****What the best re-makes of a song ever done.........and the shittest?****

[Mr. Met]

Best I can think of:

K-Ci and JoJo on Stevie Wonder's Lately.
K-Ci on Bobby Womack's If you think you're lonely now
Az-Yet on Peter Cetera's Hard to say I'm sorry
Jeff Redd on Fatback Band's I Found Lovin.
Boys II Men on G.C. Cameron's It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday


The worst:

Just about every song on Luther Vandross' 'Songs' album especially Endless Love with Mariah
Rod Stewart on Creedence Clearwater Revival's Have you ever seen the rain
Snoop Dogg on Biz Markie's The Vapors ( WTF was he thinking? )

All I can think of now.

 

[Mad Genius]

Come on, bruh....did you really just post a fake Usher and JT vid? LMAO!!!! You didn't watch that shit first did you?

Anyway...some of my favorites are:

Jeff Redd track was a good pick
Luther Vandross - Superstar (The Carpenters)
Sinead O'Connor - The Family (Prince)
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (Prince)
Anita Baker - You Belong To Me (Doobie Brothers)
Intro - Ribbon In The Sky (Stevie Wonder)
George Michael - They Won't Go When I Go (Stevie Wonder)
Mary J. Blige - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (covered live Fashion Week '05 - Elton John)
The Jackson 5 - Who's Lovin' You (The Miracles)
Nina Simone - Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
Luther Vandross - Creepin' (Stevie Wonder)

 

[Mr. Met]

Come on, bruh....did you really just post a fake Usher and JT vid? LMAO!!!! You didn't watch that shit first did you?

Anyway...some of my favorites are:

Jeff Redd track was a good pick
Luther Vandross - Superstar (The Carpenters)
Sinead O'Connor - The Family (Prince)
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (Prince)
Anita Baker - You Belong To Me (Doobie Brothers)
Intro - Ribbon In The Sky (Stevie Wonder)
George Michael - They Won't Go When I Go (Stevie Wonder)
Mary J. Blige - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (covered live Fashion Week '05 - Elton John)
The Jackson 5 - Who's Lovin' You (The Miracles)
Nina Simone - Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
Luther Vandross - Creepin' (Stevie Wonder)

i did,. i guess i just fucked up.

 

[Ballatician]

D'Angelo's remake of Cruisin was the shit!

 

[GreedySmurf]

Best remake?

Luthor's a House is not a Home. Dionne Warwick did it before he did.

George Duke & Stanley Clarke remake of Mothership Connection. Not taking away anything from P-Funk but their shit was bad as hell!

 

[ruff-a-reek]

the worst

Ginuwine- When doves cry
T.Q. - Adore

 

[ghato]

fugges -killing me softly

 

[oatsuzn]

worst Lloyd - "shes 5'2 but I want uuuuuuu"

 

[femmenoire]

Best:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Love Changes - M'lisa Morgan & Kashif
Forever, For Always, For Love - Lalah Hathaway
Ribbon in the Sky - Intro
My First Love - Avant & Keke Wyatt
I Can't Help It - Will Downing
Wishing on A Star - Will Downing
Footsteps in the Dark - Body
Do Me Baby - M'lisa Morgan
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Roberta Flack (I had listened to this song for years before I realized it was the same song as the Shirelles version)

Worst:

Love Changes - Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige
Betcha My Golly Wow - Prince (was very disappointed by this one)
Shhh - Prince
If I Was Your Girlfriend - TLC
Kiss - Tom Jones

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

worst ones i can think of..

Celine Dion-I Wish(stevie wonder)

Blackstreet-Money Cant Buy Me love(remaking a Beatles song wtf??)

Rob Zombie-Brick House(for House of 1000 Corpses soundtrack)

Duran Duran-White Lines(Dont Do It)

best ones -
Alanis Morrisette's cover of My Humps

Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal

Tina Turner-Lets Stay Together

Run DMC/Aerosmith-Walk This Way

 

[Electric Relaxation]

Best (maybe not ever, but a helluva job )--Anthony David-"Something About You"CLICK TO LISTEN



Worst--Ray J did a performance of somebody's song (I can't remember who ), but that shit was so bad people were blogging about it for months Somebody has to know what I'm talking about.

 

[Riggz]

Best (maybe not ever, but a helluva job )--Anthony David-"Something About You"CLICK TO LISTEN



Worst--Ray J did a performance of somebody's song (I can't remember who ), but that shit was so bad people were blogging about it for months Somebody has to know what I'm talking about.

I remember that Ray J shit...that was horrible. I think it was Coldplay "Clocks" he did for yahoo or aol sessions...some shit like that..

 

[Electric Relaxation]

I remember that Ray J shit...that was horrible. I think it was Coldplay "Clocks" he did for yahoo or aol sessions...some shit like that..

I love BGOL. (no homo)

Listen, I guess...

 

[Mad Genius]

Best (maybe not ever, but a helluva job )--Anthony David-"Something About You"CLICK TO LISTEN



Worst--Ray J did a performance of somebody's song (I can't remember who ), but that shit was so bad people were blogging about it for months Somebody has to know what I'm talking about.

Yeah...Almost forgot about the Anthony David joint. That was some dopeness.

 

[Mad Genius]

Can't leave out Phonte and Zo's remake of Toto's "Africa". That shit is dope, too.

 

[femmenoire]

I forgot to add that I loved Kymani Marley's version of Eddy Grant's Electric Avenue.

 

[bigtxpimpin]

mary j. blige sweet thang thats the shit

 

[NEW_STAR_EMERGING]

I thought he said "She's fine too , but i want you"

hmmmmm who knows

worst Lloyd - "shes 5'2 but I want uuuuuuu"

 

[Manny Styles]

worst: anybody trying to sing a Luther Vandross song (that includes Ruben)

Ray J doing "Clocks" may be the worse of all time.

 

[Maxx]

the worst

Ginuwine- When doves cry

For years ive been saying he needed his ass whopped for that......no one else agreed.
the best
The Doors- I Got A Spell On You
Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal
Prince-Break It Down (dont know if that actually qualifies since he wrote the song for Tevin Campbell)
the worst
.....cant think of anything else other than Ginuwines butchering of "when doves cry"..........wait i got something that N.W.A. "cover album", i think that R&B group Bone tried to do "Fuck The Police" ..........yyyeeeaaahhhhh that sucked a whole lotta ass...... whole album probably sucked ass actually.

 

[anubis_the_darklord]

best cant think of alot but Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm comes to mind


the worst by far is this version of Love TKO by some woman

omg I dont even know who the bitch is but it is horrible

they play it at work like every morning

I just wann choke the shit outta white people everytime I hear it

 

[freaky_1]

Allure & 112-All Cried Out
Chante Savage-I Will Survive
Aaliyah-At Your Best

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

Worst:

"Come and Talk to Me" by Jagged Edge
"When Does Cry" by Ginuwine
"The Vapors" by Snoop

Best:

"I'm Going Down" Mary J. Blige
"I will always love you" Whitney Houston
"All I do is think of you" Troop

 

[flymad]

Eva Cassidy covered Fields of Gold (Sting) beautifully.

check it out:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/01-eva_cassidy-fields_of_gold-atm-mp3.html

 

[flymad]

Oh and I like this version of Kiss next to (not better or worse) the one of Prince.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/08-kiss-dj-smash-remix-belden-bob-project-jimi-tunnel-mp3.html

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

the worst by far is this version of Love TKO by some woman

omg I dont even know who the bitch is but it is horrible

they play it at work like every morning

I just wann choke the shit outta white people everytime I hear it

believe it or not,that was bette midler

though i DID like michael wright's version of it in Sugar Hill

 

[femmenoire]

best cant think of alot but Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm comes to mind


the worst by far is this version of Love TKO by some woman

omg I dont even know who the bitch is but it is horrible

they play it at work like every morning

I just wann choke the shit outta white people everytime I hear it

I hope you aren't talking about Regina Belle because I liked her version.

 

[Tripster]

The Best:

"You are my Starship" -Conya Doss (Norman Connors)
"Don't Ask my Neighbor" (live version)-Jade (The Emotions)
"Emotions"- Destiny's Child (Bee Gees)
"As We Lay"- Kelly Price (Shirley Murdock)
"Where Is The Love" - Jesse Powell (Donny Hathaway)

 

[Tripster]

Best:

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Love Changes - M'lisa Morgan & Kashif
Forever, For Always, For Love - Lalah Hathaway
Ribbon in the Sky - Intro
My First Love - Avant & Keke Wyatt
I Can't Help It - Will Downing
Wishing on A Star - Will Downing
Footsteps in the Dark - Body
Do Me Baby - M'lisa Morgan
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Roberta Flack (I had listened to this song for years before I realized it was the same song as the Shirelles version)

Worst:

Love Changes - Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige
Betcha My Golly Wow - Prince (was very disappointed by this one)
Shhh - Prince
If I Was Your Girlfriend - TLC
Kiss - Tom Jones

I see we have very similar tastes in music. Great picks.

 

[Mr. Met]

stevie can make anything sound good.

[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/mxs2nRekH2w[/flash]

 

[Mt. Yukon]

mary j. blige sweet thang thats the shit

Damn near all she does are remakes.

 

[hershey1973]

stevie can make anything sound good.

[flash]http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/mxs2nRekH2w[/flash]

Stevie is my fav of all time & I didnt think anyone could do any of his songs any real justice.....that's until i heard Intro do Ribbon in the sky !!!!

cant forget Christopher Williams doin Teddy P's Come Go With Me

 

[NnubianN]

All Good

Bob Marley/Eric Clapton-I Shot The Sheriff
Bllodstone/Tower Of Power-You're Still A Young Man
Dionne Warwick/Dusty Springfield-Wishin And Hopin
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes/Thelma Houston-Don't Leave Me This Way
Guess Who/Jr Walker-These Eyes
The Delfonics/The Jackson 5-Can You Remember
Billy Paul-Freddy Jackson-Me And Mrs Jones
Ronnie Dyson/Main Ingredient-Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
The O'Jays-Al Hudson & The Soul Partners-You And Me
The Impressions/Gene Chandler-Nothing Can Stop Me
Billy Stewart/GQ-Sitting In The Park
The Intruders/GQ-Sad Girl
Parliament/Clarke-Duke-Mothership Connection
Blue Magic/South Shore Commission-We're On The Right Track
Otis Redding(1965)/Aretha Franklin(1967)-Respect
Marvin Gaye/Gladys Knight & The Pips-I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Originally written for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)

I have all of these and more on MP3 if anyone is interested

 

[respiration]

Worst

Lately - Jodeci (Stevie Wonder)
Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Mary J. Blige and Faith Evans (Rose Royce)
Easy - Faith No More (The Commodores)
Natural Man - James Ingram ("Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin)
When Doves Cry - Ginuwine (Prince)
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore - Alicia Keys (Prince)
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio f/ Big LV ("Past Time Paradise" by Stevie Wonder)
I Want You - Michael McDonald (Marvin Gaye)
Kiss - Tom Jones (Prince)
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Michael Bolton (Otis Redding)


Best

By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Isaac Hayes (Glen Campbell)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin (Simon and Garfunkel)
Forever, For Always, For Love - Lalah Hathaway (Luther Vandross)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano (The Doors)
The Way We Were - Gladys Knight (Barbara Streisand)
Superstar - Luther Vandross (The Carpenters)
Superstar - Ruben Studdard (remake of Luther's version)
Killing Me Softly - The Fugees (Roberta Flack)
At Your Best (You are Loved) - Aaliyah (The Isley Brothers)

 

[younghustla]

Worst of all-time:

Mary J. Blige - Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin) - New York Undercover Soundtrack - Track #1

"Mary, don't touch my songs or my food!"