Finally- consensus opinion:
I think we’re all in agreeance that the world didn’t need a Limp Bizkit cover of the Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes.”
That’ll teach me to turn on the local rock station.
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Tuesday Linkfest (01-27-2004)
Some links today for your perusal: Ilyka appears to be checking out but I hope not. Kim did it much better than I did. SilverBlue doing a Mamas and Papas sort of thing. Strange Currency is talking about campaign contributions via Amazon.com. I wonder i…
Brian J.
So you’ve been spared Kid Rock’s version of “Feel Like Making Love” or the awful remake of an awful song “Drift Away” or whatever the title of Dobie Gray’s song is?
What about the heartwrenching remake of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown” last year?
Heaven help me, I am old enough to remember and appreciate the songs those damn kids are corrupting–and they’re playing too loud!
caleb
He he he he….agreeance….Durst is such a tool.
Don McLean
Why did Madonna kill American Pie;
Well, it’s tragic but my classic has been hung out to dry;
It feels like she stuck a sharp stick in my eye;
She’s making all the neighbor’s dogs cry.
Slartibartfast
This just makes me feel that much more smug and superior for never tuning in to local radio.
I have a hunch that if I heard anyone mangle Behind Blue Eyes as badly as I’m imagining Limp Bizkit did, I’d have to hunt them down and do something awful to them. The original neither wanted nor needed any other interpretations.
roger
Maybe it’s just me, but the last thing I want to hear is band try to sound EXACTLY like the original. If you’re not going to add your own touch to it, why bother doing it at all?
Frankly, while I think Limp Bizkit sucks in a BIG way, I have no problem with them covering a great tune by a great band like Bad Company. I haven’t heard it, and maybe it sounds as bad as Winger’s version of Jimi’s “Purple Haze”, but the fact they’ve chosen to do it at all is a tribute to the greatness of the original.
A lot of new bands tend to forget those who opened doors for them in the past, and a tribute to them, in one’s own style, is appropriate on occasion.
sean
“I have no problem with them covering a great tune by a great band like Bad Company.”
and what song would that be??
Slartibartfast
I think he’s talking about a great tune by The Who. Just a guess.
roger
sorry…
Got my thoughts crossed between the Limp Bizkit cover and Kid Rock’s attempt at a great Bad Co. song, which was referenced in the first comment.
Still haven’t heard Limp Bizkit’s version, and don’t really want to. They suck badly, but I think their attempt at a Who tune is at least a nice tribute.
A good cover doesn’t necessarily improve the original (a rule which doesn’t apply for many Dylan covers), but rather offers a fresh look at the material.