Best/worst cover versions of a song

[Pevenseagull]

oops

forgot: Ceremony - Galaxie 500

that's a bit good that is

 

[RM-Taylor]

Anyone said.

AWFUL - SugaShits vs. Shits Aloud - Walk This Way - absoloutley murdered an absoloute classic by Aerosmith & Run DMC

 

[5 past Kuipers]

The Greatest Cover Versions Of All Time?

Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) Anybody heard this ?

Yeah, it's not bad. I prefer her version of The Cure's Love Song.

Adding to Simply Red attrocities - You Make Me Feel Brand New (The Stylistics). God awful.

 

[bhafc]

worst: that twat will young - the doors classic light my fire.
i bet jim morrison turns in his grave every time thats played.

 

[Icy Gull]

worst: that twat will young - the doors classic light my fire.
i bet jim morrison turns in his grave every time thats played.

it was only marginally worse than Jose Feliciano's version, which I quite like actually and I'm quite sure Will Young used as his template rather than the Door's version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trrZNNymICY&mode=related&search=

Some great acoustic guitar in there

 

[Monkster]

Anyone said.

AWFUL - SugaShits vs. Shits Aloud - Walk This Way - absoloutley murdered an absoloute classic by Aerosmith & Run DMC

Which Run DMC absolutely murdered the original Aerosmith version of.....

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Another cracker that people have missed is Ziggy Stardust by Bauhaus. Utterly brilliant. My Bloody Valentine doing Wire's Map Ref is preety damn good too.


Worst? Katie ****ing Melua destroying The Cure's majestic Just Like Heaven.

 

[cheeseroll]

Not too keen on covers but Watchtower by XTC was genius.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

You have written some pretentious crap on here before but that my friend takes the f***ing biscuit.

on that point I must heartily concur

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The Stranglers - Walk on By

thread closed

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Another cracker that people have missed is Ziggy Stardust by Bauhaus. Utterly brilliant. .

No, I didn't miss it, it just wasn't as good.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Which Run DMC absolutely murdered the original Aerosmith version of.....

Run DMC version is better in my opinion.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

hendrix-like a rolling stone
hendrix-hey joe
zeppelin-babe im gonna leave you(many prefer the original)

 

[RM-Taylor]

Awful - Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply

 

[rool]

The Worst Cover Versions Of All Time?


Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (The Paragons)
Celine Dion - I Drove All Night (Roy Orbison)


http://eil.com/features/covers.asp

I didn't know they were the original artists for those songs, I had in mind Blondie and Cyndi Lauper.

 

[The Large One]

on that point I must heartily concur

Typical.

 

[The Large One]

Worst - Beachy Boys version of 'Seasons in the Sun'. Awful. Painfully awful.

 

[NMH]

I was just thinking about Rod Stewart, who has crossed the gamut in covers;

Great job;
Downtown Train - Tom Waits
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin
First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
I Don't Wanna Talk About It

Should really not have bothered;
Handbags and Fladrags - Mike D'Abo (Chris Farlowe)
Sailing - Sutherland Brothers

Ought to apologise;
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison

 

[Woodchip]

Korn's cover of Word Up by Kameo is top class!!!

 

[NMH]

I was just thinking about Rod Stewart, who has crossed the gamut in covers;

Great job;
Downtown Train - Tom Waits
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin
First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
I Don't Wanna Talk About It - Danny Whitten

(just adding that last credit)