Christ. Just heard Green Day's cover of Working Class Hero

[L.A.]

Imagine was one of my first songs I really liked when I was a kid! So it goes into my childhood special moments category which makes the song priceless!

 

[AlteredEgo]

people, you cant just rule out covers all together. i mean sure there are plenty of terrible ones out there, but some times its kinda refreshing to hear a fresh take on an older song. it doesnt have to do any disrespect to the original, in fact it's usually the opposite, the band does it because they love the song. and if a modern "in" band can garner attention for a song that hasn't been in the loop for a while then it's not all bad.

 

[L.A.]

people, you cant just rule out covers all together. i mean sure there are plenty of terrible ones out there, but some times its kinda refreshing to hear a fresh take on an older song. it doesnt have to do any disrespect to the original, in fact it's usually the opposite, the band does it because they love the song. and if a modern "in" band can garner attention for a song that hasn't been in the loop for a while then it's not all bad.

 

[Motown Marvel]

ahahahahaha, you guys think this green day cover is the biggest piece of garbage ever? do you know WHY they covered the song in the first place? prepare to vomit:

In an effort to raise money for Amnesty International's campaign to save Darfur, Warner Brothers records will release a double-disc compilation of John Lennon songs as covered by artists like U2, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera, and Green Day among others. All profits from the June 12th release, titled Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, will go straight to the Amnesty International cause.

This is the tracklisting:

Disc 1:

01 U2 - "Instant Karma"
02 R.E.M. - "#9 Dream"
03 Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
04 Aerosmith - "Give Peace a Chance"
05 Lenny Kravitz - "Cold Turkey"
06 Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
07 Corinne Bailey Rae - "I'm Losing You"
08 Jakob Dylan [ft. Dhani Harrison] - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Jackson Browne - "Oh My Love"
10 Big & Rich - "Nobody Told Me"

Disc 2:

01 Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
02 Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
03 Jack Johnson - "Imagine"
04 Snow Patrol - "Isolation"
05 Matisyahu - "Watching the Wheels"
06 Ben Harper - "Beautiful Boy"
07 Postal Service - "Grow Old With Me"
08 Jaguares - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"
10 The Flaming Lips - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
11 Regina Spektor - "Real Love"

i appreciate the cause....but seriously, this is so incredibly disgusting!!!

 

[TwilightPro101]

Sad thing is that song gets stuck on one's mind easily.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

I always pictured Jesus as a country music fan.

 

[Leto Atrides]

I actually like covers. You can get a different style from the song, like when Soft Cell, a New Romantic band, did "Tainted Love", or They Might Be Giants doing "Istanbul". Even ones just intended for humor, like Me First and the Gimme Gimmes do.

I hate things like this though, they just bank on the song and/or band being recognizable (this happens with the Beatles constantly) as an excuse for an extremely uninspired song. They're usually more boring than the covering bands' normal songs even are, and have nothing new. If it was really in tribute to the artist, it would be fine, but it's usually not.

Also, as an aside, I'd like to know where the idea that just making minimalist covers of songs without any trace of the irony is somehow touching and musical and moving? Mad World, Hurt, that guy on YouTube doing Hey Ya, it seems like everyone else reacts to these as if they're something amazing and powerful, I just hear ridiculous melodrama and laziness.

 

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

Say what you will, I'll support this song, simply because of the cause... Darfur needs the money, and you guys need to get behind the bands to raise the funds necessary to feed hungry women & children, and clothe infants, and provide some form of healthcare.

Some of you are so into "purety" that sometimes, the big picture gets hidden behind your vintage records, and the fact that the 70's is gone, and it's easier to criticize than to support something for a good cause.

All I'm gonna say is... "whatever".

 

[L.A.]

Say what you will, I'll support this song, simply because of the cause... Darfur needs the money, and you guys need to get behind the bands to raise the funds necessary to feed hungry women & children, and clothe infants, and provide some form of healthcare.

Some of you are so into "purety" that sometimes, the big picture gets hidden behind your vintage records, and the fact that the 70's is gone, and it's easier to criticize than to support something for a good cause.

All I'm gonna say is... "whatever".

:heart:

 

[Mee]

I saw this too. Taylor Hicks singing A Day In the Life was worse.

 

[deathshead2]

MEHZEB when did I need to buy a bad CD to support Durfur. Just because I don't want to buy it doesn't mean im giving a big F u to the people. I care so i'll donate money to the cause and make sure the money all goes there, insted of to WB where they take % of the profits for themselves So no CD for me thanks.

 

[jaguarr]

Hmmm...what are the chances of letting Mark David Chapman hearing this and then paroling him with a .9mm in his pocket and directions to Billy Joe's house?

jag

 

[lars573]

I generally like covers. Unless they are of songs I hate. And since I hate most music with the name John Lennon attached to it. This gets

 

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

MEHZEB when did I need to buy a bad CD to support Durfur. Just because I don't want to buy it doesn't mean im giving a big F u to the people. I care so i'll donate money to the cause and make sure the money all goes there, insted of to WB where they take % of the profits for themselves So no CD for me thanks.

I'd want a link to the address you'll be sending your cheque to...

Oh, and don't forget to tell me exactly how much you are willing to donate, if you are donating. Thanks.

 

[PLAS]

ahahahahaha, you guys think this green day cover is the biggest piece of garbage ever? do you know WHY they covered the song in the first place? prepare to vomit:

In an effort to raise money for Amnesty International's campaign to save Darfur, Warner Brothers records will release a double-disc compilation of John Lennon songs as covered by artists like U2, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera, and Green Day among others. All profits from the June 12th release, titled Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, will go straight to the Amnesty International cause.

This is the tracklisting:

Disc 1:

01 U2 - "Instant Karma"
02 R.E.M. - "#9 Dream"
03 Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
04 Aerosmith - "Give Peace a Chance"
05 Lenny Kravitz - "Cold Turkey"
06 Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
07 Corinne Bailey Rae - "I'm Losing You"
08 Jakob Dylan [ft. Dhani Harrison] - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Jackson Browne - "Oh My Love"
10 Big & Rich - "Nobody Told Me"

Disc 2:

01 Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
02 Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
03 Jack Johnson - "Imagine"
04 Snow Patrol - "Isolation"
05 Matisyahu - "Watching the Wheels"
06 Ben Harper - "Beautiful Boy"
07 Postal Service - "Grow Old With Me"
08 Jaguares - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"
10 The Flaming Lips - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
11 Regina Spektor - "Real Love"

i appreciate the cause....but seriously, this is so incredibly disgusting!!!

actually, I'm interested in what Regina Spektor, The Flaming Lips, The Postal Service, Matisyahu, Ben Harper and Christina Aguilera (yes) can do with those songs

 

[ThePenguin]

Say what you will, I'll support this song, simply because of the cause... Darfur needs the money, and you guys need to get behind the bands to raise the funds necessary to feed hungry women & children, and clothe infants, and provide some form of healthcare.

Some of you are so into "purety" that sometimes, the big picture gets hidden behind your vintage records, and the fact that the 70's is gone, and it's easier to criticize than to support something for a good cause.

All I'm gonna say is... "whatever".

I apologize. I had no idea of the cause. Looking at the tracklist some of them may not be so bad and I'll surely buy it if it means supporting Darfur.

I saw this too. Taylor Hicks singing A Day In the Life was worse.

Thank goodness I have never heard this.

ahahahahaha, you guys think this green day cover is the biggest piece of garbage ever? do you know WHY they covered the song in the first place? prepare to vomit:

In an effort to raise money for Amnesty International's campaign to save Darfur, Warner Brothers records will release a double-disc compilation of John Lennon songs as covered by artists like U2, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera, and Green Day among others. All profits from the June 12th release, titled Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, will go straight to the Amnesty International cause.

This is the tracklisting:

Disc 1:

01 U2 - "Instant Karma"
02 R.E.M. - "#9 Dream"
03 Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
04 Aerosmith - "Give Peace a Chance"
05 Lenny Kravitz - "Cold Turkey"
06 Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
07 Corinne Bailey Rae - "I'm Losing You"
08 Jakob Dylan [ft. Dhani Harrison] - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Jackson Browne - "Oh My Love"
10 Big & Rich - "Nobody Told Me"

Disc 2:

01 Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
02 Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
03 Jack Johnson - "Imagine"
04 Snow Patrol - "Isolation"
05 Matisyahu - "Watching the Wheels"
06 Ben Harper - "Beautiful Boy"
07 Postal Service - "Grow Old With Me"
08 Jaguares - "Gimme Some Truth"
09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"
10 The Flaming Lips - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
11 Regina Spektor - "Real Love"

i appreciate the cause....but seriously, this is so incredibly disgusting!!!

The thought itself is admirable. I'm interested in Give Peace a Chance because Jakob and Dani are sons of Bob Dylan and George Harrison respectively. Ben Harper, Spektor, Flaming Lips, and U2 may deliver, but whoever decided for the Black Eyed Peas to cover Lennon must be shot.

 

[Motown Marvel]

remember, you can donate money to amnesty international without buying/supporting this s#!t album.

yeah, theres a few good artists on there who will likely do some good things with their chosen song...but seriously, most of that looks like its gonna be embarassing diespensible s#!t.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

"Watching The Wheels"

Only a heartless creature could dislike that song.

 

[ThePenguin]

Only a heartless creature could dislike that song.

Agreed. I think that was Lennon's finest song as a solo artist. Imagine, in my opinion, being the worst.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

03 Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
04 Aerosmith - "Give Peace a Chance"
06 Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
01 Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
02 Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"



unspeakable

 

[Green Lantern]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9XzrUTb63NE

When will these artists learn to leave the Beatles catalog alone? It was bad enough when I heard that Panic at the Disco was covering Eleanor Rigby and that god awful Across the Universe cover at the Grammys two years ago, but now this? I mean, Plastic Ono Band is a masterpiece. From the howling vocals in "Mother" to the haunting lyrics of "Isolation" and God, Plastic Ono was Lennon's crowning achievement as a solo artist.

Before long, adolescent little girls will be comparing Billy Joe Armstrong and stating how Green Day were more important and better musicians than Lennon or the rest of the Beatles were. God knows how much I've heard that Korn was better than Floyd because their version of "Another Brick in the Wall" was more metal. I understand that musicians want to pay tribute to the greats before them, but now and days, there are such an abundance of cover songs, that some artists don't even release their own material anymore. When it comes to movie soundtracks like Across the Universe or I am Sam, the need for cover songs are understandable since the rights to the Beatles catalog are so hard to obtain, but most aren't even necessary. I swear to god, if I hear Marilyn Manson cover "My Sweet Lord" I will blow my ****ing brains out.

1. I despise Green Day. Always have. Always will. They are "Dead to Me" and my roommates in the Stephen Colbert tradition.
2. While I don't have a Manson cover of "My Sweet Lord"... will Megadeth do?

 

[Mee]

09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"

More than any other, this is the one I look at and go..."who thought this was a good idea? x1,000"

 

[PLAS]

03 Christina Aguilera - "Mother"
04 Aerosmith - "Give Peace a Chance"
06 Los Lonely Boys - "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
01 Green Day - "Working Class Hero"
02 Black Eyed Peas - "Power to the People"
09 Avril Lavigne - "Imagine"



unspeakable

at least I expect for Christina Aguilera to do a more than decent job

 

[ThePenguin]

Christina Aguilera - Mother: http://youtube.com/watch?v=57afZ7O1BgA
R.E.M. - #9 Dream: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7TFKNdcYRJg
Avril Lavigne - Imagine (excerpt) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=tjKdOK722E0
Black Eyed Peas - Power to the People: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_eU_COhv8GU
Snow Patrol - Isolation: http://youtube.com/watch?v=AR***9Hiqeo
Regina Spektor - Real Love: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1JYiafaa1WE

Avril, Black Eyed Peas, and Green Day are the worst in my opinion. I really liked Spektor's rendition.

 

[Halcohol]

When will these artists learn to leave the Beatles catalog alone?

When it stops being profitable.