Bad New Covers of Broadway Songs

[maybethistime]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:51pm

I'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]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:58pm

Jay-Z also did a cover of a song from Oliver, I think.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:00pm

The Beatles did Til There Was You.

[wildcat]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:08pm

There was a disco version of "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd".

[Justice]

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)

[EponineThenardier]

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

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:29pm

I 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?

[Justice]

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

[Marquise]

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]

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".

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:40pm

They had disco Annie Get Your Gun!

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:41pm

Disco Sweeney Todd is strangely mesmerising and frighteningly entrancing.

Updated On: 1/30/05 at 06:41 PM

[GovernorSlaton]

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.

[Unknown User]

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.

[Justice]

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...

[callitquits]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:27pm

Ludacris 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.

[LightMyCandle125]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:52pm

i 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.

[Justice]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:53pm

Love that cd..Trisha Yearwood's "I Have a Love" is so F***IN' beautiful!

[LightMyCandle125]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:48pm

i know! and i don't know the guy's name, but whoever sings "somewhere" does it really beautifully. i also like "something's comin"

[RumTumTugger22]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:51pm

I am possitive that there is a Phantom Dance Mix

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:23pm

What is this link to the disco sweeney.

[Barnaby12345]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:33pm

Missy Elliot sampled Big Spender in her song "Hey Big Spender"

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:22pm

The Jackson Five did a cover of Corner of the Sky. Wasnt there a disco version of Day by Day also?

[maybethistime]

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.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:29pm

ooo...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...