Reader Request - Horrible, God-awful covers
October 10th, 2007 - by Eddie
*I forgot to introduce this…
Every Wednesday we here at 52Shows throw out a discussion topic to our readers. Sometimes it’s on bands you’d like to see reunited, other times we repeat ourselves, like this weeks. I know we did a cover question before, but this was really just an excuse to post the video below. Sorry to the loyal readers. I’ll try to keep better records or, at the very least, stop writing drunk (maybe).
Local bands are notorious for covering pop songs and completely butchering them. Sometimes it’s because they don’t have enough original stuff and need to fill the 20 minutes of aural pain they are inflicting on the public. Other times it’s because they really love the band they are covering.
But most of the time, for us the listeners, it’s a horrible experiment, similar to watching puppies get tortured, and tests our suicidal tendencies. Thanks to Youtube, some of those moments have been forever caught on film.
So without further ado, I bring you the following:
I wish I could tell you that I was there and survived this musical onslaught of terror. I wasn’t. Someone emailed it to me a while ago and I’ve been cringing at it ever since.
The lack of enthusiasm, the nervous pacing of the lead singer, the stoic nature of the guitarists. It’s almost as if they wanted to play the worst cover ever (and, if that’s true, then they are evil, musical geniuses).
But probably not. The kid running around in the opening seconds tells me this was at a fair or in someone’s backyard and the band is probably playing to their grandfather who’s passed out on the lawn.
Don’t get me wrong. I applaud the effort. It’s not easy to cover Europe, especially an epic song like “Final Countdown,” but was it too much to ask to sing in key and to leave the backup vocals to someone else?
So who or what have you seen that can stand up to this? Have you ever heard a local band make a crowd cry? Or do you have another Youtube video that can make us fear for the musical future of the human race?
Hit us up with your worst.
