the only good cover of this legendary song is played by Finnish band HIM, surprisingly. I prefer them than HR vocals nowadays and sadly I prefer to miss out on the Bad Brains concerts cause I don't want to hear those songs massacred live with bad vocals, I'd rather stick to the old LP Rock for Light than to hear good musicians and terrible vocalist as Bad Brains sound today. A random guy form the audience could have sung it better than HR, sad but true.
@narkoleptiker74 I forgot how renowned moby is in the punk communities. His connecticut punk band gets mentioned alot in conversations about punk. just because you affiliate yourself with something doesnt make you good at it. I listen to moby's electronic ork because that's his area of expertise, but his days of punk are too far gone. In fact, him and Gwen Stefani have alot in common in that sense.
@HellaSweetStacks I'm sorry but Moby has more "FUCKIN BUSINESS" with punk music than most of you johnny-come-lately wannabe hardcore kids will realize. He was in the 80s punk band Vatican Commandos, who by the way played several shows with the Bad Brains back in the day and he is well known for being an early 80s hardcore punk aficionado.So why don't you small-minded brats just shut the fuck up and listen to fuckin No Doubt?
this is painful...i know hes doing something different but he sounds like a lil pussy bitch(wich he is)these fucking ppl are too fragile and heartbroken....fucking pathetic voice...go cry moby
i`m not a moby fan but this cover is brilliant. I´m sick and tired of bands doing covers by just playing a little harder, louder, faster . . . . Thats just lacking own ideas and ripping another artist off. Another great cover : prince`s "when doves cry" by the twilight singers .
It's a cover, you fuckers. It's not supposed to be intense and hardcore. Just try to open a little your mind and appreciate a different point of view on the same track.
Bad Brains played some F'n awesome hardcore, but they also played a lot of F'n Reggae too FOR F's SAKE! When I was 17 I fast forwarded all the reggae tracks, cause it made my teeth chatter, anything that wasn't loud, angry, and fast as F, I couldn't give a crap about back then. Most of those days are a black out ...if you survived and lived to get old- realize that things change, I'm just glad these guys got some small part of the notice they should have gotten back in the late 70s,&80s.
Sailin' on by Bad Brains is one of my favourite songs. I think this is a great cover. Not as great as the original, which is why people are being so negative, but that's a difficult feat. I can actually hear the words in this one.
@lpokiiim No matter what you do or how hard you try, you can't keep up with the original. So Moby did the only reasonable and turned the song into something totally different. That's what i actually expect of a good cover, to leave one's mark on it. Look what No Doubt did to this song, they totally fucked it up. Moby didn't and that's what i appreciate this cover for. If you don't like it, well then just listen to the original and stop bitchin' around.
@Eaglebauer74 Im generally not one to bitch. Infact i can tolerate mediocriaty just as well as ,um....you, for want of a better example.
However ,in my opinion Bad Brains were a seminal band and sailing on is a great track (to name but one) and i take exception to Mobys interpretation.
I think if Moby had any 'reason' (at all) he would have left sailing on well enough alone and instead written another asanine song that he could call his own and have it appreciated by people like yourself.
@lpokiiim He doesn't call this song his own, since it was never released on any of his records. It was just recorded for a Bad Brains tribute compilation which came out more than 10 years ago. Even H.R. said that he likes Mobys interpretation very much, so why can't people like "myself" like it too then? If you really are so broadminded that you can even tolerate people like me, than you should also accept the fact that musical tastes differ.
@Eaglebauer74 all good and valid points mate but still, this version is just nonsense. What makes this song so great is the speed at which it is played. Moby is the white P-Diddy (or whatever the fuck he calls himself nowadays), some one who for some reason is famous by stealing bits here and there and turning them into what he probably calls music.
Moby is a great artist, i love both Hardcore and other music but it's just weak to build a wall of music you can and can't listen to, live is short shut the f--k up and listen.
I dont like it but its really cool to see a guy do something different with an awesome song. He tried, some will like but I wont. Still a great tribute.
@CountTheOdds Oh, now i see! :) I don't think anyone who ever loved HC can just... forget it; I mean, most of people just 'grow' and do not listen to it everytime, like used to do in the past, but, they're still lovers, you know? :D that's the most cool thing; Hardcore change our minds, our hearts, and soon we go ahead...
@CountTheOdds I know Richard Hall used to be in the hardcore band, but i mean, this is not a hardcore version and still it's fuckin great. People just know how to talk shit about the other one's work, but certainly couldn't do any better ; Neither Similar. {But i see you know HC haha}
This is a really good cover people. This is the mark of a good cover, to take a song and make it completely different and your own, and yet still keep the spirit of the song. Now if you want to hear a really shitty cover of this song listen to fucking No Doubt version. Now that's a heaping helping of auditory anal discharge
well, this isn't that great of a version but it does underscore a different aspect of the song that i feel is missing from the original.. original is way better but this version is a lil more poignant. not so bad :p
In a way, I admire that this spastic has depth and roots, In another, he should be bricked for even thinking this is close to a tribute. This is a mockery of a beautiful song. Moby, go fuck yourself. And break your face on my fists along the way.
@justinstegemann lol yeah in the "decline of the western civilization" i think it was, or some hardcore documentary, he's trying to convince some interviewer he was in flipper... bullshit...
wow. i can appreciate a good cover but moby really did this song some injustice.
tonyflow730 2 days ago
the only good cover of this legendary song is played by Finnish band HIM, surprisingly. I prefer them than HR vocals nowadays and sadly I prefer to miss out on the Bad Brains concerts cause I don't want to hear those songs massacred live with bad vocals, I'd rather stick to the old LP Rock for Light than to hear good musicians and terrible vocalist as Bad Brains sound today. A random guy form the audience could have sung it better than HR, sad but true.
goranhckt 2 days ago
@narkoleptiker74 I forgot how renowned moby is in the punk communities. His connecticut punk band gets mentioned alot in conversations about punk. just because you affiliate yourself with something doesnt make you good at it. I listen to moby's electronic ork because that's his area of expertise, but his days of punk are too far gone. In fact, him and Gwen Stefani have alot in common in that sense.
HellaSweetStacks 1 week ago
i'm sorry but Moby has NO FUCKIN BUSINESS with punk music. if this song needed to be vaginified, No Doubt did that just fine.
HellaSweetStacks 1 week ago
@HellaSweetStacks I'm sorry but Moby has more "FUCKIN BUSINESS" with punk music than most of you johnny-come-lately wannabe hardcore kids will realize. He was in the 80s punk band Vatican Commandos, who by the way played several shows with the Bad Brains back in the day and he is well known for being an early 80s hardcore punk aficionado.So why don't you small-minded brats just shut the fuck up and listen to fuckin No Doubt?
Narkoleptiker74 1 week ago
way to shit on a good song
shredcandy34 2 weeks ago
Fan of the Brains since '85. I like this; the HR scream put through a few filters and warped is just cool. Nicely done Mr. Moby.
XristopherZ 2 weeks ago
this is painful...i know hes doing something different but he sounds like a lil pussy bitch(wich he is)these fucking ppl are too fragile and heartbroken....fucking pathetic voice...go cry moby
badbrain519 3 weeks ago
hahahaha this is the fucking worst.
thosewhomove 1 month ago
Moby's good, but not good enough for me to buy, i like it, though, sounds like the soundtrack of a good drama now, but i dig the impression.
MrBubblegumballs 1 month ago
i`m not a moby fan but this cover is brilliant. I´m sick and tired of bands doing covers by just playing a little harder, louder, faster . . . . Thats just lacking own ideas and ripping another artist off. Another great cover : prince`s "when doves cry" by the twilight singers .
So : i tip my hat to you, mr. moby :-) !
StanTheDog57 1 month ago
not bad
Deathbysterotype1 1 month ago
ANYTHING that brings Bad Brains to a larger audience is good. Long live Bad Brains!! Thanks Moby
waterlovinguy 1 month ago
Huge bad brains fan, this is an awesome new take on sailin on.
josejalapeno92 1 month ago
It's a cover, you fuckers. It's not supposed to be intense and hardcore. Just try to open a little your mind and appreciate a different point of view on the same track.
ThePantagruel 1 month ago
Um he did a fantastic job with this cover people.....it sounds completely different AND sounds good! That's what ACTUAL covers should be!
thisnameisnttaken 1 month ago
Bad Brains played some F'n awesome hardcore, but they also played a lot of F'n Reggae too FOR F's SAKE! When I was 17 I fast forwarded all the reggae tracks, cause it made my teeth chatter, anything that wasn't loud, angry, and fast as F, I couldn't give a crap about back then. Most of those days are a black out ...if you survived and lived to get old- realize that things change, I'm just glad these guys got some small part of the notice they should have gotten back in the late 70s,&80s.
drenM1A1 1 month ago
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT
osapok 1 month ago
Remember when this song was intense?... It was when Bad Brains did it.
RossMonster 2 months ago
this is fuckin boring
berbobloo 2 months ago
@MrDamienthediamond You must be high off your ass if you think this is better than the original..
ZerosPlague 2 months ago 2
Much better of the original one, Moby is such an inspired artist. well done
MrDamienthediamond 2 months ago
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MrDamienthediamond 2 months ago
meh
h4723d 2 months ago
what a crap, this is a tribute ?
thrashaholico 2 months ago
Sailin' on by Bad Brains is one of my favourite songs. I think this is a great cover. Not as great as the original, which is why people are being so negative, but that's a difficult feat. I can actually hear the words in this one.
Ohfishyfishyfish 2 months ago
Moby from Vatican Commandos!!!
chilisexyfat 2 months ago
That's fantastic! A complete rewrite and total change to a great song. Love it.
noddyshat 2 months ago
my god, this is boring. The exact opposite of the original
berbobloo 3 months ago
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dissimulii 3 months ago
um. NO
no no no no NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
firecracker187 3 months ago
I was fully expecting to hate this but you can't really. It's a good version of a great song
JohnMellor5202 3 months ago 2
this was not what i was expecting, but it's good
cloudpaladin 3 months ago 2
i can dig this
ohgr919 3 months ago
This is orders of magnitude better than the original.
thegertkenator 3 months ago
wow, somebody finally took all the balls out of a Bad Brains song.
iamjohnlacroix 4 months ago
fuk u moby . u fukd a great song
lpokiiim 4 months ago
@lpokiiim No matter what you do or how hard you try, you can't keep up with the original. So Moby did the only reasonable and turned the song into something totally different. That's what i actually expect of a good cover, to leave one's mark on it. Look what No Doubt did to this song, they totally fucked it up. Moby didn't and that's what i appreciate this cover for. If you don't like it, well then just listen to the original and stop bitchin' around.
Eaglebauer74 3 months ago 21
@Eaglebauer74 Im generally not one to bitch. Infact i can tolerate mediocriaty just as well as ,um....you, for want of a better example.
However ,in my opinion Bad Brains were a seminal band and sailing on is a great track (to name but one) and i take exception to Mobys interpretation.
I think if Moby had any 'reason' (at all) he would have left sailing on well enough alone and instead written another asanine song that he could call his own and have it appreciated by people like yourself.
lpokiiim 3 months ago
@lpokiiim He doesn't call this song his own, since it was never released on any of his records. It was just recorded for a Bad Brains tribute compilation which came out more than 10 years ago. Even H.R. said that he likes Mobys interpretation very much, so why can't people like "myself" like it too then? If you really are so broadminded that you can even tolerate people like me, than you should also accept the fact that musical tastes differ.
Eaglebauer74 3 months ago 6
@Eaglebauer74 Let the haters hate. You're wasting fingerstrokes proving that you consider yourself enlightened. Good for you.
foolishpen 3 months ago
@foolishpen And this cover is awesome, considering! No one wants a 311 cover of Bad Brains (though it did make Sound System a better album)
foolishpen 3 months ago
@Eaglebauer74 all good and valid points mate but still, this version is just nonsense. What makes this song so great is the speed at which it is played. Moby is the white P-Diddy (or whatever the fuck he calls himself nowadays), some one who for some reason is famous by stealing bits here and there and turning them into what he probably calls music.
expectador 3 months ago
What the hell is this crap
PitonPanda 4 months ago
Moby is a great artist, i love both Hardcore and other music but it's just weak to build a wall of music you can and can't listen to, live is short shut the f--k up and listen.
mick3432 4 months ago
Songs good but dont help a broken heart
shinxsh1n 4 months ago 3
Fuck Moby! He totally messed up this song!
skumsnekker 4 months ago
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Vegan21791 3 months ago in playlist Liked
I dont like it but its really cool to see a guy do something different with an awesome song. He tried, some will like but I wont. Still a great tribute.
DropJunks 4 months ago
I can't get over this version. It's so fantastic. So dramatic. So much emotion.
The6degreeseparation 4 months ago 2
I cannot believe they allowed this on a tribute album. This is teh suk!!
dayolddragonpoo 4 months ago
@dayolddragonpoo Listen to Ice Cube's tribute to The Clash with 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go?'
LuisPenseQue 4 months ago
this is terrible
smgreen07 4 months ago
Bufffff Moby me cae guay pero la version se las trae, no se parece una mierda
celticpride3377 4 months ago
wow what a gay cover this nerd sucks
onbradley 5 months ago
lame
valdrag909 5 months ago
@CountTheOdds Oh, now i see! :) I don't think anyone who ever loved HC can just... forget it; I mean, most of people just 'grow' and do not listen to it everytime, like used to do in the past, but, they're still lovers, you know? :D that's the most cool thing; Hardcore change our minds, our hearts, and soon we go ahead...
BrunoOversett 5 months ago
@CountTheOdds I know Richard Hall used to be in the hardcore band, but i mean, this is not a hardcore version and still it's fuckin great. People just know how to talk shit about the other one's work, but certainly couldn't do any better ; Neither Similar. {But i see you know HC haha}
BrunoOversett 5 months ago
That's really cool! I'm hardcore fan, but this version is good in what he proposes to do.
BrunoOversett 5 months ago
well because im diverse and open to anything i like it and i love bad brains so yeah
kgirl1306 5 months ago
This is a really good cover people. This is the mark of a good cover, to take a song and make it completely different and your own, and yet still keep the spirit of the song. Now if you want to hear a really shitty cover of this song listen to fucking No Doubt version. Now that's a heaping helping of auditory anal discharge
RevJoshsFunhouse 6 months ago in playlist Music 9
this is actually really cool
judakris14 6 months ago
Love Moby but dude leave the Punk alone. This is worse than your Clash: Straight TO Hell cover.
punkrocksowhat 6 months ago
Lol he totally erased the catchiness from the original chorus :p
Hubcool367 6 months ago
well, this isn't that great of a version but it does underscore a different aspect of the song that i feel is missing from the original.. original is way better but this version is a lil more poignant. not so bad :p
hxzxxl 7 months ago
60 people liked the wrong artist.
BeardleProductions 7 months ago
remembers me with david copperfield's show :D
66meroboy 7 months ago
im not really a fan of moby but i gotta admire his attempt of HIS RENDITION of such a classic punk song. it shows that he knows his homework lol
Laminateddeffect 7 months ago
Great concept, but Moby butchered the song. Too interpretative.
SuperMoodster 7 months ago
In a way, I admire that this spastic has depth and roots, In another, he should be bricked for even thinking this is close to a tribute. This is a mockery of a beautiful song. Moby, go fuck yourself. And break your face on my fists along the way.
eafloso 7 months ago
@eafloso heh heh heh heh yeah fuck you moby :-)
bigbigsound 7 months ago
I had no idea this song could be so sad.
God, i fucking love punk rock the way bad brains takes such sadness and turns it into liberating anger.
DeadJ0ker27 8 months ago 2
moby, what happened?
nate97 8 months ago
From ''hot i met your mother'' LOL
DanijarU 10 months ago
"0mg i r s0000 punx roxxxx!! dis r suxxxxxx not faste enoff omg!!!!!"
IGodspeedI 10 months ago
I'm really glad Moby took a high energy and generally bad ass song, and completely neutered it. This wouldn't be out of place in my dentist's office
perryboy73 11 months ago
Thumbs up because Moby knows "Bad Brains" !!
icelinx 11 months ago
@icelinx Moby was the in the band Flipper at one point in his carrer. No surprise he is a fan of Bad Brains
theguyondacouch381 10 months ago
@theguyondacouch381 He wasn't in flipper. I can vouch for that
justinstegemann 10 months ago
@justinstegemann lol yeah in the "decline of the western civilization" i think it was, or some hardcore documentary, he's trying to convince some interviewer he was in flipper... bullshit...
306ness 9 months ago
@306ness Yea he was in Vatican Commandos, in the early 80's.
justinstegemann 9 months ago
@theguyondacouch381 Vatican Commandos not Flipper
Andrulf 9 months ago
@theguyondacouch381 LOL, Flipper SUCKS. All about V.C.!!!
PsychoFalcon666 5 months ago
I never realized how good the lyrics were until I heard this version.
Mrb1033 11 months ago
as a fan of 80s hardcore, technical death metal, grind, jazz, drum and bass, and rap,i can say that i absolutely loved this cover
dbmountain1 11 months ago
i know the lyrics now! haha
Chenzy09 11 months ago
As the beginning I was a bit skeptical, but then I realized that it's one of the best covers of anything I've heard in a while. Thanks for the post.
SLAPnPOP726 1 year ago
I love early american hardcore and I love Moby,this cover is so fuckin awesome
blackflag522 1 year ago
when a cover of a song tries its hardest to ruin the original... reminds me of tori amos or whatever her name is doing a nirvana track...
PDXshadowrunner 1 year ago
uhh....
alk3tom 1 year ago
Wow, is this far removed from the original....very cool.
prestalings 1 year ago
Really an impressive original version of this classic
VL1302 1 year ago
Wow This sounds fuckin' great.
74brooklynboi 1 year ago 9
beautiful song thanks !!!!!!!!
blibloblax 1 year ago 2