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tommymack [Edit] [Delete] 54 replies 12:55 November 4th, 2009

While it's by no means the worst of all time, the fact that Primal Scream's version of Motorhead was recorded and released without anyone saying 'this is a bit toss and pointless, Bobby' is testament to just how much cocaine everyone in the music industry was on by 1997.

Anyone got any personal 'faves'

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0FAC4UyJ4

and i'll say it again-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V0FAC4UyJ4

worrier1 | 4 Nov '09, 13:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I came here to post this.
  
  Horrendous cover.
  
  shucks @worrier1 | 4 Nov '09, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I didn't know about this till now
  
  Totally ruined my evening
  
  Mr_Mills @worrier1 | 4 Nov '09, 19:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Luis_Carruthers this'd this
- I weep.
  
  Luis_Carruthers @worrier1 | 4 Nov '09, 20:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
even though I love both bands

love will tear us apart - Broken Social Scene

this night has opened my eyes - at the drive in

are both horrible

richardfearless | 4 Nov '09, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Love Will Tear Us Apart — The Cure
  
  because Joy Division's sound and The Cure's are, like, poles apart!
  
  robluvsnic @richardfearless | 4 Nov '09, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i reckon if kevin drew had sung it in his normal voice
  
  it'd have been a really cool cover...
  
  oenso @richardfearless | 5 Nov '09, 14:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
This - http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now-Songs-Smiths/dp/B0002CA2AE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257340954&sr=8-2

chris_armo | 4 Nov '09, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The worst Smiths cover I've heard isn't on that album
  
  Placebo's version of Bigmouth Strikes Again:
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jynnZqwWeI
  
  The turd on the cake is when he changes it to sing "and her discman started to melt", which grated then and now somehow makes it sound even more dated than the original.
  
  lyserge @chris_armo | 4 Nov '09, 14:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 'discman'
    
    :'D
    
    tomatron @lyserge | 4 Nov '09, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Even worse
    
    The second time around he sings Megadrive. That's just stupid.
    Although when Moz sings it live now, he sings iPod.
    But of course that doesn't justify what Placebo has done.
    
    marculatoren @lyserge | 4 Nov '09, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Has there ever been a GOOD cover of a Smith's song!?
  
  chris_81 @chris_armo | 4 Nov '09, 19:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i quite like Schneider TM's version of There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
    
    colon_closed_bracket @chris_81 | 4 Nov '09, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    pretty_vacant this'd this
  - Low doing Last Night I Dreamed Somebody Loved Me
    
    is pretty good
    
    charliepanayi @chris_81 | 4 Nov '09, 21:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    kitaroh this'd this
    - Dont
      
      mind the Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want cover by clayhill
      
      meadymeady @charliepanayi | 5 Nov '09, 10:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      see_why_en_I_see this'd this
  - I am very fond of Jeff Buckley's cover of I know It's over
    
    marculatoren @chris_81 | 5 Nov '09, 12:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    gazbid this'd this
VOMIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJs3ajxvQI

Miikka | 4 Nov '09, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  I quite like this but then I didn't mind the Tori Amos cover...
  
  TheoGB @Miikka | 4 Nov '09, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
christ almighty.

this - hands down - is the worst.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqvlwPn9eJk

niallKP | 4 Nov '09, 13:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

larrikinlloyd this'd this
- where were they
  
  when the crabcore thread was around?
  
  stalecloud @niallKP | 4 Nov '09, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - There's been a crabcore related thread that involved this video.
    
    Luis_Carruthers @stalecloud | 4 Nov '09, 20:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I don't like the Postal Service
  
  but I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who does that watches this.
  
  Brainerd1 @niallKP | 4 Nov '09, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- bloody hell
  
  i've never seen that before but it's terrible.
  
  colon_closed_bracket @niallKP | 4 Nov '09, 20:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - hahaha
    
    this is horrible
    
    abandonedhouseboat @colon_closed_bracket | 9 Nov '09, 23:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That's fucking awesome.
  
  _meh @niallKP | 9 Nov '09, 23:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blackbox Recorders

version of Uptown Top Rankin is so bad youtube don't have it

hamstir | 4 Nov '09, 14:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
ARE YOU READY FOR A BIT OF ROCK AND ROOOOHHHHHLLLLLLL?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzBjatkVtzY&feature=related

SCROTUM | 4 Nov '09, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wow
  
  Nirvana murdered that song
  
  untrue @SCROTUM | 4 Nov '09, 18:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I love the way they haven't given Mark any pedals for his guitar, just to make it sound even more like a bunch of schoolboys covering it for their first gig!
  
  tommymack @SCROTUM | 9 Nov '09, 20:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really wasnt expecting that such great heights to hurt my ears so badly.

scary

larrikinlloyd | 4 Nov '09, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Why is this in a Worst Covers thread?
  
  That's better than the original. Which, to be honest, is not saying very much at all.
  
  Watto @larrikinlloyd | 5 Nov '09, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Any cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart

Broken Social Scene's, The Cure's, Fallout Boy's, Jose Gonzalez's, need I go on? All fucking terrible.

DanielKelly | 4 Nov '09, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- How about
  
  Squarepusher?
  
  PigOnAntibiotics @DanielKelly | 4 Nov '09, 20:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Its pointless cover versions I hate

Amy Studt 'All I Wanna Do' stuff like that

Starmixer | 4 Nov '09, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Frankie Howerd and June Whitfield doing a bizarre version of Je t'aime... Moi Non Plus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzOsUAPZGn8

yes_ | 4 Nov '09, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Not the worst ever

But I fucking hate what he's done to this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGbx82tMv0

Brainerd1 | 4 Nov '09, 18:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh dear god! That's fucking horrible.
  
  I hope that guy gets raped.
  
  Luis_Carruthers @Brainerd1 | 4 Nov '09, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- wow, that's terrible
  
  pretty_vacant @Brainerd1 | 5 Nov '09, 03:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Probably that Mika cover of Heaven Is A Place On Earth

untrue | 4 Nov '09, 18:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
im really lovin

that take that cover

now im ready to rock

useded | 4 Nov '09, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
hippies in backgarden covering fabulous muscles by xiu xiu

grouchland | 4 Nov '09, 19:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2H4LvSR1aU&feature=related
  
  grouchland @grouchland | 4 Nov '09, 19:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
there are a couple of stinkers on Kathryn Williams' covers album

particularly her tweefolk interpretation of All Apologies and also Hallelujah

colon_closed_bracket | 4 Nov '09, 20:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
I can't believe the thread has gone for this long without....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5-pGKP0LE&feature=related

Total hilarity.

RussWarf | 4 Nov '09, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

Memories this'd this
- teralolz
  
  Coja @RussWarf | 5 Nov '09, 01:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Embrace covering De La Soul

*shudder* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL659ziEyT8

JuxtaposedJames | 5 Nov '09, 01:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
awful awful awful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LajJUoKRwPQ&feature=related

pretty_vacant | 5 Nov '09, 03:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Arcade Fire doing This Must Be The Place

drcoffeebean | 5 Nov '09, 03:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
WE HAVE A NEW WINNER

How has this one passed everyone by?

THE PIGEON DETECTIVES COVERING 'TAINTED LOVE' BY SOFT CELL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_0UmgUIadw

charlie_feather | 5 Nov '09, 10:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
That current crap You've Got the Love cover that

Florence and the machine do. Not as good as the original but getting loads of radio at the moment.

mymiddlenameaintthor | 5 Nov '09, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
One Night Only were 'performing' a cover of Sugababes 'About You Now' at a gig I was working once.
I believe they may have heard me tell the in-house monitor engineer that I was going to kill them for it. Not very professional of me, but I was pretty angry

thescarydoor | 9 Nov '09, 20:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
blur's cover of oliver's army is really gay

and i love blur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZexXf0loCXk

champo | 9 Nov '09, 22:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall
  
  Bryan Ferry - fucking awful.
  
  I apologise if this has already been metioned.
  
  Elfrim @champo | 9 Nov '09, 23:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
First thing that popped in my head...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzk53JK7E2Y
The vocals...oh dear

Dohers | 9 Nov '09, 23:53 | X | ^ This | Reply

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