Bad covers?

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IRON EDDIE 666
What covers have you heard that make you cringe when you remember the original?

Personally, Metallicas cover of whisky in the jar has me banging my head against a wall everytime. But what covers do you really hate?

Korri
Megadeth - Battery

jaden101
Originally posted by IRON EDDIE 666


Personally, Metallicas cover of whisky in the jar has me banging my head against a wall everytime. But what covers do you really hate?

me too

any pop band that covers a classic...there is some generic boy band currently doing a cover version of a tracey chapman song that makes want to go out and kill people

Korri
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb

IRON EDDIE 666
Originally posted by Korri
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
Being A Floyd fan, it's a good thing i have managed to avoid it so far. laughing out loud

jaden101
oh oh oh...the worst one ever...joss stone...fell in love with a "boy"...didnt even have the sense to cover a white stripes song that she didnt need to change the title of

Korri
Originally posted by jaden101
oh oh oh...the worst one ever...joss stone...fell in love with a "boy"...didnt even have the sense to cover a white stripes song that she didnt need to change the title of

The BeeGees have a song called For Whom The Bell Tolls, i was just like "mad" icon5

Red Superfly
Originally posted by jaden101
oh oh oh...the worst one ever...joss stone...fell in love with a "boy"...didnt even have the sense to cover a white stripes song that she didnt need to change the title of

Ah, so it was Joss Stone who did it! I was wonderring....

*declares open season on Joss Stone*

It's an awful cover. She sings it all horribly and OTT pop princess-like.

Fell in love with a boy
fell in love once and almost completelaaaaaay
he's in love with the world
but sometimes these feelings
can be so misleadeeeeeeeng
He turns and says "are you alright?"
I said "I must be fine cause my heart's still beataaaaang"
He says "come and kiss me by the riverside, bobby says it's fine he don't consider it cheataaaaaang"

So annoying.

Linkalicious
Limp Bizkit covering "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who.

Alien Antfarm did a good job on "Smooth Criminal" IMO. And The Atari's weren't too bad with "Boys of Summer" by Don Henly.

Korri
Madonna- American Pie

Df02
one cover that is miles better than the original is The Futureheads - Hounds of love.

the original makes me cry its soo bad

Alpha Centauri
I think we can all agree on Avril Lavigne's version of Chop Suey?

Maroon 5's version of Closer by NIN is really shit.

-AC

Deathblow
Originally posted by Linkalicious
Alien Antfarm did a good job on "Smooth Criminal" IMO.

Agreed. Don't know why so many people had a problem with that, it was a great cover, really funny as well.

Bad covers...I saw Pink Floyd mentioned above, so Korn's cover of Another Brick In The Wall springs to mind. And Korn's cover of Metallica's One. Oh yeah and their cover of Cameo's Word Up.

Staind's cover of Bring The Noise by Public Enemy is also blood-curdling bad.

Alpha Centauri
Lest we forget Staind's cover of Sober.

Yes, the Tool song.

-AC

ESP07
Originally posted by Korri
Megadeth - Battery

Megadeth has never covered Battery......http://www.megadeth.com/sw_archive/07_30_04.html

MildPossession
Oh that was just a horrendous cover, AWFUL.

Afro Cheese
I heard a song once where Nirvana covered Led Zeppelin and it was pretty bad.. can't remember what song it was.

Smasandian
I havnt heared a cover of Nirvana aside from Heartbreaker, but that was thier first live recording at thier first show, so its not in the same league as an actually produced cover song.

Maroon 5 did a cover of Closer? Thats bloody disgusting.

Lana
Originally posted by Linkalicious
Limp Bizkit covering "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who.

Alien Antfarm did a good job on "Smooth Criminal" IMO. And The Atari's weren't too bad with "Boys of Summer" by Don Henly.

Yeah, I agree....I like their cover of Smooth Criminal.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I think we can all agree on Avril Lavigne's version of Chop Suey?

Maroon 5's version of Closer by NIN is really shit.

-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Lest we forget Staind's cover of Sober.

Yes, the Tool song.

-AC

Maroon 5 covered Closer and Staind covered Sober?! mad

Korri
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I think we can all agree on Avril Lavigne's version of Chop Suey?

-AC

She actually thinks she is Better Than SOAD, the poor thing blushing

Originally posted by Deathblow
Agreed. Don't know why so many people had a problem with that, it was a great cover, really funny as well.

Bad covers...I saw Pink Floyd mentioned above, so Korn's cover of Another Brick In The Wall springs to mind. And Korn's cover of Metallica's One. Oh yeah and their cover of Cameo's Word Up.

Staind's cover of Bring The Noise by Public Enemy is also blood-curdling bad.

oh oh oh Avril Lavigne Fuel, she took an already pretty rubbishy song and made it worse!! Jumpy


Originally posted by ESP07
Megadeth has never covered Battery......http://www.megadeth.com/sw_archive/07_30_04.html

Yes, they have i have it in my playlist, unless thats just a figment of my imagination no expression.

Alpha Centauri
Fuel isn't a rubbish song.

-AC

Korri
It annoys me, i know you cant believe i could say such a thing of a Metallica song but it really does, and its the of the only Metallica song that i REALLY do not like...

I probably just listened to it too much embarrasment

starshine
No Doubt - It's my life sick

Red Superfly
Oh Noes! Maroon 5 coverred NIN?

WTF? Seriously, WTF? How arrogant of them to think they can even attempt to cover that song.

Oh dear God, remember when All Saints coverred Under The Bridge?

I died a thosand deaths when I heard that.

IRON EDDIE 666
Originally posted by Red Superfly
Oh dear God, remember when All Saints coverred Under The Bridge?
I died a thosand deaths when I heard that.
Ive only ever heard a 10 second clip. Any longer and i would have shot myself. laughing out loud

Korri
some girl covered Sweet Home Alabama, dont know her name dont care...

Red Superfly
How about Britney Spears cover of Joan Jetts "I Love Rock and Roll?"

How about Will Youngs cover of "Light My Fire" by The Doors?

In fact, there's load of crap covers. Most pop acts can't get anywahere without coverring a beloved song, and ultimately butcherring it.

G4 and Bohemian Rhapsody spring to mind. Ew.

Korri
Yup the list is endless...

Deathblow
APC's covers of What's Going On & When The Levee Breaks, and Manson's massively overhyped and overrated covers of Tainted Love and Personal Jesus.

Korri
dont forget Sweet Dreams Samantha, i dont like that..

Libertine
I hated 'White wedding' when murderdolls covered it.

StinkFist462
Evanescense - Thoughtless and Orestes

APC - bout half the songs on eMOTIVe i cant remember them off the top of my head

HIM - Dont Fear The Reaper

Avril - Chop Suey !

Lana
Originally posted by StinkFist462
Evanescense - Thoughtless and Orestes


WHAT. THE. F*CK.

Libertine
What about Evanescence singing Heart shape box, that was disturbing.

Lana
Okay, that's official, the people of Evanescence need to die.

Alpha Centauri
Just really makes me laugh that Amy Lee heard Orestes and thought "I can sing like that." She's to be pitied.

APC didn't really do BAD covers, just nothing amazing. Sub-Par.

-AC

Lana
My jaw literally DROPPED when I saw they covered Orestes.

Libertine
Its just so wrong.

Who was it that covered 'How soon is now'?

Korri
Originally posted by StinkFist462
HIM - Dont Fear The Reaper


you have got to be kidding me!

Alpha Centauri
Originally posted by Libertine
Its just so wrong.

Who was it that covered 'How soon is now'?

Hundred Reasons have, but I didn't think that was bad.

-AC

IRON EDDIE 666
Originally posted by StinkFist462
HIM - Dont Fear The Reaper
Ah, but what we all want to know is, has it got plenty of cowbell? big grin


laughing out loud

StinkFist462
NO COW BELL THATS WHY IT SUCKS !! laughing

well i dunno about the APC covers , i just expected more and didnt get what i expected . so yea .

oh yea and i need to add

APC - Master Of Puppets
Tool - Comfortably Numb
311 - Love song

Atropos
311 butchered lovesong stick out tongue

Libertine
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Hundred Reasons have, but I didn't think that was bad.

-AC

Yes hundred reasons thats it.

I didnt think it was a really bad cover either just thought id ask since we are in a room filled with people who know different covers.

ESP07
Originally posted by Korri



Yes, they have i have it in my playlist, unless thats just a figment of my imagination no expression.

Read the article at the website. Not sure how much more proof you need.

eggmayo
Originally posted by ESP07
Read the article at the website. Not sure how much more proof you need.
ive heard it... does sound a shitlot like musty

Swanky-Tuna
Deadsy? covered Tom Sawyer by Rush. You can't make a Rush song sound "goth" but they tried their hardest.

Tori Amos needs to keep her hands off other peoples' music as well. She's got a ton that are just painful to listen to. Especially Raining Blood. Listening to it makes me so thirsty. Like my mouth is going to bleed.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I think we can all agree on Avril Lavigne's version of Chop Suey?
No way. Greatest song ever.

Avril - Wake up! Wachalebbakeebatable! Wajafidjacujamegup!
Confused Audience Member - WHAAA?!?!

*craps pants laughing*

periera
Definitely Marilyn Manson covering "The KKK Took My Baby Away". Pissed me off because I thought he'd make it good. WAY too slow and boring.

Red Superfly
What about Kelly Osbournes cover of "Papa don't preach".

A cover of a song that was crap to begin with. Can't get much lower than that.

Doubledee90
I heard a cover it was AWEFUL ( i thought )

MXPX - Walk this was (originally by Aerosmith

el_barto
Avril Lavigne---> Fuel

Limp Bizkit---> Behind Blue eyes

The Johnny Cash NIN cover was really cool though

Antillies
i dont know who did it but there is a tecno version of Metallicas seek and destroy it makes me feel sick mad thumb down

Fearnix
Metallica - OverKill (how the **** could such a great band **** up such a great song????)

jaden101
i heard a pretty bad cover of creep by Damien Rice...not a good mix of styles

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