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urgeok
01-31-2006, 04:43 AM
there had to be a flip side (pardon the pun) to the other thread ...
the most hideous cover i've ever heard .. so bad it made me stop wanting to hear the origional : Tory Amos - Dear God.
"Personal Jesus" performed by Marilyn Manson shows how a great song can be easily destroyed.
why?
noctuary
01-31-2006, 08:10 AM
311's cover of the Cure's "Lovesong" really pissed me off. The worst thing about it is that most of the people who would listen to 311 actually think it's their song.
That dude from Shinedown or whatever the fuck the name is, butchering Skynyrd's Simple Man. Every time i heard that come on the radio i wanted to rip my ears off.
bloodrayne
01-31-2006, 09:24 AM
Originally posted by newb
That dude from Shinedown or whatever the fuck the name is, butchering Skynyrd's Simple Man. Every time i heard that come on the radio i wanted to rip my ears off. Oh yeah?...Then you should hear Mindless Self Indulgence's cover Of Tom Sawyer...That's the worst cover I have EVER heard
AUSTIN316426808
01-31-2006, 09:43 AM
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
YIKES......two for Tori Amos.....Haunted ain't gonna like that......she'll turn you all into newts.
urgeok
01-31-2006, 10:09 AM
Originally posted by newb
YIKES......two for Tori Amos.....Haunted ain't gonna like that......she'll turn you all into newts.
or use some of those mystical powers to grant Tori some talent :cool:
Originally posted by urgeok
or use some of those mystical powers to grant Tori some talent :cool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/mouse.gif
The_Return
01-31-2006, 01:14 PM
As I mentioned in another thread, I hate hate hate the Mutton Birds cover of Dont Fear the Reaper.
Marroe
01-31-2006, 02:16 PM
Originally posted by newb
YIKES......two for Tori Amos.....Haunted ain't gonna like that......she'll turn you all into newts. I've heard at LEAST 5 terrible covers done by her. I can't say I've ever really cared even for her original songs...she should really stay away from other people's.
Elvis_Christ
01-31-2006, 04:07 PM
Pearl Jam's versions of Dead Moon's Its OK and the Dead Boys' Sonic Reducer.
Guns N' Roses doin' Sympathy For The Devil
RHCP's Under The Bridge by All Saints (? - I think it was them some terrible pop band anyways).
Rage Against The Machine's version (in fact just about every version of that - except Guitar Wolf's) of Kick Out The Jams.
Elvis_Christ
01-31-2006, 04:11 PM
...... forgot the Clash's version of I Fought The Law. Utter shit next to the original.
urgeok
01-31-2006, 08:00 PM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
Pearl Jam's versions of Dead Moon's Its OK and the Dead Boys' Sonic Reducer.
oh and that shitty version pearl jam did of Teen Angel or whatever it was (that 50's dead teenager song)
it gives me a headache ..
Elvis_Christ
01-31-2006, 09:06 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
oh and that shitty version pearl jam did of Teen Angel or whatever it was (that 50's dead teenager song)
it gives me a headache ..
I've heard it thrashed so many times by jock assholes that my head hurts too. Looks like we're gonna have to find Eddie Vedder and fuck his shit up dude!
urgeok
02-01-2006, 04:55 AM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
I've heard it thrashed so many times by jock assholes that my head hurts too. Looks like we're gonna have to find Eddie Vedder and fuck his shit up dude!
again .. i hate to misplace my anger ...
it aint vedder, its the fans.
if these easy-to-please lacklustre suckers didnt support his garbage it would just be another unheard disc sitting in a delete bin somewhere ...
slasherman
02-01-2006, 01:46 PM
Scooter cover of Kiss "I was made for loving you"
I must also add the Sheryl Crow version of Sweet Child o' mine... sounds so... "I do not what to write, let's steal something".
why?
Elvis_Christ
02-08-2006, 10:00 PM
Yeh that was a terrible version.
Despare
02-09-2006, 04:18 PM
Well I liked a few of the ones mentioned here but oh well. A lot of people hate Limp Bizkit's covers of Faith and Behind Blue Eyes (I kind of dig em' for different reasons), also some people don't like Fuel's acoustic cover of Daniel (which I love). Oh, what do you all think about the Three Doors Down version of Imagine?
The STE
02-09-2006, 04:49 PM
Sex Pistol's cover of "No Fun"
noctuary
02-09-2006, 07:33 PM
Originally posted by The STE
Sex Pistol's cover of "No Fun"
Wait, did the Sex Pistols ever make a good song? I mean, besides "Bodies."
The STE
02-09-2006, 07:37 PM
Originally posted by noctuary
Wait, did the Sex Pistols ever make a good song? I mean, besides "Bodies."
I liked "God Save the Queen", "Holiday in the Sun", and "Here We Go Again". "Pretty Vacant" and "Anarchy in the UK" were decent. "Schools Are Prisons" is a fantastic song, but it unfortunately doesn't count since it was done by a couple of the members in a different band. And Glen Matlock wrote "Ghosts of Princes in Towers" when he was in the Rich Kids which was a fucking great song, but again, doesn't really count as a Sex Pistols song.
I think there's an answer to the question somewhere in there. Man, I just should've said "yeah."
Despare
02-10-2006, 11:10 AM
Hey, the worst cover all time I almost forgot Brittney's cover of I Love Rock and Roll. Anyway, this site's not bad for cover tunes and opinions. http://www.rateitall.com/t-2293-cover-songs.aspx
The Mothman
02-10-2006, 11:23 AM
simple plan covered Bad Religion's American Jesus. totally butchered it. AFI covered Last Caress.
My favorites are any song pennywise ever covered, and Fear Factory's cover of Cars.
urgeok
02-10-2006, 11:35 AM
Originally posted by noctuary
Wait, did the Sex Pistols ever make a good song? I mean, besides "Bodies."
the entire Bullocks album is fucking brilliant ..
so is most of 'Swindle'
Marroe
02-10-2006, 03:00 PM
Originally posted by The Mothman
[B]. AFI covered Last Caress.
B] They also did Halloween.
bloodrayne
02-11-2006, 02:33 PM
NOFX...Hotel California
Blasphemy!...You can't fuck with Hotel California:mad:
Despare
02-12-2006, 06:48 AM
I think Los Lobos did a Hotel California cover too *shudder*.
"The Spaghetti Incident" by GNR should be the alma mater of this topic.
"an I doooon't haaaveeee anythiiingg, an I doooon't haaaaaveeee anythinggg..."
GN'R Lies? Yes, they have done!
why?
The Mothman
02-16-2006, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by Marroe
They also did Halloween.
bastards.
I thought the metallica cover for Last Caress/Green Hell was pretty legit though.
Elvis_Christ
02-17-2006, 02:31 PM
Originally posted by bloodrayne
NOFX...Hotel California
Blasphemy!...You can't fuck with Hotel California:mad:
That cover's great! Probably cause I fucking hate the Eagles and Hotel California and NOFX tore it apart in style. I wanna hear them destroy some Zeppelin!
The Spaghetti Incident has a couple of amazing tracks on it, their version of the New York Dolls' Human Being and Johnny Thunders' You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory are gold. Can't go wrong with their version of the Rocket From The Tombs/Dead Boys track Ain't it Fun. But holy shit Axl's fake English accent on the UK Subs cover?! Utter shit.
tonemeister
02-21-2006, 08:40 PM
type o's version of - summer breeze.
what a gay version that was....LOL
urgeok
02-22-2006, 03:32 AM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
That cover's great! Probably cause I fucking hate the Eagles and Hotel California
i also find them insufferable ... especially that song.
put it on a raft with Stairway to Heaven in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean ... and sink it ..
slasherman
02-22-2006, 09:41 PM
A1 : Take on me