Certain songs should be protected against being covered. Not by a bar band, not in karaoke, not at Live Aid, NOT EVER!

Drunken Stepfather posted this live video of Madonna’s “Hung Up” and noted that she fucks up at 1:50 because she is a SHITTY guitar player but I decided to watch it anyway because I was curious at to whether Madonna is actually getting better at guitar…she isn’t. She is constantly looking at her hands and worst of all she doesn’t move around AT ALL when she’s playing. I thought she was a dancer? And I also watched because almost ANY girl looks better when she’s playing a Les Paul. She never really could sing so its a good thing she’s finally trying to validate her “artistic” existence with some musician cred. Thats why I play guitar anyway. So I was watching this video and her absolutely horrid guitar skills and it got to about 4:33 they break into the riff from PANTERA’s “A New Level” off of A Vulgar Display of Power! I know its kind of a generic riff for Pantera but that is exactly the riff, is that legal? It shouldn’t be unless it turned gays and teenage girls into Pantera fans. I was just having a conversation with my co-author here about how people shouldn’t be allowed to cover Michael Jackson or Madonna and I think in this case Madonna shouldn’t be allowed to cover Pantera. Not even that 1 simple riff. I’m also jealous because I really want a black Les Paul Standard and thats what she is pretending to play.

While we are on the subject of covers, allow me to turn you on to one of the best podcasts ever. Its called Coverville and it comes from a guy named Brian Ibbott in Colorado and he does like 3 shows a week and they are nothing but covers. Some are absolutely amazing. Some support my argument of “thou shalt not cover” but its worth subscribing to. Where else are you going to hear an hour of Hall & Oates covers?

And now, to wipe your brain clean of any of that anglophilic albino’s recent musical abortion… fucking PANTERA! (Moscow ca.’91. solo @ 3 mins)

R.I.P. Dimebag

Tags: Coverville, Hall & Oates, Madonna, Madonna Covers Pantera, Pantera

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