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Best/Worst Cover Version
Anybody like cover versions?
I like All By Myself by Celine Dion and the version in Bridget Jones, can not remember who that is by, much better than Eric Carmens version. The worst cover version is Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody, terrible! Righteous Brothers version much better. |
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Gareth Gates and Will Young throttling the Beatles' Long and Winding Road. One word: torture.
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Yes very true, did not think of that one
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good cover version- Mariah Carey (Doing Phil Collins Against All Odds)
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All of gareth gates's covers were awfull
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a recent bad cover version would be jessica simpson's version of "Angels",one of my favourite cover versions is "vincent" by Josh Groban but there are loads of great ones around
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Worst cover version ever is Tina Turner murdering Lets Stay Together.
Best - Probably Soft Cells version of Tainted Love Paul Young was the king of sh*te cover versions though. just listen to his appaling version of Wherever I Lay My Hat. Once you think it cant get any worse, try out his jaw drappingly bad cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart, performed with a nod and a wink. Truly shocking.
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Best - Stevie Wonder - We can work it out
Worst - Atomic Kitten - The tide is high (although the original version is crap anyway) |
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Best: ELO - Roll Over Beethoven
Worst: Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb (what a joke) |
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Bad covers-
Both Mariah Carey and Steve from X Factor, murdering Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" Blazin' Squads version of Bone Thugs & Harmonys, "Crossroads". Every cover version Gareth Gates has done. Jamelia - "Stop" Good Covers- Britney Spears - "My Prerogative". Will Young - "Light My Fire" Fugees - "Killing Me Softly" |
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Best- Marilyn Manson tainted love
- Guns N roses Live and let Die - Any of Richard Cheese's stuff - JEFF BUCKLEY HALLELUJAH!!! (thats in capitols because it is truely one fo the best! Worst- Jessica simpsons Angels so ive been told, anyone know where i can download this?? - Sheryl Crow Sweet child o Mine |
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I've always thought Elton John's 'Lucy In The Sky' was better than the Beatles, but no-one has ever agreed with me !
Must agree that SS 'Comfortably Numb' is the worst cover ever. |
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amongst the best i would put gary jules with madworld and also william shatner with common people blondie the tide is high on the worst front id have to get back to you on that one
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Originally Posted by SlashNX
Best- Marilyn Manson tainted love
- Guns N roses Live and let Die - Any of Richard Cheese's stuff - JEFF BUCKLEY HALLELUJAH!!! (thats in capitols because it is truely one fo the best! Worst- Jessica simpsons Angels so ive been told, anyone know where i can download this?? - Sheryl Crow Sweet child o Mine Try www.jessicasimpson.com to listen to it. |
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best cover versions are nirvana man who sold the world (even tho the song was good in the first place they really improven on it)
worst is any covers of queen songs, there is only one mercury can't they realise that. |
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Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach
Louise - Stuck in the Middle with You Britney Spears - I Love Rock 'n' Roll One of the worst in the history of music: Gareth Gates - Spirit in the Sky. Who cares if it was for charity? It was criminal for record stores to charge people money for that. |
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Recently? Girls Aloud - Jump (for your Love)
Earlier - Marc Almond and Gene Pitney, Marc Almond and Jimmy Somerville, Marc Almond in any duet, I suppose. |
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I love Comortably Numb by Scissor Sisters!
but then again, I haven't heard the original. |
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Having been a Pink Floyd fan for years I thought the Scissor Sisters version was appalling verging on sacrelidge!
Best ones would be: Purple Haze - New Fast Automatic Daffodils Mrs Robinson - Lemonheads Barbie Girl - Homegrown Although cover versions are ropey most of the time if you ask me. Especially the ones boybands etc do to get into the charts. Busted should also have been killed for doing 'Teenage Kicks'. Poor John Peel must turn in his grave every time that monstrosity gets any airplay ..... |
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worst is Jamie Callum -Everlasting Love.
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Best
Will Young - Hey Ya! Worst Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody Robson and Jerome - Unchained Melody Arthur Mullard and Hilda Baker - You're the One that I Want (funny but dreadful) |
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Worst EVER
Rolf Harris- Stairway to heaven No one could ruin a song better than he did |
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LOL!
Wheres your sense of humour! Rolf had novelty value though so you can't really include him in this. I don't think he recorded it with the intention of it being a serious record. Busted/Gates/Young etc et al all actually seem to believe they are doing the original a favour by doing some bland pop cover of a classic .... |
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Best
All of Gareth Gates. I don't care what anyone says, they were all definitely amazing. I love him and he did a brilliant job with all the songs he's covered. Worst Kelly Osbourne- Pap Don't Preach. |
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Don't know about best cover version ever but my current fave is the Futureheads' version of Hounds Of Love....
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