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Subject: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: LyricBoy on 09/05/10 at 4:14 pm
I just heard a remake that Sheryl Crow has done of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back".
She seems to have karaoke'd it, trying to sound as much like Michael as possible. ::)
What's the point of that? I can see doing an homage that takes a different spin on the same song, but a "soundalike" sounds like a mercenary effort.
Anybody got any thoughts on this? ???
***Oops*** I posted this on the wrong board. Can somebody move it? (I cannot even delete it) :-[
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 09/06/10 at 1:47 am
I thought it said Sheryl Crowe is on the cover of CMJ! Surprise, surprise!
College Music Journal is still pushing their college-version of Billboard Magazine but they could fall off the face of the Earth tomorrow and it wouldn't be consequential to anything!
::)
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: Howard on 09/06/10 at 6:36 am
I just heard the song on Late Night,It's not good,not great,just mediocre,I think she botched a lot of MJ's words,It's like she's mumbling a few of them. ::)
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: JamieMcBain on 09/06/10 at 6:12 pm
Now this is an awesome cover song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 09/07/10 at 12:58 am
I just heard the song on Late Night,It's not good,not great,just mediocre,I think she botched a lot of MJ's words,It's like she's mumbling a few of them. ::)
mediocre? more like medicare!
:D
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 6:36 am
mediocre? more like medicare!
:D
Did she even rehearse the damn song? ::)
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: Howard on 09/07/10 at 6:37 am
Now this is an awesome cover song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
I like this one a lot.
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/11/10 at 3:20 pm
Now this is an awesome cover song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
I am curious though, did Alien Ant Farm have any hits besides this one?
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: Howard on 09/11/10 at 3:43 pm
I am curious though, did Alien Ant Farm have any hits besides this one?
Movies,Attitude and Wish.
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: whistledog on 09/11/10 at 3:54 pm
Sheryl has not the best cover of an MJ song, but it's not terrible . 'Smooth Criminal' by AAF. Now that's good stuff!
In Canada, we had this in 1991, which I loved at the time ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmJBmMTNik
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: Howard on 09/12/10 at 7:00 am
Sheryl has not the best cover of an MJ song, but it's not terrible . 'Smooth Criminal' by AAF. Now that's good stuff!
In Canada, we had this in 1991, which I loved at the time ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmJBmMTNik
not a bad cover version,I like the hip hop beats.
Subject: Re: Sheryl Crowe's Cover of MJ - What's the Point?
Written By: ChuckyG on 09/12/10 at 9:03 pm
what's the point of any of these recent covers? the stereo in my workshop doesn't pull in much for FM radio (even after a recent upgrade to a bigger antenna) and I was subjected to the local light pop station a lot this past week. it's about the only thing that comes in decently sadly. I was subjected to at least a dozen covers, and I would say they were all very weak. bland and inoffensive is probably the nicest thing I can say for them.
Cheap cash-in is my best guess. I have a lot of respect for someone that can transform a popular song into something even better (Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt" comes to mind), or even a song nearly no one has heard of it. Taking an already popular song and just covering it faithfully, especially by an artist that is already well known, is strictly a money grab.