WORST REMAKES OF '50s AND EARLY '60s HITS

[NightTrain]

Mind you, that's "remakes," not covers. Hence, there's no Pat Boone on this list. Sorry! ;)

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM, Andy Gibb & Victoria Principal (1981)
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT, Cat Stevens (1974)
BACK IN THE U.S.A., Linda Ronstadt (1978)
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, Neil Sedaka (1976)
CRY BABY, Janis Joplin (1971)
DA DOO RON RON, Shaun Cassidy (1977)
DANCING IN THE STREET, Mick Jagger & David Bowie (1984)
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, The Mamas & The Papas (1967)
FEVER, Rita Coolidge (1973)
GEORGIA ON MY MIND, Michael Bolton (1991)--With sax solo by Kenny G!
GET A JOB, Dickie Goodman (1982)
GO AWAY, LITTLE GIRL, Donny Osmond (1971)
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU, George Harrison (1988)
HANDY MAN, James Taylor (1977)
HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (a/k/a "He Don't Love You Like I Love You"), Tony Orlando & Dawn (1975)
I (WHO HAVE NOTHING), Tom Jones (1970)
IT'S MY PARTY, Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin (1982)
IT'S NOW OR NEVER, John ("Dukes of Hazzard") Schneider (1981)
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, Glen Campbell (1970)
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT, Robert John (1972)
THE LOCO-MOTION, Kylie Minogue (1988)
LONG, LONELY NIGHTS, Bobby Vinton (1965)
MISTY, Ray Stevens (1975)
MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, Donny & Marie (1974)
MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT), The Flying Lizards (1979)
ONE FINE DAY, Carole King (1980)
PAPER ROSES, Marie Osmond (1973)
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, The Carpenters (1974)
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, The Beach Boys (1976)
ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA & THE BOOGIE-WOOGIE FLU, Johnny Rivers (1973)
ROCKIN' ROBIN, Michael Jackson (1972)
RUBBER BISCUIT, The Blues Brothers (1979)
RUBY BABY, Donald Fagen (1982)
RUNAROUND SUE, Leif Garrett (1977)
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, The DeFranco Family (1974)
SHOP AROUND, The Captain & Tennille (1976)
STAND BY ME, Mickey Gilley (1980)
SUMMERTIME BLUES, Blue Cheer (1968)
THERE GOES MY BABY, Donna Summer (1984)
VENUS (DISCO VERSION), Frankie Avalon (1976)
WANG DANG DOODLE, The Pointer Sisters (1974)
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW, The Four Seasons (1968)
YOUNG BLOOD, Bad Company (1976)
YOU'RE SIXTEEN, Ringo Starr (1974)

[RetroLounge]

1. I respectfully disagree on the following:

MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT), The Flying Lizards (1979)

That song was a great remake!

RL

[ET Awful]

2. And I will respectfully disagree on the following:

CRY BABY, Janis Joplin (1971)

I LOVE Janis's version of this tune. Then again, I love damn near everything the woman ever sang :).

[donheld]

6. "And I will respectfully disagree on the following:"

The Carpenters "Please Mr Postman"

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I agree about Janis

Her version of "Cry Baby" was wrenching and heartfelt.

Of course, she was the favorite singer of the all us conventional young girls who wished we could be rebels. I myself was surprised to find out how many of the people in my dorm at a socially conservative Lutheran college cried when Janis died.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. ANYTHING BY TIFFANY

"I Think We're Alone Now"
and "I Saw HiM Standing There." Yes, folks, she actually had the balls to change the words from "her" to "him"...don't fuck with the Beatles, missy!

:spank:

[Kikosexy2]

5. Yes!...

the arrangements and vocals has a tinge of Yoko Ono influence which made it sound so cool! I just love it!

[Kikosexy2]

4. I'm...

sorry but some you have listed are actually rather good remakes. But so far the worst I've heard is the latest remake of Supertramp's "Give a Little Bit" and Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow TAxi" by the Counting Crows and Sheryl Crow's rendition of "First Cut is the Deepest". "Cry Baby" by Janis Joplin is kick ass blues/rock and the Mamas & Papas rendition of "Dedicated to the One I Love" is a classic in its own right now. But the ultimate worst remake by far and it's so recent is Britney Spear's "My Pregorative"--talk about ruining a really good funky song--that trashy Bush-licking bitch can't sing for sh*t!

[brentspeak]

7. I heartily disagree on

the Mama and the Papa's "Dedicated". That is the definitive version of that song.

Disagree on James Taylor's "Handy Man" and Johnny Rivers' "Rockin Pneumonia...", and to a lesser extent with Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues".

[kitchen girl]

8. The Pointer Sisters...

covered "Wang Dang Doodle"?!?!? OMG......

:puke:

Of course, you've also gotta throw in Pat Boone's version of "Tutti Frutti". And if you've ever heard Big Mama Thornton's original "Hound Dog", you'll never think the same of Elvis's version again (she says, putting up the flame shield).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. "Shop Around" by the Captain and Tenille?????

I'm really glad I missed that one!

[flamingyouth]

11. Sadly, I remember it

I think they did it on their TV show. :scared: