Songs being turned into screamo/metal/hardcore songs
 

I was just talking to a friend the other day about this. What does everyone think about these song being redone. Isnt it funny how bands take a song that everyone knows and completely redoes it to a completely opposite sound of what it originally was.

yeah like killswitch engages rendition of Dio's "Holy Diver". Love both the songs. but Killswitch's version gives you that extra kick in the nuts.

It sound's painful, and i'm not pertaining to the kick in the nether regions either

him's version of wicked game kinda trips me out,....but for some reason i cant stop listenin to it

Yeah, redone covers are pretty cool. I made a playlist of the best Punk ones:

Rise Against- "Anyway You want it"
Strung Out "Bark at the Moon"
Ignite "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Avail "Pink Houses"
Good Riddance "I.S.Y.L."
Goldfinger "99 Red Balloons"
Pennywise "Stand By Me"

And of course, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, who turn old songs into Skate Punk.

The "Crank Dat" cover by I Set My Friends on Fire is awesome. I like so much. lol.

^ im with you. although they go a bit overboard. i still love the original. but its so much fun dancing to the screamo version. even at dances its like damn its screamo but you still see everyone doing the dance anyway. its funny.

i love the Bullet For My Valentine version of Crazy Train. Its so amazing!

I actually agree with this post. I really enjoyed their version of the classic tune. Probably the only time Howard didn't **** something up with his singing.

Killswitch Engage could easily make any song sound good. the vocals are amazing, im not being completely racist here but for someone of his age and for being of the african-american persuasion, he's got one of the most amazing voices i have heard in a metal band.
i hope they are around longer than anyone because i will never grow tired of the vocals.

along with about 100 other punk and hardcore bands.

Sometimes I think bands do a good job or remaking songs....but geez..its like everyone chooses to do the same song...like that one Akon song that almost every band seems to have on their myspace. lol.

Song of Zarathustra covered "Lude Boy" by Social Distortion

Halifax redid "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul and its pretty much amazing.

I can't stand it, it just ruins the song in every way in my opinion.

Cap'n Jazz "take on me"

/end thread

They also covered Pixies.

Action Patrol-Time After Time
Across Five Aprils-It's the End of the World
Cornelius-Circles
Lumber-Love Song
State Route 522-Jumping Someone Else's Train
and of course Cap'n Jazz-Take on Me, as said

I'll give them credit for somehow managing to make it even worse than the original.
Something I never thought humanly possible.

Lies!

nope

Well after hearing some **** song like Soulja Boy (sp?) over and over again to the point where I can understand whatever the hell the artist is trying to say and then having to hear some bastard with that screamo-ey voice sing the same thing...blehh, I find it annoying, at first its slightly amusing...how dumb people are and how easily entertained the conformists of our modern day society are.

I fail to see how conformist of our modern day society have anything to do with what you were talking about