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Ikari Worrier
Jul 23, 2004


Dinosaur Gum

Power Windows posted:

Bowie is the king of bad covers:

I dunno, I think his cover of Pixies' "Cactus" from Heathen is pretty good. His cover of Modern Lovers' "Pablo Picasso" from Reality on the other hand :barf:

Overall, though, you're right. He was brilliant but just not much good at doing covers for whatever reason.

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BigFactory
Sep 17, 2002
I always liked Bowies cover of hard to be a saint in the city. And white light white heat.

felch me daddy jr.
Oct 30, 2009
Sometimes bands I like make terrible covers and that makes me sad.

It especially pains me when Japanese bands who can't properly pronounce English try covers like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHduXHFmWh8

This is one of my favorite bands, but this song does not lend itself well to their genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXIgB97upWI&t=516s

This band also covered Lithium, but luckily the full version of that isn't on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3GDqIdLTKc


I have a bunch more in my collection, but since none of it's on YouTube I'll spare your ears.

Tokit
Dec 16, 2004

I was doing the composing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i62GnQoo0

Sublime - Smoke Two Joints

Why was this ever more popular than the original song? It's a song about smoking joints but they have a sample of a bong being ripped.

gently caress sublime

sagacious
Oct 29, 2012

Tokit posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i62GnQoo0

Sublime - Smoke Two Joints

Why was this ever more popular than the original song? It's a song about smoking joints but they have a sample of a bong being ripped.

gently caress sublime

What did I just listen to? I actually didn't knew these guys but can't say they made a fan.

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