Covers that make you cringe....

JayMcGee · 05-12-2006, 07:32 PM

as Ibram said.....

Few things are radder than a great cover of a great song........

but then again there are those that made you wonder why they bothered.

like The Doors version of Gloria
Banarama's cover of Venus

DucksNuts · 05-12-2006, 08:58 PM

Jessica Simpson's utter bastardisation of Robbie Williams' 'Angels' makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out

(preferably hers)

Jay - I quite like Bananarama's Venus...but then....my taste might of sucked big time back then.

JayMcGee · 05-12-2006, 09:42 PM

ah, the folly of youth...... check out the original by Shocking Blue, and then search and download others from them...

Guyute · 05-12-2006, 11:28 PM

Hey Ducks I'll hold Jessica down by the large lumps on her chest if you go for her eyes LOL

Ibby · 05-12-2006, 11:37 PM

Green Day doing We Are The Champions takes the cake for worst ever, I think.

Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World comes close.

Ibby · 05-13-2006, 01:17 PM

Oh, and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing in the Streets.

jinx · 05-13-2006, 01:23 PM

Elvis Costello - Ship of Fools
Cindy Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall

Griff · 05-13-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Cindy Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall

Surely you are making this up, nobody would let Lauper try that, would they?

Ibby · 05-13-2006, 01:33 PM

Ew, nobody is worthy of covering ABitWII. Gilmour is a god, and the only person worthy of playing guitar in that song. I doubt that any of the "anti-establishment" bands who cover that song to make an extra few bucks know anything about the song, or what it means.
</rant>

jinx · 05-13-2006, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Surely you are making this up, nobody would let Lauper try that, would they?

Yeah, I have the track on my pc somewhere, listened to it once. If I'm not mistaken, it was at a concert at the recently downed Berlin Wall, with Pink Floyd playing. Sinead sang Mother at the same event and its pretty good...

lumberjim · 05-13-2006, 03:53 PM

Call me a fag, but I think Cyndi has a powerful voice. I heard her do True Colors live on Howard Stern's show one morning, and had NHO's for an hour.

cableguy · 05-13-2006, 03:55 PM

anything by William Shatner

JayMcGee · 05-13-2006, 06:41 PM

mmmmm.....Shatners's covers fall into the 'they're so bad they're worth hearing' category.

BigV · 05-13-2006, 09:37 PM

I will mercifully euthanize this thread with the cringeworthy cover that cannot be topped. I'll further explain that DaughterofV actually thought this performer wrote this song. I don't know which hurt me more, her ignorance or my bleeding ears.

Click here AT YOUR PERIL to hear Britney Spears' desecration of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

Sacrilege.

zippyt · 05-13-2006, 10:00 PM

05-12-2006, 07:32 PM	#1
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Covers that make you cringe.... as Ibram said..... Few things are radder than a great cover of a great song........ but then again there are those that made you wonder why they bothered. like The Doors version of Gloria Banarama's cover of Venus __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

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JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	ah, the folly of youth...... check out the original by Shocking Blue, and then search and download others from them... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

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jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Elvis Costello - Ship of Fools Cindy Lauper - Another Brick in the Wall __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-13-2006, 03:53 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Call me a fag, but I think Cyndi has a powerful voice. I heard her do True Colors live on Howard Stern's show one morning, and had NHO's for an hour. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-12-2006, 08:58 PM	#2
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Jessica Simpson's utter bastardisation of Robbie Williams' 'Angels' makes me want to scratch someone's eyes out (preferably hers) Jay - I quite like Bananarama's Venus...but then....my taste might of sucked big time back then.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Green Day doing We Are The Champions takes the cake for worst ever, I think. Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World comes close.

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Oh, and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing in the Streets.

05-13-2006, 01:33 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Ew, nobody is worthy of covering ABitWII. Gilmour is a god, and the only person worthy of playing guitar in that song. I doubt that any of the "anti-establishment" bands who cover that song to make an extra few bucks know anything about the song, or what it means. </rant>

05-13-2006, 03:55 PM	#12
cableguy Elite Elitist Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 341	anything by William Shatner

05-13-2006, 06:41 PM	#13
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mmmmm.....Shatners's covers fall into the 'they're so bad they're worth hearing' category. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

05-13-2006, 09:37 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	*Threadkiller Alert* I will mercifully euthanize this thread with the cringeworthy cover that cannot be topped. I'll further explain that DaughterofV actually thought this performer wrote this song. I don't know which hurt me more, her ignorance or my bleeding ears. Click here AT YOUR PERIL to hear Britney Spears' desecration of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Sacrilege. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 05-13-2006 at 10:05 PM. Reason: corrected spelling error

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zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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