Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "Top 10 Worst Cover Songs" video.

  1. What?!
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  2. The original version had a clear subtext and motivation, and was a part of a storyline. Plus, it had amazing emotions and "acting" (Don't know what you call it when it's in music). Scissors Sisters' version is just out-of-place and too uplifting and energetic and with no subtext whatsoever
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  3. I will, but anybody who has listened to "The Wall" or seen the movie knows that the original version is superior in every single way
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  4. Jacari Wilson​ Exactly my response as well; you don't ruin Pink Floyd that way! Doesn't sound like Scissors Sister paid attention to the lyrics at all or looked at the entire story of the album
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  5. Catherine Alces People hate the Scissor Scissors’ version because it pales in comparison to Pink Floyd’s original version, it’s disrespectful, it’s absurd, and it’s made with no context, no insight, no thoughts, no emotions, NO NOTHING! It’s pure cash grab! Trying to cover Pink Floyd is an extremely bad idea already, but those who are bold enough to even attempt to do it should at least know the song’s context in terms of the concept album “The Wall”: Up until “Comfortably Numb”, we have gotten familiar with the main character’s past and his traumas and motives for “building his wall” (being a metaphor of getting more and more isolated from the rest of the world), and we have seen (or in this case “heard”) him really feeling lonely and alone with not much hope left in the world, and all of his emotions overwhelm him to such a degree that he either gets into a coma or can’t communicate properly. A doctor visits him to help him (albeit in a very creepy and uncomfortable way) and offers medications and injections, but the main character explains that there are no real physical pain, but instead a feeling of being alienated, unable to speak and explain things, and almost feeling like you’re having a fever when you haven’t. The expression “Comfortably Numb” probably means that he’s getting so used to the “pain” that although he’s not feeling good, he at least doesn’t mind it. The doctor does the injection anyway so that the main character can fulfill his duties as a musician, and the main character repeats his explanations, but also adds that all hopes and dreams he had as a child are now lost. On the succeeding songs, we learn that the injection makes him hallucinate and imagining himself as a Neo-Nazi and the concert a rally. The original “Comfortably Numb” has a perfect use of Roger Water’s creepiness and emotions and haunting presence as the doctor and David Gilmour’s harmonic, beautiful, and emotional vocals as the main character, it features one of the most acclaimed and iconic guitar solos of all time, the entire album feels like a rock opera where the order of the songs and the dramaturgy are really taken into account (which is one of the main reasons why Pink Floyd are so popular and acclaimed), and the song overall manages to be haunting, dramatic, cool, and sad. None of these amazing aspects are found on Scissor Scissors’ version at all.
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  6. +YoungFrankenstein They completely obscure the message and story of the song and album, and there are no emotions at all! I have listened to all of Pink Floyd's albums, and this is an insult to their legacy (I don't care if the band members enjoyed it, this cover won't get my approval)
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  7. The original version had a lot more serious subtext though and a connection with the songs that preceed it and those come after it. Plus it has better vocals, emotions, and "acting". Scissors Sisters' version is just out-of-place
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  8. +David Theisen And also about taking drugs to fullfill your duties
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  9. "Pretentious and overrated". Oh the ignorance!
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  10. Emerald Aquarium All the of the subtext and message, and virtually everything that makes the original deep and great, get lost in the cover version. It's like comparing Justin Bieber and Frank Sinatra; some people may prefer the former, but there’s no way that he can be considered a better artist than the latter. I always make a difference between "favorite" and "best"
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  11. Nice joke you've got there
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  12. It's one thing to take it into another direction, but it's something else to butcher it completely (which they did)
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  13. I feel the same way about Robert Wilson's musical version of "Woyzeck" with music from Tom Waits' album "Blood Money"; the songs don't sound right when performed in a musical voice as opposed to Waits' gravelly voice
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  14.  @chichizekitty5694  I'm 25, and I have a 17 year old cousin who went to a Metallica concert
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  15. +David Theisen Well, technically, any song that makes you wanna dance can be considered a dance song. I agree that the original version is way better though
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  16. +nafnaf505 Then you don't have much critical sense
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  17. +nafnaf505 I see no artistic merits in the cover, and it's a serious and heartbreaking topic in the song as well, so the cover is downright disrespectful; it's like turning "Schindler's List" into some offensive and tasteless comedy film
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  18. That cover is way better than those on this list
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  19. Scissor Sisters butchered Comfortably Numb
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  20. +World History of Music Comfortably Numb isn't about drug addiction though, and the side-effects mentioned are from painkillers, not cocaine
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  21. They ruined the entire subtext and narrative!
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  22. "Great job"? Seriously?
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  23. Are you really saying Pink Floyd has horrible music? I guess you're into Nicki Minaj and Rebecca Black then...
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  24. "Comfortably Numb" is part of a storyline with an established subtext and motivation; it's just like a musical song. The cover song ruins all of that completely
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  25. James Austin​ In the first verse, Pink (the main protagonist) is either too depressed or unconscious to fulfill his duties as a musician, so that's why he's getting injected with drugs. The doctor even says "I know you're feeling down" and cannot get contact with him, while Pink says he's getting the same feeling again as a kid with his hands feeling like balloons. And based on David Gilmour's emotions and the context of the entire album, it's clear that Pink was not on drugs until that point. That's why he's hallucinating during the next songs You can also watch the movie adaptation; Pink Floyd was part of the production, and they would naturally know how they wanted it to look
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  26. It's one thing to take it another direction and make it your own, but it's something else to butcher something that was already close to perfection. Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" is exactly how a cover should sound like; he took a lyrics that had a clear theme, but was still quite universal, and changed the subtext into something that we can associate more with him than Nine Inch Nails, but he still kept the emotional feel and storytelling.
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  27. It's horrible from a critical and technical point of view though
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  28. Vocals, subtext, emotions, composition etc.
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  29. Agreed
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  30. The cover made me cringe
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  31. +TheConvert How is disrespectful and distasteful to pay your respects through music? Every funeral and memorial I have attended have at least one song performed, and it's a way of leading to catharsis
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  32. Any real Pink Floyd will know that the original is superior in every single way (I can't believe that Pink Floyd actually liked the cover). Scissors Sisters' version also has the complete wrong subtext and motivation
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  33. The original was perfection, the cover is pure cancer
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  34. Shut up! Pink Floyd is one of the most creative and influential bands of all time
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  35. +Jacob Barrett Beetles are making music?
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  36. I think NOT
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  37. Funny how you think all cover songs suck when Smokie's cover of "Living Next Door to Alice" (New World), Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails), Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton), and Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World" are all so widely praised by the majority of listeners. I also wouldn't really call most of Michael Bolton's covers that bad
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  38. +Paul Sman Music is not literature, and Pink Floyd's original is way more complex and deep than that piece of trash! Scissor Sisters' cover reminds me of having "Schindler's List" remade into some offensive comedy film!
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  39. Oooh, are you offended, snowflake? Political correctness and lack of brutal honesty are the main reasons why we can't have quality entertainment anymore
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  40. Great. Let's turn "Schindler's List" into a parody film next
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  41. +Bow Lam Soo-Hoo I've heard some decent rock covers, but I agree about the Pink Floyd and Beatles part
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  42. but the new is to hit a new audience And a lot of the "new audience" still like the "old" like Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Metallica, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and several others
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  43.  @chichizekitty5694  Just trying to make the point that even the new audience like quality music
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  44.  @chichizekitty5694  Oh geez, are we really doing that relativism discussion again? This proves further that you have no taste or cultural capital whatsoever
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  45.  @chichizekitty5694  Even Kant, whom you seem to refer to by talking about beauty being in the eye of the beholder, talked about reason and taste. Bourdieu was also of course one of the most cited authors of all time. Bottom line; not everyone has good taste or is as good as the other, and that's just the way it is
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  46.  @chichizekitty5694  You know what they say; if it isn't broken don't fix it. Classic rock isn't broken, but autotuned pop certainly is and hasn't fixed anything
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  47.  @chichizekitty5694  Fascists exist simultaneously with us, and there are ideologies that bring them pleasure. Does that mean that we should want them?
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  48.  @chichizekitty5694  How about those who don't belong in a country then? They steal jobs and con the state out of their budget for services they don't deserve since they have no right to be in the country in the first place. Similarly, pop singers steal jobs, dupe customers, and influence you into stepping into the music community you don't deserve to be a part of in the first place
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  49. +seth land Sure, and I bet that you would love seeing Seltzer and Friedberg remaking "Schindler's List"
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  50. +Evan Renforth It's COMFORTABLY Numb, and all the depth, complexity, and subtext of the original is completely lost. It's like making a spoof movie version of "Schindler's List"
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  51. Music is subjective Then why don't you respect the channel's opinion about these covers?
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  52. She was a star on Disney Channel in the show "The Suite life of Zack and Cody" and the TV-movie "High School Musical" (and voicing Candace in "Phineas and Ferb"), but she really hasn't done much notable outside of that. I've never liked her singing voice; it sounds nasal and completely juvenile
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  53. "Music is subjective, but I'm still going to call you whiny little bitches because of your opinions about these covers"
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  54. A new and original approach to Star Wars would be to have a movie consisting entirely of Jar Jar Binks peeing over Han Solo's grave. However, that doesn't mean it's aesthetically pleasing. Why even try to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place?
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  55. +Achim Steigert Then you have really bad taste in music and know nothing about aesthetic judgment. But it's okay, only a select few can be considered true music fans anyway
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