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Worst cover tunes - ever!
Posted: 2004-06-10 08:22am
by Col. Crackpot
well, you heard Comic Book Guy! In the Spirit OF darthdavid's best cover tunes thread, what are the worst cover tunes ever?
my vote: Since I Don't Have You by Guns and Roses
be specific. Nominating Anne Murray's entire song catalouge, while tempting isn't an option.
Posted: 2004-06-10 02:18pm
by Dalton
I'd have to say Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes", if only for the goddamn disgusting masturbatory self-aggrandizing name-dropping they injected into the song.
Posted: 2004-06-10 02:19pm
by CDiehl
I'd pick the cover of Summer Breeze that plays over the opening of I Know What You Did Last Summer. The band who did it (don't know, don't care) turned a mellow little soft-rock song into lame wannabe death-metal crap.
Posted: 2004-06-10 03:12pm
by IndustrialNoise
Dalton wrote:I'd have to say Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes", if only for the goddamn disgusting masturbatory self-aggrandizing name-dropping they injected into the song.
I agree. The Who's version would be the better one anyway, but the "L-I-M-P" etc. really screws it up.
Devo's version of Head like a Hole by NIN is horrible.
Posted: 2004-06-10 04:09pm
by Peregrin Toker
White Lion's cover of Radar Love (originally by Golden Earring) was just tacky.
Geri Halliwell's cover of It's Raining Men was quite horrible too... I'm not big on that sort of music, though - but still...
Twisted Tower Dire also made a cover of a Manowar song called Revelation.... TTD's version wasn't bad by any means, it just paled in comparison to the original. (the drums were too low in the mix, and TTD's vocalist is of course not on level with Eric Adams)
Posted: 2004-06-10 05:34pm
by Shortie
I heard that Britney Spears covered Satisfaction. I haven't heard her version, and i'm not going to if I can help it.
Posted: 2004-06-10 10:23pm
by irishmick79
Madonna covering "American Pie" was dreadful, and there's a live cut of Nirvana covering Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" out there which is absolutely brutal.
Is it just me or does Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" get covered by bands way too frequently?
Posted: 2004-06-10 10:28pm
by IndustrialNoise
Shortie wrote:I heard that Britney Spears covered Satisfaction. I haven't heard her version, and i'm not going to if I can help it.
Ick, it's horrible. It's for the best that you've not heard it.
Posted: 2004-06-10 10:34pm
by Zaia
irishmick79 wrote:Madonna covering "American Pie" was dreadful, and there's a live cut of Nirvana covering Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" out there which is absolutely brutal.
Yup, that one gets my vote. *shudders violently* Ew.
Posted: 2004-06-10 10:41pm
by constantine
Metallica's covers of "Die Die My Darling" and "Last Caress/Green Hell."
Actually, I don't much care for any of Metallica's cover. Might not be a popular opinion but...
Posted: 2004-06-10 10:43pm
by IndustrialNoise
irishmick79 wrote:Madonna covering "American Pie" was dreadful, and there's a live cut of Nirvana covering Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" out there which is absolutely brutal.
Wow, I just downloaded that. It is the most horrible cover I've ever heard.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:12pm
by RedImperator
Dalton wrote:I'd have to say Limp Bizkit's cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes", if only for the goddamn disgusting masturbatory self-aggrandizing name-dropping they injected into the song.
Not to mention hearing Fred Durst croon about how awful his life is makes me want to strangle chipmunks. Nothing like hearing an rich ignorant white trash hack who can get all the pussy he wants sing about how nobody understands him. Fuck you, Fred. If this were a just world, you'd be pumping gas for a living.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:21pm
by Frank Hipper
constantine wrote:Metallica's covers of "Die Die My Darling" and "Last Caress/Green Hell."
Actually, I don't much care for any of Metallica's cover. Might not be a popular opinion but...
They did "Die, Die My Darling" too?
Bastards...
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:33pm
by Dorsk 81
I've got 1 or 2, Madonnas - American Pie was disgusting, as was Britney Spears - I love Rock and Roll.
I also can't stand Marilyn Mansons - Tainted Love, although My Ruin do a great version of it.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:37pm
by IndustrialNoise
Dorsk 81 wrote:
I also can't stand Marilyn Mansons - Tainted Love, although My Ruin do a great version of it.
hmm, I *love* Manson's version. To me, his voice is really sexy in that song.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:41pm
by Dorsk 81
Fighter of Foo wrote:Dorsk 81 wrote:
I also can't stand Marilyn Mansons - Tainted Love, although My Ruin do a great version of it.
hmm, I *love* Manson's version. To me, his voice is really sexy in that song.
Sorry, hated it. Which is strange as I like most of his stuff. The only good thing about his version is the video and the girl he's with in the hot-tub!
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:42pm
by Stormbringer
Pretty much any Limp Bizkit cover.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:44pm
by Superman
How about that fucked up Jessica Simpson song that's been playing lately. "Take my breath away" is about the worst fucking cover I've ever heard.
Posted: 2004-06-10 11:58pm
by Joe
- Any covers in Metallica's song catalog
- Feel Like Makin' Love - Kid Rock
- The Durst abortion, as has already been mentioned
- Puff Daddy's entire song catalog (not exactly covers, but you know what I mean
- One time I had the misfortune of hearing Creed covering The Doors' Light My Fire. I don't really want to talk about it.
Posted: 2004-06-11 12:01am
by constantine
Joe wrote:
- One time I had the misfortune of hearing Creed covering The Doors' Light My Fire. I don't really want to talk about it.
Creed covered 'Light My Fire'? That must sound horrible.
Posted: 2004-06-11 12:22am
by Stormbringer
Superman wrote:How about that fucked up Jessica Simpson song that's been playing lately. "Take my breath away" is about the worst fucking cover I've ever heard.
Oh, god. I swear she ought to burn in hell for that if there is any justice in this world. She managed to fuck up a song from Top Gun, the coolest musical ever!
Posted: 2004-06-11 12:41am
by Deathstalker
Vanilla Ice using Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" for "Ice, Ice Baby" I shudder even to type this!
Posted: 2004-06-11 12:50am
by Dorsk 81
Deathstalker wrote:Vanilla Ice using Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure" for "Ice, Ice Baby" I shudder even to type this!
Apparently thats not a cover (or theft) because there's an extra *doo-doo* or something in the opening...
Posted: 2004-06-11 12:55am
by Master of Ossus
William Shatner for something.
Posted: 2004-06-11 01:08am
by Joe
Master of Ossus wrote:William Shatner for something.
William Shatner covers have redeeming value; they're all comedy gold.