Dear Microsoft, if creating music is the point of your product, is this the best way to promote it?
OK, I have just picked this up from videogum, holy moly, and a bunch of other places. I struggle with this for so many reasons. Firstly, unless we have all been duped, this ad (one of three) is legitimate. I found them here Second, it is Friday. I struggle with lots of things on a...
Worst Cover Version Ever: Number 7
So here I am relaxing after a good positive day. I catch a bit of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with my son, singing along to the theme tune with him. What could spoil such a great end to the day…surely nothing? Well, I have just been shown this: Jessica Simpson and David Bisbal singing Angels...
Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever: Number 6 Special Edition…
Love Will Tear Us Apart. A Classic. A Karaoke Killer. It seems so many artists think they can do justice and homage to this piece of masterful music. Of the three below, I just can’t decide which one is worse… First up is Paul Young… watch?v=nCE_eA0vmY8 Then here is a live performance from Arcade Fire...
Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever: Number 5
You know when hear something and you ask yourself “What was the point?”. Well, this sums it up for me completely… Scissor Sisters doing Comfortably Numb by Radiohead. The title truly describes the emotional state I was in whilst listening to this version… Mind you, the point of the Scissor Sisters is a whole other...
Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever: Number 4
Now things are getting serious. Based on my criteria posted on Number 3, I have no problem at all nominating this horror for the Hall of Infamy. Cat Stevens wrote a lovely little song about the relationship between Father and Song, sung from both points of view. Clever structure, heartfelt lyrics, tender and sad all...
The Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever: Number 3
I am trying to think of criteria for judging what is the Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever. Here are some so far that artists sub-consciously must check through 1 Use the song to just make yourself lots of money 2 Sing/Play the song without giving yourself to the lyrics or the music. 3...
The Worst Cover Version of a Song Ever: Number 2
So, after the horror of my recent post on AC/DC and the Celine Dion cover, I now keep thinking of artists who have covered a song and managed to destroy the beauty of the original on one step. Now I am no big fan of early Rock n Roll. Not a huge fan of Elvis...