Cr#p covers by artists who should have known better

[TimR]

One of the funniest things I heard -

 

"Soundgarden have released a great version of Black Hole Sun. It's so much better than the original Steve and Eydie version."

[Mykesbass]

  On 01/09/2023 at 11:00, tauzero said:

Alexandra Burke's awful, awful version of "Hallelujah" which completely ripped the soul out of it. Simon Cowell is partly to blame for this utter travesty.

 

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The irony of the line "but you don't care much for music...' in this version!!

[Marky L]

Paul Jones - Manfred Mann did a pretty dire version of Pretty Vacant B/W Sheen Is A Punk Rocker

 

 

 

[AndyTravis]

While driving around the Welsh countryside this summer, I shoved an “80’s” playlist on Spotify. The teenagers were listening to their own songs on headphones (depressing really, but I enjoyed the peace)…

 

ABC - High and Dry. Yes, the Radiohead Song.

 

oh wow.

[snorkie635]

Elton John's second version of Candle In the Wind - 🤮

[Earbrass]

  On 01/09/2023 at 12:22, snorkie635 said:

Elton John's second version of Candle In the Wind - 🤮

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His third version was no better - a tribute to Mother Theresa, who died shortly after Diana - "Sandals in the Bin"

[Mykesbass]

  On 01/09/2023 at 12:03, Marky L said:

Paul Jones - Manfred Mann did a pretty dire version of Pretty Vacant B/W Sheen Is A Punk Rocker

 

 

 

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Some tracks you don't even need to hear to know just how awful they are!

[diskwave]

  On 01/09/2023 at 05:56, Mykesbass said:

Adele's To Make You Feel My Love

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Just had a listen and it sounds suspiciously like something from a long time ago...Cant think off hand what tho... So maybe BD was covering the original and not her "cover".

[Mykesbass]

  On 01/09/2023 at 12:37, greavesbass said:

Just had a listen and it sounds suspiciously like something from a long time ago...Cant think off hand what tho... So maybe BD was covering the original and not her "cover".

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Sorry, should have used an irony emoji. It is a Dylan original.

[Russ]

  On 31/08/2023 at 21:18, JottoSW1 said:

Allelujah - Leonard Cohen...?

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k.d. lang's version - sublime and practically peerless. 

Jeff Buckley's version - incredible. 

Alexandra Burke's version - execrable, horrendous travesty.

[ahpook]

You should hear my version of Hark the Hearld Angels Sing...

 

I can't say nuttin'

 

 

[ahpook]

  On 01/09/2023 at 06:28, Mykesbass said:

Although I think I prefer the Robert Palmer version.

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That's never Tony Curtis singing.....is it ?

 

[tauzero]

It gets a bit complicated with "All the young dudes" because David Bowie wrote it, Mott the Hoople had a hit with it, Bruce Dickinson got into the top 30 with his cover which was very close to the original, and Bowie recorded it after Mott did but his version is inferior (not vastly though) to the other two.

[Bassfingers]

  On 01/09/2023 at 12:42, Mykesbass said:

Sorry, should have used an irony emoji. It is a Dylan original.

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Wait! There's an Irony Emoji??

[snorkie635]

  On 01/09/2023 at 14:32, Bassfingers said:

Wait! There's an Irony Emoji??

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[Graham]

There's a number of nu-metal bands who did some awful, earnest covers

 

Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence

Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes

Machine Head - Message In A Bottle

[Jackroadkill]

  On 01/09/2023 at 09:30, MacDaddy said:

 

If you think that's bad you don't want to hear his version of Sweet Dreams (are made of this) 😖

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I prefer that to Tainted Love, to be honest.

[Krysbass]

Mariah Carey's cover of Without You.

 

Too many notes.😧

[Jackroadkill]

  On 01/09/2023 at 20:56, Krysbass said:

Mariah Carey's cover of Without You.

 

Too many notes.😧

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In the same vein - Alexandra Burke's version of Hallelujah.

[Count Bassy]

  On 01/09/2023 at 09:19, RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE said:

Metallica- whisky in the jar

Judas priest - Johnny b Goode 

Tangerine dream - House of the rising sun/ purple haze 

megadeth - anarchy in the uk

Motley crue- halter skelter

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Mind you, "Whisky in the Jar" was a a traditional song long before Thin Lizzy covered it.

[Barking Spiders]

  On 01/09/2023 at 09:35, toneknob said:

tbh I don't like any version of this song but anyway

 

 

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Or to be precise nuck-nuck-nuckin' on heaven's daw-aw-whoaw. A rare case of where he Dylan original is 100 x better than a specific cover. 

+ 1 for Judas Priest's risible Johnny B Goode and I'll add their execrable 'Green Manalishi'

+ 1 for Metallica's Whisky in the jar

No mention yet of Jagger and Bowie's atrocious Dancing in the Street nor of the woeful Aerosmith take on Come Together. Then again Aerosmith have been terminally shyt3 so perhaps they didn't know any better. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Barking Spiders

[tauzero]

  On 01/09/2023 at 20:24, Graham said:

There's a number of nu-metal bands who did some awful, earnest covers

 

Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence

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That's a brilliant cover.

[AndyTravis]

  On 02/09/2023 at 00:41, tauzero said:

 

That's a brilliant cover.

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They also did a good version of “land of confusion” - proper band, saw them in around 2001 in Manchester, supported Marilyn Manson 🤓

[Norris]

  On 02/09/2023 at 00:41, tauzero said:

 

That's a brilliant cover.

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No, it's plain nasty. Go back and listen to the original for as many times as it takes to cure you 😉

[AndyTravis]

  On 02/09/2023 at 01:10, Norris said:

No, it's plain nasty. Go back and listen to the original for as many times as it takes to cure you 😉

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I’ve just listened to it…it’s heavy handed, a bit overproduced…(the Disturbed Version)

 

sounds like it was from a film soundtrack?

Edited September 4, 2023 by AndyTravis