I love it when a rock/metal band does a cover of an old song...

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foghorn67

foghorn67

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DrPizza said:
I got as far as the OP's first song: Baker Street. Are you fucking kidding me? If I had to base my opinion of the Foo Fighters on that one song alone, I would conclude "mediocre bar band." Because that's all the cover is - a mediocre cover that ANY bar band can play in that style just as well. The sax in the original is one of the greatest classic melodies in rock history. Foo Fighters' version sucks donkey balls. And, I'll only point out one other song: Live and Let Die - after the whiny entitled generation heard McCartney play it at half time of the Superbowl and asked, "why's that dude covering the GnR song?" it pointed out that the whiny generation doesn't have much breadth of experience listening to music.

edit: I just listened to your link to Bad Company. WTF? You apparently mistake distortion on the amp for talent.
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It's not GNR's fault folks don't know Paul McCartney and the Wings did it originally. It's also not your so called entitled generation's fault that McCartney totally sucked at the Superbowl, maybe he's too old and tired.
That was the most lethargic live performance I've seen.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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BoomerD said:
Not me...it shows that they lack originality...write your own fucking music...


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songs have been covered and covered from generation to generation, ad infinitum. as have all stories that have been written, since at least the last 1 or 2 thousand years. It's not like Shakespeare was completely original with his plays.
 
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Wingznut

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Dedpuhl said:
If you'd like to hear some horrible covers of 70's/early 80's metal and hard rock, check these out:

Stryper - The Covering
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Man, those are so terrible... So terrible that I feel the need to link some songs, for everyone else to hear the pain.

Blackout (Scorpions cover)
The Trooper (Iron Maiden cover)
Breaking the Law (Judas Priest cover)
Over the Mountain (Ozzy cover)
Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath cover)

Personally, I think they should be shot for trying to cover Heaven and Hell... Or anything by Sabbath and/or Dio. It's rock 'n roll sacrilege.
 
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