They belong in a dumpster IMO. Money for old rope. Why listen to new versions when they generally make a mess of the original.

I agree with you re bands but not individual singers.
So does that mean opera singers, people who sing in musicals can go and fornicate somewhere i an offward direction.

Prom darling - you are talking twaddle.
It's like saying people who play musical instruments should only play their own music. 
You yourself have said that people like Bob Dylan should not sing their own stuff but stick to writing it.

Make your mind up

No no no I'm talking about people hoping to be famous and successful when they have absolutely no talent. I think you'll find the best cover versions come from people who have already written brilliant songs and give their own unique versions of great songs as opposed to boy/girl bands or the long assembly line of talentless turdbags on X Factor.

Well well well you should have been clearer then in your opening post and title

I agree with your humble opinion Prom.

For gawd sake don't agree with him Charli - he will be off on a rant

The likes of XFactor are doing no favours to the up and coming new bands/musicians. Back in the day, bands/ musicians had to make it through their own talents, but nowadays it seems to be be about someone who is popular, whether or not they can sing, and can make loads of dosh for the folk that promote them. ( aka Simon Cowell)... No future in music nowadays with this type of promotion.

It's all down to entertainment.

Sorry Issy

Don't be sorry. We must fight this terrible enemy of creativity with, well I dunno, guns and stuff. Yeah, let's do it  *shoots Simon Cowell* 

Cowell is the Bielzibub of modern day music. Churns out shite so he can add to his bank balance

My handy doesn't allow me to watch that. However life has taught me that one can't afford to be snobby about music nor indeed adopt a fascist attitude about what others should like. I know what I like! The music on x factor is pisspoor especially tonight's glee and black eyed peas, yet I found saturday's show entertaining.

NB the black eyed pea's music was interesting when they stopped singing.

Bring back New Faces

I did like the charming box hats the dancers were wearing.

Elvis never wrote his own songs

In the same way that some people are the Bielzbubs of t'internet

Yes! The boxes were great!

I like some of the BEP stuff, but that pile of cack they performed on the results show I think was created on an off day.

Randomly Karma - I love your avatar...


As you were 

Load of bollicky bollox, IMO! 

Where would Burt Bacharach have been, if he'd had to sing his own songs?

And Elvis, if he'd had to write them?

I can see where you're coming from here but really, how many Elvis's have we had? He was an incredible performer but also he was very unique in the way he sang and the way he moved he is the nemesis of the all the wannabe idiots and all the boy/girl bands who wait patiently for some idiot to pluck another classic out of the archives for them to ruin.

There was only one Elvis there are thousands of copycat acts with no talent whatsoever willing and able to destroy everything put in front of them.

I bought the Carpenter's Gold CD the other day. I think there are a couple of Burt songs on there.

Musical perfection

There are loads and loads and loads of Elvis's

And he is not dead,

Erm... 

I have answered this already. You may as well ask where would Stock, Aitken and Waterman be if they had to sing their own songs 

Indeed!

Brilliant musicians, who could write their own stuff, but happily played other people's, including the Beatles' and Burt's. 

Exactly  Charli 

Cliff Richard and Elvis lol. Okay let's compare Brazil and Accrington Stanley while we're at it 

Alas! I was about when Elvis was in his pomp. All I can  say is Thank Bog for the English backlash. Whilst I appreciate your democratic rights to listen to his musical struggle, I have to say that I disliked his product intensely.

So, where would Stock, Aitken and Waterman be if they had to write their own songs?

Elvis isn't dead cos I heard him on the radio

 *** waits for answer ***

Exactly! However some people like to put up the same old rant over and over again!

Does it really matter?

I feel my bed calling but .................................before that
 

You mean apart from the ones they wrote against the better judgement of the rest of the universe?

*puts on kettle and starts to do knitting.*