God-awful covers

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- staticdreamgirl schrieb...
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- 29. Dez. 2004, 20:44
God-awful covers

Yesterday while I was at work, I heard the most god-awful cover of Radiohead's 'High and Dry' come on. I sat in awe for the enitre 4 minutes of blasphemy and it stayed in my head all day. Finally, I looked it up this morning and I am now proud to attribute this horrible rendition to Jamie Cullum. Thanks, Jamie, for thouroughly f-ing up a great song and turning it into pop crap!

Anyway, I thought it'd be interesting to open a forum to horrible covers and renditions of great songs. Heard your favorite band in Musak recently? Let's hear it!

If you're having trouble finding out who's covering a song, I found The Covers Project to be extremely helpful. And I found some good covers in the process!

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[quote][b][user]staticdreamgirl[/user][/b] sagte: Yesterday while I was at work, I heard the most god-awful cover of Radiohead's 'High and Dry' come on. I sat in awe for the enitre 4 minutes of blasphemy and it stayed in my head all day. Finally, I looked it up this morning and I am now proud to attribute this horrible rendition to Jamie Cullum. Thanks, Jamie, for thouroughly f-ing up a great song and turning it into pop crap! Anyway, I thought it'd be interesting to open a forum to horrible covers and renditions of great songs. Heard your favorite band in Musak recently? Let's hear it! If you're having trouble finding out who's covering a song, I found [url=http://www.coversproject.com] The Covers Project [/url] to be extremely helpful. And I found some good covers in the process![/quote]
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- [Gelöschter Benutzer] schrieb...
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- 29. Dez. 2004, 22:55
Favourite covers...

I like Nine Inch Nails' cover of Gary Numan's "Metal" and Squarepusher's cover of the Joy Division classic, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is just fantastic. I also think Marilyn Manson's cover of "Tainted Love" is brilliant.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] sagte: I like [url=http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/nine inch nails]Nine Inch Nails[/url]' cover of [url=http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/gary numan]Gary Numan[/url]'s "Metal" and [url=http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/squarepusher]Squarepusher[/url]'s cover of the [url=http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/joy division]Joy Division[/url] classic, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is just fantastic. I also think [url=http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/marilyn manson]Marilyn Manson[/url]'s cover of "Tainted Love" is brilliant.[/quote]

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- staticdreamgirl schrieb...
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- 30. Dez. 2004, 11:08
I'm actually quite fond of Marilyn Manson's cover of 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode.

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[quote][b][user]staticdreamgirl[/user][/b] sagte: I'm actually quite fond of Marilyn Manson's cover of 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode.[/quote]

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- Toasty schrieb...
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- 30. Dez. 2004, 23:00
best covers:
the dismemberment plan's cover of the cure's "close to me"
foo fighters cover of gary numan's "down in the park"

both far better than the original IMO.

worst covers:
anything avril covered
any top40/oldies hit covered by pop-punk bands

[quote][b][user]Toasty[/user][/b] sagte: best covers: the dismemberment plan's cover of the cure's "close to me" foo fighters cover of gary numan's "down in the park" both far better than the original IMO. worst covers: anything avril covered any top40/oldies hit covered by pop-punk bands[/quote]

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- msnvwls schrieb...
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- 31. Dez. 2004, 6:06
Best cover ever is of course Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower"

Worst cover is a tie between Marilyn Manson's rendition of "Sweet Dreams" and William Shatner's take on "Common People"

[quote][b][user]msnvwls[/user][/b] sagte: Best cover ever is of course Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" Worst cover is a tie between Marilyn Manson's rendition of "Sweet Dreams" and William Shatner's take on "Common People"[/quote]

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- giveuptheghost schrieb...
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- 31. Dez. 2004, 16:59
^ Funny, I like all three of those. :)

-Scott

[quote][b][user]giveuptheghost[/user][/b] sagte: ^ Funny, I like all three of those. :) -Scott[/quote]

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- Charcoal schrieb...
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- 1. Jan. 2005, 19:00
Speaking of bad covers, i was in borders the other day and some talentless prick was covering some genius jeff buckley songs, i left immediately. i'm glad i dont know who it was, but it sounded like a band that'd open for maroon 5.

[quote][b][user]Charcoal[/user][/b] sagte: Speaking of bad covers, i was in borders the other day and some talentless prick was covering some genius jeff buckley songs, i left immediately. i'm glad i dont know who it was, but it sounded like a band that'd open for maroon 5.[/quote]

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- salmonmoose schrieb...
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- 2. Jan. 2005, 8:34
ANYTHING that shows up on (insert nation here) Idol

Rabbit, where'd you put the keys girl?

[quote][b][user]salmonmoose[/user][/b] sagte: ANYTHING that shows up on [i](insert nation here) Idol[/i][/quote]

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- Anrky schrieb...
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- 3. Jan. 2005, 1:27
WORST!

Britney Spears doing 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll'

yuck!

[quote][b][user]Anrky[/user][/b] sagte: Britney Spears doing 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' yuck![/quote]

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- hey_mr_crow schrieb...
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- 4. Jan. 2005, 5:28
Has anyone heard The Light 3000 by Schneider tm? Wonderful glitchy cover of a Smiths song.

And on the subject of William Shatner, the man is a genius!

[quote][b][user]hey_mr_crow[/user][/b] sagte: Has anyone heard The Light 3000 by Schneider tm? Wonderful glitchy cover of a Smiths song. And on the subject of William Shatner, the man is a genius![/quote]

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- ContaKt schrieb...
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- 7. Jan. 2005, 21:33
Blazing Squad's (for those who are fortunate not to know of them, they're a horrible wannabe, poppy "rap" group) cover of Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is truly shameful.

[quote][b][user]ContaKt[/user][/b] sagte: Blazing Squad's (for those who are fortunate not to know of them, they're a horrible wannabe, poppy "rap" group) cover of Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is truly shameful.[/quote]

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- ContaKt schrieb...
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- 7. Jan. 2005, 21:34
Blazing Squad's (for those who are fortunate not to know of them, they're a horrible wannabe, poppy "rap" group) cover of Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is truly shameful.

[quote][b][user]ContaKt[/user][/b] sagte: Blazing Squad's (for those who are fortunate not to know of them, they're a horrible wannabe, poppy "rap" group) cover of Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is truly shameful.[/quote]

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- esca schrieb...
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- 10. Jan. 2005, 6:00
for the australians that saw the tsunami concert on tv...how bad was kasey chambers? she absolutely molested 'true colours'.

[quote][b][user]esca[/user][/b] sagte: for the australians that saw the tsunami concert on tv...how bad was kasey chambers? she absolutely molested 'true colours'.[/quote]

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- [Gelöschter Benutzer] schrieb...
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- 14. Jan. 2005, 19:16
Worst: Jessica Simpson's version of Angels. I don't like the original and she slaughtered it.

Best: Embrace's cover of How Come by D12. Silk purse from a sow's ear.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] sagte: Worst: Jessica Simpson's version of Angels. I don't like the original and she slaughtered it. Best: Embrace's cover of How Come by D12. Silk purse from a sow's ear.[/quote]

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- Arnie4pres schrieb...
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- 22. Jan. 2005, 12:59
I;d have to say the best cover has to be Johnny Cash doing "Hurt" second to that Pixies covering "Lady in the Radiator Song" originally done by Peter Ivers

[quote][b][user]Arnie4pres[/user][/b] sagte: I;d have to say the best cover has to be Johnny Cash doing "Hurt" second to that Pixies covering "Lady in the Radiator Song" originally done by Peter Ivers[/quote]

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- vate schrieb...
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- 27. Jan. 2005, 10:55
Gothic tribute to David Bowie

All this CD is terrible, the songs of Bowie sound pathetic. Its even a bad gothic CD

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[quote][b][user]vate[/user][/b] sagte: All this CD is terrible, the songs of Bowie sound pathetic. Its even a bad gothic CD[/quote]

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- MarkHarris schrieb...
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- 29. Jan. 2005, 3:24
Some of best

Tori Amos' version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - striking, beautiful.
Brad Mehldau's versons of Radionhead's "Everything in it's Right Place", "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music" - for a jazz musician of his reputation to give such (well-deserved) accolades to a rock band is unusual enough, but he put his money and his talent where his mouth is - and did very good versions to boot.

[quote][b][user]MarkHarris[/user][/b] sagte: Tori Amos' version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - striking, beautiful. Brad Mehldau's versons of Radionhead's "Everything in it's Right Place", "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music" - for a jazz musician of his reputation to give such (well-deserved) accolades to a rock band is unusual enough, but he put his money and his talent where his mouth is - and did very good versions to boot.[/quote]

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- killtime schrieb...
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- 14. Feb. 2005, 6:25
Good covers/ Bad covers

Good Covers:
when pavement covers a song it's either pretty funny (eg wonderwall) or just damn good (the pixies' 'gigantic'). Iron & wines' cover of the postal service's 'Such great heights' is a great interpretation... Oh and flaming lips crossing 7 nation army and going to florida is just flaming lips genius...

Bad Covers:
I love it and hate it, Devo doing 'head like a hole' its funny, but yeah.... and although i like cat power, i just don't like her version of pavement's 'we dance'...

[quote][b][user]killtime[/user][/b] sagte: Good Covers: when pavement covers a song it's either pretty funny (eg wonderwall) or just damn good (the pixies' 'gigantic'). Iron & wines' cover of the postal service's 'Such great heights' is a great interpretation... Oh and flaming lips crossing 7 nation army and going to florida is just flaming lips genius... Bad Covers: I love it and hate it, Devo doing 'head like a hole' its funny, but yeah.... and although i like cat power, i just don't like her version of pavement's 'we dance'...[/quote]

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- Schrollum schrieb...
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- 18. Mär. 2005, 19:13
Speaking of Jamie Cullum, I think his cover of Jimi Hendrix "Wind Cries Mary" is possibly one of the biggest blasphemies ever..

[quote][b][user]Schrollum[/user][/b] sagte: Speaking of Jamie Cullum, I think his cover of Jimi Hendrix "Wind Cries Mary" is possibly one of the biggest blasphemies ever..[/quote]

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- scarebear schrieb...
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- 19. Mär. 2005, 2:13
The most recent awful cover was Cold's interpretation of Bowie's "Space Oddity", it's just... it's just so... bleh.

I like turtles.

[quote][b][user]scarebear[/user][/b] sagte: The most recent awful cover was Cold's interpretation of Bowie's "Space Oddity", it's just... it's just so... bleh.[/quote]

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- Ouroboros schrieb...
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- 17. Dez. 2005, 9:19
When I heard Jessica Simpson's (or whoever it was) cover of These Boots Are Made For Walking, I wanted to hurl something. I also don't like that Allan guy's cover of Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon or Britney Spears doing I Love Rock and Roll. I can't think of a single country or jazz cover I liked. Neither of them do it for me. On a related note, the sampling in pop/hip hop/r&b songs drives me to tears. Write something original and GOOD!

I did like Letters to Cleo's cover of I Want You To Want Me, Puff Daddy's I'll Be Missing You (can't think of why, but I like it), Alkistis Protopsalti's cover of Nickelback's How You Remind Me, Rachid Taha's Rock el Casbah, and I thought Somegirl did a nice version of I Only Have Eyes For You.

[quote][b][user]Ouroboros[/user][/b] sagte: When I heard Jessica Simpson's (or whoever it was) cover of These Boots Are Made For Walking, I wanted to hurl something. I also don't like that Allan guy's cover of Best I Ever Had by Vertical Horizon or Britney Spears doing I Love Rock and Roll. I can't think of a single country or jazz cover I liked. Neither of them do it for me. On a related note, the sampling in pop/hip hop/r&b songs drives me to tears. Write something original and GOOD! I did like Letters to Cleo's cover of I Want You To Want Me, Puff Daddy's I'll Be Missing You (can't think of why, but I like it), Alkistis Protopsalti's cover of Nickelback's How You Remind Me, Rachid Taha's Rock el Casbah, and I thought Somegirl did a nice version of I Only Have Eyes For You.[/quote]

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- [Gelöschter Benutzer] schrieb...
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- 18. Dez. 2005, 0:19
Quite Frankly I think anything Shatner does musically is gold.

I loved Franz Ferdinand's cover of Mis-Shapes, No Doubt's cover of it's My Life, Save Ferris' Version of Come on Eileen and Ozma's cover of the Tetris theme. Placebo do great covers as well.

Worst cover: TaTu's How Soon is Now. If I were Morrissey, I'd have dug myself a grave to turn in.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] sagte: Quite Frankly I think anything Shatner does musically is gold. I loved Franz Ferdinand's cover of Mis-Shapes, No Doubt's cover of it's My Life, Save Ferris' Version of Come on Eileen and Ozma's cover of the Tetris theme. Placebo do great covers as well. Worst cover: TaTu's How Soon is Now. If I were Morrissey, I'd have dug myself a grave to turn in. [/quote]

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- giveuptheghost schrieb...
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- 18. Dez. 2005, 0:33
I thought t.A.T.u. did rather well, but then I do have a thing for Russian girls.

[quote][b][user]giveuptheghost[/user][/b] sagte: I thought [artist]t.A.T.u.[/artist] did rather well, but then I do have a thing for Russian girls.[/quote]

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- bluemeawayyy schrieb...
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- 19. Dez. 2005, 1:58
In my opinion nothing can beat Limp Bizkit's version of The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony". It's a rape of this song. There should be a law against it. And against Fred Durst, too.

The German "Popstars"-Girlband Preluders once covered R.E.M.'s "Losing my religion". Horrible.

A very great and inventive cover I know is M. Ward's version of David Bowie's "Let's Dance". And a classic of course is "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley, originally written by Leonard Cohen.

[quote][b][user]bluemeawayyy[/user][/b] sagte: In my opinion nothing can beat [artist]Limp Bizkit[/artist]'s version of [artist]The Verve[/artist]'s "Bittersweet Symphony". It's a rape of this song. There should be a law against it. And against Fred Durst, too. The German "Popstars"-Girlband [artist]Preluders[/artist] once covered [artist]R.E.M.[/artist]'s "Losing my religion". Horrible. A very great and inventive cover I know is [artist]M. Ward[/artist]'s version of [artist]David Bowie[/artist]'s "Let's Dance". And a classic of course is "Hallelujah" by [artist]Jeff Buckley[/artist], originally written by [artist]Leonard Cohen[/artist].[/quote]

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- Shaldon schrieb...
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- 28. Jan. 2006, 19:07
Far Corporation

In my opinion the worst cover version has to be Far Corporations version of Stairway to Heaven. I think it should have been renamed "It makes me wonder" as that is all the seem to sing throughout their version.

[quote][b][user]Shaldon[/user][/b] sagte: In my opinion the worst cover version has to be Far Corporations version of Stairway to Heaven. I think it should have been renamed "It makes me wonder" as that is all the seem to sing throughout their version. [/quote]

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