Worst cover versions ever! - Page 4

viewtiful_alan · 09.15.2009, 06:02 PM

Eric Clapton's pointless cover of I Shot The Sheriff that added nothing new at all, only robs the soul and meaning from the original.
Comparable to what Pat Boone did to black music back in the 50's.

joe11121 · 09.15.2009, 06:06 PM

Celion Dion & Anastasia (?) doing the cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long"

viewtiful_alan · 09.15.2009, 06:08 PM

That happened..?

joe11121 · 09.15.2009, 06:10 PM

yes! lol. it's dreadful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0

their dancing doesn't help.

chris2159 · 09.16.2009, 04:47 PM

Don't Leave me this Way by the Communards. I only hate this version so much because I love the original so much (by Harold Melvin and the Blues Notes)

Wet Wet Wet singing Love is all Around (originally by the Troggs) on Top of the Pops was very awful as well

Torn Curtain · 11.20.2010, 07:51 AM

Pat Boone - Song to the siren (Tim Buckley)

The Soup Nazi · 11.21.2010, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

Pat Boone - Song to the siren (Tim Buckley)

That's a wretched atrocity and he should be shot dead. Then stabbed in the face.

Glice · 11.21.2010, 01:42 PM

Really? I quite liked that. You can't go wrong with that mid-70s country rock sound round my house, you really can't.

I should note I could never tolerate the Buckley version.

Savage Clone · 11.21.2010, 04:30 PM

I have a tough time with Song To The Siren in general for some reason.

loubarret · 11.21.2010, 05:02 PM

it's quite a ok cover version, 70's all over the place but never really irritating.

Genteel Death · 11.21.2010, 05:10 PM

I've neaver really liked that song or any of the more notorious covers of it myself. I mean, it's a good song, it just doesn't do it for me.

Torn Curtain · 09.23.2011, 03:34 PM

This Warpaint cover...

GeneticKiss · 09.23.2011, 04:07 PM

Metallica covering Thin Lizzy's cover of the traditional Irish folk song "Whiskey In The Jar". James Hetfield, you are not a Irish folk singer, so ixnay on the Gaelic lines. Then again, I'm betting he only knew the Thin Lizzy version and had no idea in was a folk song originally. Their cover of Killing Joke's "The Wait" is more respectable, but it's still not as cool as the original.

I like most of what Soundgarden's done, but I heard a live bootleg in which they covered the Beatles' "Come Together" and it was just awful. Sounded like beer commerical music.

Torn Curtain · 06.24.2012, 03:36 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0vG6UfzKc

Torn Curtain · 08.10.2012, 06:17 AM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5Dw750PVM

Torn Curtain · 08.10.2012, 11:00 AM

That one too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDw4bCx3icc

vulva · 08.11.2012, 05:45 AM

I'm surprised no one mentioned the best awful cover of all time:

Bono - Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSwQX0Z5mHo

Genteel Death · 08.11.2012, 05:54 AM

To be honest the original gets on my tits enough without Bono and you reminding me about it.

the ikara cult · 08.11.2012, 09:40 PM

this isnt a cover version but it sounds like Noel Gallagher decided to try and cover a Guided By Voices song. Noel benefits from the assosciation

09.15.2009, 06:02 PM	#61
viewtiful_alan invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 2,663	Eric Clapton's pointless cover of I Shot The Sheriff that added nothing new at all, only robs the soul and meaning from the original. Comparable to what Pat Boone did to black music back in the 50's. __________________
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09.15.2009, 06:06 PM	#62
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	Celion Dion & Anastasia (?) doing the cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long"
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09.15.2009, 06:08 PM	#63
viewtiful_alan invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 2,663	That happened..? __________________
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09.15.2009, 06:10 PM	#64
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	yes! lol. it's dreadful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0 their dancing doesn't help.
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09.16.2009, 04:47 PM	#65
chris2159 little trouble girl Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: UK Posts: 62	Don't Leave me this Way by the Communards. I only hate this version so much because I love the original so much (by Harold Melvin and the Blues Notes) Wet Wet Wet singing Love is all Around (originally by the Troggs) on Top of the Pops was very awful as well
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11.20.2010, 07:51 AM	#66
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Pat Boone - Song to the siren (Tim Buckley) __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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11.21.2010, 04:30 PM	#69
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,286	I have a tough time with Song To The Siren in general for some reason.
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11.21.2010, 05:02 PM	#70
loubarret expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Dutch suburbs Posts: 1,573	it's quite a ok cover version, 70's all over the place but never really irritating.
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11.21.2010, 05:10 PM	#71
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I've neaver really liked that song or any of the more notorious covers of it myself. I mean, it's a good song, it just doesn't do it for me.
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09.23.2011, 03:34 PM	#72
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	This Warpaint cover... __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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09.23.2011, 04:07 PM	#73
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	Metallica covering Thin Lizzy's cover of the traditional Irish folk song "Whiskey In The Jar". James Hetfield, you are not a Irish folk singer, so ixnay on the Gaelic lines. Then again, I'm betting he only knew the Thin Lizzy version and had no idea in was a folk song originally. Their cover of Killing Joke's "The Wait" is more respectable, but it's still not as cool as the original. I like most of what Soundgarden's done, but I heard a live bootleg in which they covered the Beatles' "Come Together" and it was just awful. Sounded like beer commerical music. __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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06.24.2012, 03:36 PM	#74
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0vG6UfzKc __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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08.10.2012, 06:17 AM	#75
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5Dw750PVM __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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08.10.2012, 11:00 AM	#76
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	That one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDw4bCx3icc __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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08.11.2012, 05:45 AM	#77
vulva the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041	I'm surprised no one mentioned the best awful cover of all time: Bono - Hallelujah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSwQX0Z5mHo __________________ "The mind splits open and the world falls in." -- Euripides
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08.11.2012, 05:54 AM	#78
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	To be honest the original gets on my tits enough without Bono and you reminding me about it.
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08.11.2012, 09:40 PM	#79
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	this isnt a cover version but it sounds like Noel Gallagher decided to try and cover a Guided By Voices song. Noel benefits from the assosciation __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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