Butchered songs?

LHC · Jul 25, 2005, 12:45 AM

Frankly, in case you haven't noticed, songs nowadays are all just becoming remakes of old songs, and most are crap. So, with that said, list songs that you believe to be classics but have been butchered by current artists (or old artists that have remade something)

Song that comes into mind is The Who - Behind Blue Eyes redone by Limp Bizkit. I just can't stand Limp Bizkit's version, and the annoying thing is little people think he actually wrote the song

So, butchered songs, anyone?

mike2h · Jul 25, 2005, 01:06 AM

i agree. shows an amzing lack of talent. & the industry wonders why people arent buying as many cds. they have the same problem the movie industry does, scared to take a chance & do something original -want to stay with what has worked for them so far.
they can keep churning out the same crap & people will buy it for a while, but eventually when they realise that this years new hit is the same as last years or a remake of something 15 yrs ago they are going to stop buying. i think that is what we are seeing in both industries.
sorry i got a little of topic there.
& PLEASE leave pink floyd alone. lou are also right about behind blue eyes, they trashed it.

Dark Lord · Jul 25, 2005, 01:10 AM

Dirty Laundry - Lisa Mari Presly
Boys of Summer - Tha Ataris
Riders on the storm - snoop dogg (ok, its decent. not terrible, but not great)

im sure theres a ton more but thats all i can think of off the top of my head.

LHC · Jul 25, 2005, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mike2h

i agree. shows an amzing lack of talent. & the industry wonders why people arent buying as many cds. they have the same problem the movie industry does, scared to take a chance & do something original -want to stay with what has worked for them so far.
they can keep churning out the same crap & people will buy it for a while, but eventually when they realise that this years new hit is the same as last years or a remake of something 15 yrs ago they are going to stop buying. i think that is what we are seeing in both industries.
sorry i got a little of topic there.
& PLEASE leave pink floyd alone. lou are also right about behind blue eyes, they trashed it.

The industries just do what's easiest, blame something/someone. And in this case, it's piracy. So they go after piraters, thinking that will increase sales.. but people just don't want to spend money on something that is a poor remake..

Never actually heard it sung, but I've heard Fred Durst killed Thank You by Zeppelin at some award show.

mike2h · Jul 25, 2005, 01:19 AM

that clown did 'riders'? none of the doors classics should be redone, especially that one. i dont have to hear it to know he trashed it. & i know that is probably not cool ot say, but i have heard enough of of him to get a fairly good idea. bottomline is, imo, that is one of those songs that stands alone & should be left that way.

SFOSOK · Jul 25, 2005, 01:20 AM

Ha, yeah, new music doesn't really have anything knew about it.

Think out the time periods these bands came out and the type of music they created...

The Who

Boston

Ten Years After

Deep Purple

Cream

Creedence: Clearwater Revival

The Doors

Pink Floyd

pretty much all of those, and countless others created music that was way ahead of their time by decades. Music went down hill with the 80's. 90's got back to the roots and started the depressing but good music era. then after that everything just went to hell. Anything catagorized as "Rock" now is pretty much a band copying old riffs and old music calling it their own, saying how their song is soo much different. Rap and R&B has no purpose in the world at all except the degrading of women. You cannot have any true music without instruments and more than one person.

Classical has always been the best music for me, because think about the composers who made this stuff, and its so powerful, I love that no matter what song it is any classical music (with no words I may add) can be related to your life, its like a story that never ages, never dies, and true to every human being. Lets hear rap or new rock say that.

Only really new bands I like are Tool and AdioSlave. They are at least original though Tool ( A Perfect Circle now) is starting to become a moronic political band they still write decent songs.

Green Day will always suck. They don't sell talent any more and not even skill (rock = skill + Talent, Metal = More skill than talent, Rap = Retards Attempting Poetry, and New Rock = no talent and very little [if any] skill).

People don't understand the heart and soul of music any more, they just want what sounds good.

If u agree with what I have said please post

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 25, 2005, 01:21 AM

It done all the time rap, country, etc etc etc... they recyles cap what truely messed is when they a cuntry song and try to make it rock or R&B and vice versa thats just messed up...

SFOSOK · Jul 25, 2005, 01:22 AM

Country is good also, but only to the ppl who like it, that is just a taste difference, I dont quiet like it but I still respect it.

mike2h · Jul 25, 2005, 01:24 AM

i would not lump r&B in with rap. 2 completely different styles of music. obviously you have it confused with something else. or made a typo.

SFOSOK · Jul 25, 2005, 01:30 AM

hahaha, no, I am not counting them as the same thing, it may be soulful but unless there is some type of jazz guitarist and/or drummer playing along as a supportive role, than I don't think it should really qualify as good music.

LHC · Jul 25, 2005, 01:31 AM

I agree, SFOSOK. Rap really has nothing to it nowadays..I've heard when rap first came out it was great, but now..just blah

Though I happen to like a few bands from the 80's..Van Halen, GNR, etc..

SFOSOK · Jul 25, 2005, 01:33 AM

shit forgot about Van Halen sorry, I was reffering to Hair Metal and all those type of 80's Metal, Van Halen was truelly ahead as well.

mike2h · Jul 25, 2005, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

hahaha, no, I am not counting them as the same thing, it may be soulful but unless there is some type of jazz guitarist and/or drummer playing along as a supportive role, than I don't think it should really qualify as good music.

you rally have not listened to much r&b have you? r&b & jazz are cross-derivative, they have roots in each other.
of course you have your opinion about wha tis good music & what is not, just try to have more experience with a style of music before you form an opinion like that. or not.

SFOSOK · Jul 25, 2005, 01:52 AM

Well at least I can say your answer is fair enough as an opinion. But Rock came from more jazz than R&B did, R&B does have its very talented singers, but I think they would be more qualified as music with instruments or more than just one person. As I said b4

**dj_stick** · Jul 25, 2005, 03:04 AM

50% of the house tracks released lately are remaked ripped shit tracks

***Zardon*** · Jul 25, 2005, 03:10 AM

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Boys of Summer - Tha Ataris

I second that.

**dj_stick** · Jul 25, 2005, 03:11 AM

50% of the house tracks released lately are remaked ripped shit tracks

bug77 · Jul 25, 2005, 03:12 AM

Britney Spears - I Love Rock'n Roll, anyone?

riles9262 · Jul 25, 2005, 09:33 AM

I'll take mc hammer for 1000...I don't think that guy had any original beats or choruses.

YAYitsAndrew · Jul 25, 2005, 10:00 AM

There's not much rap/r&b I like anymore. Some choice 1 hit wonders (ciara's one two step, tori alamaze's don't ya) are pretty good. Eminem is decent when he isn't destroying classic rock or trashing moby. Black eyed peas are just all around good (first album is better than the second).

There IS quality in those genres, but if you only dabble like I do you have to look for it. You're not going to be impressed by the average.

edit: Making blanket statements about the quality of any genre in general makes you look like an idiot.

I think the dead presidents redid 'video killed the radio star', it sucked.

***craig5320*** · Jul 25, 2005, 10:22 AM

Madonna - American Pie

'nuff said

***Zardon*** · Jul 25, 2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by YAYitsAndrew

Black eyed peas are just all around good (first album is better than the second).

edit: Making blanket statements about the quality of any genre in general makes you look like an idiot.

Did you hear the black eyed peas on live 8? oh boy they were terrible.

edit: all rap sucks so I guess im an idiot, and proud of it.

**Asmoday** · Jul 25, 2005, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Zardon

edit: all rap sucks so I guess im an idiot, and proud of it.

I guess that make me an idiot also, i can't stand rap...