JPRoy392
Jan 8th, 2001, 02:35 PM
Don't you just hate it when an artist decides to remake a classic hit? It drives me up the wall. As a consumer and at one time an avid music fan, I never liked music remakes. It tells me that this artist that I just spent $16.99 on a CD, couldn't give a f@*k about writing one more song on their album so they decide to be completely unoriginal and give you their interpretation of that song.
Examples of bad remakes:
Madonna doing American Pie. This song is completely unlistenable. Madonna should be charged for murder.
Judas Priest doing Johnne B. Goode. I could have lived with the Grateful Dead doing the classic, but this version is terrible. (I think when I was younger I like it though!)
Otis Redding's version of the Stone's Satisfaction is just plain silly.
Aretha Franklin doing Otis Redding's Respect is a remake. Not too many people know that. This song is the exception to the rule (I sure there maybe a few others).
How many people are going to do Dylan's All Along the Watch Tower? Off the top of my head, I can think of: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, U2, and now Dave Mathews. (Hendrix's is the best, by far).
PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN.....
Examples of bad remakes:
Madonna doing American Pie. This song is completely unlistenable. Madonna should be charged for murder.
Judas Priest doing Johnne B. Goode. I could have lived with the Grateful Dead doing the classic, but this version is terrible. (I think when I was younger I like it though!)
Otis Redding's version of the Stone's Satisfaction is just plain silly.
Aretha Franklin doing Otis Redding's Respect is a remake. Not too many people know that. This song is the exception to the rule (I sure there maybe a few others).
How many people are going to do Dylan's All Along the Watch Tower? Off the top of my head, I can think of: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, U2, and now Dave Mathews. (Hendrix's is the best, by far).
PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN.....