 16:37

I will just leave this here for your enjoyment/punishment the absolute definition of arrogance to think they could pull this off!

bazzabear · 8 Sep 2020 at 17:04

Was that entirely about trying to prove that they can play instruments themselves?

ik9000 · 8 Sep 2020 at 17:30

poor timing, car crash link at 2 mins, it's not a hard song and they still stuff it up. The odd syncopation on the lead at 3 minutes....

1995 as well. Let the guy's bed go cold first chaps. Strewth..

Yup that counts as "he'll be turning in his grave"

builder22 · 8 Sep 2020 at 19:54

a good percentage of 'quarantine covers' could be in this thread

ik9000 said:
Well we now know what Christian Fuchs does in his spare time, but where does he get his stick-on goatees from?

there's a German piano player on Youtube called Christian Fuchs, he does tutorials on his channel...I thought you meant him but had no idea the relevance, just googled Christian Fuchs and you obv mean the footballer (who I'd never heard of)

ik9000 · 8 Sep 2020 at 22:14

builder22 said:
a good percentage of 'quarantine covers' could be in this thread

I've heard there's one by Greenwood and Foden of Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl...."

builder22 said:
there's a German piano player on Youtube called Christian Fuchs, he does tutorials on his channel...I thought you meant him but had no idea the relevance, just googled Christian Fuchs and you obv mean the footballer (who I'd never heard of)

yeah the footballer

I just watched it again. After 3 minutes is where it blows. Not sure 3:15 is really necessary!

a1ex2001 · 9 Sep 2020 at 14:18

bazzabear said:
Was that entirely about trying to prove that they can play instruments themselves?

I really can't decide but the whole thing feels too much like they really think they can rock, it must be one of the most arrogant egotistical piles of poo I've ever encountered and annoyingly once you have seen it you can't forget it!