Mount Rushmore - WORST Cover Songs Ever - Page 2

larrymcg421 · 05-02-2017, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

and quite literally only weeks after they were released and still on the charts

Aretha Franklin's cover of Let it Be (pretty great) was actually released two months before the Beatles' original version.

dawgfan · 05-02-2017, 08:45 PM

Lenny Kravitz: American Woman

Adds nothing of value from the original and, surprisingly for Kravitz, lacks swing and feels rather robotic. It was severely over-played when it came out.

cuervo72 · 05-02-2017, 08:50 PM

I mean, I am absolutely not against covers - some of my favorite songs are covers. I just don't need country covers of songs from other genres.

(Heard for the first time today Bonnie Raitt's version of Need You Tonight. That's probably about as country as I'll go, as she generally has enough blues and rock mixed in. Still, not sure it's really needed.)

stevew · 05-02-2017, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dawgfan

Lenny Kravitz: American Woman

Adds nothing of value from the original and, surprisingly for Kravitz, lacks swing and feels rather robotic. It was severely over-played when it came out.

Oh yeah this one definitely

CrescentMoonie · 05-02-2017, 11:26 PM

The Kravitz one feels worse than it is because it was so overplayed.

Groundhog · 05-08-2017, 08:37 PM

While not the worst cover ever, the Byrds' version of "Hey Joe" on Fifth Dimension is dreadfully woeful. I otherwise really like that album, but I don't make it more than 3 seconds into Hey Joe before I'm pressing skip.

CrimsonFox · 05-08-2017, 09:22 PM

I've got a category in my head kind of like

"Covers Not terrible but merely servicable covers somewhat devoid of the passion that made the original great"

"It's My Life" - No Doubt (Original Talk Talk)
"The Man Who Sold The World" - Nirvana (Original David Bowie) (yes faithful to it but meh)
"Paranoid" - Megadeth (original Black Sabbath)

Groundhog · 05-08-2017, 10:07 PM

IMO Nirvana's version of Man Who Sold the World is 100x better than Bowie's. I heard Nirvana's first, but I've never liked Bowie's version, and Nirvana's version is easily my favourite Nirvana song... probably my favourite "grunge" song, too.

cuervo72 · 05-08-2017, 10:42 PM

Ahhhhhhhh!

JUST saw a commercial for Merci chocolate. They use some DREADFULLY BLAND versions of Sam & Dave's "I Thank You." It's not even this one, so they have multiple neutered versions of this.

Merci Chocolate Christmas Commercial 2016 - YouTube

ZZ Top, fine. But these are abominable.

dawgfan · 05-09-2017, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

IMO Nirvana's version of Man Who Sold the World is 100x better than Bowie's. I heard Nirvana's first, but I've never liked Bowie's version, and Nirvana's version is easily my favourite Nirvana song... probably my favourite "grunge" song, too.

+1. Having a hard time imagining how someone could perceive that cover as lacking passion.

CrimsonFox · 05-09-2017, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

IMO Nirvana's version of Man Who Sold the World is 100x better than Bowie's. I heard Nirvana's first, but I've never liked Bowie's version, and Nirvana's version is easily my favourite Nirvana song... probably my favourite "grunge" song, too.

i dunno. I like it. It's probably one of the better covers I've heard but it doesn't totally improve upon the song for me. I liked it more when it first came out. Now it just sounds like a clone.

I was speaking more of the other two songs in my list ...more included this one as it really just is another version.

It is by no means 100x better. It's the same level.

cuervo72 · 05-09-2017, 10:06 PM

Uncle Ben's commercial with kid singing "Show Me the Way" - also bad.

cuervo72 · 05-25-2017, 09:53 PM

Ah, right. I have no need for Rascal Flatts' version of "Life is a Highway."

JonInMiddleGA · 08-02-2017, 03:25 AM

We have a new contender ... Joe Nichols sings Sir-Mix-A-Lot

Joe Nichols - Baby Got Back (Official Video) - YouTube

SteveM58 · 08-02-2017, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by cuervo72

I mean, I am absolutely not against covers - some of my favorite songs are covers. I just don't need country covers of songs from other genres.

(Heard for the first time today Bonnie Raitt's version of Need You Tonight. That's probably about as country as I'll go, as she generally has enough blues and rock mixed in. Still, not sure it's really needed.)

Missed this thread the first time through but....for your listening pleasure....enjoy!

Bonnie Raitt - Burning Down The House - YouTube

cuervo72 · 08-02-2017, 10:24 PM

Eh, this probably offended more people than that version (I happen to like it...)

Tom Jones, The Cardigans - Burning Down The House - YouTube

dawgfan · 08-03-2017, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cuervo72

Eh, this probably offended more people than that version (I happen to like it...)

Tom Jones, The Cardigans - Burning Down The House - YouTube

I have a hard time being offended by covers that Tom Jones does. This actually seems right in his wheelhouse...

Abe Sargent · 08-03-2017, 05:15 PM

All Tom Jones does is covers, he is a crooner, so I am not sure that he really applies here.

05-02-2017, 08:50 PM	#53
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	I mean, I am absolutely not against covers - some of my favorite songs are covers. I just don't need country covers of songs from other genres. (Heard for the first time today Bonnie Raitt's version of Need You Tonight. That's probably about as country as I'll go, as she generally has enough blues and rock mixed in. Still, not sure it's really needed.) __________________ null

05-08-2017, 08:37 PM	#56
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	While not the worst cover ever, the Byrds' version of "Hey Joe" on Fifth Dimension is dreadfully woeful. I otherwise really like that album, but I don't make it more than 3 seconds into Hey Joe before I'm pressing skip. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

05-08-2017, 10:07 PM	#58
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	IMO Nirvana's version of Man Who Sold the World is 100x better than Bowie's. I heard Nirvana's first, but I've never liked Bowie's version, and Nirvana's version is easily my favourite Nirvana song... probably my favourite "grunge" song, too. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

05-08-2017, 10:42 PM	#59
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Ahhhhhhhh! JUST saw a commercial for Merci chocolate. They use some DREADFULLY BLAND versions of Sam & Dave's "I Thank You." It's not even this one, so they have multiple neutered versions of this. Merci Chocolate Christmas Commercial 2016 - YouTube ZZ Top, fine. But these are abominable. __________________ null Last edited by cuervo72 : 05-08-2017 at 10:44 PM.

05-09-2017, 10:06 PM	#62
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Uncle Ben's commercial with kid singing "Show Me the Way" - also bad. __________________ null

05-02-2017, 08:45 PM	#52
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	Lenny Kravitz: American Woman Adds nothing of value from the original and, surprisingly for Kravitz, lacks swing and feels rather robotic. It was severely over-played when it came out.

05-02-2017, 11:26 PM	#55
CrescentMoonie College Starter Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.	The Kravitz one feels worse than it is because it was so overplayed.

05-08-2017, 09:22 PM	#57
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	I've got a category in my head kind of like "Covers Not terrible but merely servicable covers somewhat devoid of the passion that made the original great" "It's My Life" - No Doubt (Original Talk Talk) "The Man Who Sold The World" - Nirvana (Original David Bowie) (yes faithful to it but meh) "Paranoid" - Megadeth (original Black Sabbath)

05-25-2017, 09:53 PM	#63
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Ah, right. I have no need for Rascal Flatts' version of "Life is a Highway." __________________ null

08-02-2017, 03:25 AM	#64
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	We have a new contender ... Joe Nichols sings Sir-Mix-A-Lot Joe Nichols - Baby Got Back (Official Video) - YouTube __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 08-02-2017 at 10:30 PM.

08-02-2017, 10:24 PM	#66
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Eh, this probably offended more people than that version (I happen to like it...) Tom Jones, The Cardigans - Burning Down The House - YouTube __________________ null

08-03-2017, 05:15 PM	#68
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	All Tom Jones does is covers, he is a crooner, so I am not sure that he really applies here. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

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