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chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:06 pm

hmmm...i didnt think either of those suggs songs were that bad. or even bad at all.

did i like them? no. but "bad"? not really.

the cecelia one isnt any worse than the original (which is already kinda lame)...the other one is also not that bad. i mean it sounds like a typical ska cover...nothing special about it one way or the other...and also not starting off with the best material to begin with.

come on...were looking for really BAD covers.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:42 pm

Thanks el-bo. I had no idea who suggs was (other than that idiot in the nfl) and now I've been exposed to 10-15 seconds of some of the worst shit I've ever heard. Preciate it

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sat Aug 27, 2016 4:47 pm

chaosWyrM wrote:hmmm...i didnt think either of those suggs songs were that bad. or even bad at all.

did i like them? no. but "bad"? not really.

the cecelia one isnt any worse than the original (which is already kinda lame)...the other one is also not that bad. i mean it sounds like a typical ska cover...nothing special about it one way or the other...and also not starting off with the best material to begin with.

come on...were looking for really BAD covers.

I'm not going to claim that 'Cecilia' is the greatest song ever, but it's charm lies in it's simple, foot-stomping, folksy, bar sing-along feel. Remove all of that, deferring to some overly quantised dance-hall approximation/abomination (With lame 'squeal' sample, that was already dated when he used it), and you get a lazy, empty attempt to still feel relevant

As for 'I'm only sleeping?' Nothing wrong with ska-ising something. But you need to choose the source material well. In this case, he took a very lilting (lazily-performed), evocative ode to sleeping, and dreaming, and treated it in much the same way as Microsoft's 'Songsmith' might if you chose 'ska' from the style menu

Other examples in this thread do include bad covers. However, many of them are by bands who are just bad bands anyway. I happened to think these Suggs over versions are heinous, paid zero homage to the original material, and are just plain lazy

I hated them so much that they made me not only hate Suggs as a solo artist, but retro-actively ruined all my good memories of Madness

I think my entries stand

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sat Aug 27, 2016 4:47 pm

incubus wrote:Thanks el-bo. I had no idea who suggs was (other than that idiot in the nfl) and now I've been exposed to 10-15 seconds of some of the worst shit I've ever heard. Preciate it

My dear friend, you are SO welcome

an-electric-heart · Post by **an-electric-heart** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:27 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP0-wMUxW1o

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:34 pm

Someone did a cover of 'sound of silence' recently. That was very poor indeed (cant remember band)

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:14 am

Disturbed. And to the best of my knowledge it doesn't have the monkey sound he usually makes, so that is a plus

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:44 am

Mind you, Paul Simon liked it... even though the cover had none of the vulnerability and charm of the original.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 3:43 am

Did anyone mention "miss ONE" , I mean Sheryl Crow's "sweet child of mine"

llze · Post by **llze** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:59 pm

check this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33G95r8ru40

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:38 pm

Suloo wrote:check this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33G95r8ru40

hmmm...that may be a terrible cover...but it is far more entertaining than the original.

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:49 pm

Here it is , I have the Best of Simon an Garfunkel , so I'm totally biased but I usually can tolerate covers but not this one , I was OK with Disturbed doing Land of Confusion but this " Sound of Silence " is utter most crap .... https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4