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Title: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: tiga on April 04, 2007, 04:59:14 PM

To my absolute shock and disgust I just heard on the radio a remake of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall Pt II" by
some bozo DJ called Eric Prydz. My ears are still hurting and will probably never recover. How can anyone do this to an all time classic song and not be strung up from the nearest light pole.

This leads me to my question, what song remakes have you heard that have killed a classic tune.

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: Moi on April 04, 2007, 05:06:25 PM

Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven  :lol

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: mightytiges on April 04, 2007, 05:19:21 PM

LOL Moi

From memory Limp Bizkit did a remake of Wish You Were Here and altered the lyrics  :chuck

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: julzqld on April 04, 2007, 09:33:34 PM

Madonna's version of "American Pie".

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: mightytiges on April 04, 2007, 10:12:12 PM

William Shatner - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: Moi on April 06, 2007, 09:01:48 PM

Can we have good ones too, Tiga?

One of my favourite songs was Harry Chapin's Cats In The Cradle.  So when someone does a remake you kind of cringe, but I liked Ugly Kid Joe's version  :thumbsup

Which just happens to be playing on my Myspace site  :rollin

http://www.myspace.com/100704068

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: mightytiges on April 07, 2007, 02:59:48 AM

Quote from: Moi on April 06, 2007, 09:01:48 PM

Can we have good ones too, Tiga?

Eric Clapton- I shot the sheriff

It's very 80's but dare I say Bananarama's version of Venus :shh

Weird Al Yankovic's parodies.

Zoot's cover of Elignor Rigby

Frente's version of Bizarre Love triangle.

Guns 'N Roses - Live and let die

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: Moi on April 07, 2007, 07:42:21 AM

Another one of my favourites is "As" by Stevie Wonder

Not as good, but a different kind of version by George Michael and Mary J Blige

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: mightytiges on April 08, 2007, 02:30:55 PM

Kayne Pettifer - Wonderwall  ;D

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: Fishfinger on April 08, 2007, 02:37:04 PM

Stephen Kernahan - Stand by your man.

Then again, maybe his version was better.  :-\

Title: Re: Song remakes that have killed original classic songs
Post by: mightytiges on June 22, 2007, 03:50:03 AM

The Hoff himself doing Ted Mulry Gang's "jump in my car" with Kitt and All-American hero video clip. It actually made #3 on the UK charts  :gobdrop

Tragic  :rollin