The Worst Thing I Have Ever Heard In All My Life

GibsonGirl · 06-11-2005, 05:04 AM

...yes, it even beats Train. I was watching Much More Music today (the Canadian equivalent of VH1, for those interested) and I heard a familiar opening sequence...it stopped abruptly, though, so I paid no notice. The artist's name, Pras Michel (he used to be in The Fugees), came up on the screen, along with the title - "Haven't Found." From the looks of it, it was going to be a hip hop/rap song, so I got ready to change the channel. But then I heard that bassline that all of us know so well. Mildly shocked, I decided to sit through it. And became more repulsed by the second. This Pras Michel managed to turn "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" into the shittiest rap song ever. The chorus is still there and most of the musical structure of the song is unchanged...but the verses! Oh sweet Lord, the verses...it almost made me want to cry.

Listen to this atrocity for yourself: http://www.musicremedy.com/audio/2997

Yeah, yeah, I know a lot of people cover U2. But this is a prime example of a cover gone extremely wrong.

carrieluvv · 06-11-2005, 06:02 AM

i know what ya mean

like when vanilla ice used under pressure
and then claimed he used something different..what a fool

i m listening to it now...its got a gospel spin...(w hich it always had anyway, ofcourse) its not so bad...
i bet bono likes it

Angela Harlem · 06-11-2005, 06:11 AM

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..... as he releases his second, full-length work as a solo artist, the fatefully titled Win, Lose or Draw. “It’s a second chapter in the sense of the public eye,” he muses. “But in my mind and heart it’s more about continuation and growth. In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I’ve grown tremendously. I feel I’m a little bit more comfortable in my skin now than I was, say, ten, even five years ago.”

All this talk about growth, and all he does is take other's work and manipulate that.

GibsonGirl · 06-11-2005, 07:31 AM

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Originally posted by carrieluvv
i know what ya mean

like when vanilla ice used under pressure
and then claimed he used something different..what a fool

i m listening to it now...its got a gospel spin...(w hich it always had anyway, ofcourse) its not so bad...
i bet bono likes it

But Bono likes Destiny's Child, so he's not to be trusted.

Anyway, the chorus isn't so bad (partly because it's almost identical to the original), but everything else about it makes me cringe. Rap and U2 just don't agree with one another.

GibsonGirl · 06-11-2005, 07:37 AM

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Originally posted by Angela Harlem

All this talk about growth, and all he does is take other's work and manipulate that.

Indeed. And it looks like "Haven't Found" is the first single from his album... That's not exactly what I would call "continuation." If you're a growing artist, you release your OWN material. Unless he means "continuation" in the sense of his continued slaying of other artist's music, because that's something he's good at. Remember how the Fugees had a hit with "Killing Me Softly"? It's the only song by them that I'm familiar with, and it's a cover.

u2forlife · 06-11-2005, 07:52 AM

Listened to it and I didn't think it was bad at all. Actually, I kinda like it.

RA-D · 06-11-2005, 09:30 AM

you obviously haven't heard the Dears live in concert then. Or maybe you have, they are Canadian. Still........*shudder*

mikal · 06-11-2005, 09:34 AM

that just makes me want to put in a Cher cd.

Zoomerang96 · 06-11-2005, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by mikal
that just makes me want to put in a Cher cd.

oh no. NO!

NO!!

Edgeman · 06-11-2005, 09:50 AM

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Originally posted by mikal
that just makes me want to put in a Cher cd.

Suicide is never the answer

mikal · 06-11-2005, 09:51 AM

in the words of my good friend Nick, "Give me Cher or give me death!!!"

Zoomerang96 · 06-11-2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally posted by mikal
in the words of my good friend Nick, "Give me Cher or give me death!!!"

they're the same thing!!! THEY ARE THE SAME THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

zoney! · 06-11-2005, 10:07 AM

Zoomerang96 obviously does not believe in life after love (of Cher).

melon · 06-11-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by Angela Harlem
All this talk about growth, and all he does is take other's work and manipulate that.

But that's the nature of rap. It's all sampling. Locate DJ Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album," which illegally mixed the lyrics of Jay-Z's "The Black Album" with music off of "The White Album." Now that's an interesting album to hear.

I have no issues with Pras sampling off of U2 here. This song, in itself, is fairly lackluster, radio-friendly fare. That's my issue. There's much better rap out there, but I'm sure this song was designed to be nothing more than radio-friendly and addictive sounding. In that regard, it works.

Melon

Zoots · 06-11-2005, 10:08 AM

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they're the same thing!!! THEY ARE THE SAME THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you beliiiieve in life after love (after love.. after love.. after love....)

1stepcloser · 06-11-2005, 11:26 AM

just heard that pras song......was shit!!

i found it quite funny how bad it was.

briarrose · 06-11-2005, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by Zootlesque

do you beliiiieve in life after love (after love.. after love.. after love....)

Oh great. Now I have that awful song in my head. Haha.

Mullen4Prez · 06-11-2005, 03:59 PM

my dog sings better than that.

U2MaNaIcWeIdO · 07-27-2005, 11:53 PM

Ehhh...I just saw the video to this song...and I was

as hell! I didn't like the video...it was worse than the song! And the song is pretty ehh itself!

shaun vox · 07-28-2005, 12:09 AM

its not shit which is a good thing!! more u2 exposure!
and was that a guitar solo in there lol

06-11-2005, 05:04 AM	#1
GibsonGirl ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,270 Local Time: 12:45 AM	The Worst Thing I Have Ever Heard In All My Life ...yes, it even beats Train. I was watching Much More Music today (the Canadian equivalent of VH1, for those interested) and I heard a familiar opening sequence...it stopped abruptly, though, so I paid no notice. The artist's name, Pras Michel (he used to be in The Fugees), came up on the screen, along with the title - "Haven't Found." From the looks of it, it was going to be a hip hop/rap song, so I got ready to change the channel. But then I heard that bassline that all of us know so well. Mildly shocked, I decided to sit through it. And became more repulsed by the second. This Pras Michel managed to turn "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" into the shittiest rap song ever. The chorus is still there and most of the musical structure of the song is unchanged...but the verses! Oh sweet Lord, the verses...it almost made me want to cry. Listen to this atrocity for yourself: http://www.musicremedy.com/audio/2997 Yeah, yeah, I know a lot of people cover U2. But this is a prime example of a cover gone extremely wrong. __________________

06-11-2005, 06:02 AM	#2
carrieluvv Refugee Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: maine Posts: 1,117 Local Time: 04:45 AM	i know what ya mean like when vanilla ice used under pressure and then claimed he used something different..what a fool i m listening to it now...its got a gospel spin...(w hich it always had anyway, ofcourse) its not so bad... i bet bono likes it __________________

07-28-2005, 12:09 AM	#20
shaun vox New Yorker Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: LA.cal ROCKnRoll city! Posts: 3,192 Local Time: 04:45 AM	its not shit which is a good thing!! more u2 exposure! and was that a guitar solo in there lol __________________

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06-11-2005, 07:52 AM	#6
u2forlife Refugee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I'm lost between the midnight and the dawning escaping myself and gravity Posts: 1,474 Local Time: 12:45 AM	Listened to it and I didn't think it was bad at all. Actually, I kinda like it.

06-11-2005, 09:30 AM	#7
RA-D War Child Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 936 Local Time: 05:45 AM	you obviously haven't heard the Dears live in concert then. Or maybe you have, they are Canadian. Still........shudder

06-11-2005, 09:34 AM	#8
mikal Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Black Lodge Posts: 26,483 Local Time: 10:45 PM	that just makes me want to put in a Cher cd.

06-11-2005, 09:51 AM	#11
mikal Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Black Lodge Posts: 26,483 Local Time: 10:45 PM	in the words of my good friend Nick, "Give me Cher or give me death!!!"

06-11-2005, 10:07 AM	#13
zoney! ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: six metro locations Posts: 11,369 Local Time: 10:45 PM	Zoomerang96 obviously does not believe in life after love (of Cher).

06-11-2005, 11:26 AM	#16
1stepcloser Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 3,764 Local Time: 05:45 AM	just heard that pras song......was shit!! i found it quite funny how bad it was.

06-11-2005, 03:59 PM	#18
Mullen4Prez Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Great Beyond// Posts: 8,637 Local Time: 04:45 AM	my dog sings better than that.

07-27-2005, 11:53 PM	#19
U2MaNaIcWeIdO Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having fun with the changing weather in Illinois...and wanting to meet Bono again. Please...for christ sakes call me Weldy!!!! Posts: 29,231 Local Time: 11:45 PM	Ehhh...I just saw the video to this song...and I was as hell! I didn't like the video...it was worse than the song! And the song is pretty ehh itself!