Cover Versions (worse than the original)

[TCIB]

Anyone mentioned that cover of Toto - Africa that is in Aquaman. It is diabolocal and an afront to humanity.

 

[uweuweuwe]

Madonnas version of American pie

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Michael Bolton's version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.

The 'chiselled crooner' absolutely f*cking murdered it.

 

[DT King of all Geordies]

I've got a Duran Duran covers album. It has some crackers on there but my favourite is Public Enemy's 911 is a Joke.

 

[Barcon]

The wife is just watching Corrie. Somebody is getting married and they are playing some god awful version of the Cure's just like heaven. It's crap.

 

[StrangewaysHereWeCome]

Any song covered by an American 'teen punk' band

With the exception of the utterly fantastic cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm

 

[Bill Walker]

The Locomotion

Plastic Aussie woman.

 

[mikemcfc]

Madonnas version of American pie

She did that? thankfully I've not heard it, and will not.
I can't imagine anyone, paying homage or not, thinking that they could add anything to that.

 

[Mike N]

She did that? thankfully I've not heard it, and will not.
I can't imagine anyone, paying homage or not, thinking that they could add anything to that.

It’s pretty awful to be fair!

 

[Mike N]

I’ve just remembered another terrible cover. ‘River’ by Jodie Mitchell, absolute classic. Butchered by Ellie Goulding.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

One of the achingly dull Core women absolutely BUTCHERED The Blue Nile classic "Downtown Lights".

30 years and no parole, for that

 

[jimharri]

And, apparently, they received a Grammy nomination for that!

 

[GaudinoMotors]

American Pie - Madonna

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

The Cher version of Walking In Memphis; Walking In Memphos

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

And, apparently, they received a Grammy nomination for that!

Wow, I've heard that before and never even knew it was (an attempt of) Comfortably Numb (obviously didn't know the song title). It's abysmal.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Possibly mentioned, but this god awful warbling ...


And here's how it should be done ...

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Possibly mentioned, but this god awful warbling ...


And here's how it should be done ...

Written by Badfinger, and was an LP track that Nilsson wanted to cover, they said Ok, and said they were astonished
when they heard his version. Incidentally, the two founder members both committed suicide after being ripped off by a chiselling
Yank manager.
Oh and Carey's version was utter shite.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Written by Badfinger, and was an LP track that Nilsson wanted to cover, they said Ok, and said they were astonished
when they heard his version. Incidentally, the two founder members both committed suicide after being ripped off by a chiselling
Yank manager.
Oh and Carey's version was utter shite.

Yes the song was considered cursed when Harry Nilssen passed away at an early age. Even Chris de Burgh's version was better, he described Carey's effort as utter shite (he probably used nicer words). If she only stopped warbling she'd have a decent voice.

 

[levets]

Lilac Wine... Mikey Cyrus

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

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.

And on the other hand, RHCP's cover version of Love Roller Coaster (the Ohio Players) is better than the original, and IMO (sorry) better than most everything RHCP did. Coming from a guy who saw them open for the Minutemen or Black Flag (or someone -- I might have been hammered) in the mid-80s.