"Most Awesomely Bad" Cover Songs

Postby **rocklobster** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:47 pm

Cover version, in case you were unaware, are songs that are new versions of older songs. What are the worst ones you've heard? Here's some of mine:

"To Love Somebody"--Michael Bolton (ugh)
"I'll Be There"--Mariah Carey (the Jackson 5 did it better)
"Always on My Mind"--Pet Shop Boys (Who said we needed a disco version?)
"Viva Las Vegas"--ZZ Top (Hey, I like ZZ Top, but why did they have to do something that doesn't even sound like them?
"All By Myself"--Celine Dion (Hey, Celine, the song stunk the first time!)
"Open Arms"--Mariah Carey (Hey Mariah, you can't sing! Deal with it!)
any cover by Marilyn Manson, buy especially his version of "Sweet Dreams"

Postby **Rachel** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:13 pm

rocklobster wrote:[*]any cover by Marilyn Manson, buy especially his version of "Sweet Dreams"
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I actually kind of like this one. But hey, isn't this in the wrong forum?

Postby **Kkun** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:18 pm

Best Awesomely Bad Cover song ever: "My Sharona" by The Number 12 Looks Like You or "Head Like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails as covered by Showbread. I'd like to have that song, actually. >_> It was really cool, done live.

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:28 pm

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by William Shatner. It's so hideous it's great.

Oh, yeah, and moved to Jam Session.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:37 pm

shooraijin wrote:Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by William Shatner. It's so hideous it's great.

Oh, yeah, and moved to Jam Session.

Wow.....I want to listen to that :sweat:

Seriously....I do.

Postby **Locke** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:08 pm

4th Avenue Jones did a cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit at one of their concerts. >.>

Postby **Maledicte** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:08 pm

Another brick in the Wall as sung by Korn
You Shook Me All Night Long as sung by Celine Dion

Postby **Michael** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:56 pm

YES! 'Another Brick in the Wall' was so awful! The Marilyn Manson one was pretty bad too!

All of that Aerosmith rap stuff is atrocious!

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:29 pm

Aerosmith rap? You mean Walk This Way by Run DMC? That actually wasn't too bad, though I prefer the original.

Anyway, to hear more of the musical genius that is William Shatner, including audio clips, Amazon actually sells the whole album: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000014WS/103-5415834-0510240?v=glance

Postby **Mithrandir** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:55 pm

No, it's so hideous it's, well, hideous.

*shudders*

Postby **Kkun** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:01 pm

I've had "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" and a few others by Shatner on a CD with a bunch of old P.O.D. and Supertones stuff for about five years now. Yes. It's disturbing.

Postby **Maledicte** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:15 pm

Let's not forget Pat Boone singing Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and all those other metal songs.

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:18 pm

Hey!

You don't diss the awesomeness that is William Shatner's Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds!

Had anyone ever heard Leonard Nimoy's Proud Mary? I think he had a few other interesting covers *shivers*

Aretha Franklin's take on Eleanor Rigby is kinda strange too. It's not bad, it's just kinda unrecognizable, I think her soulful style just doesn't quite suit the original mood of the song.

Postby **BigZam** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:48 am

i haven't heard alotta cover songs but i think the best one that i've ever heard (i know off subject) but Sunday Bloody Sunday by Pillar. That was awesome....

Postby **Kenchii** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:23 am

Yellowcard - Everywhere (that pop artist.. umm I forgot her name <_<)
Type-O-Negative - smells like teen sprit (Nirvana cover)
Sherl Crow - Sweet Child of mine (GnR cover)
Vanessa Carlton - Paint it Black (Rolling stones cover)
Deftones - Say it ain't so (Weezer cover)
any Arvil Lavine cover...

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:34 pm

*maniacal laughter*

I found three Leonard Nimoy cover songs!! Listen if you dare :evil:

Proud Mary:
http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/nimoy-proudmary.ram

Both Sides Now:
http://www.daveamason.com/april/mp3/nimoy%2Emp3

Put a Little Love in Your Heart:
http://www.daveamason.com/april/mp3/Shatner%5FNimoy%2Emp3

Postby **Kkun** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:25 pm

the_lizardqueen wrote:*maniacal laughter*

I found three Leonard Nimoy cover songs!! Listen if you dare

Proud Mary:
http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/nimoy-proudmary.ram

Both Sides Now:
http://www.daveamason.com/april/mp3/nimoy%2Emp3

Put a Little Love in Your Heart:
http://www.daveamason.com/april/mp3/Shatner%5FNimoy%2Emp3

URGH! That Proud Mary cover made my ears bleed! I NEED THE CCR VERSION NOW.

Actually, his voice isn't too horrible but it's so...different...

Postby **SpikeSpiegel306** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:25 pm

Hmm, well I would have to say the ACOUSTIC rendition of Back in Black by Maroon 5...C'mon people, its AC/DC!

Postby **Sonic_13** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:30 pm

great... i dont know the difference between awesomely bad or badly awesome.... or awesomely awesome and badly bad!

all there is in my eyes is what i like or what i dont like.

I do know I like all the creedence remakes they've done! I put a spell on you... proud mary.... good golly miss molly.... yaaa rock on! =)

I really hate all the covers coming out now a days. Like brown eyed girl... used to be a song I enjoyed... then I heard green day do it. so much for that.

an acoustic version of ac/dc? Im glad I havent heard it, i'd personally get up and whack maroon 5 mario hammer style!

then theres boys of summer. that song was quite rockin! then ataris ruined it....blah dont listen to me i'm just babbling =)

Postby **Sonic_13** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:33 pm

Kkun wrote:URGH! That Proud Mary cover made my ears bleed! I NEED THE CCR VERSION NOW.

Actually, his voice isn't too horrible but it's so...different...

heh i just read this after I posted! CCR is possibly my favorite band ever! I saw John Fogerty in concert solo, the preshow before he went with john mellenhead there

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:19 pm

Hmm, well I would have to say the ACOUSTIC rendition of Back in Black by Maroon 5...C'mon people, its AC/DC!

Maroon 5...and AC/DC? And it's acoustic? I'm having such a hard time picturing that, must find the MP3!!

Another two just popped to mind, Britney's Spear's take on Satisfaction and Madonna's cover of American Pie. They aren't really bad perse, but sometimes you just shouldn't mess with the classics.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:32 pm

Jessica Simpson's rendition of "Take my Breath Away" is a good way to irritate me. I'm not a big fan of the original by Berlin but, my goodness, does Simpson's version suck! Its enough to make my ears bleed.

Another version that sucks is actually by one of my favourite singers: Johnny Cash. He's a very good singer but I'm afraid that his version of "Bridge over troubled water" was unfortunately pathetic. I wish it was better but it wasn't. Sigh.

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:51 pm

bigsleepj wrote:Another version that sucks is actually by one of my favourite singers: Johnny Cash. He's a very good singer but I'm afraid that his version of "Bridge over troubled water" was unfortunately pathetic. I wish it was better but it wasn't. Sigh.

Phew, for a second there I thought you were going to say something negative about Hurt, at which point I was going to have a difficult time not going on the uber rabid defensive :sweat:

I think I remember hearing about that version of Bridge. I haven't actually heard it, but I can see how his voice and style might not totally mesh with that song. Yay! Another one to add to the list of bad song covers that I must find and listen to for reasons unknown to even me.

And I must agree on the Jessica Simpson front. *nods*

Postby **Kkun** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:00 pm

the_lizardqueen wrote:Phew, for a second there I thought you were going to say something negative about Hurt, at which point I was going to have a difficult time not going on the uber rabid defensive

I think I remember hearing about that version of Bridge. I haven't actually heard it, but I can see how his voice and style might not totally mesh with that song. Yay! Another one to add to the list of bad song covers that I must find and listen to for reasons unknown to even me.

And I must agree on the Jessica Simpson front. *nods*

Johnny Cash totally made Hurt dignified.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:33 pm

the_lizardqueen wrote:Phew, for a second there I thought you were going to say something negative about Hurt, at which point I was going to have a difficult time not going on the uber rabid defensive

Say something negative about "Hurt". Oh how little you know me.

Postby **Blitzkrieg1701** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:44 pm

Devo did a version of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" that makes me want to cry just thinking about it.

Postby **bigsleepj** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:27 pm

Blitzkrieg1701 wrote:Devo did a version of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" that makes me want to cry just thinking about it.

I'm not the biggest Rolling Stones fan in the world (I'm not even a fan) but Britney Spear's "I love Rock and Roll" sucks pretty darn much. Strictly speaking her music isn't even rock.

Postby **Sonic_13** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:35 pm

i love rock and roll..... ugh.

according to rolling stones (the magazine) joan jett is a better guitar player than angus young >_<

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:43 am

Oro???

Heretical twerps.

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