# Wow, that's a BAD cover of that song

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415 "2021-09-27T02:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415/103 "2021-10-22T20:36:02Z")

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> [@veryfrank](#):
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> For all his various crimes against music, Falco also deserves a special spot in hell for this Dylan cover:

I managed one minute and eight seconds. By my estimate, he didn’t start singing until 0.42.

Exceptional.

j

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415/104 "2021-10-23T10:10:58Z")

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I knew when I posted about the Disturbed take, a lot of people like it. It just sounds like a generic cover of when generic milquetoast “rockers” on American Idol type competitions would do a bland “rock” take on a famous song. FWIW, I’m not even a huge fan of the original song and I actually like some Disturbed songs including their 1 big rock hit from back in the day and think it’s sad they are more known for their cover songs now, rather than some pretty interesting good/bad/ugly songs of their own that weren’t as generic.

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**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415/105 "2021-10-23T11:01:13Z")

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Don’t know about that. I detest generic rock covers, but there’s more than that with the Distrubed SoS. The singer puts out a perfect, dynamic performance, very different from the Folk original, while the melody and the lyrics are killer as already a fact. It’s a memorable piece.

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