Worst cover version (by competent musicians)

[Barking Spiders]

2 hours ago, davepb24 said:

A mate keeps going on about how great Behemoth's cover of the Cure's "A Forest" is ... up there with the worst I've come across I'm afraid

 It is utter trash for sure. I'm a massive fan of 80s post-punk and A Forest is one of the top 5 tunes from the era. Also Sound of Silence is my fave S & G tune and the Disturbed cover is a total travesty

Edited October 4, 2022 by Barking Spiders

[Barking Spiders]

 I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine

 

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, Mykesbass said:

Really? Sounds like it has been saturated in effects/autotune. 

I don't hear either of those here.

[Mykesbass]

6 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I don't hear either of those here.

That's probably down to your avatar picture 

[Mykesbass]

There is, in my opinion, a sublime to the ridiculous couple of covers of one song, Hallelujah. Sublime; Jeff Buckley. Ridiculous; Alexandra Burke. I do have to admire Simon Cowell's chutzpah in creating such a dreadful version of a song that contains the line 'but you don't really care for music, do you?'

[SteveXFR]

I like Deftones but this cover of Simple Man is utter crap

 

 

 

[toneknob]

Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone

 

[Rich]

On 04/10/2022 at 19:16, Newfoundfreedom said:

The White Stripes version of Jolene has got to be are pretty close to being the worst thing I've ever heard. 

 

 

FTFY

Edited October 13, 2022 by Rich

[cetera]

The faux-reggae UB40-style version of 'Rocket Man' that Kate Bush did.....

 

Eurghhh.....

[SteveXFR]

54 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone

 

 

Especially Guns N Roses. Their cover was competently played but Axle's vocals are dreadful 

[Shaggy]

Any cover done by UB40 🤮

[Rich]

26 minutes ago, cetera said:

The faux-reggae UB40-style version of 'Rocket Man' that Kate Bush did.....

 

Eurghhh.....

 

Yes... not often she drops the ball, but oh my word that was inexcusably bad.

 

14 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

Especially Guns N Roses. Their cover {Knocking On Heaven's Door} was competently played but Axle's vocals are dreadful 

 

I've never liked Bill's voice, but he seemed to go out of his way to make KOHD especially caterwauly and horrible.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, toneknob said:

Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone

 

Close but no cigar

 

[Buddster]

There's an awful lots of bad covers, but my personal hate is Diddys cover of Every Breath You Take. A travesty of a cover, destroyed any sentiment in the original. 

[Reggaebass]

I wondered how long it would be before UB40 got mentioned 🙄, some of their covers were better than the originals imo 

[Grimalkin]

30 plus covers of cloying, over-smaltzification. So sugary you'd get chubby listening to it.

 

https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11086/covers

 

[redbandit599]

This horribly twee version exists on a Christmas compilation that my wife has. It makes me shout obscenities as soon as Ronan starts...then Moya chimes in and makes it worse...

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by redbandit599

[redbandit599]

1 minute ago, Grimalkin said:

30 plus covers of cloying, over-smaltzification. So sugary you'd get chubby listening to it.

 

https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11086/covers

 

Blimey - I though just my one above was enough, don't tell me there's more of this! 🤯

[Shaggy]

12 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

 I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine

 

 

 

Agreed - that Gary Jules one was the start of a truly dreadful trend for doing ‘80’s songs in an incredibly dreary way.....

 

3 hours ago, toneknob said:

Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone

 

 

Probably the only song of Dylan’s where the original was definitely best.   

As much as I like Eric Clapton’s output and respect how it’s evolved over the years, have to say I like his covers least, particularly  during his ‘70’s  “reggae” phase.

[SteveXFR]

I can't decide whether this is terrible or brilliant. It's definitely one extreme or the other

 

 

 

[Grimalkin]

12 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

 I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine

 

 

 

I would much rather the Lorde version, considering the subject of the song I always thought the TFF original was a song mismatched. A bit twee for the message, with lashings of ginger beer.

[ern500evo]

Sorry Lemmy, but this is utter shite 

 

[paul_5]

I disagree. It’s a given that anyone taking on Bowie tracks is always going to contentious, but there are far, far worse from that album.

[ern500evo]

12 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

I disagree. It’s a given that anyone taking on Bowie tracks is always going to contentious, but there are far, far worse from that album.

These threads are fun for seeing everyone’s differing opinions. Granted, it probably isn’t the worst cover version I’ve ever heard, but I just can’t listen to it. As soon as the vocal starts, it’s game over for me! 😀

[KingBollock]

1 hour ago, ern500evo said:

These threads are fun for seeing everyone’s differing opinions. Granted, it probably isn’t the worst cover version I’ve ever heard, but I just can’t listen to it. As soon as the vocal starts, it’s game over for me! 😀

I know what you mean (and I am a massive Motörhead fan) but the vocal does get better as the song progresses. I actually believe that Motörhead’s cover of Enter Sandman is worse.