Modern Musicology #178 - Bad Cover Songs
Bad Cover Songs
Everyone loves a good cover! But not all covers are good! This week Rob and Alan talk about what turns them off about some covers. Is it the band doing the covering? Does it stray too far from the original? Or is the song transformed into a new genre that simply doesn’t work? Or does it have more to do with our emotional attachment to the original? Along the way, we reference songs by Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Marilyn Manson, Smashmouth, Scissor Sisters, Orgy, and more. And Rob makes the ultimate confession — he doesn’t like Jeff Buckley‘s cover of…
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