There are lots of cheesy or unusual cover songs out there, but have you ever heard the cover version of a song before you heard the original, and then thought the original was just cheesy? Here are some examples that I've noticed:
The Renegades of Funk
Cover: Rage Against The Machine
Cheesy Original: Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force
Mad World
Cover: Michael Andrews and Gary Jules
Cheesy Original: Tears for Fears
These original versions may have sounded pretty good when they came out, but when creative people decided to make music in the 1980s, they doomed themselves to be made fun of by the future.
I mentioned this idea for a blog post a while back to a friend, and she borrowed the idea on her blog. Can you think of any other examples of this phenomenon?
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I just remembered that Phil Collins covered Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colours.' The original was so cheesy that it's hard to say that the cover was any less so, but I'm still submitting the comparison for review. :-D
I don't know that song all that well, but I'd say both versions are cheesy.
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