GOOD covers of BAD songs

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poisonkisses4me

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Oh yeah, that Gary Jules version is brilliant. It has very tragic feel to it. It's in the Donny Darko movie and is a perfect example of a song that totally fits the movie. Don't know the Tears for Fears version though.
 
If a song can be made 'good' by covering it then surely that means the song was good in the first place and it's only the original performance of it that was bad.

Unless of course it means good as in the cover has a comical or satirical slant on the original in which it's still a bad song anyway regardless of how good you think it is, otherwise why parody it?
 
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By a band called Pomplamoose. They actually do a lot of these, this being my other favorite:

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True, the song would have to have good aspects in the first place and perhaps let down by the execution or performance of the original artist.



Yeah, I first heard it while watching Donnie Darko and thought it was pretty touching. The Tears for Fears version is really... 80s synthpop-esque? Not my kind of thing.
 
A lot of pop artists these days use overtly "slutty" themes try to compensate for the boring music. Sex sells.

Personally though, I don't like slutty girls so of course I don't like slutty songs.
 
Easy by Faith NpMore easily betters the original... no disrespect to the Commodores, i just very much prefer the FNM version by a long shot!
 
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