Best and Worst Remake of Song:

[tyrion]

Best: Hot In Herre - Widespread Panic

 

[Wyloch]

Bad remakes:

"Changes" by Bruce Hornsby, redone by Tupac
"I'll Be Missing You" by the Police, redone by Puff Daddy
"Blinded by the Light" by Bruce Springsteen, redone my Manfred Mann
"Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones, redone by a bunch but the worst is Marilyn Manson's version

 

[HMan]

Best = I don't know but I really like Aztec Camera's version of Jump. I really can't stand the original though.

Worst = William Shatner's "Rocket Man" (Stealing a line from a favorite TV comedy - "I'm sure glad that [his] nerve is not in my tooth"

)

 

[ReasonablyLucid]

Worst remake = Anything by william shatner

Bes remake = I really love A perfect circles version of John Lenon's Imagine

 

[AdamWill]

Why the Shatner-bashing? He's great! I got his new CD, it's a bunch of fun. The whole point of a cover is to something interesting with the original, and that's what he does. It's worth tracking down a copy of Volume 1 by Fear Of Pop, too - Ben Folds' first solo project, it featured a track called In Love which was voiced by Shatner. Brilliant song.

 

[Salt Peanuts]

Worst - Any remake of Hazy Shade of Winter.

 

[Predator88]

best: hands down my favorite cover of all time is Social Distortion doing "I Fought the Law" The clash's version is great but nothing beats this for me.

worst: avril lavigne doing basket case (live mp3 i found). Why? One of my favorite songs of all time that should never be played by anyone other than green day

 

[bigshot]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyloch Bad remakes: "Blinded by the Light" by Bruce Springsteen, redone my Manfred Mann

You've got that backwards. The song was by MM and Brooooce covered it.

See ya
Steve

 

[Wyloch]

You are kidding, I assume? You are aware that Bruce wrote it first in 1972?

 

[Jasper994]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyloch Bad remakes: "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones, redone by a bunch but the worst is Marilyn Manson's version

The Marilyn Manson version ROCKS!!!

 

[bigshot]

Broooce wrote it? It was a hit for MM many years before Bruce released his first record. How old was he?

See ya
Steve

 

[Borat]

From allmusic:

"The 1976 Earth Band album The Roaring Silence, featuring singer/guitarist Chris Thompson on lead vocals, made the Top Ten, and included the number one hit "Blinded by the Light," a milestone of sorts for Bruce Springsteen as a songwriter, whose work Mann had discovered three years earlier. Mann also made the Top 40 with another Springsteen cover, "Spirit in the Night."

"Blinded by the Light" composed by Bruce Springsteen appeared on his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ in 1973 and Mann's The Roaring Silence was released in 1976.

 

[mysticaldodo]

Best: Sinead O' Connor....Nothing Compares 2 U

Worst: Alot....mostly by Mariah Carey

Recently....Hallelujah by Kathryn Williams....her voice doesn't suit the song at all...

 

[bigshot]

Wow! I didn't know Bruce was so old. He's a codger! We never heard of him on the West Coast until Born to Run.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Wyloch]

Damn shame; he had two albums before Born to Run, which in some circles are considered to be superior work.