# Remakes: What bugs me more than anything **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432 "2000-08-07T16:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/61 "2000-08-09T01:22:13Z")
UB40 has done some great covers-Here I Am Baby, and I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You, and “The Way You Do The Things You Do”-the first two are better than the originals, IMHO. I also love the Chilli Peppers’ “Love Rollercoaster” And on the Beatles Anthology, you can hear John doing “That’ll be the Day”, which sounds as good as Buddy Holly. Then of course, Blue Suede Shoes was NOt an original Elvis song-it was Carl Perkins. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/62 "2000-08-09T01:23:28Z")
Also did anyone watch that Burt Bacharach tribute a while back? Sheryl Crow (who already did a pretty decent job on Dyer Maker), did a great remake of One Less Bell To Answer ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/63 "2000-08-09T01:35:05Z")
_Psycho Killer_, _Ring of Fire_ and _White Room_ by The Bobs. _Memory_ by Big Daddy. The _Jonny Quest_ theme by the Reverend Horton Heat. _Jockey Full of Bourbon_ by Moxy Früvous. And I can’t believe I’m the first to mention _Istanbul (Not Constantinople)_ by TMBG. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/64 "2000-08-09T02:34:32Z")
Two really good covers: Hendrix - All Along The Watch Tower Molly Hatchet - Dreams (I’ll never see) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/65 "2000-08-09T02:57:55Z")
**Jake:** Nah, no reason to list 'em all. I only mentioned “Cold Rain and Snow” because it may be the cover tune that they performed MOST frequently. (And I happen to love it…the Obray Ramsey original, too!) Oh, yeah…and “Morning Dew,” as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/66 "2000-08-09T10:06:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LaurAnge \* > \*\*Since i’m a rabid Guess Who fan, the American Woman remake disgusted me. But I also got to laugh, since a whole theme of this song is kinda American-bashing (Guess Who were Canadian) it was funny to see an American sing it. > > \*\* Even funnier is the commercial on TV with this song & a bunch of women athletes running around (I think WNBA but I’m not sure) Also: Pepperlandgirl, I have to disagree a little. I thought U2 did an excellent version of Helter Skelter ---
**Author:** ![RonA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@RonA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonA)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432/67 "2000-08-09T13:32:09Z")
How bout the Gap Kids commercials featuring “Girl, You Really Got me now…” (forgot the title). The girls are even worse than the boys; they obviously don’t know how to play the instruments, they can’t lip-sync, they don’t have rythm… Or ANY of the Gap commercials, for that matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remakes-what-bugs-me-more-than-anything/28432.md?page=3)