Cover Versions (worse than the original)

I can't stand the cover of "ready or not, here I come" that is used for the House of Fraser Christmas advert. The fact that she sings, "ready or not, here I GUM" winds me up more that it really should !
 
Anything where some girl has got her acoustic out and tried to asthmatically 'give feeling' to some rock classic in a slower, breathy attempt. Heard this done to Motley Crue's Live Wire a couple of weeks ago, should have renamed it Slow Plodder. I blame All Saints for starting this off with their massacre of RHCP's Under the Bridge - I mean, a song all about drug use, homelessness, not belonging, despair, and they tried to sexy it up. Now it seems to be the other way, slowing down classic songs and giving them a greyscale mood, regardless of what the song is actually about. I hope they triy Asian Hooker by Steel Panther next ;)

Oh and Don't Speak by No Doubt. Oh wait, that was just he riff they nicked from Dream On...
 
Has to be that fucking awful version of "mad world" done by Gary jules originally done by tears for fears.

Cringe every time I hear the new version. Was on a lloyds advert not long ago I think.

The original version wasn't great but the Jules version is just Whiney shite imo.
 
I'm a big fan of Daniel John and his early work with Silverchair but this cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit is beyond ridiculous

 
Louise Redknapp did an atrocious version of Stuck in the Middle With You, cynical cash-in following the song's exposure in Reservoir Dogs.
 
As much as I agree with those slating slowed down acoustic solo female versions of rock classics, I think it's even worse the other way round when a band tries to rock up something unsuitable.

Great example was strangely posted on the good covers thread where some band with their levels cranked right up to the point of distortion (to cover lack of skill a trick used by lots of shit punk bands) decided to turn the beautiful Asleep by The Smiths into an angry, angsty teenage outburst missing the point of the song entirely and not executing the playing particularly well either.
 
Shocking weak version of the classic by Chaka Khan's Ain't nobody a couple of years ago. Absolutely murdered it.
 
Under the Bridge by that girl band, All Saints was it? Completely ripped out the feeling and emotion out of that song.

You can hear the loneliness and pain in the RHCP version. Written out of pain, drugs and hopelessness, from deeply personal experience. You can't just cover that, pout and hope for the best.
 
for me almost all of them are worse, for the reason of the post above mostly,
should be other way around, which ones do you like better.
 
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