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Worst Cover Song of Alltime
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Charlie Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 7:15 AM EST
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This is easy, I am a major big fan of Frank Sinatra, but when the chairman of he board tried to cover rock and roll and music like that...........fuhgedabutit!

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" has to be Blue Eyes worst song ever......and the worst cover song by a major artist.

Charlie
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 7:46 AM EST
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Anything "sung" by William Shatner.
Charlie Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 7:48 AM EST
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Also, the very worst CD's ever would be Rod Stewart singing "The Great American Songbook" and he put two of them out.......instant barf

Charlie
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 8:16 AM EST
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This was an interesting list, the 100 worst covers:

http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archive2007/badcovers/

Not sure if the site is working correctly right now though.
Goathead50 Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 8:54 AM EST
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Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
Ugly Kid Joe - Cat’s in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
Guns N Roses - Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones)
Keel - Because the Night (Patti Smith)
Goo Goo Dolls - Bitch (The Rolling Stones)
Madonna - American Pie (Don McLean)
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes (Thw Who)
Limp Bizkit - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Britney Spears - Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
The Bee Gees - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N Roses)
Frente - Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
Raven - Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group)
Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey (System of A Down )
Hillary Duff - My Generation (The Who)
Perfect Circle - Imagine (John lennon)
pacman357 Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 10:46 AM EST
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#2 LOL. My first thought when I saw the thread subject. BTW, Nimoy's singing of the Ballad of Frodo Baggins may be a cover or may not be, but it's awful, too. I think anyone from the original Star Trek series should be banned from singing and recording just to make sure we don't have any more such nastiness. Some day when I get that time machine, I'm going to try to get that law passed.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 10:54 AM EST
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^
You're right, Nemoy was pretty bad too.

But Nimoy didn't take himelf seriously as a recording artist. He knows he sucked, hell, he couldn't keep a straight face when it being recorded for some TV show (Smothers Brothers I think it was).

Shatner actually took himself seriously as a "singing" artist. Then again, he also took himself seriously as an actor for 45 years before he realized he sucked and had a wooden leg, but that's why we loved him.
teedubbya Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 10:56 AM EST
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Sweet Jane - cowboy junkies?.... can't remember
DrMaddVibe Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:04 AM EST
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I can't believe HockeyDad didn't beat me to it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg

Celine Dion - You Shook Me All Night Long

and my personal all time losers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCRi7KEPrlY&feature=related

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony - The "Other Half"


Makes these guys seem legit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc

THE Final Countdown!
Charlie Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:14 AM EST
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teedubya=

Sweet Jane was a major Lou Reed song......any cover of that would be bad.


Charlie


teedubbya Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:15 AM EST
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it was really bad.... chick singing it really slow

I like lou
plinytheelder Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:19 AM EST
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Pat Boone-In a Metal Mood.
The whole album.
teedubbya Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:20 AM EST
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charlie - here you go

sweet jane

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2140644


ick
Charlie Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:22 AM EST
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Speaking of Pat Boone, all of his "white bread" civers of Ray Charles and other great black artists were deplorable.......

Pat Boone in Rock and Roll hall of fame, if so, it is a shame and an insult to Rock music.

Charlie
teedubbya Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:24 AM EST
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Barney Franks impromptu karioke of my boy lollipop was pretty bad too

that and ted kennedy's version of whisky river
CROS Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 11:36 AM EST
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Tom Jones - Black Betty (Ram Jam)
teedubbya Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 1:30 PM EST
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bee gees

sgt peppers

the movie

who's great idea was that one?
jpotts Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 1:36 PM EST
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William Shatner:

Rocketman,
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,
Mr. Tamborine Man.

Even The Shat's coolness cannot carry these songs.
Bluedevil Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 3:30 PM EST
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Devo doing Satisfaction !!
Charlie Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 3:33 PM EST
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Devo doing Satisfaction leaves a lot to be desired.....

I still cannot believe I am the only one who has blasted Rod Stewart for his butchering of some of the great songs of all time in his "Great American Songbook"...it really sucks.

Rod Stewart doing "Goodmorning Little Schoolgirl" is also laughable...an old Muddy Waters song.

Charlie
DrMaddVibe Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Jan 25 2008, 3:35 PM EST
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Keith Richards has said it's his favorite cover of one of their songs because its altered from its original that he almost doesn't recognize the royalty check.
Palama Offline
#22 Posted: Wed, Nov 29 2023, 11:50 PM EST
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The antithesis of Delta’s thread.

Let’s Spend the Night Together - David Bowie
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