worst and best cover songs?

Worst.... well Im sure alot will agree with me when I mention 'Avril Lavigne'..... Chop Suey and Fuel.... also Knockin on heavens door...

totally the worst covers ever! and I also dislike Alien Ant Farms 'Smooth Criminal'

Best - Ok cant forget Nirvanas 'the man who sold the world' excellant cover...
Hendrix 'All along the watchtower' Mmmm that rocked

Plus alot of RATM remegades album have some good cover versions.

and not to forget COFs cover of the Iron Madien Song 'Hallowed be thy name'

so what about you? 😄

best covers would be
manson's sweet dreams
hedrix all along the watch tower
pantera planet caravan

worst
limp bizkit sanatearium (sp)
korn one

Best? Dunno, lots of great ones. One that comes to mind is Dillinger Escape Plan's version of Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy".

Cake- I Will Survive

Best-Marilyn Manson,Sweet Dreams

Worst-Avril Lavigne,Chop Suey

best: AFI covering Misfit's "Halloween"...tied with this one band who covered "Bye Bye Bye"...i don't really like the Ataris but they did OK on Don Henley's Boys Of Summer
worst: i dono i haven't heard many cover songs but if i heard that Avril song i'd hate it the most

i am with loserib: jimi-all along the watchtower for best cover.

worst: mariah carey- def leppard's bringing on the heartache (...if it's considered a cover..she turned it into a terrible slow ballad)

correction: bringing on the HEARTBREAK 🤪

best-faith no more's(war pigs), murderdoll's(white wedding) or either manson's (tainted love)
worst-avril lavigne's attempt to cover (chop suey)_ugh gives me chills to think she actually thought she could pull off a s.o.a.d. 💃

I quite liked the AAF version of smooth criminal, much better than the original IMO.

I think a truly good cover version is only possible if its an improvement on the original. For that reason I very rarely like cover versions, most people do them the same as the original, and where's the point in that. 🙄

Best:
Muse - Feeling Good
Orgy - Blue Monday
AAF - Smooth Criminal
Limp Bizkit - Faith
M.Manson - Sweet Dreams

Worst:
All Saints - Under the Bridge

Best has to be Orgy - Blue Monday

organized konfusion

"stress:the extinction agenda"

Best cover : Manic Street Preachers -Suicide is painless (mash theme)

worst cover: Under Cover - Baker Street

Acutally, I am going to change mine to Metallica's version of Am I Evil?

I reckon the best I heard was
System of a Down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath Cover)

The worst I heard was
Children of Bodom - The Trooper (Iron Maiden Cover)

Best:
Nada Surf -> If You Leave
Muse -> Feeling Good
Ben Folds -> Get Your Hands Off my Woman

Worst:
Avril -> Chop Suey

The Phantom of the Opera by Nightwish is awesome. ✅

some really good ones, if not all time bests:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All along the watchtower
Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends (well most of his Beatles and Dylan covers are superb..)
Deep Purple - River deep, mountain high
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
David Bowie - China girl
U2 - Everlasting love
Nickelback - The ghost of Tom Joad
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the light
Elton John - Pinball Wizard
Johnny Winter - Silver train

crapola:

all coverversions sung by Mariah Carey
all coverversions sung by Robbie Williams
all coverversions sung by various Boy Bands
DEVO - Satisfaction
Madonna - American Pie

Best
Phantom of the Opera- Nightwish
99 Red Balloons- Goldfinger

Worst
Can't name any at the moment