Worst Ever Cover Version

Addick Addict

Inspired by the comments by some on the Wild Horses thread I thought we should start a thread dedicated to all those magnificent reproductions of classic songs.

Having said that, imho, it will be extremely difficult to beat my offering of:

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]Inspired by the comments by some on the Wild Horses thread I thought we should start a thread dedicated to all those magnificent reproductions of classic songs.

Having said that, imho, it will be extremely difficult to beat my offering of:

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - William Shatner

surely this should be "Top Five.....Worse Cover versions" :- )

Radzinsky

mark ronson's cover of 'just' by radiohead

ValleyGary

Mike Flowers Pop - Wonderwall

Chizz

I can see a "Best five cover versions" thread looming

Paddy Powell

Bad News - Bohemian Rhapsody. Although, it probably shouldn't count as it was meant to be terrible.

stonemuse

Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven ... although Henry probably prefers that version ;-)

BlackForestReds

Celine Dion - You shook me (all night long) by AC/DC has to be up there as the worst cover version ever?

Or perhaps any of the tracks off of Bob Dylan's recently released Christmas Album?

ValleyGary

Peter Andre & Katie Price - A whole new world

MrOneLung

[cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]I can see a "Best five cover versions" thread looming

best cover version

[cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]I can see a "Best five cover versions" thread looming

Already done

Alex Wright

Madonna - American Pie

appalling

stonemuse

Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit .... sacrilege to a great Who song

BlackForestReds

Other musical crimes that spring to mind...

Michael Bolton - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Ronan Keating - Fairytale Of New York
Will Young - Light my Fire

Addick Addict

[cite]Posted By: Alex Wright[/cite]Madonna - American Pie

appalling

I think you've outdone me there Alex. If ever there was a case for trying someone for murder it has to be Madge's version of an all time classic.

ValleyGary

Ronan Keating - Iris (Goo Goo Dolls)

Richard J

Leo Sayer -Unchained Melody ?

Simonsen

Put a Little Love in Your Heart by Leonard Nimoy ain't too clever. Youtube it and see if you can bear to listen to the whole record.

razil

[cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]Other musical crimes that spring to mind...

Michael Bolton - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Ronan Keating - Fairytale Of New York
Will Young - Light my Fire

hate will young and love the doors however I thought it was an interesting take on a classic

..anything by girl aloud including non covers

Red Fraggle

Anything that...... DJ Sammy touches. Blokes an utter....

Some of the above ones makes my blood boil. Love my music and nothing annoys me quicker than someone destroying a song. Ronan Keating with his songs for his mum or whatever had me throwing things at the telly everytime the advert came on.

Paddy Powell

He didn't release it (I hope..), but Paul Shane's cover of 'You've Lost that Loving Feeling' on Pebble Mill was a belter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJvGdOC6D1Y

BABY BABY!

RalphMilnesgut

Red, Red Wine - UB40

Big C

Mark Ronson - 'Stop me' (cover of 'Stop me if you think you've heard this one before') and Tatu - 'How soon is now'.

Anyone who covers The Smiths should be rewarded with the death penalty.

CHG

Maralyn Manson - Tainted Love.

addick1965

Tori Amos doing Chas n Dave covers....can't remember which songs but they were extra tracks on one of her cd singles.

Friend Or Defoe

Freak on a Leash by Avil Lavene

Best cover of all time is All Along The Watch Tower by Jimi Hendrix

McLovin

Didn't Tori Amos do a Nirvana cover? That was horrible.

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven ... although Henry probably prefers that version ;-)

you bet I do. Great reggae feel to it. : - )

ValleyGary

[cite]Posted By: Red Fraggle[/cite]Anything that...... DJ Sammy touches. Blokes an utter....

There was a rumour that DJ Sammy voted for himself over 10,000 times in the recent DJ Mag Top 100 poll. What a w****r.

Friend Or Defoe

What's happened to this thread?!

Anyone getting a sense of Deja Vu?

Curb_It

i quite like boyzone's cover of Father and Son. haha ridiculous taste in music i know but i do love the original. love a bit of Yusuf Islam.

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]i quite like boyzone's cover of Father and Son. haha ridiculous taste in music i know but i do love the original. love a bit of Yusuf Islam.

I liked that version.

now the one Jim Davidson did with his real son. That was cringe worthy.