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Wondering what some of the absolute worst covers you have heard done by…well anyone you want…
Wayne Kramer…Bonzo Goes To Bitburg Ramones cover off of the Swedish Ramones Tribute The Song Ramones The Same.
I was expecting a blistering version…not <img> <img> It sucks for the whole 4:18. Yikes <img>
Allison
Melanie,the 60`s folkie once did a cover of Ruby Tuesday and it`s <img> it`s really dramatic and dragged out too long.
Yesterday I found Bettie Serveert covering Pavement`s Trigger Cut,not horrifying but not great either,sounds like they did`nt know the song that well,its problably from a radio gig.
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Sometimes people just shouldn’t do stones covers, Streetheart…one of the most horrifying canadian bands I’ve ever heard…covered Under My Thumb <img> <img> <img> It was like the bizarro version of Social Distortions version…YIKES.
Allison
My least favorite band (Dashboard Confessional) doing a cover of one of my favorite band’s (Weezer) best song in my opinion (Jamie). How could it get much worse for me? The song is even worse than I thought…
Cat Power does an unrecognizable cover of ‘Satisfcation’ by the Stones. I think she was aiming for that, but it’s AWFUL in my opinion. The Stones aren’t/weren’t about slow, gloomy songs.
Sebadoh has done an awful medley of ‘Kill Yourself’ by Pussy Galore, ‘What’s Going On’ by Husker Du and ‘Catholic Block’ by Sonic Youth. I will never get back those 8 minutes of my life.
And finally Pavement did a pretty awful version of ‘Something’ by the Beatles. I can never listen to that song.. I just hear SM going ‘wah wah wah wah’ over the whole song.
-Jamie
the techno version of ‘The Wagon’ by that german band or whatever it is is the worst in my opinion. j shoulda sued them for out-right lame-ness <img>
The trauma inflicted by some of the covers mentioned above…we should be able to sue for that kind of crap <img>
China Girl by David Bowie <img> <img> <img> Only possible consolation prize <img> is that Iggy made a pile of cash off that cover. Still though that version of China Girl is pretty damn painful…and that video <img> <img> <img>
Allison
I like Cat Power`s cover of Satisfaction,I agree Stones songs are`nt supposed to be gloomy but I think it`s a good cover.One CP cover I don`t like is Pavement`s We Dance,it`s kinda dull.
I remember Streetheart <img> I don`t think I heard their take on Under My Thumb,problably a good thing <img> <img>
Cindy und Bert: "der Hund von Baskerville", an unbelievable schmaltzy German cover (including massive strings) of Black Sabbath’s "Paranoid", so terrible that I actually like it a lot….. <img>
Thought up some more bad Stones covers:
Jerry Garcia-Let`s Spend The Night Togther
Albert King-Honky Tonk Women</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font>Originally posted by anthonyg:
<strong>the techno version of ‘The Wagon’ by that german band or whatever it is is the worst in my opinion. j shoulda sued them for out-right lame-ness <img> </strong></font><hr></blockquote><font>Oh man! I completely forgot about that song! Does anyone have an MP3 of it?!?!?What does everyone think of the Bowie cover that Dinosaur did.. Quicksand?
I barely classify it as a cover since it has about 50% different lyrics and J’s version seems a lot more light-hearted.
Every Cure fan I’ve ever known that has heard ‘Just Like Heaven’ thinks it’s a disgrace to Robert Smith. I thought I remember reading once that he (Smith) heard it and was into it?
-Jamie
He Jamclark,
You can find that song on the ftp-servers. And indeed: it’s terrible.
My band’s version of Severed Lips and Get Me are pretty horrible also, but they were never published outside my bedroom <img>
Pim
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