Puke Worthy Covers

[Dark6]

Every now and again, some one is able to pull off a well created cover.

But sometimes musicians will go beyond the edge of reason and turn a perfectly fine song into something horrid.

EX: A Perfect Circle - Imagine.

Ugh. It's the worst Beatles cover i've ever heard. They copied the song exactly, dropped it into a minor scale of some type. Then added a shitty power drum kit and long, dull chords and vocals.

Any others that make you cringe?

[HotActionYiffFur]

The cover to 'Tainted Love' that some metal group did.

[ZeroAsALimit]

Years ago, some popstar covered 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.

It made me wish I had a terminal illness just so that i could escape the crap. It was so bad that I can't remember the artist.

[boloneyman]

Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle Race

Speeding it up was an awful idea. Seems like there wasn't much effort put into it really.

[Redface]

'tribute albums' are the most horrid things to ever make My ears bleed.

[Dark6]

Let me get a few others out of the way, the more obvious ones.

Sheryl Crow - The First Cut is the Deepest.
Gray Matter - I am the Walrus.
Avril Lavigne - Fuel.

[m4x0]

At 9/29/06 05:44 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Years ago, some popstar covered 'With A Little Help From My Friends'.

It made me wish I had a terminal illness just so that i could escape the crap. It was so bad that I can't remember the artist.

Ahhhh..... British 2 hit wonders sam & Mark, theyre kids TV presenter now.

The worst cover ever? Go on itunes and search for William Shatner, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, then listen to the original by the beatle.

[BRS]

At 9/29/06 05:42 PM, Dark6 wrote: Any others that make you cringe?

The Vandals' cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". Some things just weren't meant to be :(

[Taime]

At 9/29/06 06:09 PM, BadReligionSkater wrote:

At 9/29/06 05:42 PM, Dark6 wrote: Any others that make you cringe?

The Vandals' cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". Some things just weren't meant to be :(

Yes, that cover is quite bad, but I can stand that more then the McFly version of Don't Stop Me Now.

[Pirate]

Fall Out Boy doing a cover of "Start Today" by the Gorilla Biscuits.

[BananaBreadMuffin]

At 9/29/06 06:11 PM, DeadStick wrote:

At 9/29/06 06:09 PM, BadReligionSkater wrote:

At 9/29/06 05:42 PM, Dark6 wrote: Any others that make you cringe?

The Vandals' cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". Some things just weren't meant to be :(

Yes, that cover is quite bad, but I can stand that more then the McFly version of Don't Stop Me Now.

Yes, that cover is quite bad, but I can stand that more than the Asda version of Don't Stop Me now.

[HotActionYiffFur]

Well, I know Shinedown did a cover to 'Simple Man'.

It was actually a pretty good cover for a song, because he really had the projecting voice to pull it off with. The Acoustic sounded great and there were really no problems.

But then people started tot hink Shinedown actually wrote 'Simple Man'. Sometimes people just need a good punching.

[XxMittensxX]

At 9/29/06 05:42 PM, Dark6 wrote: Every now and again, some one is able to pull off a well created cover.

But sometimes musicians will go beyond the edge of reason and turn a perfectly fine song into something horrid.

EX: A Perfect Circle - Imagine.

I absolutely LOVE APC's cover of Imagine. I don't think they could have done a better job. They've added a Tool-esque quality to the music that no other band is capable of. Props to APC for pulling off such a magnificant cover.
You, sir, have no idea what you're talking about.

[different]

There are no good covers. Covers are for talentless idiots who can't be bothered to write their own material.

Some remixes can be very good, but that's a different story.

[TheMaster]

Scissor Sisters cover of Comfortably Numb is a disgrace to music.

[Lord-Sonx]

At 9/29/06 06:13 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Yes, that cover is quite bad, but I can stand that more than the Asda version of Don't Stop Me now.

any song in those asda ads make cry

[Sanity-of-Insanity]

Trick Daddy's Let's Go it rips off Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy train which was a cover of a Frank Sinatra song that I can not think of the name at the moment.

[Lord-Sonx]

strange covers! that yove probs not ehard before.. there msut be some crap there for u all to laugh at ;)

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Atrocity did a cover of the 80's song Dont Go. And it's pure unadulterated shit.

[Melisaur]

Every single song the A*TEENS did several years ago. Nothing but cover songs. Those bastards tainted School's Out by Alice Cooper. They must DIE.

Oh, and Kidz Bop. All of it.

[Daddy-L-Jackson]

Any remake Green Day does (Eye of the Tiger, Shout...)

[somebodyyoudontknow]

I could probably think of a few, but I have that shit cover of "magic carpet ride" sung by some talentless pop female singer. They put it on a kfc commercial, so now it haunts me when I watch TV.

[somebodyyoudontknow]

At 9/29/06 06:14 PM, XxMittensxX wrote:

They've added a Tool-esque quality to the music that no other band is capable of.

what about tool?

besides, you are hopelessly tonedeaf to think it was any better than the original.

[Lost-Chances]

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by New Found Glory (orignal by Aerosmith).

The orignal was sucky but it was standable. The cover is so horrible it's unbelieveable.

White Wedding by Murderdolls (orignal by Billy Idol).

I liked the orignal song, my god I was disapointed when I heard the cover on the radio.

What A Wonderful World by some modern crappy band. I forgot the damn name. Possibly The Ramones or something along those lines. (Orignal by Louis Armstrong).

Oh god did the band destroy the song, so much I've forgotten the band name. It was in a car advert.

[XxMittensxX]

At 9/29/06 07:00 PM, somebodyyoudontknow wrote:

At 9/29/06 06:14 PM, XxMittensxX wrote:

They've added a Tool-esque quality to the music that no other band is capable of.

what about tool?

besides, you are hopelessly tonedeaf to think it was any better than the original.

What about Tool? hahahaha is your musical knowledge really that limited?
Do you even know the members of APC? hahaha I thought not.

[NimbleElephant]

Sheryl Crow's cover of Sweet Child of Mine. Just wrong.

[BobbyJenkins]

Anything by Westlife.

Also McFly covering Pinball Wizard (and I think possibly Don't Stop Me Now) makes me cringe.

[Lost-Chances]

Forgot one which has to be the most over-rated cover I know. It is horribly over-rated.

Hurt by Johnny Cash (orignal by NIN (Nine Inch Nails) ).

I first heard the orignal in a flash movie that featured on the front page. The same day I got the song (LEGAL WAYS OF COURSE!). I then heard of an acoustic version that was done by Johnny Cash. Since the song was crying out to be done on acoustic guitar, I couldn't wait to hear it.

As soon as Johnny Cash struggled out the first line, my heart just dropped. He murdered the song with his voice. His voice was so old, worn and it struggled so much, it broke the song in thousands of peices. But for some weird reason, loads of people love the cover and consider it better than the orignal. I really can't agree.

[MattTheParanoidKat]

Creep-Pearl Jam (Radiohead Cover). What the fuck was Eddie Vedder trying to do? I mean, Creep, isn't the best song by Radiohead, but fuck what a horrible job he did.

[BobbyJenkins]

At 9/29/06 07:13 PM, Lost-Chances wrote: As soon as Johnny Cash struggled out the first line, my heart just dropped. He murdered the song with his voice. His voice was so old, worn and it struggled so much, it broke the song in thousands of peices. But for some weird reason, loads of people love the cover and consider it better than the orignal. I really can't agree.

I'm still not sure on whether I prefer it to the original. However I believe people like the old worn voice because it adds to the rawness of emotion...or some shit like that. I dunno, it took me a moment to get used to. But now it's alright.

Also, I play it pretty good on acoustic, and that's all thanks to that cover. So give it some cred.