"Aargh! My ears!" or, Worst Cover Ever

[Chemical Ollie]

Anytime I hear a crappy cover, I wonder "what was wrong with the original?" Sometimes it's just to obvious that the artist/record company want to parasite on another artist by making a cover.

I share the opinion of David Lee Roth - "There's nothing wrong with singing covers, as long as you make them better than the original!"

Too bad that covers that have improved from the original are so rare.

[Cruddy]

Without a doubt, William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is the worst cover ever.

It makes his version of "Mr Tambourine Man" seem good in comparison.

[C0ckney]

any one of the rock covers of 'suicide is painless', talk about missing the point

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
I share the opinion of David Lee Roth - "There's nothing wrong with singing covers, as long as you make them better than the original!"

This from the man who failed to do exactly that with "Just a Gigalo" and "California Girls?" Well, at least he talks the talk...

[Dr Kellogg]

Worst cover ever: Will Young (the Britsh 'Pop Idol' guy) - "Light My Fire''

All Saints - "Under The Bridge", A. Lavigne - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and B. Spears - "I Love Rock'n'Roll" are also awful..

I haven't heard Avril's Chop Suey cover yet..

[Saras]

I was in a cheery mood and was 'bout to say "Richard Cheese!!!" or "Max Raabe!!!", but Avril with Chop Suey got me seriously disturbed. :|

[Tolls]

"Without a doubt, William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is the worst cover ever.

It makes his version of "Mr Tambourine Man" seem good in comparison."

You need to see his version of Rocket Man...there's a RealPlayer version of the video here:

http://www.shatnerology.com/

"Is it Shatner, or is it Elton John?"

"Worst cover ever: Will Young (the Britsh 'Pop Idol' guy) - "Light My Fire'' "

Which gives me the chance to bring up my favourite review of his album:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,804062,00.html

"Young's shortcomings are swiftly revealed by the album's cover versions. You need no degree in the semiotics of classic rock lyrics to know that the Doors' Light My Fire is not literally about lighting a fire. Yet on Young's version, the erotic throb has vanished. The song dangles, short and unappealing. He sings as if issuing instructions to a slow-witted housekeeper. Come on, baby, light my fire. And once you've done that, can you clean the bathroom mirror and give the living room a once-over with a duster? "

[Immortal Wombat]

Flummoxed, they start making the noise that teen pop stars always make when they want to signify deep emotional torment, the Take Me Seriously Wail. Usually accompanied by a pained expression and a doleful shaking of the head, the Take Me Seriously Wail goes "Woah-HOAH-hoah!", or sometimes "Yaay- HEYA-haay!" Even without the associated visuals, the Take Me Seriously Wail has a devastating effect. Used liberally, as here, it can make the listener let out an involuntary wail of their own, the Take Me Somewhere This Music Isn't Audible Wail.

So true...

[Ecthy]

fuel cover? the same Fuel?

Snapcase - what's wrong with the original "stuck in the middle with you"?

[LTEC!]

Thalia's attempt to the us market. -I want you.
fyi=tommy mottola's bride.

[Bereta_Eder]

celin dion looks like a horse!

[Garth Vader]

If we are not counting any William Shatner...

Madonna doing "American Pie".

[Japher]

I'm not at all pleased by the Dixie Chicks "Landslide"

[Amadan]

Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm not at all pleased by the Dixie Chicks "Landslide"

I thought it was better than the original by far .

If we are not counting any William Shatner...

Naw... he sings songs the same reason he does 'Priceline' commericals... for the laughs. He knows it and we (should) know it.