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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #40 on: July 18, 2006, 11:13:16 AM »
Apparently Sinatra always introduced this track as his favourite Lennon/McCartney song!!
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #41 on: July 18, 2006, 11:31:04 PM »
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Apparently Sinatra always introduced this track as his favourite Lennon/McCartney song!!

I can just hear ol'blue eyes saying. "I'm the chairman of the board, what the hell do I care who wrote it! Just play the song Billy!"........ :D
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #42 on: July 19, 2006, 03:41:46 PM »
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I like Anne Murray just fine, but I can't imagine her trying to do a Beatles song.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #43 on: July 19, 2006, 03:48:39 PM »
I knew Anne Murrays version before I ever heard the original. It was OK.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #44 on: July 19, 2006, 04:01:49 PM »
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I knew Anne Murrays version before I ever heard the original. It was OK.

LOL! Me too. I had the single about a month before I bought Rubber Soul. Still not sure how I ended up with that single......... :-/
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #45 on: July 26, 2006, 09:24:18 AM »
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It is true, she did a cover of "You won't see me" I have the single of it. Not too bad though, she stayed true to the original arrangement.

The song that get's my vote for worst Beatles cover is The Carpenters cover of "Ticket to ride" and Ritchie Havens cover of "Here comes the sun".

Don't forget, in the late '70s, when there was some ruffling about the band Klaatu being the Beatles under a fake name, the Carpenters did "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" or whatever the hell it was called.

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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #46 on: July 26, 2006, 02:47:17 PM »
Here in Holland we've got a 'singer' called Vanessa. She's middle-aged former pin-up model with a very thick Dutch accent and no musical talent whatsoever, and she's famous for two reasons: her big boobs and the fact that she married a guy that owns the majority of all record stores in the country. She once recorded a cover of "Merry XMas (War Is Over)" that included spoken personal christmas wishes to every single one of her children. It's so bad, it'll make you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #47 on: July 27, 2006, 12:08:00 AM »
Aretha Franklin's version of "Eleanor Rigby" is pretty stupid.  She starts out, "My name is Eleanor Rigby . . ." and doesn't seem to realize Eleanor dies a couple verses down.  

Oh well, the Muscle Shoals boys still rock.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #48 on: July 27, 2006, 01:46:57 AM »
The Supremes version of "A hard days night" really blows and not in a good way!
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #49 on: July 27, 2006, 01:50:19 AM »
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Don't forget, in the late '70s, when there was some ruffling about the band Klaatu being the Beatles under a fake name, the Carpenters did "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" or whatever the hell it was called.


I have a couple of the Klaatu lps and I heard all the mess about it being The Beatles, but wasn't aware of The Carpenters tune.....they were creepy enough with a song with a title like that....... :D
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #50 on: August 02, 2006, 01:33:22 AM »
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Here in Holland we've got a 'singer' called Vanessa. She's middle-aged former pin-up model with a very thick Dutch accent and no musical talent whatsoever, and she's famous for two reasons: her big boobs and the fact that she married a guy that owns the majority of all record stores in the country. She once recorded a cover of "Merry XMas (War Is Over)" that included spoken personal christmas wishes to every single one of her children. It's so bad, it'll make you want to laugh and cry at the same time.

That sounds hilarious. Celine Dion and Bert McKrakken's covers of War Is Over, however, are just mind-numblingly bad.

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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #51 on: August 03, 2006, 12:27:42 AM »
No one has ever done justice to Beatle songs except The Beatles.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #52 on: August 03, 2006, 04:54:18 PM »
Just got a copy of The Torero band performing Tijuana versions of Beatle songs. It came out in '69 and is a fantastic listen - guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Only one bad version - Yellow Submarine - which is appalling.
Hey Jude is magnificent.
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #53 on: August 12, 2006, 03:39:37 PM »
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #54 on: August 14, 2006, 09:25:46 PM »
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Yes, I agree with Patton on tis one! Aerosmith's version of "Come Together" is HORRIFYING!!!





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Aerosmith's ballsy version of Come Together is great & it sounds like an original.  
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #55 on: August 18, 2006, 07:27:55 PM »
I dont like cover versions at all. There's a hungarian band that made one of "Revolution". Its kinda... odd.:O
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #56 on: August 18, 2006, 07:50:11 PM »
The worst cover of a Beatles classic of all time would have to be Helter Skelter by Motley Crue, without a doubt.  Their version is lifeless, lacking any attitude at all & isn't even that loud or ballsy.  
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #57 on: August 19, 2006, 05:18:50 PM »
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The worst cover of a Beatles classic of all time would have to be Helter Skelter by Motley Crue, without a doubt.  Their version is lifeless, lacking any attitude at all & isn't even that loud or ballsy.  

I listened to it, I wouldnt say it's so bad. But the've changed the sound so much that the original song is already unrecognizable!
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #58 on: August 19, 2006, 05:21:31 PM »
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Aretha Franklin's version of "Eleanor Rigby" is pretty stupid.  She starts out, "My name is Eleanor Rigby . . ." and doesn't seem to realize Eleanor dies a couple verses down.  

Oh well, the Muscle Shoals boys still rock.

sh*t, really really stupid cover version!! :o I vouldnt even call it CV, it's a new song, using the title Eleanor Rigby! ;D Her voice rocks anyway!
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Re: Worst Versions of Beatles songs
« Reply #59 on: August 19, 2006, 09:37:36 PM »
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I listened to it, I wouldnt say it's so bad. But the've changed the sound so much that the original song is already unrecognizable!

You must be trippin baby if you think the original Beatles classic is unrecognizable & the Crue's version is complete crap.
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