Worst covers of all time

[Misanthrope]

Shatner singing anyones song

His Common People was pretty enjoyable, I thought.

 

[CC_Eagle]

His Common People was pretty enjoyable, I thought.

Agreed!:lol:

 

[Tom Shines]

Marilyn Manson's version was good...

You lose.

Only good cover of Tainted Love was Soft Cell.

 

[Tom Shines]

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

Denny Crane out front, Joe Jackson on backing vocals, Ben Folds on keys. Great stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3MGN899yE

And Rocketman. THis one is actually pretty good.

 

[Dean Moriarty]

Also the pet shop boys massacre of U2's Where the streets have no names.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bCSjWyvZIjI

Or their massacre of Always On My Mind, which inexplicably hit number one ahead of Fairytale of New York. Bastards.

Also Whitney f**king Houston - I Will Always Love You

 

[Godz Illa]

Vanilla Ice's metal version of Ice Ice Baby. Takes an especially disturbed personality to butcher your own song.

 

[Dean Moriarty]

Almost forgot - M People's cover of Itchycoo Park.

 

[Kurt Angle]

Sonic Youth, well Ciccione Youth actually, doing a cover of Robert Palmer's 'Addicted to Love'.

All they did was get that talentless hack of a bass player into a Karaoke Booth and sing.

The words were out of tune, slurred, couldn't even hardly notion to dance.

It was like someone coming from crystal meth playing a prank.

Forget anything you've ever seen, this is the worst.

 

[Misanthrope]

Only good cover of Tainted Love was Soft Cell.

I f**king hated their version. It's utter, soft sh*te.

 

[Jimbo]

Any 80s song covered by a black RnB singer

 

[Dr Crane]

Like OMG i h8 billie joels cover of WESTLIFES Uptown Gurl lollll












Nb: I can't think of any better, funnier examples offhand.

 

[McLovin]

tbh, Uptown Girl was a sh*t song to start off with...

 

[Azkatro]

Who remembers the recent cover of Supertramp's The Logical Song? :lol:

 

[smeghead]

Bloody Hell. Stupid wanna be Happy Hardcore sh*te

 

[carcharias]

Pav and Bono destroyed Lou Reeds Perfect Day....They made it sound like a coffee commercial.

 

[elyod138]

Bono and The Corrs - When The Stars Go Blue

Tim McGraw - When The Stars Go Blue

 

[millersnose]

how did this thread get to 3 pages without a single mention of UB40?????

 

[Red Bear]

Living end do a great version of tanited love

 

[carcharias]

Nollsy - What about me.
It was bad enough the first time around.

Farnsie - Long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Oooh, just found another shocker.

Sepultura - Bullet The Blue Sky http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=SAovYUXFjvM

Their cover of Orgasmatron is f**king awesome though, so we'll excuse them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4bv_aoOdQ

However the one that's really grating me is that f**king horrible version of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" thats been getting some airplay recently. Textbook example of how to COMPLETELY miss the poin of the original and f**k something up.