[DaveC]

How bad can a cover version be?

The radio station they have on in the factory here has just played Celine Dion's cover of ACDCs "You Shook Me All Night Long"!!!!!!!!!!   

If there are any worse I need to know so that I can avoid them at any cost!

[Bubba]

Madonna's cover of American Pie was pretty fucking awful.

[Sloper]

F________________K me, shirley that's got to be a joke, right?

I was subjected to a shit cover of Comfortably Numb when in a twatish bar earlier this year, it was bad enough to make me want to start squirting LSD into my eyes.

[dave]

The Smiths' cover of that Mark Ronson "Stop me" track is pretty dire.


The Automatic's version of Kany's "Gold Digger" is a fucking toilet too.

[richdraws]

Kanye's disgraceful version of 'harder better faster stronger' by daft punk
Rocket Man mauled by Kate Bush (I usually like Kate Bush  )
Fairytale of Newyork by that pratt Ronan Keating

[Jaspersharpe]

I feel I should nominate this but seeing as the original is shit it's not quite in the spirit of the thread.

However this........

 

.......fits the bill.

Jamie Cullum is someone I would never tire of hitting with a brick.

Charlie Brooker described him perfectly in this utterly brilliant article as an "oily, sickening worm-boy, presumably grown in a Petri dish specifically for appearances on middle-of-the-road chat shows" and a "gurning little maggot" with a "puggish face" etc. I concur.

[GCW]

The Smiths' cover of that Mark Ronson "Stop me" track is pretty dire

David, I had to restrain my puntering button there

[magpie]

All Saints murdering Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers stands out.

Cheryl Crow and Counting Crows for doing Big Yellow Taxi, leave it to Joni, bitches 

There are more, once the fog of rage lifts I'll remember.

I knew I'd have more; anyone who covers Sweet Home Alabama 

[Paul B]

Leave it to Joni? are you kidding that song is excruciating to here her whine not to mention her lyrics were so crap they needed altering to fit.

[lagerstarfish]

Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version, a poll of music experts has decided.

The Canadian star's rendition of the AC/DC track You Shook Me All Night Long was given the dubious honour in the Total Guitar magazine survey.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7468837.stm

[Jaspersharpe]

How about this excruciating shite?



 

[SamT]

Tin Tin Outs cover of the Sundays 'Here's where the story ends' is complete poo. 

[dave]

I feel I should nominate this but seeing as the original is shit it's not quite in the spirit of the thread.

However this........

 

.......fits the bill.

Jamie Cullum is someone I would never tire of hitting with a brick.

Charlie Brooker described him perfectly in this utterly brilliant article as an "oily, sickening worm-boy, presumably grown in a Petri dish specifically for appearances on middle-of-the-road chat shows" and a "gurning little maggot" with a "puggish face" etc. I concur.

katie mellua is also shite - my mum insists on putting her CD on whenever we're in the car with them, fuck me is it tedius shit. none of her songs have any fucking tune or melodic interest. its like they were written to showcase her voice but they forgot the cardinal rule of music - i.e. that its got to be musical. shit i've heard silence that had more of a tune.

[DaveC]

Inspired by yesterdays effort, the same local station gave us half-an-hour of mind-numbing poo! How's this for a playlist!

It's My Life (Talk Talk) by No Doubt   
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones) by Britney Spears!   
Anarchy in the UK (Sex Pistols) by Motley Crue!!
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) by Michael Bolton!!!
Feel Like Making Love (Bad Company) by Kid Rock!!!! - has anybody put this pile of  in the Room 101 thread yet?
Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd) by Korn!!!!!

Apparently they got all these from this list:
http://www.cracked.com/article_15117_20-worst-cover-songs-in-pop-music-history.html

[magpie]

Leave it to Joni? are you kidding that song is excruciating to here her whine not to mention her lyrics were so crap they needed altering to fit.

You need puntering for dissing Joni, but I can't bring myself to do it 

[Bubba]

It's My Life (Talk Talk) by No Doubt 

I think I prefer that to the original 

[Jim]

katie mellua is also shite - my mum insists on putting her CD on whenever we're in the car with them, fuck me is it tedius shit. none of her songs have any fucking tune or melodic interest. its like they were written to showcase her voice but they forgot the cardinal rule of music - i.e. that its got to be musical. shit i've heard silence that had more of a tune.

Shit Dave, I thought you were a big boy now and had flown the nest. apparently not...