Yes, and I'm judging them on their relative merits, or lack thereof.
I maintain the All Saints' version is less shit. So still a negative, overall. Just less negative than the original.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:49, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

The thing I like about the All Saints version
is that it annoyed RHCP fans.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:52, Reply)

Ha! Yes, I'm inclined to agree!

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:54, Reply)

I'm trying to think of other truly awful cover versions now
Apart from every cover of a Queen song ever. I actually thought Leona Lewis' version of "Hurt" was OK (in a palpably-not-a-patch-on-the-original sort of way), which just shows that I'm getting old.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:53, Reply)

Yeah, you're not going to be able to reach for that "defriend" button fast enough:
I think Queen are massively overrated as well.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:55, Reply)

It's actually not my fondness for Queen that's the issue
It's the number of idiots who think that covering Queen is a good idea. They were very much of their time and attempting to bring their songs into the 21st century is a fool's errand. As is attempting to sing like Freddie Mercury.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:57, Reply)

Yeah, I'll side with you on that one
Don't Stop Me Now is a fucking shit song at the best of times, but at least the late Mr Bulsara had the technical capability to deliver it. McFly's attempt to do the same was a classically shite example of a shite band playing a shite song in a shite and incompetent manner.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:00, Reply)

Anyone who disagrees with this post can have their opinions on anything musical summarily dismissed
The best thing I can say about McFly is that their drummer can dance
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:02, Reply)

original Johnny Cash version
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 11:59, Reply)

This is true
However the Cash version was also palpably not a patch on the original
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:01, Reply)

*holds hand up*
I prefer the Cash version.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:04, Reply)

I agree
As does Trent Reznor, it is therefore better
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:07, Reply)

i think they're both shit

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:13, Reply)

I think the original works if you're 14 years old and still think Billie Joe Armstrong writes "deep" lyrics
If you're not, Cash's version at least delivers the song in a vaguely respectable manner.

Both are, however, inferior to Sad Kermit's interpretation.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:04, Reply)

I assume you're aware that Hurt is by Nine Inch Nails
and that this is some hilarious wind-up
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:06, Reply)

Yes, I am fully aware that "Hurt" was written by Trent Reznor
No, this is not a wind-up. Sorry, I grew out of most of the teen-angst-bollocks that I enjoyed when I was that age. There's very little of it now that I can still listen to.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:08, Reply)

I've just worked out what you meant by the Billie Joe reference
Apologies, I thought you were confused rather than dismissing by association.

I'm actually with you on this in general, Hurt being one of a very few songs from the mid-to-late 90s that I still love
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 12 Mar 2012, 12:11, Reply)