Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#0Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:51pmI'm trying to get together a cd of bad/weird renditions of good broadway songs by popular artists. So far I've thought of Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani and that rap version of Hard Knocked Life that came out a couple years ago. Any ideas? Updated On: 1/30/05 at 05:51 PM
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#1re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:58pmJay-Z also did a cover of a song from Oliver, I think.
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#3re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:08pmThere was a disco version of "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd".
#4re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:19pm
Jay-Z :I'd Do Anything (But I like that version.)
LL. Cool J. also sampled Body Electric from Fame. (But I liked that too.)
Bubba Sparxx sampled a song from Chess. (Sorry, I like the samples)
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#5re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:21pm
A disco version of Sweeney? Oh good God. Anyone have a copy?
Mary J. rendition of "What I Did for Love" ugg.
Katie Holmes "On My Own" for Dawson's Creek, that is the worst thing I have ever heard
Updated On: 1/30/05 at 06:21 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:29pmI think there is a group called Harajuku that does techno mixes of broadway songs. I remember hearing interesting versions of On My Own and Phantom. Anyone else heard of them?
#7re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:34pm
GOOD VERSION - What I did for Love by the Three Degrees.
BAD VERSION - What I Did for Love by Petula Clark
GOOD VERSION - Don't Cry for me Argentina by Karen Carpenter
BAD VERSION - Don't Cry for Me, Argentina by Sinead O'Conner
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#8re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:39pm
i remember when i was kid an album by a group that was called "Disco Evita" and they had a huge hit with their disco version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". i forgot the name of the group though.
there was also a disco version of "if my friends could see me now" that was a big hit also.
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#9re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:39pm
Gwen Stefani and Jay-Z didn't technically COVER those songs... they just sampled them. If they HAD covered them, that would have been atrocious. But I think it's interesting that they sample showtunes in their mainstream top-40 songs.
Katie Holmes, on the other hand, DID cover "On My Own". Listen to it, if you can. You'll know what I mean when I say "atrocious".
#10re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:40pmThey had disco Annie Get Your Gun!
#11re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:41pmDisco Sweeney Todd is strangely mesmerising and frighteningly entrancing.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 1/30/05 at 06:41 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#12re: Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:44pm
I need to hear Disco Sweeney again, but the site that had it doesn't work for me. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#13Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:52pm
The "Disco Evita" was by a group called Festival. I have the cd as they released it again when the film came out. It is campy fun and I love to hear it when cleaning the house.
The Annie Get Your Gun Disco you may be refering to is the Ethel Merman Disco album she released. It is one of those things you have to hear to believe. I mean it is very interesting.
Harajuku did a whole cd of thater/movie songs in addtition to two of their own. Songs like "Colors of the Wind" "On My Own" and "I Dreamed A Dream" where just some of the campy yet fun songs to listen to.
If anyone has the Sweeney Todd, I would love to hear it.
I also know they have other disco versions of songs out there.
#14Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:02pm
Harajuku did a Techno Phantom, with some Asian girl who has a terrible accent. (Says "Woice" instead of "Voice")
D. Sweeney can be found on one of his box sets. It's actually kind of neat...and fun...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
callitquits
Understudy Joined: 9/24/04
#15Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:27pmLudacris samples "Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" from Oliver! in one of his songs. It's not in there for very long, it's just "in this life, one thing counts, in the bank, large amounts" and then it goes into the rap.
#16Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:52pmi like the beatle's version of til there was you. if you're interested, there's a whole freakin cd of west side story songs with artists like phil collins, selena, aretha, etc.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
#17Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:53pmLove that cd..Trisha Yearwood's "I Have a Love" is so F***IN' beautiful!
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#18Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:48pmi know! and i don't know the guy's name, but whoever sings "somewhere" does it really beautifully. i also like "something's comin"
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
#19Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:51pmI am possitive that there is a Phantom Dance Mix
CAGES OR WINGS? WHICH DO YOU PREFER? ASK THE BIRDS. FEAR OR LOVE, BABY? DON'T SAY THE ANSWER, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
#20Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:23pmWhat is this link to the disco sweeney.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#21Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:33pmMissy Elliot sampled Big Spender in her song "Hey Big Spender"
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#22Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:22pmThe Jackson Five did a cover of Corner of the Sky. Wasnt there a disco version of Day by Day also?
maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#23Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:04pm
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=ba6IlTlArk&EAN=78635548020&ITM=2
Its on DISC THREE, TRACK 10
Even though its only a 30 sec. clip, its still pretty funny.
#24Disco Here and Disco There
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:29pmooo...katie holmes singing "on my own," ...WHY, o WHY did u have to bring that up? I have a headache now...that was SO bad...
awkward.
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