13 Nov 2009: a "classic" HFH (Dave's "covers from hell" set)

[Tinka Cat]

Shatner (the past tense of "shitner")

Thanks Mike!  that was a literal LOL moment.

ooh, I missed that.  Glad you bumped it up.  Good one, RGM!

[RGMike]

Worst of the Worst runner-up: Britney's spears.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Can we pick a WOS for HFH? This Britney cover seems like a copout choice.

[RGMike]

Shatner (the past tense of "shitner")

Thanks Mike!  that was a literal LOL moment.

ooh, I missed that.  Glad you bumped it up.  Good one, RGM!

It's an old Alex Bennett line -- always happy to recycle it.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Ok, I haven't heard this version of "Light My Fire". Now that I have, I want to go back to bed.

[urth]

Ok, I haven't heard this version of "Light My Fire". Now that I have, I want to go back to bed.

Is this Tammy Faye Bakker?

[Tinka Cat]

Can we pick a WOS for HFH? This Britney cover seems like a copout choice.

Pearl Jam, no contest!

[RGMike]

Mae West's on fire!

[mshray]

Who would want to cover a song so wretched?

Exactly! That's the better question, imho.

As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far.  All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff. 

But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!?  Unlike Cartman or (maybe) Sinatra or certainly heavy metal Pat B., there is no sense of irony here at all, and this is just the polar opposite of the kind of earnestness Vedder can pull off.

[Big Fingers McGee]

I do agree that this Tiffany cover is particularly awful.

[Tinka Cat]

Mae West's on fire!

I forgot (thankfully?) that this was Mae West.
the ending of the song showed off her trademark patented sexy Mae West cadence.  That was fun, if a little disturbing.


ok, this one ain't bad.  Debbie Gibson?

[Big Fingers McGee]

Who would want to cover a song so wretched?

Exactly! That's the better question, imho.

As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far.  All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff. 

But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!?  Unlike Cartman or (maybe) Sinatra or certainly heavy metal Pat B., there is no sense of irony here at all, and this is just the polar opposite of the kind of earnestness Vedder can pull off.

I suppose I could Wiki it, but wasn't this intended to be a benefit song of some sort? I would agree that they could have found something better to cover.

[mshray]

"I Think We're Alone Now" is, (again, imho) a victim of astonishingly bad over-the-top produciton values that were about 4 yrs out of date.   In different hands this could have been a good-if-not-great cover.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Mae West's on fire!

I forgot (thankfully?) that this was Mae West.
the ending of the song showed off her trademark patented sexy Mae West cadence.  That was fun, if a little disturbing.


ok, this one ain't bad.  Debbie Gibson?

It's Tiffany. As far as I know, Gibson never covered anything. Except, regrettably, herself.

[RGMike]

Who would want to cover a song so wretched?

Exactly! That's the better question, imho.

As most of you know by now, this was a soundcheck recording that got released to the fan club & eventually wound up being (stunningly) their highest charting single by far.  All of that is pure fact-is-stranger-than-fiction stuff. 

But like Mike says, WTF were they doing playing that horrible song under any circumstances!? 

Vedder wasn't yet born when the original was first a hit in '64; he would've been 9 when it was re-released in '73. So it doesn't even make sense that it'd be on his radar, much less a song he liked so much he'd sing it for his own enjoyment. (Unless his parents had terrible taste.)