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Remakes you can live without - Or should have never been done
I'll start: Pink "Tell Me Something Good" | |
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Well, there are a few.
Right and Wrong Way - Mario (Keith Sweat remake) Cruisin' - Huey Lewis and Gwennith Paltrow (Smokey remake) Come Together - MJ (Beatles Remake) Jesus Is Love - Heather Headley and Snokie Norfull (Commodores Remake) Lady - Lionel Richie (Kenny Rogers Remake) Rappers Delight - Eric Sermon (Sugarhill Gang Remake) All of these aren't necessarily bad, but I could have lived without them. [Edited 2/16/09 6:50am] **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Ginuwine - When Doves Cry
Mariah - The Beautiful Ones | |
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Madonna - American Pie (Don McLean remake) 
Mariah Carey - The Beautiful Ones (Prince remake) Mariah Carey - Bringing On The Heartbreak (Def Leppard remake) 
Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away (Berlin remake) Michael Bolton - Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding remake) Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Cherrelle remake) 
Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Bobby Brown remake) 
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80% of the remakes I here suck pretty bad If you will, so will I | |
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thekidsgirl said: 80% of the remakes I here suck pretty bad
There are some really good ones. Some are ok, and some are just horrid. Some of the best are (to me): Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin Creepin' - Luther Vandross A House Is Not A Home - Luther Vandross I Can't Make You Love Me - George Michael Smile - Michael Jackson Who's Loving You - J5 Slow Hand - Conway Twitty **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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728huey said: Madonna - American Pie (Don McLean remake)
Both suck, but Madonna miraculously found a way to make it suck more. That's the worst thing she's ever done. Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Cherrelle remake)
Love this one! One of my favorite Palmer covers... I find a lot of humor in hearing this song from a man.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Mariah Carey feat. Sisqo "The Beautiful Ones" 
-That's pretty much my fave Prince song of all time and they didn't do it justice imo. I feel if you're going to cover a song, at least try to do something new with it or try to improve it in some way. "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ 
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Cinnamon234 said: Mariah Carey feat. Sisqo "The Beautiful Ones"
-That's pretty much my fave Prince song of all time and they didn't do it justice imo. I feel if you're going to cover a song, at least try to do something new with it or try to improve it in some way. I totally agree. I have never been a big fan of this song, but to Mariah and Dru Hill murder it is uncalled for. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Me'lisa Morgan: Do Me Baby. I hate it.
But I hate most remakes. | |
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A Dream-Mary J.Blige(DeBarge)
All This Love-Patti Labelle(DeBarge) Heck, I never heard anyone do a good remake of a DeBarge song. I'm sorry, but if you're going to do a DeBarge song, or any song for that matter, it better be as good as the original or better. I also couldn't stand N'Sync's version of "Just Got Paid" by Johnny Kemp. | |
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I Can't Make You Love Me - Prince that was a hot mess... I am a Rail Road, Track Abandoned
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728huey said: Madonna - American Pie (Don McLean remake)
Mariah Carey - The Beautiful Ones (Prince remake) Mariah Carey - Bringing On The Heartbreak (Def Leppard remake)
Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away (Berlin remake) Michael Bolton - Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding remake) Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On (Cherrelle remake)
Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Bobby Brown remake)
I couldn't stand Britney's version of "My Prerogative" As a matter of fact, I can't see anyone doing a good remake of this song. This was clearly meant for Bobby to sing, IMHO. | |
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I can live without almost all the remakes, except Halleluja by Jeff Buckley. Almost as good as the original by Leonard Cohen.  | |
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daPrettyman said: Well, there are a few.
Right and Wrong Way - Mario (Keith Sweat remake) Cruisin' - Huey Lewis and Gwennith Paltrow (Smokey remake) Come Together - MJ (Beatles Remake) Jesus Is Love - Heather Headley and Snokie Norfull (Commodores Remake) Lady - Lionel Richie (Kenny Rogers Remake) Rappers Delight - Eric Sermon (Sugarhill Gang Remake) All of these aren't necessarily bad, but I could have lived without them. [Edited 2/16/09 6:50am] I kinda liked MJ's version of Come Together, but it was pretty unnecessary. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Someone -I think it was Michael Bolton -did a really shit cover of When A Man Loves A Woman. It makes my ears bleed. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Smile- Michael Jackson
Try A Little Tenderness- Michael Bublé  | |
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- Yes, modern remakes keep getting worse and worse; I think some cats should just leave a classic as it is | |
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Bad cover versions;
Mel B - Word Up Will Young - Light My Fire Cher - Walking In Memphis A1 - Take On Me Girls Aloud - I Think Were Alone Now Tom Jones - Kiss | |
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I remember hearing a radio Prince interview where he said he didn't mind Mariah singing the song, its the fact that Dru Hill sang with her was the problem.
Said that the song was meant to be a "duet" since its a one-sided conversation. | |
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daPrettyman said: Well, there are a few.
Right and Wrong Way - Mario (Keith Sweat remake) Cruisin' - Huey Lewis and Gwennith Paltrow (Smokey remake) Come Together - MJ (Beatles Remake) Jesus Is Love - Heather Headley and Snokie Norfull (Commodores Remake) Lady - Lionel Richie (Kenny Rogers Remake) Rappers Delight - Eric Sermon (Sugarhill Gang Remake) All of these aren't necessarily bad, but I could have lived without them. [Edited 2/16/09 6:50am] I prefer it than the original. | |
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Sarah McLachlan - River (joni micthell song)
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Mostly all remakes from the 1990s on up. Well hell, the same goes for mostly all mainstream music from the 1990s on up and a lot of the late 1980s. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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daPrettyman said: Well, there are a few.
Right and Wrong Way - Mario (Keith Sweat remake) Cruisin' - Huey Lewis and Gwennith Paltrow (Smokey remake) Come Together - MJ (Beatles Remake) Jesus Is Love - Heather Headley and Snokie Norfull (Commodores Remake) Lady - Lionel Richie (Kenny Rogers Remake) Rappers Delight - Eric Sermon (Sugarhill Gang Remake) All of these aren't necessarily bad, but I could have lived without them. [Edited 2/16/09 6:50am] Just so you know, Lionel wrote the Kenny Rogers original. | |
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SCNDLS said: Ginuwine - When Doves Cry
Co-sign! | |
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Alien Ant Farm remake (READ: piss take) of Michael's Smooth Criminal:
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