Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine Bad cover songs

Agreed 100%, Fanfie. I dug No Doubt's ska instrumentals, but Stefani is just obnoxious on vocals. Plus, the original song is just way better.

Shawn Colvin's cover of "Every Little Thing" (the Police song) remains a gold standard of futile pandering to radio tastemakers, even after all these years. Debbi Boone in her heyday only dreamed of reaching such transcendent levels of White-lady blandness.

And don't get me started on Tori Amos. [rolleyes]

I once wrote a toilet-humor parody of Colvin's hit "Sunny Came Home" called "Smelly Made Poop."

Thought you might find that particularly amusing, Cleome.

Oh, you!

I don't even think it's a terrible song. Not Best Ever, but not bad. There are so many songs on that same disc where she sounds like she's trying to out-nasal Tom Petty, though.

It did have that neat looking George Tooker-eque art on the cover, at least.

Funny, how the most recent post on THIS thread was in the Spring of *this* year, while the GOOD covers thread petered out EIGHT years earlier... so NEGATIVE, Legion Worlders! *tsk*

Ms. Cleo- As a longtime Police fan, I was *HORRIFIED* by the Colvin Every Little Thing "cover"!

This (short) cover of Walking on Sunshine has none of the pep of the original, IMO. Turned me off McDonald's.

Just call me Valentina Vostok!!

To be honest, I'd rather hear full-blown butchery of a good song than something that half-baked/timid. As a licensed jazz snob, I just don't see the point of recording a cover song if you're not gonna' take some interesting liberties with it.