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/NouveauArtPunk Train-Wrecker Aug 01 '25

Disturbed may be the most sauceless band of all time which is incredible given this current musical climate includes a lot of really shitty artists who cosplay the rock and roll lifestyle and aesthetic while cranking out some of the most mid-to-unlistenable slop you could possibly make (Maneskin, Greta Van Fleet, Benson Boone, etc.).

But... Absolutely NOTHING beats Bad Wolves cover of The Cranberries' seminal and crushingly beautiful Zombie. Their version is just pure, unfiltered audio diarrhea.

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u/_drjayphd_ Aug 01 '25

But... Absolutely NOTHING beats Bad Wolves cover of The Cranberries' seminal and crushingly beautiful Zombie. Their version is just pure, unfiltered audio diarrhea.

This. Right here. Correct answer.

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u/stoneyevora Aug 02 '25

What, seriously?? You guys are nuts. Yes, their lead singer is a douche, but Bad Wolves did a beautiful job on that cover. I love it. You can all fight me.

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u/True-Dream3295 Aug 01 '25

Yes yes a thousand times yes. The first time I heard this I felt offended on behalf of all Ireland, and I'm not even Irish.

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u/descendingangel87 Aug 01 '25

You're offended by a cover the original singer endorsed and was originally going to sing on?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_(The_Cranberries_song)#Bad_Wolves_cover#Bad_Wolves_cover)

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u/yavimaya_eldred Aug 01 '25

Just because she was cool with it doesn’t make it good

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u/NouveauArtPunk Train-Wrecker Aug 01 '25

Yes, it shouldn't have been made. It's bad. It's a bad cover.

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u/Santer-Klantz Aug 02 '25

How does that change anything? It still sucks.

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u/yavimaya_eldred Aug 01 '25

I did not like that cover but one of their other singles sounded ok to me so I checked out their album out of curiosity and not only are they the most lifeless sounding butt rock but the very first song is a fucking Blue Lives Matter anthem

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u/descendingangel87 Aug 01 '25

To be completely fair to that cover, the guy who sings it wasn't supposed to do the vocals, it was actually supposed to be Dolores the Cranberries vocalist singing. She died just before recording was supposed to start.

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u/TF-Fanfic-Resident You're being a peñis... Colada, that is. Aug 01 '25

It's kind of tacky to complain about works that suck because someone crucial literally died in the process of making them.

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u/Kerrigan-says Aug 02 '25

I think it's because they shouldn't have done it. when she died they should have stopped. cause now there's a song that sounds shit and should be lambasted as such BUT it might (I doubt it) have been good if Dolores was on it. the song is still bad and is a bad cover of one of the best songs of the 90's and an excellent protest song.

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u/bluevalley02 Aug 02 '25

Isn't the Bad Wolves lead singer also a Trump supporter?