Worst cover versions ever

[trev]

Ok guy we've had favourite songs, bands, guitarists etc etc so how about really horrible cover versions that should never have happened. I'll set the ball rolling
Stevie Nicks - Rock 'n Roll (Live) HD - YouTube
Céline Dion;Anastacia - You Shook Me All Night Long - YouTube

Now it's not enough just for it to be bad because there's loads of those about. It has to make you cringe like the two examples above.
Lets see what we can come up with.

 

[ExArmy]

matt cardle - when we collide/ biffy clyro - many of horror

 

[Paul.M]

Vanilla Ice taking the base guitar backing rift from Fredy and Bowie excellent song Under Pressure.

 

[telectrix]

ruby tuesday... melanie.

 

[trev]

Well they're all really bad but are they as bad as Little Mix sing Cannonball - The X Factor 2011 Live Final - itv.com/xfactor - YouTube ?
Who ever thought this was a good idea should be killed in the presence of everyone they know and love

 

[telectrix]

just to digress. a really good cover version.. delilah... alex harvey

 

[trev]

Ah yes Alex Harvey bless his little cottons. He certainly didn't die of moderation and clean living did he

 

[telectrix]

but not as good as 20.000 stokies in full voice at the britannia stadium.

 

[Bobster]

Found out somebody's murdered "All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix" Devlin - Watchtower ft. Ed Sheeran - YouTube

 

[Guest123]

matt cardle - when we collide/ biffy clyro - many of horror

Touche.

 

[trev]

That doesn't make me cringe though mate, it makes me very annoyed though. Some things are just better left alone

 

[Bobster]

That doesn't make me cringe though mate, it makes me very annoyed though. Some things are just better left alone

Most definitely, came on the radio today. Had to switch it off.

 

[Adam W]

So bad it's actually funny:
[video=youtube;Vy1ueZf1WMQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ[/video]

 

[Adam W]

On a more serious note I really don't like that cover of 'The Undertones - Teenage Kicks' which is being used on some advert at the moment.

 

[ExArmy]

So bad it's actually funny:
[video=youtube;Vy1ueZf1WMQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ[/video]

i remember that when it was out, didn't it get to number 1? i also remember i actually liked it too..?! don't know what i was thinking when i was 10 but just listened now and it's bloody awful.

 

[ExArmy]

also i don't know if this counts, but theres a band on strictly come dancing that RUIN every song they cover. i can't stand to watch it, whenever it's on i'm out the room.

 

[ExArmy]

Found out somebody's murdered "All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix" Devlin - Watchtower ft. Ed Sheeran - YouTube

that songs been covered to death, personally i like all the covers it's just a good song no matter who's doing it. and hendrix covered it too, original was bob dylan

 

[alarm man]

i think any cover done by one of these x factor types is a joke..tho to add to the thread,good covers done by proper bands,id add these 2 to start..

Placebo - Running Up That Hill - YouTube
Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again - YouTube

 

[Adam W]

i remember that when it was out, didn't it get to number 1? i also remember i actually liked it too..?! don't know what i was thinking when i was 10 but just listened now and it's bloody awful.

I don't know about number 1 but it did really well. He released it around the same time as the original, to the extent Noel Gallagher's girlfriend (who he said he wrote the song for) accused him of covering Mike Flowers.

 

[timo1]

Seven nation army, ruined by that x factor contestant, why why why? The ying to that yang though is the jimmy webb version of Galveston. Totally amazing (the one off the "letters" album)

 

[jhampson1874]

How about Fall Out Boy and their cover of the one and only Michael Jackson's beat it? Some songs should just be left well alone...

 

[tidyboiler]

Killing me softly............ Fugees. AAAAAhhhhhh... makes me want to open a vein. :59:

 

[Electrician2012]

Boyzone's abominably cheesy cover of Cat Steven's "Father and Son"

[video=youtube;yzwOYK-Lm04]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzwOYK-Lm04[/video]

 

[tidyboiler]

Another one that boiled mine today........ "UB40......... I Can't help Falling in Love with You." :rifle:

 

[Fin170]

I cringed at the Jessie J version of we will rock you at the Olympics closing ceremony

 

[tidyboiler]

I think the only cover I can stand is Bryan Ferry's "Jealous Guy". He is just so cool he can do no wrong in my eyes......:cool3:

 

[shagbite]

ronan keating and some bird crucifying fairytale of new york has got to be up there. for "you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy ------" read "you scumbag, you maggot...........you're cheap and you're haggard". shane mcgowan should have breathed right into keating's face for covering this classic. come to think of it, anything by ronan and/or boyzone will qualify for this topic.

 

[alarm man]

I think the only cover I can stand is Bryan Ferry's "Jealous Guy". He is just so cool he can do no wrong in my eyes......:cool3:

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

 

[tidyboiler]

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

And this is bad why? ................:drool5: :drunk:

 

[trev]

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

He's a wooly back though man....howay, Ferry Hill???

 

[alarm man]

He's a wooly back though man....howay, Ferry Hill???

close enough..he is a handsome basser tho..with a young wife....the only satisfaction i get he's not jib..

 

[tidyboiler]

close enough..he is a handsome basser tho..with a young wife....the only satisfaction i get he's not jib..

Oh yes, he is handsome.... what's a jib?:stupid:

 

[trev]

close enough..he is a handsome basser tho..with a young wife....the only satisfaction i get he's not jib..

My satisfaction comes from knowing it was Brian Eno that had the talent

 

[shagbite]

That doesn't make me cringe though mate, it makes me very annoyed though. Some things are just better left alone

if you want to cringe, check out david brent singing 'if you don't know me by now' (harold melvin and the bluenotes). i will accept that this isn't a serious cover, but it'll definitely get you squirming.

 

[Kamikaze]

Total Eclipse of the Heart!

[video=youtube;2cKVRbDeE5k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKVRbDeE5k&feature=BFa&list=UUNY6-naU2czx4I5s22BK7HA[/video]

 

[silverfox1]

This ones not a bad cover but a really good cover. It is Anne and Nancy Wilsons version of Zeppelins Black Dog

Heart - Black Dog (live in Seattle, 2002) - YouTube

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

As everything in this life has an equal and opposite. I just love The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain's covers / stage act. Especially "Life on Mars" (being a Bowie fan I generally hate any rips of his stuff), Teenage Kicks (Undertones) and Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana). Check 'em out on YouToob!

 

[Des 56]

Total Eclipse of the Heart!

[video=youtube;2cKVRbDeE5k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKVRbDeE5k&feature=BFa&list=UUNY6-naU2czx4I5s22BK7HA[/video]

Bonnie Tylor will be turning in her grave,and she's not even dead yet,she ought to sue for rape,it was a violation of a tidy song