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"I can't choose one over/under the other", "Both make me want to kill myself" & "2 songs that are complete embarrassments to the genre" are all acceptable answers.

A highlight of Carly's 'You're So Vain' is the gorgeous solo. The solo here sucks balls.

'Shining Star' is an R&B groove, dripping with soul. Michael Sweet walks into rehearsal: "Hey guys, I have an idea; Let's cover Earth Wind & Fire's 'Shining Star' but we'll take out all of that pesky soul." It's an emotionless saltine-cracker with bad, over-done vibrato.

sirthx2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:33 am "I can't choose one over/under the other", "Both make me want to kill myself" & "2 songs that are complete embarrassments to the genre" are all acceptable answers.

Haven’t heard the Stryper one. The FP one is fucking terrible.

I actually like them both but if I had to choose which one I like less I’d say Stryper.

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:07 am I actually like them both but if I had to choose which one I like less I’d say Stryper.

Well, you're a dumb rocker so that's expected.

sirthx2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:24 am

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:07 am I actually like them both but if I had to choose which one I like less I’d say Stryper.

Well, you're a dumb rocker so that's expected.

Hey, I enjoy the whole hair metal era, even the worst of the cheese. Nothing wrong with that!

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:24 am

sirthx2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:24 am

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:07 am I actually like them both but if I had to choose which one I like less I’d say Stryper.

Well, you're a dumb rocker so that's expected.

Hey, I enjoy the whole hair metal era, even the worst of the cheese. Nothing wrong with that!

Nope! Not at all. One man's cheese is another's gold!

Faster Pussycat didn't do play it that badly.

Susanna Hoffs did it better, however.

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:24 am

sirthx2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:24 am

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:07 am I actually like them both but if I had to choose which one I like less I’d say Stryper.

Well, you're a dumb rocker so that's expected.

Hey, I enjoy the whole hair metal era, even the worst of the cheese. Nothing wrong with that!

Ya gotta fall in line around these parts...or risk falling out of favor with people who still listened to Warrant in 1992.

I actually like them both

The fuck? Pussycat's cover of You're So Vain is incredible!

I also like both........

"Against The Law" is the only Stryper album I can (almost) get through, that band sucks (and blows).....

Whatever Happened To… wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:09 pm The fuck? Pussycat's cover of You're So Vain is incredible!

Maybe I'm listening to it incorrectly.

I live a blessed life..thought that was original Faster P song
fun video

Stryper has always been dumb..even with Killer Bees gimmick

CEO of Hookers For Jesus ..my kind of girl

sirthx2 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:34 pm

Whatever Happened To… wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:09 pm The fuck? Pussycat's cover of You're So Vain is incredible!

Maybe I'm listening to it incorrectly.

You aren’t.

The Stryper one was a terrible choice for a single, that's for sure.

FP You're So Vain is one of my favorite songs of theirs actually. It's trashy and sleazy and still super melodic.

To round out that trilogy of bad covers:

Saxon with Ride Like the Wind.

Whatever Happened To… wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:09 pm The fuck? Pussycat's cover of You're So Vain is incredible!

Agreed!

Hairball wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:04 pm To round out that trilogy of bad covers:

Saxon with Ride Like the Wind.

Blasphemy! That's a great cover!

Didn't Taime blow somebody to get the song on that Elektra compilation?

HoldenSSV wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:04 pm Didn't Taime blow somebody to get the song on that Elektra compilation?

Wouldn’t be a shock. At all.

I always liked the FP version of that song.
I didn't like Shining Star as a song to begin with but Stryper's version makes it even worse. I remember that song debuting on Headbangers Ball and the hosts laughing as they introduced it, I think it was Dave Mustaine if irc.

Darrien wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:40 am I always liked the FP version of that song.
I didn't like Shining Star as a song to begin with but Stryper's version makes it even worse. I remember that song debuting on Headbangers Ball and the hosts laughing as they introduced it, I think it was Dave Mustaine if irc.

Yep, it was Mustaine and MegaWank Ellefson. August 11, 1990 show to be exact, according to the archive of the now defunct HBB tribute site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230205163 ... e-database



In fact, here's the clips of the two MegaDaves hosting that episode. I'm guessing Ellefson got the idea to target young chicks by watching Mustaine's "Barbie Fetish" at the 2:18 mark? Stryper-bashing begins at 2:01, by the way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulhCJDW54eA

dmbrocker wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:58 pm

Darrien wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:40 am I always liked the FP version of that song.
I didn't like Shining Star as a song to begin with but Stryper's version makes it even worse. I remember that song debuting on Headbangers Ball and the hosts laughing as they introduced it, I think it was Dave Mustaine if irc.

Yep, it was Mustaine and MegaWank Ellefson. August 11, 1990 show to be exact, according to the archive of the now defunct HBB tribute site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230205163 ... e-database



In fact, here's the clips of the two MegaDaves hosting that episode. I'm guessing Ellefson got the idea to target young chicks by watching Mustaine's "Barbie Fetish" at the 2:18 mark? Stryper-bashing begins at 2:01, by the way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulhCJDW54eA

Funny how things turn out over time seeing that Dave M. and Michael Sweet are friends now.

I really like Faster Pussycat You're so Vain.

Never heard the Stryper song.

edit. Just listened to the Stryper song. I don't hate it. Prefer Faster Pussycat You're So Vain.

Whatever Happened To… wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:09 pm The fuck? Pussycat's cover of You're So Vain is incredible!

What he said. It's fucking excellent.

Never heard "Shining Star", but I've never heard a Stryper song I like, so...

I have a soft spot for both.

Winger - Purple Haze, on the other hand...

aznsquirt wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:22 am I have a soft spot for both.

Winger - Purple Haze, on the other hand...

Winger cover rules!!!

I think FP’s version of “You’re So Vain” is awesome, and I can’t stand Stryper, so yeah.

Winger’s “Purple Haze”, Priest’s “Johnny B Goode”, Crue’s “Anarchy in the U.K.”, & Great White’s “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” all are worth a mentioning.

Ozzy Stradlin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:11 pm I think FP’s version of “You’re So Vain” is awesome, and I can’t stand Stryper, so yeah.

Winger’s “Purple Haze”, Priest’s “Johnny B Goode”, Crue’s “Anarchy in the U.K.”, & Great White’s “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” all are worth a mentioning.

Winger and Crue, maybe, and Priest is a bit "meh" but not as bad as the previous two, but "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" is great, IMO.