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The worst cover songs ever released.
- Thread starter 96tbird
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You asked for the worst one. That's it. Sorry if your not the only person to think that.
This would be your winner...IF..Darius Rucker had never covered Wagon Wheel. What a douche.
I've spent about 20 minutes with this link, and it might be the single greatest page on the Internet.
Recommended thus far: Stairway to Gilligan's Island and the Brady Bunch singing Do The Hustle.
Joe Pecsi...what a charmer 
And the Thundercats out-takes are hilarious.
Thanks for the link. That's my Sunday afternoon taken care of.
And the Thundercats out-takes are hilarious.
Thanks for the link. That's my Sunday afternoon taken care of.
Worst cover ever? No, sir; I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. That is one of the single greatest things I have ever heard in my entire life.
Rob
Knocking on Heaven's Door by GnR. That gargantuan-egoed Axl always sounds like Martin Short imitating Katherine Hepburn to me.
Turn the Page by Metallica. Turn the page-ah. Always made me turn the dial.
Turn the Page by Metallica. Turn the page-ah. Always made me turn the dial.
There was a thread "covering" this topic a few months ago with some really bad covers posted.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f30/covers-really-really-suck-991205/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f30/covers-really-really-suck-991205/
Worst cover ever? No, sir; I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. That is one of the single greatest things I have ever heard in my entire life.
Rob
agreed! Pure delight!
I once was subjected to Celion Dion doing a live cover of You shook me all night long. You can find it on youtube. Talk about cutting the balls off AC/DC. Plus it's gross as hell because you're forced to imagine someone shaking Celine all night long and it makes you want to puke (unless she being shaken to her death by the throat).
In songs i particularly like badly covered, well, first of all, any damn time someone takes a uptempo rock song and does it slow on acoustic guitar, i want to smash that guitar on the head of whoever's doing it. Recently i heard Grant Lee Phillips do a cover of The Cure's Boys don't cry like this, it made me want to die.
Also recently came across The Bravery doing U2's An Cat Dubh, that was pretty horrible too.
As a general rule, covers suck. And it's like..i understand you have to make the song yours and change it because otherwise what's the point, but usually the change is too drastic. Or the person doing the cover doesn't understand why this song was good to begin with and the mood of the song is changed in a bad way or parts that actually greatly contributed in making the song great are removed or altered too much.
The only song right now i can think of that i like both the original and cover of is Prince's When you were mine. Cyndi Lauper did that song on She's So Unusual and she made it hers (her version is not even played in the same key) i honestly can't decide which one i like best. They're both different, both have a different feel and both are valid.
In songs i particularly like badly covered, well, first of all, any damn time someone takes a uptempo rock song and does it slow on acoustic guitar, i want to smash that guitar on the head of whoever's doing it. Recently i heard Grant Lee Phillips do a cover of The Cure's Boys don't cry like this, it made me want to die.
Also recently came across The Bravery doing U2's An Cat Dubh, that was pretty horrible too.
As a general rule, covers suck. And it's like..i understand you have to make the song yours and change it because otherwise what's the point, but usually the change is too drastic. Or the person doing the cover doesn't understand why this song was good to begin with and the mood of the song is changed in a bad way or parts that actually greatly contributed in making the song great are removed or altered too much.
The only song right now i can think of that i like both the original and cover of is Prince's When you were mine. Cyndi Lauper did that song on She's So Unusual and she made it hers (her version is not even played in the same key) i honestly can't decide which one i like best. They're both different, both have a different feel and both are valid.
Someone just floated me this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ
Ouch. Wonderwall by some dude and his band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ
Ouch. Wonderwall by some dude and his band.
I actually like Metallica's cover of Whiskey in the Jar, considering I'm a Thin Lizzy fan and do not like what Metallica has become.
It was already mentioned but I'll throw in another vote for Axl butchering Knocking on Heaven's Door. Mind you, I really don't like Axl's singing. His writing with GNR was great in the beginning, but he's never been a good singer.
It was already mentioned but I'll throw in another vote for Axl butchering Knocking on Heaven's Door. Mind you, I really don't like Axl's singing. His writing with GNR was great in the beginning, but he's never been a good singer.
It's like they all got gift certificates for Hot Topic and thought that was as good of an excuse as any to start a band.
