You gathered a bunch of people here who some of them truly love you and the others truly hate you (referring to BR gang members). This is not an easy task, thank you for showing us everything is possible.
@BarelyKeepingAfloat dafuq? Anathema isn't an "Emo Band". They play doom metal and progressive rock. Sure, this cover may be depressing, but they aren't an emo band. This album is in the top 50 albums of all time on MetalStorm.
I remember when I first heard this song! It had distorted guitars and a half bald guy named Greg singing it. Yea, Bad Religion. The song was actually meant as sarcasm from an atheist point of view. I'm no atheist, but I still always loved this song! Just reading the lyrics that Greg Graffin wrote is amazing. Just a killer song writer!
@stevecash83 Brett Gurewitz wrote this song and afaik he's not an atheist at all. I think this song is about something from the Bible. It wouldn't be first such song by Brett - listen to Generator or Skyscraper..
My understanding is that Mr. Brett is an intellectual atheist but an emotional deist, if that makes any sense. He'd love to believe in a creator, but cannot bring himself to do so with any intellectual honesty.
The lyrics are clearly in the form of an apology from a supposed creator god to humanity, at at least one level of meaning. I'm not personally aware of any specific biblical references in this song but, as you rightly point out, they do often do so.
@bowlsallbroken Greg is an atheist, Brett is more like an agnostic. Form him, atheism is connected to faith so strongly that it is little short of a religion.
Bad Religion's lyrics have never matched their punk rock style. This version does the lyrics justice, though I have to admit I like listening to the original style more. Great cover though.
This is a really good cover. However, I disagree with everyone who says that this is better than the original Bad Religion version. You can not say that the original isn't as good because it's too punkish or not enough emotion, considering Bad Religion wrote it! Not dissing this version, just saying that if Bad Religion didn't write this genius song in the first place, this cover wouldn't exist. So remember that.
I still prefer this version. The original one from Bad Religion is just a little bit too punkish and fast for such reflective and deep lyrics. Here Anathema's music just put out the dark and introspective side of the song, more than the real authors
I strongly disagree with everyone who says the original is better. I think this one has a lot more emotion to it. I also think it's just overall nicer and more dramatic when it's slow, like this.
Sometimes emotion is not express by a nice femenine voice ,a piano and slow rythm... For my Bad Religion original version is by far better and express the whole feeling of the lyrics ; regret,anger and passion.
@Verdunkleten13 :)) lol bad religion is by far more influential and more important band than anathema. they are just simply not playing in the same league.
however I like this version but only subjective fools can belive this version better than the original...
@melchizedekful i don't say that Bad Religion is better or not than Anathema, I don't know, & I really don't care. But look and the lyrics of the song.. which instrumental is better of them? Anathema,with a perfect rithm for them, or Bad Religion whit a non feet line? it's not 'bout subjectivity,is about your power to understand music
@melchizedekful u are lying yourself... since u know that this lyrics fit better on a "sad" tempo...
BR are great and theyr sarcastic original song is the best sarcastic version of this song... but anathema's version is the best sad version of this song... u can't compare the 2 songs... since they are not the same thing...
@TheMetalKnightM wise words what a pity you was not able to understand what i was talking about before i just involved with this little fame with that teenager anathema fan.
I just told: the title should be like this "bad religion - better of dead (anathema cover)" because any other title e.g like up there) is nothing else than a misleading bullshit.
that was the point. if you disagree with this then start to criticise me.
It seems like most of us here know what emo is. It's a bunch of kids playing dress up with mommy's make up. Half of em don't even know what real music is.
@quovadimus02: hey man, its not terrible just.... something else;) i love very much the original one but this cover gives another meaning to this song. and this is the main sign of a good cover, isnt it? ;)
emo? lolwtf! I was listening to Anathema when most of these emo kids wasn't even damn procreated! Of course they have pretty sad songs whether its metal or whatever- but comparing it to emo scene... Omg, its like comparing Taj Mahal to authistic monkey's vomit.
Emo-Emotive Hardcore, a sub-genre of Hardcore punk that started in the 1980's. Modern Emo-A creation of some marketing exec for a major record label. First coined when used in a 2000 review of Dashboard Confessional. It is not to be considered as Emo (modern emo) but due to wide usage and mainstream popularity with that usage, it's been lost in translation.
This is a cover. I love it when bands cover songs that are either 1) not in their genre or 2) are completely redone to form something new. This is an amazing cover of a quality song!
good but not one of their best. and anathema WAS doom metal id say this comes off more as gothic metal. bad religion is ok but kind of over rated in my opinion pretty thgeir just a repeat of nofx.
@kmfdm5 uhh, no. nofx wasn't even around when bad religion started up. aside from that the messages that come from both bands are polar opposites. you kids with your doom metal make me laugh- how about growing up and joining us in the real world where there aren't ghosts and goblins. black sabbath was the only doom metal band worth anything and that was before that genre even existed
@foleybits kid? im 24 dont think age grants you wisdom or superior intellect because judging by your biased comment id say you have none.now i will admit u have me pwnd on the bad religion nofx bit but ur comment on doom metal as well as ur condescending reference to my age is inaccurate.black sabbath WASNT a doom metal band the term was just coined from the song hand of doom where most doom metal bands such as trouble,cathedral, or candlemass are said to have drawn their infuence.
Eh, I've gotta say I'm not a fan of this cover. Obviously it won't be the original song, but I like Bad Religion's sort of upbeat/energetic style as a contrast to the lyrics, like with "I Want To Conquer The World". Interesting idea for a cover, it just doesn't work for me.
@JempiDude Anathema's covering one of their songs is probably the only point in favor of considering Bad Religion as anything beyond the representatives of silly adolescent crankiness they otherwise seem to be. Perhaps their usual simplistic sentiments appeal to the very young and and the uneducated, but anyone who has moved past an unrefined and childish outlook on life isn't going to be satisfied.
you have obvously never listened to BR record?..either that or you are right or millions of fans are wrong..BR have some of most intelligent lyrics I have every heard..or again maybe I am lacking 'any degree of innate intelligence' and you and only you posses an unworldly intelliegence that everyone else lacks..
Holy fucking pretentious. Anathema may have started as a Doom metal band but they're far from it now man. This entire Album may as well have been Pink Floyd. Who said Emo?!
@bets86 A great band? You mean one that can only appeal to teenagers and those lacking any degree of innate intelligence because it has nothing but the crudest and most simplistic messages to its music? Oh yes, those kings of subtle reflection.
This is a piss poor version of the original. I appreciate the unique approach to it but nothing when held up against the original. Just my opinion. I love Anathema but they should have left good enough alone on this one.
@sorteal This version is great; far more interesting the the original, cookie-cutter "here's another run of the mill punk song lacking any exceptional features apart from its utter banality". I'm just amazing Anathema could manage to make lyrics written by someone about as intellectual as Sarah Palin sound even moderately meaningful.
have you ever even heard a bad religion song? I can respect the fact that you may not like their style, but to refer to their message as "silly adolescent crankiness" with "simplistic sentiments" that appeal to the "uneducated" only displays your ignorance.
How many lead singers have a Ph.D in anthtropology? Are professors at UCLA, teaching courses in paleontology? That received the Harvard Secular Society's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism?
@smith9365 And... before you point out the obvious... I mean have you ever heard a bad religion song aside from the one we are commenting on? Have you ever heard them in their own element? and if you don't like punk.... try their acoustic versions!
No wonder emos are so easily attacked... You lack resolve... Your despair is turned inwards... You accept your weakness as if you have caused it. Pitiful. Better of dead? Yes, as is everyone. Get over it or take a few people out with you. Bang bang.
I don't listen to this genre. I'm more of a punk guy myself and I know of this song originally from bad religion. With that being I said I think it's a really good cover. So what if it's not like the original? It's still a good song. And I am freaked out and attracted to that chick at the same time.
this is doom metal, and before all of you start calling me crazy and stupid and so on...i sugest that you find out more info about doom metal and all the variations in the doom scene.
I hear you, somewhat. You can't call something emo just because it's slowed down, played with piano, etc. But my main problem with this cover is the watered down vocals. Bad Religion's original, like most of their songs, is rich with harmony. Someone below mentioned something about Bad Religion's acoustic versions. This could have been one of those maybe, but it needs some work. Respectfully, of course.
That makes sense. Interestingly enough, there is a fine line between emo and metal. And it's only because people respond to sensitivity with aggression. Do you recall "screamo", which is a bullshit genre? And this might be emo's response to the negativity that it has garnered. Personally, I try not to look at anything—film, books, music—in terms of genres. If it's good it's good. Some "emo" bands I like, some "emo" bands I detest. The end.
@Yneos6 well screamo from what it actually is is an mixture of hardcore and imo. imo is an offshot of hardcore which is a subgenre of punk. the name imo camre from the name of the bar where most of these bands played. what ppl call emo such as the used or my chemical roamnce or anything like ISNT emo its power pop and emo was never a scene or look it was music movement under punk. unfortunately it didnt last very long though. died with 80's.
Guys, cmmon...Anathema & Bad religion make a TOTALLY different type of music. It's a cover , but it IS supposed to be so different. Even though i'm a huge fan of Anathema, and i like THIS version more,that's subjective.BUT an original is AN ORIGINAL..and any cover made will never be better, generally speaking. Just stop arguing which version is better...it's personal. however nice lyrics :) creepy piC and this is the end of my essay -.- haha (:
Music = Music idiots. Everyone that tries to bring down something else cause supposedly he or she listens to good music and everyone else's is crap. Go fuck yourselves incecure losers. If you go on like this you won't be able to listen to anything anymore cause an EMO or whatever might listen to it. GROW UP
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
man does this shit blow, fuckin emo fags should just keep to killing themselves instead of badass punk songs, these emo chicks however, send them to me, ill lick their juicy feet any day!
dumb ass, emo is a copy of 80's new wave and during the time of release for this song if u said EMO to this band they would probrably say what the hell is that. and i think emos only exist in north america cause their are no european EMO bands.
Goosebumps man.
nash855 1 week ago
Dear Anathema
You gathered a bunch of people here who some of them truly love you and the others truly hate you (referring to BR gang members). This is not an easy task, thank you for showing us everything is possible.
Thank you
One of your big fans
minosty88 1 week ago
Anathema's reaction after they find out this cover started a war here:
We'll never make, the same mistake
The next we create a cover we make sure it's not from bad reliiiigion
Ohh Yeaaaah...
minosty88 1 week ago
What is that fucking shit? An EMO band covering Bad Religion... the armageddon is coming...
BarelyKeepingAfloat 1 week ago
@BarelyKeepingAfloat dafuq? Anathema isn't an "Emo Band". They play doom metal and progressive rock. Sure, this cover may be depressing, but they aren't an emo band. This album is in the top 50 albums of all time on MetalStorm.
TheSwagganator 6 days ago
this band is better off dead\
frivalousMC 4 weeks ago
fuckin worst remake ive ever heard........EVER. this band should literally kill themselves
frivalousMC 4 weeks ago
@frivalousMC Well said, this cover made me wanna pluck hairs from my scrotum. What a pile of shit.
meelzonweelz69 2 weeks ago
I remember when I first heard this song! It had distorted guitars and a half bald guy named Greg singing it. Yea, Bad Religion. The song was actually meant as sarcasm from an atheist point of view. I'm no atheist, but I still always loved this song! Just reading the lyrics that Greg Graffin wrote is amazing. Just a killer song writer!
stevecash83 2 months ago
@stevecash83 Brett Gurewitz wrote this song and afaik he's not an atheist at all. I think this song is about something from the Bible. It wouldn't be first such song by Brett - listen to Generator or Skyscraper..
MrSklipkan 2 months ago
@MrSklipkan
My understanding is that Mr. Brett is an intellectual atheist but an emotional deist, if that makes any sense. He'd love to believe in a creator, but cannot bring himself to do so with any intellectual honesty.
The lyrics are clearly in the form of an apology from a supposed creator god to humanity, at at least one level of meaning. I'm not personally aware of any specific biblical references in this song but, as you rightly point out, they do often do so.
bowlsallbroken 1 month ago
Comment removed
EpicClapton 1 day ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@bowlsallbroken Greg is an atheist, Brett is more like an agnostic. Form him, atheism is connected to faith so strongly that it is little short of a religion.
EpicClapton 1 day ago
great song, crappy emo picture with even crappier effects, just take some god damn album cover
thinkAboutEvolution 4 months ago
Great cover to kill myself too. Thank you sooo much!
RIP ME
blaphemyrgf 4 months ago 3
A very daring homage, well done Anathema!
Arenow 5 months ago
Who is the singer?
Perales666 6 months ago
@Perales666 isn't it Lee Douglas?
coerce86 5 months ago
"smile on the lips, and a hole in the head"
I do believe thats my favorite part of the song, its catchy.
NessaOfDorthonion 6 months ago
Some people like this version better.
Some people like the other version more.
Whatever, it is not a battlefield, it's a matter of taste.
Cheers.
bethanyviollette 6 months ago 3
This is even better than the original, Anathema. I think I'm in love with you.
dankz0r 7 months ago 5
38 people must have liked Simple Plan's cover of American Jesus.
shawnguku 7 months ago 3
Bad Religion's lyrics have never matched their punk rock style. This version does the lyrics justice, though I have to admit I like listening to the original style more. Great cover though.
NovemberLimaPapa 7 months ago
This is a really good cover. However, I disagree with everyone who says that this is better than the original Bad Religion version. You can not say that the original isn't as good because it's too punkish or not enough emotion, considering Bad Religion wrote it! Not dissing this version, just saying that if Bad Religion didn't write this genius song in the first place, this cover wouldn't exist. So remember that.
TheUnravel1ng401 7 months ago 2
This sounds nothing like Anathema and yet people "prefer" it as Anathema's style, THIS cover isnt Anathema's style.
jdfox37 8 months ago
Very good. But I prefer the original :)
Lordoftheflies234 8 months ago
21/05/02 and waiting the rapture.
kylethebarbarian 8 months ago
37 People disslike anathema? its a joke?
Disslike anathema isnt possible.
BeyondthoughtSs 8 months ago 4
@BeyondthoughtSs They're subhuman insects. Pity them if you can find the time.
LoreceTheCat 8 months ago
I still prefer this version. The original one from Bad Religion is just a little bit too punkish and fast for such reflective and deep lyrics. Here Anathema's music just put out the dark and introspective side of the song, more than the real authors
BlackLight011986 9 months ago
I strongly disagree with everyone who says the original is better. I think this one has a lot more emotion to it. I also think it's just overall nicer and more dramatic when it's slow, like this.
Starchild91 9 months ago
@Starchild91
Sometimes emotion is not express by a nice femenine voice ,a piano and slow rythm... For my Bad Religion original version is by far better and express the whole feeling of the lyrics ; regret,anger and passion.
dogwood27 6 months ago 2
and by the way a solo and acoustic cover of Greg Graffinon this song, would express more emotion than this cover...
dogwood27 6 months ago
temaso, amo la letra y la cancion =)
xImfalling4everx 10 months ago
Cool video and I would like to get you further with it if you want?
Jacco2012 10 months ago
Comment removed
LivK135 10 months ago
Comment removed
LivK135 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
What's the name of the person singing in this, please? Not the band, the woman.
LivK135 10 months ago
Comment removed
LivK135 10 months ago
It's other music but with the same lyrics
DangeloKnight 11 months ago
oh please ...i can't be so romantic...love it.
liaki2323 11 months ago
i really like Anathema BUT The original version from Bad religion is so much better
atisoleil 1 year ago 2
Comment removed
atisoleil 1 year ago
it``s feminazi shit?? EMO and punk are the same thing... I don't even know whats trying to do a woman singing a song about pride, it``s pathetic...
JoseFruguletti1972 1 year ago
Way better than Bad Religion :)
Verdunkleten13 1 year ago
@Verdunkleten13 :)) lol bad religion is by far more influential and more important band than anathema. they are just simply not playing in the same league.
however I like this version but only subjective fools can belive this version better than the original...
sorry.
melchizedekful 1 year ago
@melchizedekful i don't say that Bad Religion is better or not than Anathema, I don't know, & I really don't care. But look and the lyrics of the song.. which instrumental is better of them? Anathema,with a perfect rithm for them, or Bad Religion whit a non feet line? it's not 'bout subjectivity,is about your power to understand music
Verdunkleten13 1 year ago
@Verdunkleten13 as this words were written by brett gurewitz it fits 100% to bad religion.
not to mention greg graffin sings 100 times better than this vocalist.
melchizedekful 1 year ago
@melchizedekful I'm refering to the melodic line, it fits better than B R . But no problem, not all of us can understang music:P
Verdunkleten13 1 year ago
@Verdunkleten13 this is the first thing I agree with you. obviously you have no clue about music.
melchizedekful 1 year ago
@melchizedekful Contact me when you can talk without subjectivity :) Have a nice life.
Verdunkleten13 1 year ago
@Verdunkleten13 wtf a nazi tries to teach me about objectivity? :)) what is your next topic? how to be more liberal?
it is so "authentic" from you! :)))
and your standartenführer knows about it? :)
melchizedekful 1 year ago
@melchizedekful Oh, yes, and if you don't like this version, go & listen to Bad Religion & shit. Done.
Verdunkleten13 1 year ago
@Verdunkleten13 so you like the cover of a shit. i see. :) lol!
melchizedekful 1 year ago
@melchizedekful u are lying yourself... since u know that this lyrics fit better on a "sad" tempo...
BR are great and theyr sarcastic original song is the best sarcastic version of this song... but anathema's version is the best sad version of this song... u can't compare the 2 songs... since they are not the same thing...
TheMetalKnightM 1 year ago
@TheMetalKnightM wise words what a pity you was not able to understand what i was talking about before i just involved with this little fame with that teenager anathema fan.
I just told: the title should be like this "bad religion - better of dead (anathema cover)" because any other title e.g like up there) is nothing else than a misleading bullshit.
that was the point. if you disagree with this then start to criticise me.
melchizedekful 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@melchizedekful well in the music industry there are some "rules" made to avoid confusion:
A song title must be like this:
The Artist Who currently sings the song - the name of the song (the covered band if cover)
"bad religion - better of dead (anathema cover) = that would mean that BR made a cover after anathema's song...
TheMetalKnightM 1 year ago
@melchizedekful that would suggest that Bad Religion covered Anathema.
ohnothatsnotit 10 months ago
i frankly think that all the shit u say R useless guys
most of u critisize the picture on the screen
itisn'tt what u have 2 say
as i see it, what counts is ur opinion ab0ut the song
af far as i'm concered b0ut EMO's.well just go &find out more inf0 bout them.
u might think i'm an emo.well i'm not.i like their way of thinkin' and i'm AGAINST people wh0 blame them all the time
moreover.u, that don't like EMO's/tell me smn wh0 has different insight from u that u like.NONE.u all like just urselves
Mairoula95u 1 year ago 3
It seems like most of us here know what emo is. It's a bunch of kids playing dress up with mommy's make up. Half of em don't even know what real music is.
futureboss5555 1 year ago
For fucks sake who let them destroy a Bad Religion song? Seriously...this is terrible.
quovadimus02 1 year ago
@quovadimus02: hey man, its not terrible just.... something else;) i love very much the original one but this cover gives another meaning to this song. and this is the main sign of a good cover, isnt it? ;)
tatranfanatik 1 year ago 3
emo? lolwtf! I was listening to Anathema when most of these emo kids wasn't even damn procreated! Of course they have pretty sad songs whether its metal or whatever- but comparing it to emo scene... Omg, its like comparing Taj Mahal to authistic monkey's vomit.
szczebon 1 year ago
When will you stop labeling greatness?
DNSerror 1 year ago 7
this it's not doom METAL, for the guy top rated, i suggest to read more about the genre METAL, Anathema since "Eternity" , it's not more Metal.
thsi it's not emo too, who said that it's very ignorant, it's a great song of rock
zevenfilth 1 year ago 2
w
oow
call96080950 1 year ago
Emo-Emotive Hardcore, a sub-genre of Hardcore punk that started in the 1980's. Modern Emo-A creation of some marketing exec for a major record label. First coined when used in a 2000 review of Dashboard Confessional. It is not to be considered as Emo (modern emo) but due to wide usage and mainstream popularity with that usage, it's been lost in translation.
MrChaos667 1 year ago
@MrChaos667 Yeah whatever... FUCK EMO POSERS
nasonqjenai 1 year ago
wow its really amazing,,, :')
qusaialshareef 1 year ago
anathema kicked ass before emo existed. what is emo? kids!
panpunani666 1 year ago 2
lyrics are just amazing...music is beautiful ..an all around great song.!
ayerslay 1 year ago
@ayerslay Too bad they didn't write them, eh?
VitalSigns08 1 year ago
This is a cover. I love it when bands cover songs that are either 1) not in their genre or 2) are completely redone to form something new. This is an amazing cover of a quality song!
frandalfstormcrow 1 year ago 20
Awesome, she did Brett's song justice here.
Iamkl132 1 year ago
the video sucks!!
nattyfinger 1 year ago
.....Ehhh....I definitely prefer the original. But I think its cool that they covered a Bad Religion song.
AtheistLurker 1 year ago 4
Eh. Gimme BR.
colico14 1 year ago
embrace life, embrace death, it's all life,music is everything, and everything we do is the music we play.
Pinkspiderable 1 year ago
are you sure this is anathema????
verovidoni 1 year ago 2
@verovidoni
Yes, it's them. I guarantee you.
mchenj 1 year ago
@verovidoni Yeah it is
frandalfstormcrow 1 year ago
original is better... but thats just me
1abuser1 1 year ago
ALL EMOS think that everything is "EMO" LOL
Forgive them GOD!!!!!
, for their poor ignorance and EGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOcentric minds as they still DREAM that EVERYTHING they touch is "EMO" in their pinky world
martrocity 1 year ago 4
good but not one of their best. and anathema WAS doom metal id say this comes off more as gothic metal. bad religion is ok but kind of over rated in my opinion pretty thgeir just a repeat of nofx.
kmfdm5 1 year ago
@kmfdm5 uhh, no. nofx wasn't even around when bad religion started up. aside from that the messages that come from both bands are polar opposites. you kids with your doom metal make me laugh- how about growing up and joining us in the real world where there aren't ghosts and goblins. black sabbath was the only doom metal band worth anything and that was before that genre even existed
foleybits 1 year ago
@foleybits kid? im 24 dont think age grants you wisdom or superior intellect because judging by your biased comment id say you have none.now i will admit u have me pwnd on the bad religion nofx bit but ur comment on doom metal as well as ur condescending reference to my age is inaccurate.black sabbath WASNT a doom metal band the term was just coined from the song hand of doom where most doom metal bands such as trouble,cathedral, or candlemass are said to have drawn their infuence.
kmfdm5 1 year ago
@foleybits you may as well say that venom is a black metal band
kmfdm5 1 year ago
Eh, I've gotta say I'm not a fan of this cover. Obviously it won't be the original song, but I like Bad Religion's sort of upbeat/energetic style as a contrast to the lyrics, like with "I Want To Conquer The World". Interesting idea for a cover, it just doesn't work for me.
theoriginal42 1 year ago
c'mon this sucks, a shame for Bad Religion
JempiDude 1 year ago
@JempiDude Anathema's covering one of their songs is probably the only point in favor of considering Bad Religion as anything beyond the representatives of silly adolescent crankiness they otherwise seem to be. Perhaps their usual simplistic sentiments appeal to the very young and and the uneducated, but anyone who has moved past an unrefined and childish outlook on life isn't going to be satisfied.
smith9365 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@smith9365
you have obvously never listened to BR record?..either that or you are right or millions of fans are wrong..BR have some of most intelligent lyrics I have every heard..or again maybe I am lacking 'any degree of innate intelligence' and you and only you posses an unworldly intelliegence that everyone else lacks..
CoylerP 1 year ago
Holy fucking pretentious. Anathema may have started as a Doom metal band but they're far from it now man. This entire Album may as well have been Pink Floyd. Who said Emo?!
TherevsaltyP 1 year ago
way to make me puke.
NoTimeLikethePast 1 year ago
i gotta go puke now, way to destroy a great song by a great band, you cunts!
bets86 1 year ago
@bets86 A great band? You mean one that can only appeal to teenagers and those lacking any degree of innate intelligence because it has nothing but the crudest and most simplistic messages to its music? Oh yes, those kings of subtle reflection.
smith9365 1 year ago
this is originally from Bad Religion
BoomenDrol 1 year ago
This is a piss poor version of the original. I appreciate the unique approach to it but nothing when held up against the original. Just my opinion. I love Anathema but they should have left good enough alone on this one.
sorteal 1 year ago
@sorteal This version is great; far more interesting the the original, cookie-cutter "here's another run of the mill punk song lacking any exceptional features apart from its utter banality". I'm just amazing Anathema could manage to make lyrics written by someone about as intellectual as Sarah Palin sound even moderately meaningful.
smith9365 1 year ago
@smith9365 LOL!!
sorteal 1 year ago
@smith9365
have you ever even heard a bad religion song? I can respect the fact that you may not like their style, but to refer to their message as "silly adolescent crankiness" with "simplistic sentiments" that appeal to the "uneducated" only displays your ignorance.
How many lead singers have a Ph.D in anthtropology? Are professors at UCLA, teaching courses in paleontology? That received the Harvard Secular Society's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism?
I
ThePhoenixGate 1 year ago
@smith9365 And... before you point out the obvious... I mean have you ever heard a bad religion song aside from the one we are commenting on? Have you ever heard them in their own element? and if you don't like punk.... try their acoustic versions!
ThePhoenixGate 1 year ago
Gotta love the song..and love the picture
jackskellingtondude 1 year ago
THis is not doom metal its just music. BUt who cares anyway what genre it is its ether good or bad and that is that .
brandoncipelle 1 year ago
No wonder emos are so easily attacked... You lack resolve... Your despair is turned inwards... You accept your weakness as if you have caused it. Pitiful. Better of dead? Yes, as is everyone. Get over it or take a few people out with you. Bang bang.
Gunriffun9mm 1 year ago
Bad Religion way better
Pittsman71 1 year ago 2
@Pittsman71 its something defferent..i think that both ways are very good!
xrusalifourfouro 1 year ago
amazing
xanyleon 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
If you like Anathema you'd love my new song too. I'd appreciate if you check it out and leave a comment (;
screamer8888 1 year ago
Now compare this with Anthema's other song, "They Die"
fredjustsucks 1 year ago
This is one of the best covers I ve ever heared!
..but nothing can beat BR..;)
mate6 1 year ago 14
Comment removed
mate6 1 year ago
I haven't seen this in a while...
She has a good voice I guess, this arrangement is just cheesy as hell, and feels like it misses out on all of the irony of the original.
Also, when you post something like this you should CREDIT IT AS A COVER.
Superterrestrial 1 year ago
love her voice! love the song!
it rocks!
mihaila6 1 year ago
She sounds like Lita Ford. Reminds me of a High School Graduaton performance. But that is talent.
N8Psycho78 1 year ago
PURE GENIUS !!!
TheRealBeefCake 2 years ago
Wow the memories...
Waredith 2 years ago 2
Nice piece of music, a beautiful voice is VERY important. Nice art.
killsaus 2 years ago 2
It's amazing... I love this song
Rape69me 2 years ago 7
@Rape69me
The original by Bad Religion is far superior. Although this is still a very good cover.
iTubeYourDadsMinge 11 months ago
@iTubeYourDadsMinge how the F you compare them AND say that one is superior over the other since they are DIFFERENT?
Ninitos1 10 months ago
her voice rocks
foreverafter2000 2 years ago 2
This a really good cover at least it doesn't play same way Bad Religion does. I still like Bad Religions version better All in all.
DreathDragont 2 years ago
I like both versions but this one's just beautiful : )
gsogoz 2 years ago 2
Zé Ruelas!!!!!! vão dar meia hora depois vc volta pra fazer cover de uma musica boa
ajmiciano 2 years ago
Good cover. Very different tones.
Bad Religion: FUCK YOU!
Anathema: Sorrowful.
fredjustsucks 2 years ago
this is what the song is meant to be........ beautiful!
n3crih3n 2 years ago 7
meant to be?
.......
dude...
Memington 2 years ago
wow this is great, like the bad religion original better, but this is surprisingly good, glad I stumbled on it.
xXJADEXx7 2 years ago
Wow, Anathema doing a Bad Religion song??
Well, i like this one but since this is one of my favourite BR songs, i have to say i like the original version better...
Still, it's a nice cover...
feanor22 2 years ago 2
this is so prety :)
allaboutdaniel 2 years ago 3
..does someone know who is the girl that sings in this song?
Bull3tF0rMyValentine 2 years ago
Lee Douglas
TheGreydude 2 years ago
John's (Anathema drummer's) sister, Lee Douglas. I like her voice a lot : )
gsogoz 2 years ago
I think it'd be really nice if it wasn't so slow. That's not to say its not nice as it is.
xaechireon 2 years ago
Then listen to Bad Religion's version.
It's a little faster^^
But I understand what you mean, you're right
handimwald 2 years ago
I meant it as a comparison to Bad Religion's version.
xaechireon 2 years ago
ya i can totally agree with Underpants158 - spetially about the chick : so cool and scary same time :D
beside
covers supposed to be different than originals its not about copy the song - would not have sense at all than i think
dashiki25 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
like the original song from bad religion more.
wuuuhhhaaaa 2 years ago
-.- i got scared of that thingy on the screen :S btw not the best of anathema
thegeekest 2 years ago
I'm sorry... about the sun
How could I know... that you would burn?
Tilval 2 years ago 3
anathema:) wish i could see them live best doom/death band ever
Stfanos04 2 years ago 4
great song,but the picture sucks...it's so disgusting man...
palakout87 2 years ago 27
@palakout87
the picture is beautiful.
Pinkspiderable 1 year ago
This a very good song because Anathema is a good band. <3
deathskull132 2 years ago 3
Good cover, but I prefer the ORIGINAL!
BAD RELIGION!
IndioEterno 2 years ago 7
love this song...
Satomichan26 2 years ago 5
I don't listen to this genre. I'm more of a punk guy myself and I know of this song originally from bad religion. With that being I said I think it's a really good cover. So what if it's not like the original? It's still a good song. And I am freaked out and attracted to that chick at the same time.
Underpants158 2 years ago 4
This is a cover of a Bad Religion (a punk band) song.
SonicPsycho 2 years ago
josefraguletti1972 sta bien pendejo
ObscurantisMetal 2 years ago
it´s nice song and very depressive :/
Nenushenka 2 years ago 3
EMO??? are you all nuts!?!?!?
this is doom metal, and before all of you start calling me crazy and stupid and so on...i sugest that you find out more info about doom metal and all the variations in the doom scene.
CNTF75 2 years ago 65
doom is real pain. /m/
sockpeople 2 years ago
@CNTF75 He is Completely Right It is Doom Metal, EMO is a word thrown around way to generally these days... Yeesh!
ScaryNapkin 1 year ago
@CNTF75
I hear you, somewhat. You can't call something emo just because it's slowed down, played with piano, etc. But my main problem with this cover is the watered down vocals. Bad Religion's original, like most of their songs, is rich with harmony. Someone below mentioned something about Bad Religion's acoustic versions. This could have been one of those maybe, but it needs some work. Respectfully, of course.
Yneos6 1 year ago
@Yneos6 honestly pop culture has mislead ppl as to what Imo actually is. they have only to look to hardcore.
kmfdm5 1 year ago
@kmfdm5
That makes sense. Interestingly enough, there is a fine line between emo and metal. And it's only because people respond to sensitivity with aggression. Do you recall "screamo", which is a bullshit genre? And this might be emo's response to the negativity that it has garnered. Personally, I try not to look at anything—film, books, music—in terms of genres. If it's good it's good. Some "emo" bands I like, some "emo" bands I detest. The end.
Yneos6 1 year ago
@Yneos6 well screamo from what it actually is is an mixture of hardcore and imo. imo is an offshot of hardcore which is a subgenre of punk. the name imo camre from the name of the bar where most of these bands played. what ppl call emo such as the used or my chemical roamnce or anything like ISNT emo its power pop and emo was never a scene or look it was music movement under punk. unfortunately it didnt last very long though. died with 80's.
kmfdm5 1 year ago
Comment removed
Yneos6 1 year ago
@CNTF75 thank u man..u find the real words
hail to you my friend!
Foxville056 1 year ago
@CNTF75 . My sweet dude. You're a faggot.
lol2d2d2d2d2d2d2d 1 year ago
@CNTF75 Agreed.
Thraxwhirl 1 year ago
@CNTF75 just fucking embrace it already
AdmiralShizzle 1 year ago
@CNTF75
Dood, you need to be Metal to be called doom metal..
this is CRAP!...
BAD RELIGION FOREVER!
megadankk 1 year ago
@CNTF75 Hails \m/
qusaialshareef 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
This is Emo Music, then I´m a fucking Emo... this music simply blow my mind and bombards my brain....
METALFOREVER82 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Esta cansion es EMO polque los metaleros no deven llorar, a no ser por un partido de futbol o para manipular a la mama.
JoseFruguletti1972 2 years ago
Guys, cmmon...Anathema & Bad religion make a TOTALLY different type of music. It's a cover , but it IS supposed to be so different. Even though i'm a huge fan of Anathema, and i like THIS version more,that's subjective.BUT an original is AN ORIGINAL..and any cover made will never be better, generally speaking. Just stop arguing which version is better...it's personal. however nice lyrics :) creepy piC and this is the end of my essay -.- haha (:
666AmyLynnLee666 2 years ago 5
Music = Music idiots. Everyone that tries to bring down something else cause supposedly he or she listens to good music and everyone else's is crap. Go fuck yourselves incecure losers. If you go on like this you won't be able to listen to anything anymore cause an EMO or whatever might listen to it. GROW UP
stront555 2 years ago 7
This comment has received too many negative votes show
man does this shit blow, fuckin emo fags should just keep to killing themselves instead of badass punk songs, these emo chicks however, send them to me, ill lick their juicy feet any day!
PatHoed 2 years ago
this pic gives me the creeps.where the fuck are her eyes?!
furor93 2 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
WTF!
its fuckin emo song, how kilking a master song of BR
CoReYvidz 2 years ago
dumb ass, emo is a copy of 80's new wave and during the time of release for this song if u said EMO to this band they would probrably say what the hell is that. and i think emos only exist in north america cause their are no european EMO bands.
MrGrimmGoretastic 2 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
hahahha. I just imagined a German Emo band. If only...
Underpants158 2 years ago
I´m a big bad religion fan and yes, I like this cover version. The BR one is much better but it´s very impressive to hear it in this way.. great.
pretender5666 2 years ago 3
Bad Religion - Better Off Dead
punk ftw
mmoviefan7 2 years ago
This is not fuckin Emo. This version was featured in the album "Alternative 4", in the year 1998. Deviant muffin must be emo.
giblankn 2 years ago 4
This has been flagged as spam show