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Covers deserving a summary and harsh punishment
While most covers are poor and some better than the original, which artists deserve something unpleasant for a really bad cover - esp of one of your favourites?
Step forward: DJ Eric Prydz: Call on me - mangling Steve Winwood's Valerie. [Punishment level: Severe.] Undercover: baker Street - mangling Gerry Rafferty's original [Punishment level: I cannot express how much I hate them for this monstrosity]
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Papa Dont Preach - Kelly Osbourne
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Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
Skinny Love - Birdy |
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Comforting Sounds - Birdy.
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Scissor sisters - Comfortably numb
Will Young - Light my fire |
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One direction - One way or another
I am not a hater like a lot of people on DS, but this cover has to be an ultimate career low. I know it was for charity but it's just damn awful. Lily Allen - Somewhere only we know Lily Allen is no Adele when it comes to her vocals, but she can sing. Her vocals are horrific on this song and apart from the advert shown 50 times every night, i fail to see how this has become her biggest hit of her career and of the year. She ruins the emotion and vulnerability the original has. |
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Kurt Cobain turns in his grave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ELGnmLJOs Someone missing from that lineup? He was busy murdering Blur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVraTfjxy0 New Order aren't dead but if they were they'd turn in their graves too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riLArIZN6xo |
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Hilary Duff - My Generation
Britney Spears - I Love Rock and Roll Ronan Keating - Fairytale of New York |
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Free's classic "All Right Now" was murdered by the following:
Pepsi and Shirlee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhyQBM4fPYY Rod Stewart (Just what was he thinking of the daft old sod) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff3__8U7Ivw Christina Aguilera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhfKsHHZ4qA |
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One direction - One way or another
I am not a hater like a lot of people on DS, but this cover has to be an ultimate career low. I know it was for charity but it's just damn awful. (where's the roll eyes smiley when you need it?).
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Hallelujah - Alexandra Burke
Skinny Love - Birdy |
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Don't Leave Me This Way by The Communards
Let's Stay Together by Tina Turner Both should have a corner of Hell reserved for them |
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Will Young - Light my fire |
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Glad to see Ronan Keating's 'PC' rendition of 'Fairytale of New York' has already had a mention. I've previously discussed my thoughts on that in previous years on the Christmas music threads. It's a turkey! Quote:
One direction - One way or another
I am not a hater like a lot of people on DS, but this cover has to be an ultimate career low. I know it was for charity but it's just damn awful. Speaking of Christmas, Band Aid II's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' from 1989 was/is another awful version of a charity song. I must say I really don't remember it being played at all on radio stations in the 1990s (i.e. after 1989), with most stations choosing the original instead. |
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Speaking of Christmas, Band Aid II's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' from 1989 was/is another awful version of a charity song. I must say I really don't remember it being played at all on radio stations in the 1990s (i.e. after 1989), with most stations choosing the original instead.
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Itchycoo Park - M People. Hideous.
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Britney Spears - My Perogative
Madonna - American Pie The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough |
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The worst version was by Band Aid 20.The Dizzee Rascal rap makes me cringe and most of the singers sound off-key.
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One direction - One way or another
I am not a hater like a lot of people on DS, but this cover has to be an ultimate career low. I know it was for charity but it's just damn awful. Lily Allen - Somewhere only we know Lily Allen is no Adele when it comes to her vocals, but she can sing. Her vocals are horrific on this song and apart from the advert shown 50 times every night, i fail to see how this has become her biggest hit of her career and of the year. She ruins the emotion and vulnerability the original has. She will forever have to sing it at concerts too as it is her biggest hit to date! |
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Mel C covered Anarchy in the UK at V99, sadly (fortunately) the footage isn't on YouTube, but there is a brief clip of her performing it in LA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk11vitcFQo Yngwie Malmsteen doing terrible things to Abba's Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zliRIq693iQ |
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The irony is even Lily herself doesn't like her vocal performance on this,calling it shrill.
She will forever have to sing it at concerts too as it is her biggest hit to date! |
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