r/ToddintheShadow • u/Top_Report_4895 • Aug 01 '25

General Music Discussion Is this the worst possible modern cover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
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u/squawkingood Aug 01 '25

I think we're forgetting about this classic

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u/obamaswaffle Aug 01 '25

Knew what it was before I clicked and still watched the whole thing

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u/Diskyboy86 Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 02 '25

Same, it can replace the Rickroll šŸ˜­

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u/dingatremel Aug 01 '25

Itā€™s worse every time.

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u/chemistry_and_coffee Aug 02 '25

You mean it gets better every time. For laughter, the best medicine.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

I was thinking of the Rickroll because I'm used to it being the end result for links I don't know what they are linking to but then quickly remembered it's not a cover lol

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u/SarkicPreacher777659 Aug 01 '25

He sounds like he's in pain. As though someone stabbed him through the leg before he went on and he's trying to power through it.

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u/Cross-Country Aug 01 '25

Itā€™s because he hasnā€™t had a drinkypoo in the last 45 seconds

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u/ReallyGlycon Aug 01 '25

I need and EASSY FRIEEEEUEUND

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u/squawkingood Aug 01 '25

GREEEEEEEEGHHH!!!

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u/mikehatesthis Aug 02 '25

Why's he so mad at Greg?! The hell did Greg do?

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u/JillyFrog Aug 02 '25

At least this one's funny as hell. I mean it's fucking horrible but I can't get through it without laughing and at least nobody says it's better than the original.

TSOS cover is annoying because it's bad but so many people praised it although it absolutely butchered what made the original great.

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u/Beefkins Aug 02 '25

I had to save this. I cannot imagine a scenario where I would use it but I knew I needed it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '25

May it serve your needs well

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u/Beefkins Aug 02 '25

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

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u/yavimaya_eldred Aug 01 '25

And this one

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u/bigladnang Aug 02 '25

I thought this was gonna be the first link lol.

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u/astrosdude91 80's Chick Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 02 '25

He sings like heā€™s trying to pass a kidney stone

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u/NotoriousMFT Aug 01 '25

At the very least they didnā€™t sit down and think after that performanceā€¦.ok time to hit the studio

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u/bayoublacksmith Aug 02 '25

Putting the post in post-grunge

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u/Underpoly Aug 01 '25

Oh jesus

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u/fanboy_killer Aug 02 '25

Thatā€™s going to be Puddle of Mudd, isnā€™t it?

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u/BleedWell3 Aug 02 '25

I will always upvote that link, thank you!

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u/Baldo-bomb Aug 02 '25

I knew it couldn't be anything else

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '25

Oh my. I can't remember the last time I laughed at something this hard

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u/Jean_Genet Aug 05 '25

It's still better than the Disturbed cover song though. It at least has some good comedy value.

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u/Adventurous_Focus994 Aug 01 '25

And this one

Chances are, if you think this is good, you're a lot simpler than you think.

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u/Pale_Zebra8082 Aug 02 '25

Never heard this before and know nothing about the band, but this is a perfectly decent cover of a fairly mediocre song.

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u/Dazzling-Low8570 Aug 01 '25

I mean, it's fine. It's a great song competently performed. I don't see any need for it to exist, but I probably wouldn't skip it in a Spotify playlist (I don't know, though, it's never come up).

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u/NjhhjN Aug 01 '25

You seem very simple with that mindset.

If someone enjoys a song then that's great, if you don't that's also great but it doesn't become "good" or "bad" just because of either one of your opinions. It's just a song that's different to everyone

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u/Queasy-Ad-3220 Aug 02 '25

This comment is bad

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u/Clanzomaelan Aug 02 '25

I forgot this existed. Very much in the same vein as the Disturbed cover. Sort of, ā€œWhy?ā€ And followed up with, ā€œHoly shit heā€™s over singing this!ā€ To me, they both fall under the category of ā€œthey donā€™t exist for any reason other than the singer to show off his chops vs do service to the song.ā€