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Originally posted by J.J.:
Here's one that's even worse - howbout somebody who covers THEIR OWN BLEEDIN' SONG???
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Hey come on JJ. That's fair enough. The original doesn't always capture what the artist mentally heard - as in Stings case with "Don't Stand so Close to me". Many artists do more than one version of a song before they release the record.
Without the constraints of a fixed recording, a song is alive, changing slightly whenever it's played. The unnatural phenomena of the recording now creates the illusion of "wrong" when it is played "different." 'Different' is not wrong, though our brain defaults it to "wrong" because it dissapoints an expectation - no matter how much better the different version may be.
As far as a musical hall of shame goes?
A littleknown Australian band called Whitenoise had possibly the worst music I've heard.
Their brand of 80s metal had the melodies following the chord progressions EXACTLY. The bassist was singing, so whatever notes he played on the bass (which were always the root notes of the chord), he'd sing.
No harmony. It was so IRRITATING to listen to! No harmony!