Can't stand her voice, speaking or singing or screaming.

Give me Laura Cox any day over MC.

Zombie zombie zombie eh eh eh oh

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There are tons of talented chick musicians all over..

like this chick for instance.



51 seconds.. that's talent right there.

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My pants are very tight.

Nita Strauss is fantastic, too

I thought it was great! I love the Cranberries version too

Huge Cranberries/Dolores fan. That was well done by Miley.


I just happened to be watching and had no idea this was coming. I was blown away by this cover Miley did with her dad - Tom Petty had died a few days before and she was set to appear on The Tonight Show. Instead of doing one of her songs she did this. I was very moved emotionally.....

Talk shows are not the venue for the best musical performances.... this one was tremendous. Very heartfelt and not overstated.

Miley is a solid mix of Janis Joplin and Courtney Love.

I like the cover. It grew on me after a few listens. However, The Cranberries are still the best by a large margin. Dolores O'Riordan's voice is iconic and there is just a ton of emotion behind that song with The Cranberries. The Bad Wolves cover has almost the same level of emotion due to the story behind their cover.

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62strat said:

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There are tons of talented chick musicians all over..

like this chick for instance.



51 seconds.. that's talent right there.

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My pants are very tight.

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You should get those resized. Or go on a diet

I'll be waiting for Justin Bieber's cover of Rooster next.

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I prefer this cover

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Agree much better.

I'm not big on calling out cultural appropriation, but American bands and artists covering songs about The Troubles is terrible.

This is probably my favorite cover by her.

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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Cyrus / Bieber make throw up a bit...

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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How dare they!

Not as bad cover as I thought it would be. Having said that, I'm not a fan of Cyrus' raspy voice.
She emphasizes on the word, "zombie", but not so much on the yodeling afterwards is a bit disappointing when you think about the original.



RIP Dolores.

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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I'll never understand the argument that top 40 Pop music is somehow easy. "Anyone could make a top 40 hit" is so stupid. If it was so easy to make a top 40 hit then there would be a new Madonna number 1 single every year.

Pop music tastes are fickle and change constantly. Would any one have guessed that Old Town Road would become one of the longest running #1 songs of all time? Truth Hurts and Good as Hell by Lizzo are songs that had been out for years going no where on the charts but placement in a Netflix movie at the right time brought in new eyes and suddenly she has two number 1 singles.

You know what is easy? Making an "artistic" rock song that no hears or cares about. Laura Cox? Never heard of her, if you asked any one on the street you'd be hard pressed to find a single person who has. I'm not saying she isn't talented but there are hundreds of talented artists that no one as ever heard of. I worked at KANM and we'd get a full mail tote of CD's every couple of days of talented artists that if we were lucky would get listened to at all and if not would sit in a corner for a few months until we cleaned them out.

Lady Gaga could make a rock album that would chart high on the rock charts tomorrow, Metallica couldn't make a top 40 single today if they tried their hardest.

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Average Joe said:

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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You know what is easy? Making an "artistic" rock song that no hears or cares about. Laura Cox? Never heard of her, if you asked any one on the street you'd be hard pressed to find a single person who has. I'm not saying she isn't talented but there are hundreds of talented artists that no one as ever heard of.

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lol.. that chick isn't famous outside of her town, that's why you've never heard of her. Just some random youtube person who mostly plays cover songs.

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Lady Gaga could make a rock album that would chart high on the rock charts tomorrow, Metallica couldn't make a top 40 single today if they tried their hardest.

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First of all, Metallica actually writes good music. If they wanted to drop the guitars for some auto tuned synthe, add a little piano and some jingles and bleeps and bloops, they could do it in about 30 minutes, and it would likely top the charts. Lady Gaga is supremely talented but would fall flat on her ass attempting a legit hard rock song. She wouldn't know where to start and would likely end up sounding like a terrible parody.

That said, I do love a good rock goes pop cover. Actually turns awful songs into something worth listening to.

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Average Joe said:

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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Lady Gaga could make a rock album that would chart high on the rock charts tomorrow, Metallica couldn't make a top 40 single today if they tried their hardest.

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Metallica has 7 top 40 singles, from 6 different albums (#4,5,6,7 and 9 out of 10), representing 3 of the last 4 decades.

Had they put out more than one album this decade, they probably could have had one in the 2010s as well.


Bad example.

Nice cover

No offense OP but you're an idiot if you think this cover is better than the original. As another poster said, it sounds more like an American Idol cover.

I really like this acoustic version of Zombie by the Cranberries I stumbled across awhile back. It starts around 12:15.

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Jasomania said:

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Average Joe said:

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If this thread has shown me anything it is that there are several insanely talented pop artists who could have made some amazing music but decided to make easy money instead.

I'll add Lady Gaga to that list. Insane talent wasted on ****ty pop songs.

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Lady Gaga could make a rock album that would chart high on the rock charts tomorrow, Metallica couldn't make a top 40 single today if they tried their hardest.

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Metallica has 7 top 40 singles, from 6 different albums (#4,5,6,7 and 9 out of 10), representing 3 of the last 4 decades.

Had they put out more than one album this decade, they probably could have had one in the 2010s as well.


Bad example.

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I contend that Metallica has one of the best country songs ever made

Fwiw, the pop music industry is insanely formulaic.

In my limited work in the industry, I was shocked that a venue could put out a list if potential concerts and nail attendance within 5% before even trying to sign the artist or set a date.

For instance, there are less than 10 -15 acts that can sell over 70,000 seats at any given time. And the concert people can name them. And they can tell you that x will sell 73000 seats in a city of 4 million, and y will only sell 71,000, and they'll generally be right within a thousand or two.

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Fwiw, the pop music industry is insanely formulaic.

In my limited work in the industry, I was shocked that a venue could put out a list if potential concerts and nail attendance within 5% before even trying to sign the artist or set a date.

For instance, there are less than 10 -15 acts that can sell over 70,000 seats at any given time. And the concert people can name them. And they can tell you that x will sell 73000 seats in a city of 4 million, and y will only sell 71,000, and they'll generally be right within a thousand or two.

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i'm skeptical that those predictive analytics only apply to the pop music industry.

Lissie does some amazing covers. I've probably posted these on this board before