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blueturk
03-12-2006, 11:15 AM
This thread was prompted by a rather animated discussion I had with a Scott Stapp fan, so I'll start with "Eighteen" by Greed. It fucking SUCKS! Scotty has his tongue so far up in the roof of his mouth doing his Eddie Vedder imitation that he can barely even sing the fucking title!

Mr. Vengeance
03-12-2006, 12:48 PM
Not a cover, but using Vanilla Ice using Under Pressure was criminal.

Gene Simmons signing When You WIsh Upon A Star was awful.

Mr. Vengeance
03-12-2006, 12:49 PM
Winger did a brutal version of Purple Haze as I recall.......

blueturk
03-12-2006, 12:52 PM
Billy Idol's cover of "LA Woman" is fucking terrible...

DrMaddVibe
03-12-2006, 01:03 PM
Missing Persons doing "Hello, I Love You"...ugh!

Pearl Jam doing "Won't Get Fooled Again"...double ugh!

Unchainme
03-12-2006, 01:05 PM
Hillary Duff Covering My Generation

Britney Spears Covering Satisfaction and I Love Rock And Roll

Avril Lavigne- Covering Metallica's Fuel

Puff Daddy-Rapping Over Kashmir

Mariah Carey-Bringin' On The Heartbreak

Van Hagar-Won't Get Fooled Again

I know a lot of real bad ones, but those are the ones that spring to mind.

FORD
03-12-2006, 01:05 PM
Van Hagar's cover of "Apolitical Blues".

Sammy's cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart".

Motley Crue's butchering of "Helter Skelter".

Motley Crue's blasphemy against "Anarchy In The UK"

Skid Row's blasphemy against "Holiday In The Sun"

Coldplay's entire album of bad U2 covers.

Unchainme
03-12-2006, 01:10 PM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CEV4TA/qid=1142186831/sr=8-8/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i8_xgl15/102-1441336-0648113?n=507846&s=music&v=glance

Heres another example of god-awfulness, A Bunch of Rappers Covering Aerosmith Songs. Guitar work is auctually half-decent, But the rappers suck.

Unchainme
03-12-2006, 01:10 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Motley Crue's butchering of "Helter Skelter".


Funny. I auctually liked that one.

blueturk
03-12-2006, 01:21 PM
They fucked up "Smokin' In The Boys Room" too.

Dave's Bitch
03-12-2006, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by Unchainme
Funny. I auctually liked that one.

me too

fe_lung
03-12-2006, 04:52 PM
Originally posted by FORD

Coldplay's entire album of bad U2 covers.

Be fair now - half their stuff are bad Radiohead covers!

fe_lung
03-12-2006, 04:58 PM
Anyone remember Ugly Kid Joes Cats & The Cradle?
How about Lennys American Woman
Madonnas American Pie
The Stones' Like A Rolling Stone
The Cure's dance version of Purple Haze
Bowie & Jagger's Dancin' In The Streets
Mary J. Blige's new version of One is bad
Any of the Uncle Cracker covers suck
Bon Jovi's Boys Are Back In Town
Everclears Boys Are Back In Town & Brown Eyed Girl - great band but they did crap covers


I would give an honorable mention to Prince's attempt to re-claim Nothing Compares 2 U. His version was god awful

Mr. Vengeance
03-12-2006, 05:00 PM
One that I like but others really HATED was WASP covering the Who's The Real Me.

One WASP cover that does suck is Paint it Black

Oh...and I hated the GnR Sympathy for the Devil.

Mr. Vengeance
03-12-2006, 05:02 PM
Technically wasn't any time Van Hagar sang a CVH tune a horrid cover???

Alex Mogilny
03-12-2006, 08:41 PM
U2 - All along the Watchtower
Concrete Blond - Everybody Knows
Pearl Jam - Gimme some truth
Guns N Roses - Knockin' on heaven's door

fe_lung
03-12-2006, 09:14 PM
Originally posted by Alex Mogilny
U2 - All along the Watchtower
Concrete Blond - Everybody Knows
Pearl Jam - Gimme some truth
Guns N Roses - Knockin' on heaven's door

Gotta disagree on Concrete Blonde - They did pretty decent covers of Castles Made Of Sand and Shout (tears for fears) as well

fe_lung
03-12-2006, 09:19 PM
I'm going to stomp on a sacred cow and say I don't like Tina Turner's Proud Mary at all. Way to f'in fast.

I'm on the fence about Megadeth's Anarchy In The UK, but I liked their No More Mr. Nice Guy

mako_kimura
03-12-2006, 11:05 PM
Let's see:

1. Van Hagar-Won't be fooled again
2. Metallica-Turn the page
3. Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams, Tainted Love, Highway to Hell
4. Run DMC-Walk This Way

fe_lung
03-13-2006, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by mako_kimura
Let's see:

1. Van Hagar-Won't be fooled again
2. Metallica-Turn the page
3. Marilyn Manson-Sweet Dreams, Tainted Love, Highway to Hell
4. Run DMC-Walk This Way

I don't think you can even consider sweet dreams a cover anymore. Manson owned that one, the eurythmics version is the cover at this point

Soul Reaper
03-13-2006, 12:24 PM
McFly's chicken strangling version of Pinball Wizard.....

RuzDNailz
03-13-2006, 07:38 PM
Pearl Jam cover of 'Last Kiss'. Still playing on the radio to this day.
Spamuel Hagar covering 'Running With The Devil'.
Creedence Clearwater Revisited because IMO they ARE a coverband!
Pat Boone (YIKES!!!)

Hey, what about GOOD covers?
Disturbed doing a cover of Genesis song 'Land Of Confusion'.
Blind Guardian doing Dio's 'Don't Talk To Strangers'.

fe_lung
03-14-2006, 08:59 AM
Sheryl Crow's Sweet Child Of Mine should be mentioned, as should 311's raping of Love Song

Loons The Great
03-14-2006, 03:41 PM
Pearl Jam does the best Who covers...some of the best covers period.

"Taxman," by Stevie Ray Vaughn is awful. Any R.E.M. cover(or original) is terrible. Same with Creed, Hootie, and Extreme.

Big Fat Sammy
03-14-2006, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by Unchainme

Britney Spears Covering Satisfaction and I Love Rock And Roll



Not to mention Britneys version of My Perogative by Bobby Brown.

Mr. Vengeance already beat me to the worst cover ever though, Purple Haze by Winger...:D

FORD
03-14-2006, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by RuzDNailz


Hey, what about GOOD covers?
Disturbed doing a cover of Genesis song 'Land Of Confusion'.
Blind Guardian doing Dio's 'Don't Talk To Strangers'.

One of those "nu-metal" bands covered Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" a few years ago. Forget which one it was, since they all sound pretty much alike to me.

What Disturbed should have done is to get in touch with Spitting Image, the British Company that did the puppets for the original Genesis video, and updated the concept with Chimpy taking Reagan's place.

Unchainme
03-14-2006, 09:39 PM
Originally posted by FORD
What Disturbed should have done is to get in touch with Spitting Image, the British Company that did the puppets for the original Genesis video, and updated the concept with Chimpy taking Reagan's place.

You thought that too? That was my first thought when I first heard that version, is that they got to do an updated version of the video.

Terry
03-15-2006, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by Mr. Vengeance
One that I like but others really HATED was WASP covering the Who's The Real Me.

One WASP cover that does suck is Paint it Black

Oh...and I hated the GnR Sympathy for the Devil.

WASP fucking KILLED on The Real me. I never cared for that band (Blackie Lawless was always a talentless buttwipe IMO), but THAT cover version smoked.

Terry
03-15-2006, 04:43 PM
Originally posted by fe_lung
I'm going to stomp on a sacred cow and say I don't like Tina Turner's Proud Mary at all. Way to f'in fast.

I'm on the fence about Megadeth's Anarchy In The UK, but I liked their No More Mr. Nice Guy

Stomp away. Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburgers.

fe_lung
03-15-2006, 06:04 PM
Originally posted by Terry
WASP fucking KILLED on The Real me. I never cared for that band (Blackie Lawless was always a talentless buttwipe IMO), but THAT cover version smoked.

I dug that one as well. Damn, now I need to go get it again - I haven't heard it in a decade

rocking ron
05-26-2011, 06:16 PM
ALIEN ANT FARM - Smooth Criminal

VAiN
05-26-2011, 06:42 PM
That Metallica cover of Your Really Got Me is pretty cringe-worthy...

Unchainme
05-26-2011, 09:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNHlVo0cPa8

This cover fucking blows...The orginal had some real fucking cool smoky, tavern-in-dodge-city before a big shootout kinda vibe. Paul Rodger is a badass.

The vibe in this is one of typical shit nu-metal daughtery whiny vocals. Seriously, fuck this cover, and the DJ's hyping it up on the radio.

Cato
05-27-2011, 08:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qHDAt1L7E

I'm very sorry...:cato2:

sonrisa salvaje
05-27-2011, 10:00 AM
Aside from what has been mentioned, Faster Pussycat's version of "Your So Vain" was terrible. I also hate those tribute albums where different members of prominant bands come together and contribute to cover tunes. Most of the ones on the Alice Cooper and AC/DC tribute cds were pitiful.

FORD
05-27-2011, 12:22 PM
Pearl Jam - Gimme some truth


Yeah, Generation X did a much better job on that one......


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

Mr. Vengeance
05-27-2011, 04:17 PM
Aside from what has been mentioned, Faster Pussycat's version of "Your So Vain" was terrible. I also hate those tribute albums where different members of prominant bands come together and contribute to cover tunes. Most of the ones on the Alice Cooper and AC/DC tribute cds were pitiful.

I love that version of "You're so Vain".

silverfish
05-27-2011, 09:02 PM
C'mon, tell me this isn't god-awful (you call that air guitar?!...)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULmC8JTTVy0

sonrisa salvaje
05-31-2011, 04:11 PM
I love that version of "You're so Vain".

For real?

little_dreamer
06-17-2011, 10:03 PM
Anything by Glee. Kill them all. :barf::fufu:

SunisinuS
06-17-2011, 10:38 PM
This Thread makes me sad :( I'm out. Need some music to make whatever medicine this thread was selling to go down.