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08-17-2010, 11:02 PM
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08-18-2010, 06:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Grand Rapids MI | | | um...that version of the song has been all over the airwaves and is quite popular.
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08-18-2010, 08:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Jersey | | | Yeah they suck, I heard some BS about the singer from an inside source. He is a high drama jerk. Complied with the fact I don't like their music, I really don't have anything nice to say about them.
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08-18-2010, 08:49 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | I don't think the cover was that great either. But I had a chance to see them live recently and I gotta say, they were pretty good. |
08-18-2010, 08:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | I have heard garage bands play that song better. I do not understand how it gets so much air play.
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08-18-2010, 01:07 PM
| | Bye Millen! Hello? | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Great Lakes State | | No one is going to sing that song better than Paul Rodgers, so why cover it?...Oh yeah...$$$... 
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08-18-2010, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | | Just watched it on Youtube . . . yeah, that sucks.
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08-18-2010, 01:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | I can see why their version is popular (kind of), but it's not "my thing."
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08-18-2010, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Jacksonville, Florida | | | I agree
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08-18-2010, 06:40 PM
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08-18-2010, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tycobb73 um...that version of the song has been all over the airwaves and is quite popular. | Um... I couldn't care what the radio says is popular, right now. The people don't control that. We get force fed bull$#!+ daily. You don't know that yet?
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Originally Posted by Slater No one is going to sing that song better than Paul Rodgers, so why cover it? | It's not just the vocal. The music blows, as well.
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08-19-2010, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Craig_S It's not just the vocal. The music blows, as well. | True. The first time I heard it, I was waiting for an inspired guitar solo, or something to justify covering the song. The cover just fails in every way.
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08-19-2010, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | The thing I noticed about FFDP is that they seem like a throwback to the late '90s/early '00s type of radio hard rock.
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08-19-2010, 10:56 AM
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Midtown Guitars | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 810, Michigan | | | i appreciate cover songs. regardless if they did it justice or not is for the public to decide. the point of a cover is to take an original song and put your spin on it. by definition FFDP did that. i remember a few years ago fall out boy did a cover of 'roxanne', and later 'beat it'. atreyu did 'you give love a bad name'. a cd series called 'punk goes' is nothing but covers of classic rock, metal, 80s, 90s, even pop. even new found glory released 'from the screen to your stereo' volumes 1 and 2. the point is a cover shouldnt get a bad rep because its not like the original....because its not supposed to be. if it sound exactly like the original then its just a remake not a true cover IMO.
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08-19-2010, 11:05 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | That was the opposite of all that is good. |
08-19-2010, 11:07 AM
| | | | Just saw 5FDP at the Mayhem Festival in Tampa... I'm not a fan of their music because it gets monotonous, but they're pretty entertaining to see live. I liked the cover, but the lead singer's voice just isn't my thing...
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08-19-2010, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | | Wow... That was almost hard to watch/listen to.
At least they have a cool band name!
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08-19-2010, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Gord_oh i appreciate cover songs. regardless if they did it justice or not is for the public to decide. the point of a cover is to take an original song and put your spin on it. by definition FFDP did that. i remember a few years ago fall out boy did a cover of 'roxanne', and later 'beat it'. atreyu did 'you give love a bad name'. a cd series called 'punk goes' is nothing but covers of classic rock, metal, 80s, 90s, even pop. even new found glory released 'from the screen to your stereo' volumes 1 and 2. the point is a cover shouldnt get a bad rep because its not like the original....because its not supposed to be. if it sound exactly like the original then its just a remake not a true cover IMO.
my .02 | True. I just think it stunk all on its own 
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08-19-2010, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Gord_oh i appreciate cover songs. regardless if they did it justice or not is for the public to decide. the point of a cover is to take an original song and put your spin on it. by definition FFDP did that. i remember a few years ago fall out boy did a cover of 'roxanne', and later 'beat it'. atreyu did 'you give love a bad name'. a cd series called 'punk goes' is nothing but covers of classic rock, metal, 80s, 90s, even pop. even new found glory released 'from the screen to your stereo' volumes 1 and 2. the point is a cover shouldnt get a bad rep because its not like the original....because its not supposed to be. if it sound exactly like the original then its just a remake not a true cover IMO.
my .02 | I enjoy a lot of covers. But the way they did theirs is to close to the original but not as good , and it isn't original enough to be good. I have heard a lot of bar bands cover that song and do it just as good as they do and some that do it way better. But they are not getting air time or big bucks ether. I think that is what bothers people.
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08-19-2010, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Craig_S Um... I couldn't care what the radio says is popular, right now. The people don't control that. We get force fed bull$#!+ daily. You don't know that yet?
They should have left it alone, the same way Metalicrud should have left Turn the Page alone.
It's not just the vocal. The music blows, as well. | I actually liked Metallica's cover 
But I agree that 5FDP sucks, and COMPLETELY butchered this song.
EDIT: For another bad cover, check out The Killers' version of Hotel California. They live up to their name... 
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