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red19fire
May 26, 2010


Last Christmas is the greatest Christmas song of all time and I will knife fight anyone who says different.

axleblaze posted:

And this isn't one I can really explain why it pains me so, but it just makes me sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk8Pb17pcQI

I am an unrepentant fallout boy fan and that is a terrible song from the contractual obligation/decline period. They have better covers of joy division on an early acoustic album. Or Roxanne for that matter.

Ska is easy pickings for bad covers.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HCzWPBR30Nk
http://youtu.be/QHpU0ZfXZ_g
http://youtu.be/p-qfzH0vnOs

E: holy poo poo not even the worst RBF cover ever http://youtu.be/yuiJlRvN4_8

red19fire fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Jul 20, 2016

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Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
A lot of American ska bands covering eighties pop songs always have this really annoying "we're so much better than this song" smirkiness about them.

It's like contemporary indie bands doing interchangeable acoustic covers of current pop songs in the Radio 1 Live Lounge that make the NME gush.

sagacious
Oct 29, 2012

red19fire posted:


Ska is easy pickings for bad covers.

http://youtu.be/QHpU0ZfXZ_g


Not the biggest ska fan there is but I have to admit I liked that video clip more then I should have.

ruarc
Oct 22, 2008

what
How about some acoustic Cannibal Corpse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP5RBLVSdOU

AARO
Mar 9, 2005

by Lowtax
nope

AARO fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Oct 18, 2016

EvilGenius
May 2, 2006
Death to the Black Eyed Peas
I would like to contribute something a little different - a song that's so good it's virtually impossible to do a cover that's not enjoyable (even if it's not as good as the original Cameo version).

Cameo - Word Up.

The Boss Hoss

Gun


Korn


Mel B

There's loads more. There are some pretty terrible wannabe solo guitarist covers on YouTube, but I'm just taking about released versions.

Edit: OK, Mel B is pretty is awful.

EvilGenius fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jul 30, 2016

sagacious
Oct 29, 2012

ruarc posted:

How about some acoustic Cannibal Corpse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP5RBLVSdOU

That... I have no words for that.
Here have some acoustic Slipknot.
My Plague

EvilGenius posted:

I would like to contribute something a little different - a song that's so good it's virtually impossible to do a cover that's not enjoyable (even if it's not as good as the original Cameo version).

Cameo - Word Up.

The Boss Hoss

Gun


Korn


Oh man I used to listen too these cover all the time
Mel B

There's loads more. There are some pretty terrible wannabe solo guitarist covers on YouTube, but I'm just taking about released versions.

Edit: OK, Mel B is pretty is awful.

Used to listen to these quiet a lot few years ago except to the Mel B version.

nazutul
Jul 12, 2006
Lemme tell you something, boy

oh my god.. this is appallingly bad.. it's clear she's trying to make this work, which makes it even worse.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

nazutul posted:

oh my god.. this is appallingly bad.. it's clear she's trying to make this work, which makes it even worse.
She is not. They did that as a joke: someone requested she cover it at a concert, so they just did it despite not knowing the song. Nothing about that is serious.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

But it's cool that there are still System of a Down fans mad about that, it's like a neat little window into 2005.

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
I imagine there's Stones fans who are still mad at Britney Spears for having that cover of "Satisfaction" on her first album.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Wheat Loaf posted:

I imagine there's Stones fans who are still mad at Britney Spears for having that cover of "Satisfaction" on her first album.
There are still Stones fans mad at DEVO.

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

FactsAreUseless posted:

There are still Stones fans mad at DEVO.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some really racist old Stones fans who are still mad at Otis Redding.

(Any of them come near me and I swear I'll do time.)

Weedle
May 31, 2006




Has this been posted yet? Cringe at a white Brit warbling "Old pirates yes they rob I, sold I to the merchant ship."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc5dg6oVXq0

Mister Kingdom
Dec 14, 2005

And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

FactsAreUseless posted:

There are still Stones fans mad at DEVO.

I remember seeing them perform "Satisfaction" on SNL in the late 70s. My initial reaction wasn't the cover, but "what the gently caress am I looking at?"

Juaguocio
Jun 5, 2005

Oh, David...
Hey, speaking of the Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

Dear God, it's even worse than I remembered.

sagacious
Oct 29, 2012

Juaguocio posted:

Hey, speaking of the Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

Dear God, it's even worse than I remembered.

I actually quiet like this song to be honest. But o dear god the video clip is a whole other story.

22 Eargesplitten
Oct 10, 2010



ruarc posted:

How about some acoustic Cannibal Corpse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP5RBLVSdOU

I didn't realize Dax Riggs was putting out new music.

Pedro De Heredia
May 30, 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7kYB-DdIgY

This is a pretty ill-conceived cover of Songs Ohia.

DrVenkman
Dec 28, 2005

I think he can hear you, Ray.
I love Johnny Cash, but his cover of Springsteen's JOHNNY 99 is questionable at best. For those who haven't heard it, Springsteen's version is more despairing and stark (As is that whole album). You can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjhHbtZyQU

But then, I have no idea what Cash was doing. It's weirdly upbeat in a way that doesn't fit the song, and Cash manages to sound bored by it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Six2YfyX-rU

sagacious
Oct 29, 2012
Came across this the other day thought it I might post it here as well.
Van Canto - Fear of the Dark

22 Eargesplitten
Oct 10, 2010



Pretty much any Iron Maiden song that doesn't go in a completely different direction is going to be a worst cover. Nobody else in metal has Bruce Dickinson's voice.

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

22 Eargesplitten posted:

Nobody else in metal has Bruce Dickinson's voice.

That's true in the sense that there's a lot of better metal vocalists

22 Eargesplitten
Oct 10, 2010



Who? Not arguing, just curious.

E: Better than now, or better than before he was almost 60?

22 Eargesplitten fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Sep 7, 2016

BigFactory
Sep 17, 2002
Paul di'anno

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

22 Eargesplitten posted:

Who? Not arguing, just curious.

E: Better than now, or better than before he was almost 60?

King Diamond, Harry Conklin, Rob Halford, Tim Baker, probably some others I can't think of right now.

e: Messiah Marcolin of course

A human heart fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Sep 7, 2016

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

22 Eargesplitten posted:

Who? Not arguing, just curious.

E: Better than now, or better than before he was almost 60?

Robert Plant, Steven Tyler, Chris Cornell, Freddie Mercury and others, apparently. :v:

22 Eargesplitten
Oct 10, 2010



Wow. 5/6 of those aren't even metal singers, and while I remember Halford killing Diamonds and Rust, I still don't think he has the precision and control of Dickinson.

I have to shamefully admit that I have barely listened to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, or Candlemas in about five years, though, so my memory might be fuzzy. I never listened to Mercyful Fate, Jag Paneer, or whatever Tim Baker was in.

I'll modify my statement to say that I haven't ever heard a Maiden cover that I liked except Sculptured's cover of the song Iron Maiden. That would probably receive mixed reviews if I could still find it online anywhere.

E: Wheat loaf, I get you were joking, I'm just amazed. Like Jethro Tull winning the metal album Grammy amazed.

22 Eargesplitten fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Sep 9, 2016

Wheat Loaf
Feb 13, 2012

by FactsAreUseless

22 Eargesplitten posted:

E: Wheat loaf, I get you were joking, I'm just amazed. Like Jethro Tull winning the metal album Grammy amazed.

Hit Parader also compiled a list of the 100 greatest metal albums and it had stuff like Reckless by Bryan Adams, Hysteria by Def Leppard and Boston by Boston on it.

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

22 Eargesplitten posted:

Wow. 5/6 of those aren't even metal singers, and while I remember Halford killing Diamonds and Rust, I still don't think he has the precision and control of Dickinson.

I have to shamefully admit that I have barely listened to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, or Candlemas in about five years, though, so my memory might be fuzzy. I never listened to Mercyful Fate, Jag Paneer, or whatever Tim Baker was in.

I'll modify my statement to say that I haven't ever heard a Maiden cover that I liked except Sculptured's cover of the song Iron Maiden. That would probably receive mixed reviews if I could still find it online anywhere.

E: Wheat loaf, I get you were joking, I'm just amazed. Like Jethro Tull winning the metal album Grammy amazed.

Tim Baker is the guy from Cirith Ungol. You probably should be familiar with some of those other bands

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

Jag Paneer

22 Eargesplitten
Oct 10, 2010



I blame my phone for that one. Jag Paneer sounds like it would taste p. good, though.

I think I listened to that Grandma song, I don't remember whether that's a solo King Diamond song or a Mercyful Fate song. I didn't like it, never listened to anything else.

I haven't ever heard Cirith Ungol, so I guess I'm a bad person.

Schizotek
Nov 8, 2011

I say, hey, listen to me!
Stay sane inside insanity!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7muCRio2nQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baExq6xNhQ8

Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003


the gently caress is wrong with you

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
Well he doesn't like Gwar's cover of Carry On My Wayward Son so it can be deduced he's a bad person

Moist von Lipwig
Oct 28, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Tortured By Flan
lol that guy has bad taste

God Of Paradise
Jan 23, 2012
You know, I'd be less worried about my 16 year old daughter dating a successful 40 year old cartoonist than dating a 16 year old loser.

I mean, Jesus, kid, at least date a motherfucker with abortion money and house to have sex at where your mother and I don't have to hear it. Also, if he treats her poorly, boom, that asshole's gonna catch a statch charge.

Please, John K. Date my daughter... Save her from dating smelly dropouts who wanna-be Soundcloud rappers.

Earwicker posted:

the gently caress is wrong with you

Life is Life is one the best and funniest cover songs I can think of.

Power Windows
Dec 29, 2004

Brasky used to ride upon a steed, perchance to spy a lady.

caligulamprey posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7777sdhMwFg

David Bowie's cover of Scott Walker's Nite Flights is so boring, it makes me sadder than traditionally bad cover songs.

Bowie is the king of bad covers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvfHO8-w6CY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnKvpOYbOJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Swj3pmKric

The worst recording he ever made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJdOo69nis

At least "Dancing in the Street" is fun in a world's-campiest-trainwreck sort of way.

Hell, take your pick from these (except "Sorrow" and the bonus tracks):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_Ups#Track_listing

To be honest, I don't really mind his "Nite Flights" cover. It's obviously nowhere near the Walkers' version, but I don't find it offensive. More an interesting arrangement that just didn't entirely work.

RC and Moon Pie
May 5, 2011

I was at a sporting event that kept playing part of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsdbJxGsA4

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Pops Mgee
Aug 20, 2009

People all over the world,
Join Hands,
Start the Love Train!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7imqO-OBVk

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