gary numan's cover of "u got the look"!
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 3 November 2003 02:22 (twenty years ago) link
One of Faith Hill's biggest pre-crossover hits was a Nashville-ized cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart."
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 3 November 2003 02:28 (twenty years ago) link
very disappointing.m.
― msp, Monday, 3 November 2003 02:33 (twenty years ago) link
(it still sounded a bit like Dog on Wheels by Belle and Sebastian though)
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 6 March 2004 11:58 (twenty years ago) link
For me the worst of all time has to be the travesty that was the BBC's all star version of Perfect Day back in 1997, murdered by everyone from Pavarotti to, er, Lou Reed.
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Monday, 18 October 2004 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 18 October 2004 06:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Monday, 18 October 2004 06:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― mucho, Monday, 18 October 2004 08:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 18 October 2004 08:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 October 2004 09:05 (nineteen years ago) link
"Big Yellow Taxi" done by Counting Crows, in which I'm convinced that he's actually HAPPY that they "paved paradise and put in a parking lot"
"Imagine" by A Perfect Circle
"Don't Let it Bring You Down" by whatever female singer did it sometime in the last year or two.
― Hurting (Hurting), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:15 (nineteen years ago) link
any cover of "i got you babe" or "the beat goes on"
― Cynthia Nixon Now More Than Ever (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 18 October 2004 10:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:03 (nineteen years ago) link
My Life Story, anyone? Lightning Seeds? Oh dear.
In fact, other than MBV doing Map Ref and Scanner's Eardrum Buzz, it's pretty grim all the way. Flying Saucer Attack's cover of Outdoor Miner, maybe. And some of the versions of Drill are okay, but I'm never sure whether to class them as covers.
― coco, Monday, 18 October 2004 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Frank Zappa used to kill every song he covered. Thank God I never listened to his version of Shaggs' "Foot Foot".
― Elvis is Dead, Monday, 18 October 2004 11:34 (nineteen years ago) link
But the worst cover would have to be some nu-metal or industrial cover of a pop song, in some odd attempt to defile the 'niceness' of the original.
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Check out their cover of "After Midnight" by J.J. Cale!
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 18 October 2004 11:52 (nineteen years ago) link
The correct answer is Stars on 54 covering Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind". Broken hearts and solemn introspection never sounded so joyous! What an awful, horrific cover.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 18 October 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stew S (stew s), Monday, 18 October 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link
I'll second (third?) this one, I don't even like the original but this is SO bad it makes me weep.
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 18 October 2004 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stew s (stew s), Monday, 18 October 2004 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
I misread that as Lulu.
"Noe blihnd spaht.. in tha leppards eyesss"
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link
I've heard D2's "911 is a Joke" -- it's actually rather non-descript and tame, if silly. It's not violently atrocious by any means, nor is anything else on Thank You. Hell, Lou Reed actually thought their cover of "Perfect Day" outdid his original!
― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f759/f75977qv18p.jpg
i mean seriously, half of these people should be slaughtered as painfully as possible for the atrocities committed on this disc
Sonic Youth's "Superstar" in particular (funny how they keep popping up in this thread, huh?)
― rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Re:Snow Patrol, hearing is believing.
― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― whim cycle, Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 30 June 2005 01:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 June 2005 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm not making this up, folks.
― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 30 June 2005 02:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 30 June 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 30 June 2005 02:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Special mention: Joss Stone "Fell In Love With A Boy"
― Carlos C., Thursday, 30 June 2005 03:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), Thursday, 30 June 2005 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link
not butchered but just like what was the point?
― Declan Zimmerman, Thursday, 30 June 2005 06:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― cicatrix, Thursday, 30 June 2005 06:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― flinck, Thursday, 30 June 2005 08:27 (eighteen years ago) link