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Worst and strangest Cover songs

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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    Madonna - American Pie seemed a bit odd at the time.

    It is quite an odd one but the song was shortened and the two verses used did apply to Madonna and William Orbit made the tune super catchy.
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    ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    Heresy!!!!!!!!!

    :D:D:D

    Not a fan of the growling that's all too prevalent on the metal scene. Too many good songs ruined by the vocals imo.
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    dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    Electra wrote: »
    :D:D:D

    Not a fan of the growling that's all too prevalent on the metal scene. Too many good songs ruined by the vocals imo.

    I am not into the growling either, but i have never put Tom Araya in that catergory, although i could be blinkered having been into them since i was an impressionable teen.

    I was given a Napalm Death cd long time ago and used to put it on to annoy the missus even though i couldnt stand it either :D
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    ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    I am not into the growling either, but i have never put Tom Araya in that catergory, although i could be blinkered having been into them since i was an impressionable teen.

    I was given a Napalm Death cd long time ago and used to put it on to annoy the missus even though i couldnt stand it either :D

    That'll be it then :D I keep having this argument with my metal head daughter. Listen to this - perfectly good folk metal tune but wtf is that happening over it?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yom8nNqmxvQ
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    dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    Electra wrote: »
    That'll be it then :D I keep having this argument with my metal head daughter. Listen to this - perfectly good folk metal tune but wtf is that happening over it?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yom8nNqmxvQ

    Thats cruel, i find most of these type of bands very techincally adept musically then 'the vocals' start and i have to turn it off
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    ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    Thats cruel, i find most of these type of bands very techincally adept musically then 'the vocals' start and i have to turn it off

    Yes, it's cruel because I really want to love that song :(
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    dodger0703dodger0703 Posts: 1,957
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    Electra wrote: »
    Yes, it's cruel because I really want to love that song :(

    I have same feeling with Lamb of God, Cradle of Filth etc, music is great but vocals grate on me
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    ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    I have same feeling with Lamb of God, Cradle of Filth etc, music is great but vocals grate on me

    That's why we need cover versions :D

    Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

    Sounds great but wtf is he going on about?

    Answer Cover by Sabaton

    What a difference a singer makes :)
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    fireemblemcrazefireemblemcraze Posts: 7,436
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    Janet Devlin singing Sweet Child o' Mine (hacked my favorite song to pieces). And omg her hair!:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wofQ43fCj20

    Atomic Kitten ruining the classic Eternal Flame (making it so girlbandy).

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

    Those are just some off the top of my head.
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    Flat MattFlat Matt Posts: 7,023
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    When U2 reworked One with Mary J Bilge, they became one of the first bands in history to murder their own song.

    The surviving members of Queen also murdered We Will Rock You when they collaborated with Five. Freddie Mercury must have been turning cartwheels in his grave!
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    cassetteboycassetteboy Posts: 18
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    Any of the cover versions of the ABBA songs by Erasure and the Erasure cover version of "Video Killed The Radio Star"! :o
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    misslibertinemisslibertine Posts: 14,306
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    dodger0703 wrote: »
    That was shocking, cant even bring myself to check miley out now

    Miley's dancing in the clip makes me sad, but at the very least she has some handle on the lyrics.
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    fireemblemcrazefireemblemcraze Posts: 7,436
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    Flat Matt wrote: »
    When U2 reworked One with Mary J Bilge, they became one of the first bands in history to murder their own song.

    The surviving members of Queen also murdered We Will Rock You when they collaborated with Five. Freddie Mercury must have been turning cartwheels in his grave!

    Jessie J's version of it in the Olympics was shocking too. Murdered.

    Notable mention should go to William who ruins all of his songs he sings live.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,852
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    X factor Ella's cover of "Bring Me To life" was so awful, it almost put me off Tulisa as a mentor.
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    NoseyLouieNoseyLouie Posts: 5,651
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    Lulu doing The man who sold the world

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFAnA9oPRE

    Evil....
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    fireemblemcrazefireemblemcraze Posts: 7,436
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    granted08 wrote: »
    X factor Ella's cover of "Bring Me To life" was so awful, it almost put me off Tulisa as a mentor.

    Oh my god! I so agree with this! She sang it in the wrong key the whole way through! Turned me off Ella a little bit but I now adore her again.
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    Hutchy_MuseHutchy_Muse Posts: 7,083
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    Surprised no one has mentioned Scissor Sisters horrible cover of Comfortably Numb!
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    Multimedia81Multimedia81 Posts: 83,433
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    If you're talking strangest, this has got to be up there.
    Stairway to Heaven Rolf Harris.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPOIy4Kb9M4
    yorkieUK wrote: »
    The worst, in my humble opinion, is the murdering of Free's classic song "All Right Now" by Rod Stewart and again by Pepsi and Shirlie!

    Rod Stewart has released some great stuff over the years, especially with The Faces, but what the **** was he thinking of here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff3__8U7Ivw

    And as for Pepsi & Shirlie - can it honestly get any worse?

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

    I found Rolf Harris' version of Stairway to Heaven quite entertaining. I also liked Pepsi & Shirlie's version of All Right Now.
    a cover version of the rolling stones "(i cant get no) satisfaction"

    by bubblerock.... (jonathon king)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cTHKWtfAE

    I know a version by Devo which I like and prefer to the Stones' version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGELfHv6oQQ
    Surprised no one has mentioned Scissor Sisters horrible cover of Comfortably Numb!

    I still see no connection between Pink Floyd and the Scissor Sisters' version.

    Some other Heresy cover versions I like are:
    Dollar:- I Wanna Hold Your Hand
    Candy Flip:- Strawberry Fields Forever
    HearSay:- Monday Monday

    I won't even Youtube these!:o
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    That_GuyThat_Guy Posts: 1,421
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    Anything Tori Amos touches turns out pretty amazing. Famous Blue Raincoat, Do It Again or New Age to name a few.
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    ***KEL******KEL*** Posts: 520
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    Jessica Simpson 'take my breath away' .... Actually and song she has covered. Ruins everything with her shouting warbling voice ...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 201
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    Devil Woman by Cradle Of Filth Awful. Possibly even cheesier than the original.

    Psycho Killer - Flying Pickets
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    FaggyFaggy Posts: 3,498
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    Barbra Streisand did a cover of Life On Mars many years ago.

    Yes really. And no matter how bad you think it will be, the reality is far worse.


    Britney's version of I Love Rock N Roll is unusual to say the least.:eek:
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    Cpl_CarrottCpl_Carrott Posts: 479
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    k0213818 wrote: »
    The Mike Flowers Pops did a slow Andy Williams style swing version of Wonderwall which I think is inspired, especially with the nostalgia for sixties derived pop culture during that time:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1ueZf1WMQ

    I can't believe i'm saying this, but, I actually quite like that.

    If i remember correctly, even Noel Gallagher didn't mind it, as it paid for his swimming pool!
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    thats_racistthats_racist Posts: 1,422
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    This has to be the worst cover version in history -

    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=R4_nP7erBK4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DR4_nP7erBK4&gl=GB

    :eek::eek:
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    darkjedimasterdarkjedimaster Posts: 18,621
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    Sheryl Crow - Sweet child o' mine. :eek:

    Katherine Jenkins - Bring me to life. :mad:.

    Leona Lewis - Hurts

    Alexandra Burke - Live and let die.
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