Poll: Worst cover song Prince has done

Now, I think when Prince redoes someone else's song, he USUALLY does a great job and makes it better than the original. Which I hardly believe most artists do. Now, what do you think is the worst song Prince has covered?

I'd have to say, Sheryl Crow's Everyday Is A Winding Road. It seems way overproduced. I also remember at one of the Celebrations, one of Prince engineers was asked what was the songs that took him the longest to finish on Rave In2 and he mentioned Everyday is A Winding Road. I did like his live version better than the studio one.

Rudedog

he so butchered "betcha by golly wow" and "la la means i love you"!!! the stylistics and the delfonics should tag team and beat 'im up for what he did to that chit...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

he so butchered "betcha by golly wow" and "la la means i love you"!!! the stylistics and the delfonics should tag team and beat 'im up for what he did to that chit...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

he so butchered "betcha by golly wow" and "la la means i love you"!!! the stylistics and the delfonics should tag team and beat 'im up for what he did to that chit...

Winding Road, hands down, period, The End.

Joan Osborn's One Of Us.

stymie said:

jackflash said:

kisscamille said:

jackflash said:

stymie said:

Joan Osborn's One Of Us.

agreed

Really? I think his version kicks ass! Especially the guitar near the end. Joan's is boring

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

he so butchered "betcha by golly wow" and "la la means i love you"!!! the stylistics and the delfonics should tag team and beat 'im up for what he did to that chit...

How much is that doggie in the window!

I'll go with "La La La Means I Love You" though I hear when he does it live it's quite good.

His best cover version imo is "When Will We Be Paid".

Anxiety said:

Pochacco said:

Anxiety said:

Winding Road, hands down, period, The End.

Ditto

Much love Pochacco

jtgillia said:

Nah, Winding Road was a kickin version. Hell, anything that could better that fetted Sheryl Crow version is something good.

Betcha By Golly Wow was done almost note for note as the original, so I do not get Dansa's gag reflex. lol. Actually, Christgau thought the cover tunes were the best things on Emancipation.

The original version of LA La La is a bit old fashioned and out of date, so Princes version is a vast improvement. Much more soulful and less cute. P's falsetto is amazing in this. Dansa gets a hand sammich for that comment. lol

My pic for worst is another Emancipation cover tune; the awful rendering of the great Bonnie Raitte song, I Can't Make You Love Me. Princes version is really lazy, and he seems to show no real emotion in his performance, unlike the soulful Raite version.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

"Auld Lang Syne" He didn't even know the lyrics! But who does,anyways?Nice guitar solo though.

Anxiety said:

My vote goes to "La, La, La (Means Love U)". That song is like sugarcoated honeydripped sweet and makes me just thinking about its existence.

Eew, what WAS he thinkin'?!

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Really? I think his version kicks ass! Especially the guitar near the end. Joan's is boring [/quote]

Same here, I thought Prince's version was much better. I wasn't big into the synth line he put in there, but it started growing on me

Rudedog

2freaky4church1 said:

One of Us!

Moonbeam said:

milty said:

least fave is Winding Road.

i love lalala... & one of us.

best he has done is HOnkyTonkWOman on Undertaker

PhilG said:

"Auld Lang Syne" He didn't even know the lyrics! But who does,anyways?Nice guitar solo though.

everyday is a winding road, i can't make you love me. HELL, ALL OF THEM! don't like 'em all actually. NO MORE COVER SONGS. he has so much original music to put out that we fans can't wait to have. NO MORE COVER SONGS.

I have to say that I didn't like Prince including cover versions
on his albums. Most of the covers were ok, but none of them
were great. He should have done an album of cover versions
as part of his WB 'contract filling' in '94, instead of putting the
odd cover version on subsequent albums.

r u guys kidding me or r u just deaf? As far as " One of us" Betcha By Golly Wow, and LaLaLa prince put some life into the otherwise slowrollin songs.