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ain't got no soul: bad covers of great soul songs

Many a great soul track has suffered some truly egregious desecration. The single example that comes most readily to mind is Huey Lewis's rendering of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'". Ouch! Rememeber folks, this question does not depend on any emphemeral concepts such as race. To be sure, I'll take Dusty's version of "Son of a Preacher Man" over Aretha's any day. For that matter, limey whiteboys such as Elvis Costello and Paul Weller display a far more instinctive grasp of soul than does, for example, Bobby Brown. Don't disappoint me, I am sure that you can name some real atrocities.
tweakgeek
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I totally agree with Micheal Bolton, it seems every hit he had was a re-make. Oh yeah jsonic I don't think I have to tell you it wasn't the Sheriff that Bob smoked ;)-~. We have a Winner:Michael Bolton. Yes, that was Aerosmith doing baby please don't go, I heard it on the Radio yesterday. I think Pat Boone did a Heavy Metal cover album, with classics like "Stairway to Heaven", also.
jsonic
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Who's the metal band that just did a remake of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal? I really thought that sucked.
Van Halen's version of "Dancin in the Streets". Come to think of it The Grateful Dead's version of that tune also can't hold a candle to Martha and the Vandellas' version. Here's a reversal: Ike and Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary versus CCR's. Gotta go with the original there.
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audiotomb
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Michael McDonald's Motown disc is a pleasant spin

but that's not what you asked for

bad soul remixes - BLues Brothers doing Sam and Dave
anybody trying to imitate Otis Redding
didn't George Michael do an old Stax tune
that induced vomiting???

but yes Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a Woman

beyond bad
rosstaman
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The Rolling Stones doing the Temptations: Aint Too Proud To Beg. IMHO nobody, absolutely nobody, can do a Temptations song better than The (original) Temptations.
rosstaman
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If you think white boys playing the blues is bad...how 'bout white boys playing reggae. They should be shot by the sheriff! And smokin ganja, doesn't help them one bit! It would be like Keith Richards singing Amazing Grace...need I say more.
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