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[Matlock]

Just heard one that blew 'em all out of the water:


Vanessa Carlton - Paint it Black

She's still singing it like a pop mistress! It doesn't sound right! Dammit!


Other piss poor ones:


Living Colour - Back in Black

...just no.


Joss Stone - Fell in Love With a Boy

How can you completely ruin one of the best rockin' songs of recent day? Ask Joss.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

It pains me to say it, but I cannot stand Marilyn Manson's cover of Highway to Hell. While I like the fact that they bothered to make the song different from the original, it just doesn't work well at all. I actually like the KKK Took My Baby Away cover though, unlike many people it seems.

 

[Eminem]

Avril Lavigne's cover of Chop Suey! takes the cake.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

NOE 1 NOES WUT ITZ LIKE 2 B DA SAD MAN

 

[Matlock]

Avril Lavigne's cover of Chop Suey! takes the cake.

I don't count that, since it is both so bad it cannot exist, and it is not on a sale-able recording.

 

[FortNinety]

Smooth Criminal by that shitty band who's name I don't know, nor do I care.

 

[marsomega]

How quickly you all forgotten the bastardization of "Take my Breath Away" by Jessica Simpson. She completely chewed, puked, and spat it out. I wish nothing but horrible things for that woman for what she did to this song alone.

 

[thom]

Limp Bizkit "Faith" horrible cover of a shitty song.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

How quickly you all forgotten the bastardization of "Take my Breath Away" by Jessica Simpson. She completely chewed, puked, and spat it out. I wish nothing but horrible things for that woman for what she did to this song alone.

i'll never understand the need for artists (and i use that term loosely when talking about Jessica Simpson) to cover songs that were ALREADY hits. Especially when they do nothing new with it. Wow, you took a hit...and made it a hit? Bitch want a cookie?

 

[Eminem]

i'll never understand the need for artists (and i use that term loosely when talking about Jessica Simpson) to cover songs that were ALREADY hits. Especially when they do nothing new with it. Wow, you took a hit...and made it a hit? Bitch want a cookie?

See, that's why I think the best ones are normally when the band that covers the song is a completely different genre.

Listen to Atreyu's version of Bowie's "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Now THAT...that is the shit.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

See, that's why I think the best ones are normally when the band that covers the song is a completely different genre.

Listen to Atreyu's version of Bowie's "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Now THAT...that is the shit.

There is no Bowie song by that name. Isn't that Bon Jovi? lol

 

[Ecrofirt]

Ozzy & Busta Rhymes did a remake of Iron Man.

While not a cover, it's terribly bad.

 

[Manabanana]

Pretty much any remake of Lovesong by the Cure is fucking annoying...and horrible!

 

[Manabanana]

See, that's why I think the best ones are normally when the band that covers the song is a completely different genre.

Listen to Atreyu's version of Bowie's "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Now THAT...that is the shit.

Yeah, that's Bon Jovi...Who in the fuck would cover an already horrible song? God I hate Bon Jovi.

 

[SKluck]

Shot through the heart, and you're to blame.

YOU GIVE LOVE, A BAD NAME.

Bon Jovi fucking rocks man.

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt takes the cake IMO.

Just no. Butchered doesn't even begin to describe it.

 

[BlackMage]

fiona apple's across the universe. fuck that bitch!

 

[moist]

AFI's cover of "Head like a Hole" makes me want to slaughter children it's so bad.

 

[Matlock]

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt takes the cake IMO.

I'd like to be the first to say..."What the fuck are you talking about?"

Sure, it wasn't TRENT REZNOR ANGSTIFIED LIKE HELL...

...but it was pretty damn powerful.

 

[Leon]

Smooth Criminal by that shitty band who's name I don't know, nor do I care.

WINNER. HANDS DOWN. BY FAR. NO MORE DEBATING THE SUBJECT. WORST COVER EVER. MOST BLASPHEMOUS COVER EVER.

Oh, and the band's name is Alien Ant Farm.

Close second is the techno fucked up remix/cover of Bryan Adams' perfectly great love song "Heaven".

 

[FoneBone]

Yeah, that's Bon Jovi...Who in the fuck would cover an already horrible song? God I hate Bon Jovi.

Fuck, no.

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt takes the cake IMO.

Just no. Butchered doesn't even begin to describe it.

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

 

[White Man]

Whoever does that cover of Sweet Child O' Mine. Talk about an abortion hitting the floor. Axl is rolling over in his grave (or he would be if he had the good grace to die about 14 years ago).

 

[Substance]

Johnny Cash's rendition of Hurt takes the cake IMO.

You cannot be serious.

 

[SKluck]

I have no empathy for old lazy dying people. My bad.

And it completely destroys the point of the song. And his intentions do not make sense concerning the lyrics.

 

[Jason]

Thursday's cover of Sigur Ros' Ny Batteri is by far the worst I've ever heard.

 

[Shazapp]

Hands down, the worst is Gary Numan's cover of Prince's "U Got the Look."

 

[Ronin]

Six Feet Under's cover of "TNT".

 

[hobbitx]

David Bowie and Mick Jagger's rendition of "Dancing in the Street", god was that awful.

 

[schizophrenic]

Thursday's cover of Sigur Ros' Ny Batteri is by far the worst I've ever heard.

Holy shit, this actually exists?

 

[Fresh Prince]

Any techno cover song....

 

[White Man]

David Bowie and Mick Jagger's rendition of "Dancing in the Street", god was that awful.

Yes, but it produced an ultimately hilarious, unintentionally homoerotic video. I swear, at certain points in that video, they're about to kiss each other.

 

[way more]

Hurt - By someone on Lilith Fair, O' Lord is it God Awful.

 

[hobbitx]

Yes, but it produced an ultimately hilarious, unintentionally homoerotic video. I swear, at certain points in that video, they're about to kiss each other.

:lol :lol :lol that's so true, I totally forgot about that, now that I think about it, I did actually get a good laugh out of that video. I love stuff that's so bad it's good.

 

[MC Safety]

I like it when Eddie Vedder takes Neil Young's "Rocking in the Free World" and then makes up his own lyrics, starts to ramble and mumble, and turns a perfectly good piece of social commentary into an unintelligible piece of feces.

Seriously! I do.

 

[RobotChant]

Thursday's cover of Sigur Ros' Ny Batteri is by far the worst I've ever heard.

WTF... somebody actually tried to cover that. I need to track this one down.

 

[Mr Gump]

Close second is the techno fucked up remix/cover of Bryan Adams' perfectly great love song "Heaven".

No.

 

[Spiritreaver]

Korn's new Word Up cover. I'm so glad I don't listen to the radio hardly ever anymore. I'm also not that big of a fan of Hurt, it's not bad, but it's really not spectacular either. Then again, it's not my kind of music.

Faith is horrible too, but the original I don't mind. Oh and any of P. Diddy's stupid fucking "remakes". I don't care wtf you do to the lyrics, it's comes out as shit.

 

[AniHawk]

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes

 

[White Man]

That Foo Fighters cover of Darling Nikki has forever tainted my enjoyment of the original song. Every time I put Purple Rain on, I think of that fucking cover. Fuck you, Foo Fighters.

 

[Great King Bowser]

All Saints - Under the Bridge

Stupid English pop groups...

 

[JackFrost2012]

I would like to nominate SKluck for "Worst opinion on a cover song ever" for his dimissal of Johnny Cash's Hurt, a song easily in my top five.

 

[DJ_Tet]

I can't believe so many people are sticking up for Johnny Cash. I recognize that his ass is dead. I also recognize that he won a "Grammy" for covering a song that he didn't understand and a song that he couldn't sing just cause he died. Not that he could sing anyway, but that's besides the point. Actually, it isn't. The dude couldn't sing, his original songs were horrible, his covers were horrible. "Burning Ring of Fire" will forever reference a hemmoroid. The dude got a token Grammy at the expense of Nine Inch Nails. I really couldn't give a damn about Cash or Trent Reznor, but the habit of giving awards to dying/dead artists needs to stop. Johnny Cash had plenty of good songs on his own, none based on his own singing talent, and certainly not "Hurt", but if you ignored him this long, don't throw him an award just cause he died. That's not right, and he wouldn't want it. His cover was pretty bad.

 

[JackFrost2012]

It's obvious that the Grammy he got for Hurt was more of a lifetime achievement award than for the song itself, but that doesn't undermine the power of the song itself.

I also recognize that he won a "Grammy" for covering a song that he didn't understand and a song that he couldn't sing just cause he died.

That's a pretty ignorant statement. Have you seen the video? I'd argue he understood what the song was about better than Trent Reznor did.

 

[DJ_Tet]

Actually I haven't seen the video. I do agree it was a career achievement award. I don't care for his cover, and I actually take offense that you think an artist could understand a song more than the artist who wrote it, but whatever.

I guess I need to watch the video. I'm not trying to hate on Johnny Cash (actually I am, don't like him, my dad didn't like him, haven't met any country music fans who really did like him other than his *image*, fact is, dude can't sing), I really dislike the younger people latching on to him, why not latch on to a country star, or a rock star, who actually had a good musical voice?

 

[8bit]

http://64.202.105.38/videos/cash_h.mov

 

[drohne]

the cover of there she goes by some awful adult alternative christian band whose name i can't remember. it replaces lee mavers with some whinnying tori amos impersonator. and probably replaces the heroin subtext with a jesus subtext. and has supplanted the brilliant original in the american popular consciousness. and it's in commercials all the time, meaning that i inadvertently hear it, and that the goons who covered it continue to get residual checks rather than the forceful blows to the head and torso they so richly deserve.

edit: i don't even like the white stripes, but that joss stone cover is heinous beyond words. hey "joss": there's more to "soul" than phony southern inflections and melisma, you stupid, spoiled, dizzy cunt.

 

[Crag Dweller]

William Shatner- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. :lol http://www.pathcom.com/~boby/lsd.htm

 

[Dice]

Van Halen's cover of The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" -- Just horrible, I can't believe it. Way to take all the cool out and poop on it.

Selah's cover of Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up" -- Ok first of all it's a little early to be covering it, and second you shouldn't cover songs that are waaaay out of your vocal league.

the cover of there she goes by some awful adult alternative christian band whose name i can't remember. it replaces lee mavers with some whinnying tori amos impersonator. and probably replaces the heroin subtext with a jesus subtext. and has supplanted the brilliant original in the american popular consciousness. and it's in commercials all the time, meaning that i inadvertently hear it, and that the goons who covered it continue to get residual checks rather than the forceful blows to the head and torso they so richly deserve.

That is Sixpence None The Richer. And while they are christians they have made it clear they aren't exclusively christian contemporary in their music (which I understand, other people can be secular in their professions so why not musicians?). And I believe they sing it as a love song, though the lyrics are nearly identical. You probably find that just as annoying but they aren't exactly alone, Robbie Williams did it too.

 

[Matlock]

the cover of there she goes by some awful adult alternative christian band whose name i can't remember. it replaces lee mavers with some whinnying tori amos impersonator. and probably replaces the heroin subtext with a jesus subtext. and has supplanted the brilliant original in the american popular consciousness. and it's in commercials all the time, meaning that i inadvertently hear it, and that the goons who covered it continue to get residual checks rather than the forceful blows to the head and torso they so richly deserve.

I'd say more of a lesbian subtext, which would be kind of weird for a Christian band...but it's kinda true. Out of "Sixpence None The Richer"'s two big radio singles (not that I've listened much deeper), both of 'em have a girl talking about kissing someone at least effeminate. Haw!

edit: i don't even like the white stripes, but that joss stone cover is heinous beyond words. hey "joss": there's more to "soul" than phony southern inflections and melisma, you stupid, spoiled, dizzy cunt.

<3

 

[Cool]

Ataris - "Boys of Summer"

And that Joss Stone chick's rip off of a White Stripes song but changed to "Fell in Love With A Boy" instead of girl. LAME!

 

[tt_deeb]

You guys are really beginning to scare me.