Song Remakes

[Elle_For_Short]

Do you like them?
Under Pressure
Time After Time
Roxanne
Love Song
Somebody to love
Glory of Love
ETC>
Do you enjoy all the new remakes of old songs?
OR do you perfer the orginals?
My older sisters perfer the old versions, I usually end up liking both versions. What about you

 

[Sketcher]

There are some remakes that are as good or better than the originals, but I mostly like the originals better.

 

[boyscoutgirl]

some remakes are good, some are not ... generally i think i would go for the remakes, because most of the music genre I would choose would be 90s or later, so some of the songs that were written in the 80s or earlier do not appeal to me as much, but hearing the same words in a modern style I do enjoy

 

[peanutbutter12]

I think there can be benefits and drawbacks to both.

A remake of an old song can give it a deeper, fuller sound than the original was recorded in. And sometimes they turn out very good. However, I think if an artist is going to record a remake, they have to give it their own flare and not make it sound like the original. Marilyn Manson has done a fantastic job with a lot of the remakes he has done as an example from the top of my head.

However, most remakes I hear recorded are usually trash that we all wish were unmade.

Concerts are a different animal. Hearing a beloved legendary song at a concert can get a crowd pumping like crazy.

And no one should record remakes of Queen songs. No one could pull off Mercury's talent...

 

[Quoth]

It depends on who covered the song. Some of the covers I like:

Killswitch Engage does Dio: Holy Diver
Marilyn Manson does Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus
Marilyn Manson does Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
Linkin Park does Depeche Mode: Enjoy the Silence
Green Day does The Beatles: Working Class Hero
Limp Bizkit does The Who: Behind Blue Eyes
Eminem samples Aerosmith: Dream On
Korn does Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall
Korn does Cameo: Word Up!
Five Thirteen does Justin Timberlake: Sexy Back*

*The only rendition of the song I've heard with a violin.

 

[Sunburst]

Cascada ruined Rascall Flatts what hurts the most!
I usually can handle remakes but not that 1.

 

[seamonster]

I like most of the originals better. The remake of Supertamp's "Girlfriend" is just horrible.

 

[sunstruckdream]

Usually I prefer the originals

 

[BeyondtheSurface]

It depends.

For example: Jack Johnson's cover of "Imagine" is beautiful. Avril's makes me want to kick something.

I adore Pearl Jam's cover of Last Kiss.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

some are ok but it's always a tough act to follow.