Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Guest]

Which songs do you think should never ever be covered by another artist?

The two that spring to mind for me are:

Stand by Me - Ben E. King

Imagine - John Lennon

I think they're both untouchable, for different reasons: 'Stand by Me' has that magic touch. It's a complete song, whole. If somebody else were to sing it, it simply wouldn't be right. 'Imagine' is just John Lennon's song, and, therefore, cannot be covered by anyone else.

[phoenix]

Actually Peter Gabriel sang Imagine at the Olympics opening ceremony. Did you see it?

And then at the Grammys a while back Luther Vandross was ill so they brought in Celine Dion to sing his song.

It has to be a REALLY competent and talented artist to cover songs like that.

[John]

Both of the songs Serin mentioned. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

[callum]

Franz can make any song sound good, so they should be allowed to cover anything

[Monitorabbit]

"It's Oh so Quiet" Bjork - no one else could make it magical like she does

[eleanor]

Agree with Serin.Imagine is a legend.I also think Even So by Rachael Yamagata cannot be covered by anyone.

[Jono]

Touch My Bum - Cheeky Girls

[Grace]

Touch My Bum - Cheeky Girls

That should never be sung ever, let alone covered.

[Jamie]

Bohemian Rhapsody - should never have been covered!!!

No one but you - Queen - last song ever written by freddy mercury, should never be covered!!

[Behelzebub]

Any Queen song full stop should just be left alone completely. What possessed McFly to attempt to re-interpret Don't Stop Me Now, I'll never know. Ugh. *shudders at memory*

[Jamie]

i agree with you totally, although i have to admit likin the another one bites the dust mix that is out at the moment. Think is though that i a remix not a cover, the the queen part of the song stays relatively the same...

[Danny]

Which songs do you think should never ever be covered by another artist?

The two that spring to mind for me are:

Stand by Me - Ben E. King

Imagine - John Lennon

I think they're both untouchable, for different reasons: 'Stand by Me' has that magic touch. It's a complete song, whole. If somebody else were to sing it, it simply wouldn't be right. 'Imagine' is just John Lennon's song, and, therefore, cannot be covered by anyone else.

In a quite ironic way, John Lennon covered Stand By Me, and its quite a good cover, done in his own way. I liked the video of Lennon's Stand By Me, it shows him and Yoko in a white Rolls Royce.

[Serin]

Meh, I didn't like the John Lennon version of Stand by Me, though the video is good.

[Lucinda]

I am quite picky with Radiohead covers. Generally, I am against them. G4 absolutely murdered Creep, and presented it to a bunch of screaming 11 year olds in a way which lost the entire meaning of the song. However, Damien Rice's version was alright. No Radiohead cover does justice to Thom Yorke's singing though.

[stupid_sexy_flanders]

Any U2 song covered sounds terrible, the only person who can sing them is Bono, simple as.

[DaNNiP15]

any Black Sabbath song

[John]

any Black Sabbath song

Paranoid. Great song

[DaNNiP15]

Paranoid. Great song

Tis. Electric funeral and iron man are too