Listening to the radio yesterday, I was unfortunately exposed to A Perfect Circle's cover version of John Lennon's "Imagine." If you haven't had the misfortune of hearing this tuneless, droning abomination, consider yourself lucky. After stuffing my ears with cotton to drown out the noise, I complied a list of 10 other cover songs that are complete and utter crap:…
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76 - Tim Hall
OK, the version of Stairway to Heaven by Far Corporation. A very aptly named band indeed. I find parody version of the song (such as Frank Zappa's) entertaining, but this bland corporate-rock version has no redeeming features whatosever.
77 - Eric Olsen
not to be confused with Hairway to Steven
78 - Mark Saleski
do not mock the Butthole Surfers!!!
79 - Douglas Mays
Eric, good memory on the Dickies wonderful butchering of songs.
On the good side, Linda Rostadt did a version of "Girl's Talk" by Elvis Costello. She did a very good job.
Some might prefer the originals to a rightous degree, but a cover is wide open to interpretation. The things that some may dislike in a cover, some may like. Hurdy Gurdy Man by the Butthole Surfers I really like. For the same reason I liked Donovan's original. Good job, Surfers!
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80 - Al Barger
You really must [NOT] hear the Xaviera Hollander version of "Michelle." "The Happy Hooker" apparently took a little stab at a recording career, the centerpiece of which was this really obnoxiously crass breathy lesbian soft porn version of the Paul McCartney classic.
81 - Eric Olsen
one of my all-time favorite covers is Mike McGear doing Roxy Music's "SEa Breezes" as produced by McGear's brother Paul McCartney
82 - Eric Olsen
which naturally brings up all of Bryan Ferry's astonishing covers, perhaps the best of which is John Lennon's "Jealous Guy"
83 - Elliot
I can repsect you saying Sheryl Crow's cover of "Sweet Child O' Mine" wasn't good, but to say her entire catalogue is "blah"? You can't say that unless you've listened to the entire catalogue, which I have doubts about.
84 - annon
I dont see how you can say that UB40's covers of 'red red wine' and 'can't help falling in love' are awful,
because :-
1)They are great songs and the fans love them
2)It made them lots of money (even though its not their
own material)
3)It sounds great!!
85 - MrQwerty
The hopelessly overrated stadium fodder 'Guns N Roses' get top marks from me for perhaps the worst ever cover of a Bob Dylan song and that's saying something as their are many bad Bobs!. Their frankly laughable rendition with Mr Rose warbly comedy vocals are high camp and low taste indeed. Even funnier - I think he means it.
I'd love to hear a duet between old man Steptoe (Brit fans will know who I mean) and mad man on the vibrato Ax - spot the difference.
Roll on Sheryl BTW - so much better than the funny guy, but then, who isnt!
86 - ViciousAlienKlown
I agree with the Crow remake but UB40's take on Red Red Wine and Can't help falling in love were really done well and fresh.
87 - Lili
One of the worst covers I've ever heard was from the Rob and Fab (lipsyncers from Milli Vanilli) album. They did a terrible cover of Cheap Trick's I Want You to Want Me.
88 - Patspace
Where was Panic!'s cover of Karma Police?
Truly, truly terrible.