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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.
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rosstaman
455 posts
 
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
455 posts
 
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.
ogsarg
59 posts
 
Can't think of the title at the moment, but I recall Phil Collins had a hit with a Supremes tune. Gotta be right up there with Michael Bolton.
scotty_910
119 posts
 
Ogsarg - it was "You can't hurry love".

How about the Soft Cell's cover of the Supremes "Where did our love go?"
jsonic
227 posts
 
I'd love to have heard a Johnny Cash version of NWA's Fuck the Police preferably done live from San Quentin!
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