When it comes to covers, there's guilty-pleasure bad (Jessica Simpson turning the Nancy Sinatra classic "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" into a Hooters-waitress synth-yodel), and misguided-funny bad (AC/DC, Celine Dion salutes you!).
And then there's the kind of bad where dogs run howling from their summer porches, dolphins sink stunned to ocean floors, and even creatures who hear only the regular sonic spectrum — namely, Music Mix staffers — curl into fetal positions in dust-bunnied corner cubicles, sobbing quietly.
That's what happens when L.A. screamo outfit Confide take "Such Great Heights," the gentle indie-pop nouveau-classic from the Postal Service (a.k.a. Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel), and turn it into the musical hosebeast seen below; watch when it all goes so very, very wrong at about 0:40:
Who is this unholy offspring of Sepultura, Dashboard Confessional and the Cookie Monster, just back from a lip-ring field trip to Claire's Boutique? Maybe it is all a hilarious inside joke? Maybe you can tell us there is far worse out there? But please, whisper your answer; it already hurts too much.
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Wow. Um . . . Yeah, wow. It really does go way off the rails at the 40 second mark, but almost makes it back when it gets to the chorus. Or do I just feel that way because it gets measurably less horrific at that point? I want to commend them for their u-turn take on the song – I usually fall hard forthat shizz – but I will never listen to this again.
WOW. I was actually afraid as it began approaching the 40 second mark. It is worse than I could imagine. It sounds like Christian Bale as Batman attempting to sing the song. It is a shame because I actually enjoy the chorus. It is upbeat and fun (reminds me of high school). Too bad that is the ONLY redeeming quality. Screaming/growling is not music.
stfu. u have no taste in music at all
anyone who criticizes this as testifies that it is the worst cover of 09 can only be someone who has no appreciation for the genre of music in which confide falls into. i love the works of confide and many bands similar and i can only say that confide did an excellent job in taking an indie/pop/synth song, picking it apart, and successfully piecing it back together in a style of their own while still leaving recognition of the original piece.
Oh my god, that is terrible. I made it to :43 sec and had to yank out my earphones before my ears started bleeding.
WHY?! WHY!?!?!?
both versions are supreme garbage.
Uh… I started laughing once that guy starting singing. Screamo is bad enough as it is and they just made it worse by covering “Such Great Heights”. They kinda got better in the chorus but all that screaming mucked up the song.
SOMEONE CALL 911! THAT DRUMMER’S HAVING A SEIZURE!
Also this 4 minutes and 24 seconds was scarier than anything in The Unborn
The two best things of this video: 1) Mario Bros.-ization of the intro, 2) Synchronized stomping – even the camera was quakin’ they were rockin’ so hard.
The two best things of this video: 1) Mario Bros.-ization of the intro, 2) Synchronized stomping – even the camera was quakin’ they were rockin’ so hard.
Ouch. Wow, just…wow.
You know, I usually like good metal covers of appropriate songs (good=Nightwish doing Phantom of the Opera, painful=Nevermore doing Sounds of Silence). This is just wrong in so many ways. The scream isn’t the deep growl that intensifies a melody, it’s just shril banshee. The band isn’t legit metal, they’re crappy emo screamo tripe. The video is ridiculous. The band should be playing concerts for the hardcore twelve-year-olds at Hot Topic. Etc.
So in summary, no. I can’t think of a worse cover.
theyre soooo coool! theyre about as cool as a fart in a space suit!
they took a perfectly good song and wiped their ass with it. what a damn shame.
That guy can kinda sing, he didnt have to do the screamo thing…yea i love the synchronized hand banging though lol
confide is a band that does screaming vocals. they took their song and made it their style. (btw. there are two vocalists)
People love remakes of songs. It’s been like that in music for years. To today’s listener,it’s new to them. To someone who remembers the original, it takes them back to when they were younger, about 20, 25 or 30 years ago. Sometimes the artist or band does a cover because that artist of then was a major music influence on them. But you’ve got to keep it fresh and presentable and don’t make a carbon copy of it.
excellent way of putting it. trying to cover a song and make it sound exactly like the original is ridiculous because you aren’t the original musicians! without taking a song and putting it into a style of your own is where failed attempts lay. an excellent job confide, you took that song and successfully made it your own!
horrible
LOL I had the volume up kinda loud and when they started singing it scared the heck out of me!!!
Yuck x1000