today I listened to my personalized Motown compilation

**ol'skinflint** · August 12th, 2007, 08:39 PM

and I'd be interesting in hearing people's votes for the WORST Motown cover. My vote would go to David Bowie and Mick Jagger's godawful "Dancing in the Streets". Yours?

**Simon White** · August 13th, 2007, 01:48 AM

Originally Written by ol'skinflint

and I'd be interesting in hearing people's votes for the WORST Motown cover. My vote would go to David Bowie and Mick Jagger's godawful "Dancing in the Streets". Yours?

I'll go with this one too...... truly awful.:icon_cry:

**SandraDee** · August 13th, 2007, 05:31 AM

I've heard numerous versions of Marvin's 'Whats Going On' over the years from smooth jazz covers to charity records (can't remember the artsts as I've tried to erase them from my memory!:icon_eek:) & they all stink! Why even try to improve on such sublime perfection?

**pepper1dancer** · August 14th, 2007, 04:20 PM

The very WORSE remake ever on a Motown cover has to be the DREADFUL remake of "Dont Leave Me This Way by the GROSS-OUT group The Communards. What was Motown thinking about letting these fools release this?

**ol'skinflint** · August 14th, 2007, 11:51 PM

Originally Written by SandraDee

I've heard numerous versions of Marvin's 'Whats Going On' over the years from smooth jazz covers to charity records (can't remember the artsts as I've tried to erase them from my memory!:icon_eek:) & they all stink! Why even try to improve on such sublime perfection?

I agree, I'd probably say Cyndi Lauper's was the worst. But both Robert Palmer and Johnny Kemp have done really bad covers of Marvin Gaye songs. On the positive side, though, I didn't think the Madonna/Massive Attack version of "I Want You" was too bad. Some songs are just too personal to be re-done credibly, and I wish people would stop covering "What's Going On?". There's even a group (can't remember the name) who has re-done the entire album. And do you think it's ironic that neither of Motown's 2 most influential albums ("What's Going On?" and "Songs in the Key of Life") have the classic Motown sound?

**ol'skinflint** · August 14th, 2007, 11:55 PM

Originally Written by pepper1dancer

The very WORSE remake ever on a Motown cover has to be the DREADFUL remake of "Dont Leave Me This Way by the GROSS-OUT group The Communards. What was Motown thinking about letting these fools release this?

by the way, Pep, Motown's version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" is ITSELF a cover. The original version of the song was done by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, but the Motown cover is so popular that I'm sure many people think it was the original version.

**pepper1dancer** · August 15th, 2007, 08:27 AM

Originally Written by ol'skinflint

by the way, Pep, Motown's version of "Don't Leave Me This Way" is ITSELF a cover. The original version of the song was done by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, but the Motown cover is so popular that I'm sure many people think it was the original version.

Wow, I thought I knew my music, but again I've been wrong many times before. thanks for the ino...........