Worst cover version... ever!!!

Bard

Ok - so we've all heard Westlife crucify Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" and that old chap warbling U2's "One"... and who can forget the absolutely diabolical DANCE version of Don McLean's "American Pie" (and I'm not even talking about Madonna's sub-standard version there)...

But what do you lot think would make it for you as the worst cover version of all time? The lines are open!

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Kali

Fat Boy Slim - Bird Of Prey (The Doors)
Wyclef Jean - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

nothing comes close to the cringe factor of both of these... well maybe the dance version of Fields Of Athenry.. *shudder*

bugler

LOL.Those crap "dance" groups who are about here in ireland and bugger those old traditional songs need shooting.Does "Bird of Prey" qualify? Its just a sample isnt it?
anyway.....hmmmm...Thers so many.Look at any manufactured band of the 90's and you'll see they have many many crap covers.

nesf

Nothing can truly compare with the horror that was The Corrs version of "Little Wing"

For those who were spared this, imagine the classic Hendrix version, minus the drums, minus the electric guitar, and replace with blatantly simple acoustic guitar "riff/joke", and the crooning vocals of the one whose name I can never remember.

Molly

Daphne and celeste

Schools out for summer ....

PostmanPat

Darius

"Baby one more time"

Karl Hungus

ANYTHING by Puff Daddy...

Remember Come With Me???


UUuUgHGHGUuuuuuu|UUuuughGHHghghhh....

DiscoStu

Old Town, the Thin Lizzy classic savagely butchered and ripped to shreds by the Corrs.
Or maybe the horror that was The Happy Mondays desecration of The Boys Are Back In Town.
nuff said

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PHB

I heard Ronan Keating did a version of Fairy Tale of New York,
Ggod Help Us All

Zapper

Rolf Harris - Stairway to Heaven. Go downlaod it right now. its sooooo bad its acctually fepping great

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- EDIT Of course you can only do this if u are acctually rolf harris himself.

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black_wizardd

i agree stairway to heaven was viciously rap3d by rolf harris, oh my fuppin god that was an attrocity beyond words. rolf and his wibbly wobbly board

- wibbly wobbly, wibbly wobbly, wibbly wobbly, wibbly wobbly,

rolf - "and shes buying the stairway to heaven"

rolf - "whats she doing lads"

backup - "shes buying the stairway to heaven"

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooo

Shiminay

wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly

plyd Jimmy - you're version of it using your incredibly floppy hair was just as bad though...

flippy floppy flippy floppy flippy floppy flippy floppy
And she's buying a Corsa to bring her to heaven
flippy floppy flippy floppy flippy floppy flippy floppy

Anyway...

It has to be All Saint's "Under The Bridge"

I nearly cried when I heard it.

Worst cover version EVER!

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Dustaz

I think im the only person in the world to actually like the all saints version of under the bridge. I think its mildly clever for a cover.
and bard, Johnny Cash's version of One is amazing

Every time i think of worst cover version Aslan spring unbidden to mind. Take your pick, its either the desecration of Pink Floyd (oh hoiw oi woish yis were he-are noiw)
or Angeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. both ****e.
Will Smiths version of Wild West deserves a special mention for being so godawful too.

Kali

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dustaz:
Every time i think of worst cover version Aslan spring unbidden to mind. Take your pick, its either the desecration of Pink Floyd (oh hoiw oi woish yis were he-are noiw)
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Nooooooooooooo, its so bad I couldn't bring myself to mention it, and actually it makes Wyclefs seem that much better (although the darkside of the moon rap halfway still makes me want to shoot the guy), as at least he done it in his own style as opposed to trying to copy the perfection of Waters.

Also theres a cover of Echoes (greatest song of all time) by Big Ass Truck (an american lo-fi outfit) and is quite possible the biggest act of sacrilige I have ever subjected myself to listen to (for the purpose of making the original sound even better).

Another unhonorable mention goes to "Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade" and their cover of Pigs (3 Different Ones).

Greenbean

Oh, another person has echoes as their best song of all time too? Its undeniable isn't it.

Illkillya

without a doubt, its Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the Star Trek guy.. Shatner

i'm serious, it is the worst ever recorded

Dont be at yourself

Limp Bizkit - Faith

awful. awful. awful.

/me shakes head and walks away

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Bard

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dustaz:

and bard, Johnny Cash's version of One is amazing
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Amazing that he got to the end of it without falling over maybe...

As a version of a U2 song, it REEKED... BIG-time.

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Kali

illkillya.. Shatner has even better ones..
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
or Everybodys Talking or
even It Was A Very Good Year.
Personally I think they're so cringeworthy its hilarious

Dustaz

What did ye prefer the version of 'i still havent found' bard? And for the record, hes about to fall over any day now I still think hes great tho.
agree Kali, shatner rocks. Anyone see the MTV awards where he 'sang' the nominations for best song? Class TV.

sixpack's little hat

Joe Dolan massacring Everybody Hurts has to rank up there