Matt Young Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Also, Avril Lavigne covering "Fuel" by Metallica Actually, I didn't find that cover as bad as I thought it was going to be. I guess I set my self up for a horrible cover, and all I heard was a mediocre to bad cover. Her "cover" of Chop Suey by SOAD I accidentally downloaded years ago, however, was fucking horrible. Avril's band played the song fairly well, but the big problem with that cover was the fact that Avril's vocals were completely monotonous and devoid of emotion.
AntiLeaf33 Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Also, Avril Lavigne covering "Fuel" by Metallica Actually, I didn't find that cover as bad as I thought it was going to be. I guess I set my self up for a horrible cover, and all I heard was a mediocre to bad cover. Her "cover" of Chop Suey by SOAD I accidentally downloaded years ago, however, was fucking horrible. Avril's band played the song fairly well, but the big problem with that cover was the fact that Avril's vocals were completely monotonous and devoid of emotion. Exactly. Thats why I consider it a bad cover, and not a horrid POS. The Limp Bizkit cover of Welcome Home: Sanitarium and to an extent, Korn's take on One were worthy of a "Horrible POS" tag
Coffin Surfer Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 "In the same vein, I remember hearing A Perfect Circle's bleak, dreary cover of "Imagine" on the radio years ago and wanting to punch something. I can't actually think of a single cover of a solo-era John Lennon song that hasn't annoyed the crap out of me, come to think of it." That version was just trying too damn hard and ended up being over the top to the point of self parody as I recall. The original "Imagine" is actually pretty dark(though not exactly bleak) but for some reason people always seem to miss that and go for the sap when covering it so I think Perfect Circle had the right idea; they just laid it on way too thick. As far as "Jealous Guy" goes, I don't even like the Lennon version that much; it never struck me as one of his more sincere efforts. Though outside of a few gems, I don't much care for anything past the Plastic Ono solo debut.
2GOLD Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Story of the Year covered Enter Sandman at a concert I went to and it was awful I don't know what in the hell would possess them to even try that when they can barely get through their own damn songs live without sounding awful. I'm still going with Joss Stone's "Under Pressure" since her own little spin on it was horrendous. Gavin DeGraw's "We are the Champions" is just as bad since he turned it into a lounge singer meets a Gavin DeGraw song.
Nighthawk Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Six Feet Under can't do a bad song. A z-grade death metal band covering an entire AC/DC album is fucking awesome. Bad covers: Metallica - "Tuesday's Gone" Sting - "Ain't No Sunshine" Boy George - "Boys Don't Cry" Those are all fucking atrocious. Really, really good covers: Uncle Tupelo - "I Wanna Be Your Dog" Tori Amos - "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" Tori Amos - "Raining Blood" My own band's death metal version of "Steal My Sunshine" Also, Diamanda Galas does my favorite version of "I Put A Spell On You", which is a very heavily covered song, and I am also a die hard Marilyn Manson fan... but still.
Nighthawk Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Six Feet Under can't do a bad song. A z-grade death metal band covering an entire AC/DC album is fucking awesome. Bad covers: Metallica - "Tuesday's Gone" Sting - "Ain't No Sunshine" Boy George - "Boys Don't Cry" Those are all fucking atrocious. Really, really good covers: Uncle Tupelo - "I Wanna Be Your Dog" Tori Amos - "'97 Bonnie and Clyde" Tori Amos - "Raining Blood" My own band's death metal version of "Steal My Sunshine" Also, Diamanda Galas does my favorite version of "I Put A Spell On You", which is a very heavily covered song, and I am also a die hard Marilyn Manson fan... but still.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 My second thought: Sheryl Crow's "Sweet Child of Mine." I don't want to reveal my first thought. EDIT: And how could I forget Marilyn Manson ruining my user name?
Smartly Pretty Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Pretty sure he's not even the only one that did that.
Guest Bammey Posted June 25, 2007 Report Posted June 25, 2007 Also, Avril Lavigne covering "Fuel" by Metallica Actually, I didn't find that cover as bad as I thought it was going to be. I guess I set my self up for a horrible cover, and all I heard was a mediocre to bad cover. Her "cover" of Chop Suey by SOAD I accidentally downloaded years ago, however, was fucking horrible. Avril's band played the song fairly well, but the big problem with that cover was the fact that Avril's vocals were completely monotonous and devoid of emotion. The guitar player was playing it too slow. The cover was horrendous and I hope made her look like a fool. The Smashing Pumpkins tribute CD should be brutal with bands like Panic at the Disco, and Hawthorne Heights doing covers.
Matt Young Posted June 26, 2007 Report Posted June 26, 2007 Although I know that am in the minority here, I like a few Panic! songs. However, their version of "Tonight, Tonight" is one of the worst covers I have ever heard.
CanadianChris Posted June 26, 2007 Report Posted June 26, 2007 Worst cover ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg
Matt Young Posted June 26, 2007 Report Posted June 26, 2007 No, THIS is the worst cover ever. No other comes close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4YdyUeSIk
CanadianChris Posted June 26, 2007 Report Posted June 26, 2007 No, THIS is the worst cover ever. No other comes close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4YdyUeSIk OK, mine is the worst cover of a song by someone I've actually fucking heard of then.
Steviekick Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 I enjoy that. For some reason, I'm very entertained by awful covers.
King Kamala Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 This wins the thread. The cameos by the singer of Smash Mouth and Tek from The Real World Hawaii in that were so inexplicable.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 Goofy boy band covering a goofy arena rock song from the 80s doesn't really constitute "bad," much less winning this thread. That was amusing, though.
Murmuring Beast Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 REM have done some pretty awful covers, mostly in their early days. More recently, '#9 Dream' by Lennon.
Smartly Pretty Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 The Smashing Pumpkins tribute CD should be brutal with bands like Panic at the Disco, and Hawthorne Heights doing covers. Ben Kweller's cover of Today is pretty cool.
Matt Young Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 No, THIS is the worst cover ever. No other comes close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4YdyUeSIk OK, mine is the worst cover of a song by someone I've actually fucking heard of then. Indeed.
... Posted June 28, 2007 Report Posted June 28, 2007 Our Lady Peace, "The Needle and the Damage Done" comes to mind, as does 95% of that wretched CanCon Neil Young tribute album.
Corey_Lazarus Posted June 29, 2007 Report Posted June 29, 2007 And, conversely, their cover of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is amazing.
Just John Posted July 1, 2007 Report Posted July 1, 2007 Even though I only heard this cover once, and it was at least 6 years ago, I'm still very bitter about the Vines shitting on Ms. Jackson by Outkast. A punk group covering rap is stupid as is, but this made me want to seek out the band and kick the lead singer in the balls.
Matt Young Posted July 1, 2007 Report Posted July 1, 2007 The Vines were most definitely not "punk"... But yeah, the song sucked.
Just John Posted July 2, 2007 Report Posted July 2, 2007 Yeah, should've just called them "alternative." My complaint still stands.
Scarlett_Rayne Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 good cover: the atari's boys of summer cover bad cover: celine dion doing acdc's you shook me all night long meh, covers aren't always that bad honestly, i mean look at hendrix with all along the watchtower
PLAGIARISM! Posted July 14, 2007 Report Posted July 14, 2007 That boy band thing was funny. Especially for the 'OMG ruining a CLASSIC' comments.
Mik Posted July 15, 2007 Report Posted July 15, 2007 I know a lot of people on this board hate the band but "Drive" by Our Lady Peace is an awesome cover.
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