First of all, its my opinion that Styx is the worst band ever to record a track.  Everytime I hear one of their songs I cringe and its stuck in my head and I hate it.   So I don't think they did the song justice.  Just my opinion though. 

No where near as awesomely cool as the Beatle's version.

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I wish I had a gun for every band that has reproduced a Beatles or Pink floyd song.  I heared one band singing another brick in the wall on the radio.  It sucked ass and it was odvious that they didn't get it

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There is a difference between rerecording a song by another band and producing a song written by another band. With the Beatles, what they wrote and recorded themselves was usually done in a way that's impossible to better.

As for Pink Floyd, I've heard "Wish You Were Here" with a rap in the middle which ruined it completely and "Comfortably Numb" to what sounded like the tune of "Staying Alive" and for that I curse the Scissor Sistors.

As a matter of interest I just found out the kids from Islington Green School that sang on Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" are suing for royalties. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/pink%20floyd%20kids%20su...

By coincidence they just played the record on BBC Radio 2 & the DJ mentioned it.

Probably the session rate + interest. I'm surprised it was that much. I remember the session drummer* on "A Whiter Shade of Pale", which became one of the biggest hits in the 60s saying he got £25 for it. He reckoned this wasn't bad at all as it was regular work without any hassle. If he did 5 sessions per day it wasn't bad money. Besides that the records weren't guaranteed to be a hit so in most cases he was better off than the musicians in the groups.

*PS. Apparently Bill Eyden although I always thought it was Kenny Clare. Procul Harum was a studio band when the hit recording was made & the group was formed afterwards to go out on tour. This wan't uncommon so the musicians you saw on stage were probably not the ones on the recordings. Not many drummers, even famous names in the well-known established groups, played on the recordings, mainly to save expensive studio time. A lot of those 60s hit records feature the same drummers & other session musicians. One of the top session guitarists, Big Jim Sullivan, still lives locally & often performs in the local pubs. He sometimes jams with another local musician, Herbie Flowers who played bass on many of them. Clem Cattini, ex Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (Shakin' All Over) & the Tornados (Telstar), probably played on more British hit records in the 60s than any other drummer.

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Wouldn't surprise me if at least one of 'em played on that too.

Agreed Woodlouse, some bands have songs that can and should only be performed by that band, The Beatles has that disinct to it thats why they were and are a huge hit, most redone songs I hear of anything sound bad and ripped off to me quite frankly

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This could be Korn, if it was then you're right,
it is probably the WORST cover I have ever heard

Oh, the Scissor Sisters did a cover too?

That must REALLY suck

I can't say I've ever heard the Scissor Sisters although I probably have without realising it. My first reaction was that it's a very strange name for a group, especially as they all seem to be blokes. At least I assume they're male as it can be difficult to tell these days. Maybe it's not so strange after all when you think of Alice Cooper who is definitely male. Maybe I'm showing my age but what disturbs me is the popularity of groups that seem to be promoting homosexuality to a young audience. I suppose this has been going on for some time now but most of the musicians I admired when I was young were definitely heterosexual & their songs reflected this.

I don't expect they're bothered too much what I or anyone else thinks of their music, they seem to be doing fine thank you very much. From what I can make out their "covers" are intended as tongue-in-cheek so it's possible you're taking all this too seriously & missing the point.

Don't get me wrong Rotty. I played drums for a while with the resident group in a well-known gay bar in Brighton back in the early 60s. This was when it was illegal, although Brighton has always been tolerant of minorities. It was very different then & I became friendly with many of the regulars (of both genders), some of whom were very talented musicians & often sat in with the group. The main difference in those days was that although proud of what they were they didn't flaunt it as being cool or try converting me or anyone else to their way of life. They accepted me for what I was in the same way I accepted them. I can't help it but I find this aspect of the modern "gay culture" extremely offensive. I don't go around trying to prove how cool it is to be heterosexual so why do they insist on flaunting their sexual preference at every opportunity? Maybe it doesn't bother young people so much.

There have always been gay musicians & always will be. I never thought of the Beatles or Stones being gay myself despite their long hair. Because of them long har was fashionable & even I had it once although it never suited my naturally curly hair. The Stones were promoted as being the rough bad boys of rock but any young girl would have been proud to take one of those nice Beatles home to Mum. She would have to be careful as Mum probably fancied them too.

PS. As for converting kids, I know a gay man who reckons he could seduce any married man he wished. In fact he's proud of it, although I think he's kidding himself. He's not the best looking or most pleasant person I've ever met & that's an understatement.

funny you guys should mention cover songs from our father's time 

My band an myself are work on a cover of innagoddadavida by iron buterfly.

All we have at the moment is the Main part of the opening. and only in guitar.

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http://www.geocities.com/hanzaki_mishima/Music/inna-godda-davida_cover.mp3

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