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04-15-2003, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Allen Park, MI
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Worst cover song of all time?
Is there a worse cover song than "American Pie" by Madonna?....
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04-15-2003, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Conyers GA
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I don't know if you can call it a song, but William Shatner reciting the St Crispin's Day speech from Henry 5 over bad lounge music is way worse.
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04-15-2003, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'm curious to hear what Mariah Carey does to Def Leppard's "Bringin' On The Heartbreak." I'm guessing I will be horrified.
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04-15-2003, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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On the radio the other day, I heard some chick singing "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House. Screw that, you don't re-do a masterpiece.
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04-15-2003, 01:21 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Dixie Chicks - Landslide
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04-15-2003, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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"Sweet Child of Mine" - Sheryl Crowe.
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04-15-2003, 01:25 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Allen Park, MI
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Anyone hear the Avril Lavige (sp?) live version of "Chop Suey", originally preformed by System of a Down. It's painful to listen to but worth a download....
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04-15-2003, 01:26 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Houston, TX
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Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O Mine
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04-15-2003, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Somerville, MA
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she also did "Baseket Case" by Green Day at a recent concert... butchered it |
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04-15-2003, 01:29 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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I remember Joan Jett's rendition of Dirty Deeds being on the south side of 'sucktitude'
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04-15-2003, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Willow Glen, CA
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I don't even know who the band is, but someone covered "I'm Sorry Miss Jackson" and it is absolutely terrible...I always have to hear that song at work...ugh.
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04-15-2003, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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That's funny I was horrified when Def Leppard did it.  |
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04-15-2003, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cinn City
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Stone Temple Pilots butchered Led Zepplin's Dancin Days.
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04-15-2003, 01:38 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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yoko ono singing john lennon's songs hurts my freaking ears
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04-15-2003, 01:40 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Conyers GA
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And that is where we disagree, sir. |
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04-15-2003, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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I'm with ya. I like it best when my 7 year-old daughter sings it, though. |
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04-15-2003, 01:47 PM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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04-15-2003, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Who did that really bad version of "Blinded By the Light"? Mannfred Mann?
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04-15-2003, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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You talkin about the Vines cover of it? It's not that bad. |
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04-15-2003, 01:54 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Ugly Kid Joe's remake of Cats in the Cradle was bad. Nothing beats that original.
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04-15-2003, 01:59 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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Didn't I post a link to Celine Dion singing AC/DC??? Lemm go look, but that has to be without a doubt the worst ever.
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04-15-2003, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sweden
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I agree with Craptacular, her version of "You shook me all night long" is the worst. Ygh. *twitches*
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04-15-2003, 02:16 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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When I posted this link on the old board, Ryan and Skydog threatened to suspend me for posting an offensive link. I apologize again!
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04-15-2003, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Keene, NH
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I was going to say the Celene Dion cover as well.
William Shatner doing "Tambourine Man" was pretty awful as well. Mariah Carey doing "Heartbreak" was nowhere near as terrible as I thought it would be
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04-15-2003, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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Mannfred Mann did a version of "Blinded", yes. I like it better than I like Springsteen's... |
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04-15-2003, 02:23 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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William Shatner doing Tambourine Man is histerical!
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04-15-2003, 02:25 PM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is worse. Sadly, I have both on LP.
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04-15-2003, 02:28 PM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Their version of that Springteen song hit #1
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04-15-2003, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Cicero
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"Baby I love your way/Freebird medley"
Have no idea who did it, don't care. Worst piece of trash I have ever heard.
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04-15-2003, 02:31 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Jewel's cover of Sweet Home Alabama. I like the Dixie Chicks version of Landslide, not as much as the original but it's a solid cover.
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04-15-2003, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cinn City
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I don't know who it was, but I saw the video the other day as I was flipping past VH1 Classic. I just about did a Beavis-like spit take. Awful awful stuff. |
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04-15-2003, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Catonsville, MD
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Who was the guy who remade "You Don't Own Me." Was that Billy Idol? You know, the one with the line that says "Dont' say I can't go with other boys."
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04-15-2003, 02:39 PM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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I am guessing no one here has ever heard the Coolies album "Dig?".
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04-15-2003, 02:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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I just listened to Avril Lavigne's cover of Chop Suey....so painful...I'm gonna go cry now...
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04-15-2003, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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As if the original wasn't bad enough... |
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04-15-2003, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Moorhead
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System of a Down is a great band. Be nice to them.
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04-15-2003, 03:28 PM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Agreed. Head and shoulders above the rest of the "nu-metal" bands.
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04-15-2003, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Burke, VA
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How sad is this...
Sixpence None the Richer covered "Don't Dream It's Over". And yes, they sucked the emotion right out of it, didn't they? Big Mountain covered the "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird" medley. I remember this only because it was on the soundtrack to Reality Bites. I just want to know if the Dixie Chicks were aware of the Smashing Pumpkins cover of "landslide" when they redid it. And my vote for worst cover has to be Mr. Big's "Wild World" by Cat Stevens.
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04-15-2003, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: san jose CA
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No cover has made me quite as ill as that horrible Run DMC version of Walk This Way.
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04-15-2003, 03:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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I've always liked cover songs so I downloaded the two Avril songs. Basketcase is pretty good because the instruments were louder then she was. Chop Suey, however, is right on par with Roseanne singing the National Anthem.
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04-15-2003, 03:58 PM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kansas City, Mo
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Yea.. Ugly Kid joe's cover of Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle was bad..
But nothing makes me want to kill someone more then that Sorry Ms Jackson cover.. sounds like 3 white guys on downers whining the song.. "oh sorrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy mizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz jacksonnnnnnn" Last edited by Ragone : 04-15-2003 at 03:58 PM. |
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04-15-2003, 04:19 PM
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Resident Curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I loved the original (yes, I remember when it first came out) and actually thought Ugly's cover of it was pretty good. I didn't like REM's cover of U2's One but I'm sure the ones listed here are worse but I refuse to even try to find out. It gives me the creeps to think of Dion covering AC/DC (talk about taking bad music and making it far worse). |
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04-15-2003, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Does anyone else think that most Beatles covers come out better than the originals?
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04-15-2003, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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A buddy of mine's wife has a Michael Bolton CD that he apparently covers the Beatles Yesterday on. I can't imagine that that would be pleasent.
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04-15-2003, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Not really. Elton Johns cover of Lucy in the Sy was not good. I wasn't very fond of Aerosmiths cover of Come Together. It's not bad, but not as good as the original. |
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04-15-2003, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Another newcomer is Celine Dion's "I Drove All Night." Cam is right though, listening to the new "Don't Dream It's Over," I just sat and listened to it wondering how you could cover it with so little emotion. Harsh.
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04-15-2003, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Seattle
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Best cover that I suspect most people here have never heard is a Beatles cover by a live side-project called 801 that featured Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera. Their take on "Tomorrow Never Knows" (called "TNK" on their album 801 Live) is a great remake of the original.
I know a lot of people hated it, but I thought the Cure's cover of "Purple Haze" was great. I appreciate covers when they don't try to mimic the original, but instead re-make it in their own image. For example, it's pretty much a lost cause to try and out-do the guitar work of Hendrix's songs, so you may as well emphasize something else that follows your own strengths. |
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04-15-2003, 06:08 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I'm with you. I thought Ugly Kid Joe's version actually added something to the song. There was some anger there that wasn't there in the first song. American Pie by Madonna makes my ear bleed. I'm waiting for Yanni to play The Backstreet Boys Greatest Hits so I know how soon the world will officially end. TroyF |
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04-15-2003, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Herndon, Va
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The Rolf Harris cover of Led Zepplins 'Stairway to Heaven' is the worst I can remember.
Yes this is the Australian Rolf Harris of such fame that he sang 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport', 'Jake The Peg' and other such Classics. I also liked the Ugly Kid Joe version of the Harry Chapin classic song, but then again I just like the song. Also really hated the Whitney Houston cover of the Dolly Parton song (I forget its name)
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