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Subject: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: DJ Blaze on 11/25/09 at 9:52 pm

Sometimes a band can do someone else's song and make it rock. Just look at Quiet Riot's "Come On Feel The Noise", which was a cover of a band I'd never heard of. However, some covers are so horrible, they are a disgrace to the original artist.

So far, the worst I've heard are from the Japanese version of the game Donkey Konga 2, a music game using a bongo controller. The song choices were awesome, but the covers sound like they are MIDIs, and the vocalists can sing out of a paper bag. Anyone else know bad covers?

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: whistledog on 11/26/09 at 12:34 am

'Personal Jesus', 'Tainted Love' and Sweet Dreams' by Marilyn Manson.  He ruined great songs with his drowining vocals that sounds like the devil choking on a hotdog.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Foo Bar on 11/26/09 at 1:04 am

I still claim that Kim Wilde (yes, the one you remember from the New Wave anthem "Kids in America") doing a cover of... a cover of...

Look, if you'd never heard the original, you'd think it was pretty incredible techno.  If you liked techno, you'd think it was pretty good techno.  If you'd heard the original and liked techno, you'd think it was the worst abomination ever burnt to CD... and you'd keep an MP3 of it on your "road trip" playlist anyways.

I dare you to listen to the thing to which I'm going to link.  You'll laugh.  You'll cry.  You may go completely catatonic and sit there, slackjawed at the screen, drooling over your keyboard.  But you will not keep a straight face.  This is a cover that sounds so wrong that it's gotta be right... but it's so wrong that it not merely overflows wrongness to become so-wrong-its-right, it's so so-wrong-its-right, that it wraps so-wrong-its-right right back into wrongness again.

I'm Foo Bar, and Kim Wilde's 2002 cover of Steppenwolf's Born To Be Wild is my secret cover shame.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 11/26/09 at 5:52 am

There is a techno type style of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" that I heard on the radio the other day.  Didn't catch who did it, but I could not stand it.  It was kinda slowed down but with kind of a reggae/ tecno beat to it...  Trying to find it on youtube now.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: danootaandme on 11/26/09 at 6:37 am

Nazareths cover of the Boudleaux Bryant song Love Hurts is bottom line the most screechy, whiny, boring, song ever.  Roy Orbison, Jim Capaldi did a fantastic version, but Nazareth may have well have been sucking splinters from the bottom of the barrel.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Brian06 on 11/26/09 at 2:23 pm

These Boots Are Made for Walking - Jessica Simpson

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/09 at 2:46 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18YB3329SQ

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: gibbo on 11/26/09 at 4:12 pm


Nazareths cover of the Boudleaux Bryant song Love Hurts is bottom line the most screechy, whiny, boring, song ever.  Roy Orbison, Jim Capaldi did a fantastic version, but Nazareth may have well have been sucking splinters from the bottom of the barrel.


It takes all types....I just love that version!  ;D

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Henk on 11/26/09 at 5:18 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18YB3329SQ


Gah! I couldn't even stand the original! 8-P

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: whistledog on 11/26/09 at 7:08 pm


Gah! I couldn't even stand the original! 8-P


I was just gonna say .. when was that song ever good? ;D

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Frank on 11/26/09 at 7:47 pm


Nazareths cover of the Boudleaux Bryant song Love Hurts is bottom line the most screechy, whiny, boring, song ever.  Roy Orbison, Jim Capaldi did a fantastic version, but Nazareth may have well have been sucking splinters from the bottom of the barrel.

I like Nazareth's version of the song quite a bit, but I understand how you can find it a little screechy and whiny.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: tnf on 11/27/09 at 2:54 am

Aaron Carter - Surfin USA. But at the same time, it's funny.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1Sm1Pff_Y

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: woops on 11/27/09 at 4:49 pm

Britney Spears "I Love Rock N' Roll"

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: DJ Blaze on 11/27/09 at 4:51 pm


Britney Spears "I Love Rock N' Roll"


AMEN!

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Dagwood on 11/27/09 at 8:51 pm


Britney Spears "I Love Rock N' Roll"


I third that one.  blech

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Step-chan on 11/27/09 at 11:43 pm

Guns N Rose's cover version of Mama Kin comes to mind as one of the worst to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqOxt3DwK0c

Ugh. Make it stop.




Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: danootaandme on 11/28/09 at 10:13 am

Barbara Streisand did John Lennons "Mother" .  What was she thinking???

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: DJ Blaze on 01/21/10 at 8:04 pm

BUMP. Flo-Rida's cover of Dead Or Alive's "You Spin Me Round" was crap.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 01/24/10 at 3:08 am


Barbara Streisand did John Lennons "Mother" .  What was she thinking???


I think Douglas Adams said there was a place in the universe were everything that was never supposed to exist exists, and sometimes one of those things escapes, and you end up with Dick Cheney, or Streisand's cover of "Mother."
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/redblob.gif


Here are some really godawful covers, even the ones that are kind supposed to be bad are bad for the wrong reasons:

The Rubinoos: Surf Trek
The Cure: Hello, I Love You (1990)
Dinosaur, Jr: Just Like Heaven (1989)
Ministry: Lay Lady Lay (1996)
POTUSA: Video Killed the Radio Star (1997) -- This song does not lend itself to covers, that's the point.
The Bobs: Helter Skelter (1983) -- New Wave a Capella, I don't think so.
Vanessa Carlton: Paint It Black (2002) -- A few are worse in other ways, this is just vapid.
Hate Dept: Blasphemous Rumours (1997)
Cyndi Lauper & Roger Waters: Another Brick In The Wall -- Live (1990)
Heaven 17: Holiday (1999) (1983)]
Alice Donut: Sunshine Superman (1988)
The Flying Lizards: Summertime Blues (1979)
Duran Duran: 911 is a Joke (1995)



Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Bobby on 01/28/10 at 7:38 pm


I still claim that Kim Wilde (yes, the one you remember from the New Wave anthem "Kids in America") doing a cover of... a cover of...

Look, if you'd never heard the original, you'd think it was pretty incredible techno.  If you liked techno, you'd think it was pretty good techno.  If you'd heard the original and liked techno, you'd think it was the worst abomination ever burnt to CD... and you'd keep an MP3 of it on your "road trip" playlist anyways.

I dare you to listen to the thing to which I'm going to link.  You'll laugh.  You'll cry.  You may go completely catatonic and sit there, slackjawed at the screen, drooling over your keyboard.  But you will not keep a straight face.  This is a cover that sounds so wrong that it's gotta be right... but it's so wrong that it not merely overflows wrongness to become so-wrong-its-right, it's so so-wrong-its-right, that it wraps so-wrong-its-right right back into wrongness again.

I'm Foo Bar, and Kim Wilde's 2002 cover of Steppenwolf's Born To Be Wild is my secret cover shame.


Kim Wilde doing Born to be wild? I suppose that figures, lol. I didn't think rock was her demagraphic (she did a decent cover of the Supreme's 'You keep me hanging on' in the late 80s). I'm going to have to look that one up, Foo-Bar...just for curiosity's sake of course.  ;) ;D

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: karen on 01/28/10 at 10:07 pm


Kim Wilde doing Born to be wild? I suppose that figures, lol. I didn't think rock was her demagraphic (she did a decent cover of the Supreme's 'You keep me hanging on' in the late 80s). I'm going to have to look that one up, Foo-Bar...just for curiosity's sake of course.  ;) ;D


his link goes to the youtube video

or you can just watch it here (new feature since you were last on the boards)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRyWDwGG-4

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Bobby on 01/28/10 at 10:48 pm


his link goes to the youtube video

or you can just watch it here (new feature since you were last on the boards)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRyWDwGG-4


A bit throwaway but could have been worse. Kim Wilde still looks good.  8)

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: ADH13 on 09/14/10 at 12:10 pm



I Want To Know What Love Is - Mariah Carey  8-P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCadlN8fexk

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Mr. Bump on 09/14/10 at 3:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7X0inKxbo&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMU6GemrG8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkvpuOebd88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6AkePyLHWE

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/10 at 3:57 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7X0inKxbo&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMU6GemrG8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkvpuOebd88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6AkePyLHWE
Agreed, agreed, agreed, agreed and agreed.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: JamieMcBain on 09/15/10 at 2:21 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18YB3329SQ


8-P

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Paul on 09/15/10 at 2:48 pm

From what I can see, most of the above are songs that have been desecrated by a generation that should know better...

From the annals (or anals) of history, something that your grandparents should be ashamed of...Pat Boone sucking every last drop of enjoyment out of a Little Richard number...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M323c8C6-k

Thank heavens the original blew this out of the water!  :o

(MTA - go and check out some of the original poster's other videos from this album - Mitch Miller's 'Give Peace A Chance' has to be heard to be believed!)

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/15/10 at 6:04 pm

Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGI9NbH-mk

As far as I'm concerned Fred Durst might possible be the biggest douchebag in rock history, and he deserves to be waterboarded for singlehandedly ruining rock music in the late 90's.

But for this cover? Not only did he completely omit the part that rocks, but he also had the nerve to add his own new lyrics.

No, waterboarding isn't enough. For butchering this fine classic from the Who, Fred Durst ought to be waterboarded with dog piss.  :o :o :o

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: manbearpig on 10/13/10 at 7:50 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqoygpAvy3k

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: MrCleveland on 10/14/10 at 8:23 pm

CDl9ZMfj6aE

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: JamieMcBain on 10/14/10 at 9:29 pm


CDl9ZMfj6aE


I strongly disagree.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: MrCleveland on 10/14/10 at 11:25 pm


I strongly disagree.


It's just that I've heard the song too damn much.

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/15/10 at 4:22 pm

WHAT??!!! No one mentioned THIS ONE?:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ar79f8aN8


or THIS?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY&feature=related



Cat

Subject: Re: Worst Cover Songs Ever

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/10 at 7:54 am


WHAT??!!! No one mentioned THIS ONE?:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ar79f8aN8


or THIS?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY&feature=related



Cat
So bad, no one wished to mention it!

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