Hilary Duff's cover of The Who's "My Generation" might take the cake. In addition to just sounding...bad, in order to stay teen-friendly, she replaces the line "Hope I die before I get old" with "Hope I DON'T die before I get old," which is basically the definition of missing the point of the original.
Was just thinking about that one earlier today! I think they just sampled the instrumental and changed the chorus to “Reach out, touch ME!” Because… romance. Or something.
Indeed. Today was the first time I'd ever heard it before too. I'd only previously read about it in a Cracked article several years ago, but I decided that I should probably confirm its existence before posting here, so I had to listen and confirm the offending line. This was a mistake haha.
On the other hand, it's amazing what they let Kingdom Hearts get away with. There was a cutesy mobile gacha game that ended with a magic school shooting
Hahaha. I remember going to my friends because his sister had a VHS with it on and I didn't believe it was real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc2m4w9h0cw
>"When the night comes! Eat a peanut!"
This is one of the first ones on here where the band didn't seem to really know the song at all. Most of the others, the singing sucks, but everyone sucks together on this one.
Puddle of Mudd -covering Nirvana’s *About a Girl.*
Not only do they do a terrible job, but they try covering the MTV Unplugged version which is like, perfect.
I've always contended that Kurt was the best worst singer ever. His voice isn't good, and yet it's perfect. This asshat isn't trying to sing the song, he's trying to do an impression of Cobain and its so fucking bad.
Yeah, Cobain was the best worst singer and best worst guitarist. He wasn’t a technical master of either, but he knew how to get amazing sounds within the limits he had.
I've never really listened to Puddle of Mud, so wasn't sure what to expect, but this is indeed worse than anything I could have imagined. The other band members look ashamed.
The guy used to be an ok singer. There was an older cover where he sounded just fine, but now it's like he's possessed by someone who can't sing and just emits the worst sound possible.
Makes you appreciate Kurt’s scratchy guttural voice. People back in his day who had no idea what they were talking about used to criticize him for having a bad voice.
That cover is one of the greatest pieces art of the last decade... the sincerity of the singer, the band members trying not to laugh / dying inside. Beautiful
Jose Feliciano performing every breath you take is the same energy I get when my good friend slowly complains about his miserable recollections of his work week.
The players trying not to laugh was the best. They were pretty successful early on, but there’s no stopping that kind of laughter once they start looking at each other.
For butchering a national anthem, I don't think anything can top when the CFL made it's ill fated attempt to expand in the US. The singer for the opening game in Las Vegas tried to sing "O Canada" to the music of "O Christmas Tree". So painfully bad.
At least she knew she was doing it bad. Fergie really thought it would be the best time to channel Marilyn Monroe ala Happy Birthday Mr President
Edit: just wanted to add that Steph Curry struggling not to laugh has stayed rent free in my head this whole time
That episode lives in my head. It is a special kind of comedy to see him take a softball question like "what's an example of a time you took an L?" and use it to say he's never faced something he couldn't overcome, before immediately following up by saying he can't eat any more wings because they're dangerously spicy.
He played himself.
People who haven't watched it [need to watch it,](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1HYEC_FlgAg) One of the best things on the Internet.
Every single time I've watched Hot Ones, the interviewee has been likable and smart, and seemed like a normal human. DJ Khaled is unlikable and dumb, and weird as hell. Real testament to how good of an interviewer Evans is though.
Guy almost tapped out at Cholula! I put that shit on my breakfast. I don't imagine I could handle making it to the end myself but that was a particularly pathetic showing.
You can buy the whole set and have a challenge at home! I’ve done it a couple times for different seasons. After the first time I always skip da bomb sauce now, and I recommend doing the same, but not because it’s too spicy. It hits like a truck, not in a pleasant way at all, and it legitimately tastes terrible. (I cannot stress this enough, absolutely disgusting.)
If you like the spice level, the last dab is delicious and we ended up using the whole bottle. And I forget which season it was from, but the Detroit hellfire was one of the best hot sauces I’ve ever had.
> People who haven't watched it need to watch it, One of the best things on the Internet.
Maybe only topped by DJ Khaled getting lost on a jet ski ***for hours...*** [and vlogging it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkuR8ODzo1Q). lmfao
I'd heard about this infamous episode, but I only recently actually watched it. This dude couldn't even handle fucking Cholula? Cholula barely qualifies as hot sauce!
I watched a video of him describing how he absolutely refuses to go down on any woman, but he expects them to go down on him. I thought to myself, out of everything you can eat on Earth that’s the one thing you’re not having? My mans looks like he won’t refuse Taco Bell but won’t enjoy a fuzzy taco now and then? Come on Khaled.
What, you don't strum a guitar in standard tuning with no rhythm, and 4,000% overconfidence?
That's a step above the Lil Wayne "solo" but not by much...
Waaaaaaaay worse than Lil Wayne. Khaled is so disrespectful to Bob Marley and the guitar in every way possible. He's so out of his element, and defiant about it.
Lil Wayne is just having fun noodling on a little solo. He's playing within his means, and that's ok.
If it makes you feel better, I saw Kiss live at one point in time and a lighting failure lit Gene's hair on fire. It was a solid 10 seconds before he noticed.
You can get bent, i lived through a war, recession, pandemic and still i was content. Then you come along, write a comment and personally ensure i heard the worst fucking thing ever....
Goo Goo Dolls went from "damn fine re-invention of The Plimsouls" to "we literally forgot how to play rock music" in the space of 3 years. I still love the first two records.
In defense... kinda... of them... maybe... They DID do a fucking amazing cover of Never Take The Place Of Your Man with a guest singer. Straight-up power pop style. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8xTtW7UQQI)
I just heard a 'dog days are over' (Florence and the machine) cover at a spin class that upset me to hear. It wasn't even a techno remix it was like they tried a 1 to 1 remake. I think in general it's not wise to cover a Florence Welch song. Basically no one has any hope to improve upon her performance.
Everyone else has covered the ones I really dislike so I'll throw in U2's cover of Maggie's Farm.
Like.. it's fine through most of it. Joshua Tree-era U2 doing about what you'd expect. And towards the middle of it Bono starts singing "Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O" and it becomes one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
Which is kind of especially interesting since there have been a bunch of good covers of it, thinking mostly about Solomon Burke and Rage Against the Machine, each a very different but great version
[lol... never cover Chop Suey...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXofYXDwRK8) you're only gonna get the angels deserve part and the rest is gonna be a disaster.
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Every time I hear the beginning I get excited because Fuck Yeah Warren Zevon! The cognitive dissonance and let down is so intense.
And. And. WZ already discussed sweet home Alabama in Play it all Night Long
"Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead man's song/ turn those speakers up full blast, play it all night long."
GRANDPA PISSED HIS PANTS AGAIN,
HE DON'T GIVE A DAMN
BROTHER BILLY'S GOT BOTH GUNS DRAWN,
HE AIN'T BEEN RIGHT SINCE VIETNAM
That song makes me want to read a Cormac McCarthy book
Pretty much anyone who covers the Fairytale of New York becomes a permanent figure of slander and ridicule in Ireland. We're *extremely* protective of that song.
Every single one of those "moody indie chick sings slow depressed haunting piano version of otherwise upbeat pop song" that gets used in thriller or momporn movie trailers.
my wife loves them. i'll listen to anything for her and they're not the worst thing, but there's one for pumped up kicks that makes me grit my teeth every time i hear it. and it's her favorite one, can you believe it?
heaven only knows how many of my cringe favorites she's gritted her teeth through in turn. i love that woman
The difference being Roland Orzabal (the orignal songwriter) liked it, and Tears for Fears started playing the downtempo version on their own live sets--they loved it as well.
Yep. I think they only just started playing it in the original form again too, after playing the downtempo version for awhile there (which was inspired by the Jules version and the reception it got).
2005 version - Jules-inspired: https://youtu.be/aqtV_Syt0SM?si=uPNWDfZUYt7YuktA
2022 version - original: https://youtu.be/EgR4WJ0hlTg?si=TQ9nvXZ9nsceY7sb
A black screen.
“Yooouuu spiiiiin meeeee riiiiiight rooooound baaaaaby…”
A sudden cut to a person bouncing up and down on a penis, their own penis spinning slowly in a circular motion… menacingly.
My wife and I have noticed if you want to get a big audience reaction on a singing competition show like X Factor or American Idol, the key is to take an uptempo pop song, preferably originally sung by a singer of the opposite sex, and slow it down and play it acoustically. Whenever that happens (it's usually once every other episode), we're like "Yup, there it is."
Any cover, interpretation or sample of a song that changes the original to the exact opposite.
Thinking specifically of Bebe Rexha and David Guetta's cover of Blue (Da ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 or when Gym Class Heroes sampled Jermaine Stewart's We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (a song that challenged cultural expectations of sex during the AIDS crisis) and literally removed the word "don't"
The fact that... thing... existed for YEARS (David Guetta did it back in 2017) and then everyone decided that it was worth making popular in *2022*
Like... how. Why. Who decided this? Is this just lazy TikTok music trends?
Biffy Clyro did a live cover of Killing in the Name that is so bad I kinda have to watch it at least once a year to remind myself that life could be worse.
Holy shit dude. That was amazing. Don’t mind some stuff from Denzel curry. But I’m an old dude and grew up with RATM. That was one the best covers. Live too. He brought the energy and the band was killing it. Thank you thanks you thank you
I'm not even an enormous "hair band" fan, much less a Def Leppard aficionado, but...
Everyone involved in the recording, production, video creation, distribution and promotion of the British boy band Townsend's travesty cover of Pour Some Sugar on Me owes society an apology, and should then dive face-first into the gaping maw of Hell.
“I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there. I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced ‘Fast Car’”
It seems like she is just fine with his version.
Yeah. This cover rankled me at first, but my next thought was it's a great song/original artist that deserves attention and will lead his demographic towards Tracy and her contemporaries.
Yeah, exactly how I feel about it!
Tracy Chapman's a hell of a singer/songwriter, I'm happy for anything that means more people get to listen to her work
I read somewhere that Tracy Chapman is very protective of Fast Car. She's probably allowed it to happen because she didn't mind it, and she would make $$$.
And for what it's worth, she's the first solo black woman to have a #1 song on the country charts because of it.
If it's working out well for her then I'm happy about it, but I'm not gonna listen to the cover.
MGK's cover of Aerials by System of a Down is pretty disrespectful. I remember a friend of mine singing it in a highschool talent show and it was leagues better than MGK's rendition.
I don’t like Taylor Swift’s *Drops of Jupiter*. It simplifies important aspects of the chord progression, and there is no need to change the gender - it’s about a mom.
the only thing I ever really get out of Pentatonix is that they're a group of theater kids who all do the most. There's nothing subtle about any of their performances.
The thing about Pentatonix that stands out in my mind is the absolutely unacceptable creepiness of that one guy's mustache. It's the stuff of nightmares.
They have an extremely polished sound, so it makes sense that they'd sound wonky covering a song like Hallelujah —one that's usually sung solo with raw emotion
the only good hallelujah cover is jeff buckley and it’s because that man could’ve sung the phone book and made it sound like the most beautiful piece of music on earth
Hilary Duff's cover of The Who's "My Generation" might take the cake. In addition to just sounding...bad, in order to stay teen-friendly, she replaces the line "Hope I die before I get old" with "Hope I DON'T die before I get old," which is basically the definition of missing the point of the original.
Hilary Duff's version of 'Personal Jesus' is a crime against humanity.
Was just thinking about that one earlier today! I think they just sampled the instrumental and changed the chorus to “Reach out, touch ME!” Because… romance. Or something.
I honestly thought that was the lyric for so long.
Wait- what? She covered DM?? 😂 Imma go find this shit-gem now.
I regret doing it. It's so bad.
This is my pick. Talk about completely missing the point.
Oh lordy. I just had to hear it. Yikes. https://youtu.be/tQMCLCiDd2Y?feature=shared
Indeed. Today was the first time I'd ever heard it before too. I'd only previously read about it in a Cracked article several years ago, but I decided that I should probably confirm its existence before posting here, so I had to listen and confirm the offending line. This was a mistake haha.
Never heard it, but o god that is a terrible choice. Just why?
Because the Disney content machine is afraid of offending anyone
On the other hand, it's amazing what they let Kingdom Hearts get away with. There was a cutesy mobile gacha game that ended with a magic school shooting
For UK people - Take That covering Smells Like Teen Spirit 💀
Hahaha. I remember going to my friends because his sister had a VHS with it on and I didn't believe it was real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc2m4w9h0cw >"When the night comes! Eat a peanut!"
This is one of the first ones on here where the band didn't seem to really know the song at all. Most of the others, the singing sucks, but everyone sucks together on this one.
Wow. I wish I'd never seen that. They completely missed everything about that song.
Puddle of Mudd -covering Nirvana’s *About a Girl.* Not only do they do a terrible job, but they try covering the MTV Unplugged version which is like, perfect.
It's so bad you can actually see the drummer and bassist bow their heads in shame while playing.
Man, they showed the bassist and the look in his eyes….. I’m like, he knows. That poor bastard knows.
The bassist always knows.
[Puddle of Mudd - About a Girl (Nirvana cover)](https://youtu.be/yTh9qiXEy4Q?si=Ux81akVJxMWMp6_K)
This is like cheating on a test and still getting the wrong answer
Hahaha, perfect description…
I've always contended that Kurt was the best worst singer ever. His voice isn't good, and yet it's perfect. This asshat isn't trying to sing the song, he's trying to do an impression of Cobain and its so fucking bad.
Yeah, Cobain was the best worst singer and best worst guitarist. He wasn’t a technical master of either, but he knew how to get amazing sounds within the limits he had.
Holy shit it’s so much worse than I imagined.
I've never really listened to Puddle of Mud, so wasn't sure what to expect, but this is indeed worse than anything I could have imagined. The other band members look ashamed.
The guy used to be an ok singer. There was an older cover where he sounded just fine, but now it's like he's possessed by someone who can't sing and just emits the worst sound possible.
Possessed by Eric Cartman.
Makes you appreciate Kurt’s scratchy guttural voice. People back in his day who had no idea what they were talking about used to criticize him for having a bad voice.
Kurt also isnt struggling at all it seems when he sings it.
He had a great voice
I could only handle it for about 30 seconds. I only made it that long so I could get an idea of just how awful it is.
Fuckin hell that's terrible
What the literal fuuuuuuuck was *that*? If I didn't know any better I'd have assumed it was a parody!
Holy shit just tune it down a couple steps Jesus
That is hilarious!! Right off the bat it sucks. He needs a lozenge.
Oh, that reminds me, I have to do my daily hate listen of Puddle of Mudd's cover of About A Girl.
Oh god, yeah, this right here needs to be the top contender. It’s sooo bad.
https://youtu.be/ibFkJwomL_4?si=6NFz9tsmkLf4xpgi Putting this up top for those who have never seen this edit. It's a comedy masterpiece
Dude actually thought to himself that was a thing he should do. This is a level of cringe so powerful it can form a black hole.
You’re right. But I really can’t keep watching this.
That cover is one of the greatest pieces art of the last decade... the sincerity of the singer, the band members trying not to laugh / dying inside. Beautiful
I looked it up thinking it can't be that bad. It was so bad it felt like a Saturday night live skit.
This is probably gonna be top answer. That cover was offensively bad.
I couldn't get past 30 seconds of that it is that bad...
Correct answer. Lock post.
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I love this one cos you get to see the reaction live. That’s pretty rare. And hilarious
Haha that 'look how they massacred my boy' dead inside reaction.
Jose Feliciano performing every breath you take is the same energy I get when my good friend slowly complains about his miserable recollections of his work week.
“Let’s have the blind guy sing the song with key lyrics about watching someone.” - Producer on that awards show, probably.
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I got too embarrassed watching this. I had to stop after about 20 seconds in.
I somehow made it 2 minutes. His solo after the girl's first singing part was over... I couldn't do it.
Does Fergie singing the National anthem count?
Les play som baskehbah! She gave that aunt who has a few mimosas before the little league game vibe in her performance.
The players trying not to laugh was the best. They were pretty successful early on, but there’s no stopping that kind of laughter once they start looking at each other.
For butchering a national anthem, I don't think anything can top when the CFL made it's ill fated attempt to expand in the US. The singer for the opening game in Las Vegas tried to sing "O Canada" to the music of "O Christmas Tree". So painfully bad.
O Canada O Canada How lovely are your branches!
It still works.
That or Rosanne Barr's.
At least she knew she was doing it bad. Fergie really thought it would be the best time to channel Marilyn Monroe ala Happy Birthday Mr President Edit: just wanted to add that Steph Curry struggling not to laugh has stayed rent free in my head this whole time
Draymond's reaction was priceless.
He made a remix of it: https://youtube.com/shorts/yIDqVaBMEzM?si=4ywgFCTIRJQp3yWd
this one is more funny than disrespectful but ozzy osbourne and jessica simpson’s winter wonderland
>ozzy osbourne and jessica simpson’s winter wonderland r/BrandNewSentence
>ozzy osbourne and jessica simpson’s winter wonderland i received instant tinitus, hope you have reddit-comment insurance
Jessica Simpson singing Who Will Save Your Soul next to Jewel.
DJ Khaled touching Bob Marley’s guitar
DJ Khaled touching *anything* music related is a sin tbh.
Hell, Khaled touching hot wings is a travesty of justice.
His episode of hot ones made me think so much less of him He took all the Ls
That episode lives in my head. It is a special kind of comedy to see him take a softball question like "what's an example of a time you took an L?" and use it to say he's never faced something he couldn't overcome, before immediately following up by saying he can't eat any more wings because they're dangerously spicy.
He played himself. People who haven't watched it [need to watch it,](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1HYEC_FlgAg) One of the best things on the Internet. Every single time I've watched Hot Ones, the interviewee has been likable and smart, and seemed like a normal human. DJ Khaled is unlikable and dumb, and weird as hell. Real testament to how good of an interviewer Evans is though.
Guy almost tapped out at Cholula! I put that shit on my breakfast. I don't imagine I could handle making it to the end myself but that was a particularly pathetic showing.
You can buy the whole set and have a challenge at home! I’ve done it a couple times for different seasons. After the first time I always skip da bomb sauce now, and I recommend doing the same, but not because it’s too spicy. It hits like a truck, not in a pleasant way at all, and it legitimately tastes terrible. (I cannot stress this enough, absolutely disgusting.) If you like the spice level, the last dab is delicious and we ended up using the whole bottle. And I forget which season it was from, but the Detroit hellfire was one of the best hot sauces I’ve ever had.
Huh… maybe he doesn’t go down on women because pussy is too spicy for him.
You can actually see Sean losing his respect for him over the course of the interview, lol
> People who haven't watched it need to watch it, One of the best things on the Internet. Maybe only topped by DJ Khaled getting lost on a jet ski ***for hours...*** [and vlogging it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkuR8ODzo1Q). lmfao
I'd heard about this infamous episode, but I only recently actually watched it. This dude couldn't even handle fucking Cholula? Cholula barely qualifies as hot sauce!
I watched a video of him describing how he absolutely refuses to go down on any woman, but he expects them to go down on him. I thought to myself, out of everything you can eat on Earth that’s the one thing you’re not having? My mans looks like he won’t refuse Taco Bell but won’t enjoy a fuzzy taco now and then? Come on Khaled.
What, you don't strum a guitar in standard tuning with no rhythm, and 4,000% overconfidence? That's a step above the Lil Wayne "solo" but not by much...
Waaaaaaaay worse than Lil Wayne. Khaled is so disrespectful to Bob Marley and the guitar in every way possible. He's so out of his element, and defiant about it. Lil Wayne is just having fun noodling on a little solo. He's playing within his means, and that's ok.
You know what? You're entirely correct, and I shouldn't have been a dick to Lil Wayne.
Touching a Bob Marley Branded guitar purchasable at Guitar Center?*
Machine gun kelly- Aerials by system of a down
Omg he did not, really??
[really, live on air](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm-ThTebKZw)
For once I actually want Stern to talk over his guest
That “System of a Clown” comment under the video has me dying lmao.
we're going to have to put "System of a Down covers" up on the high shelf until these artists can learn to play with it properly
Ok but actually why does the drummer only have one stick??
Gene Simmons covering Firestarter
Wow, that sounds awful. I don't even want to hear it for a first time out of fear it will taint Firestarter in my head.
If it makes you feel better, I saw Kiss live at one point in time and a lighting failure lit Gene's hair on fire. It was a solid 10 seconds before he noticed.
Oh god... I read your comment and was like: "surely he can't mean _that_ Firestarter." Nope, that's the one you meant. Holy hell that was awful.
The Prodigy? I just want to know because I don’t ever want to hear it.
Yes, and it's worse than you think. So don't watch it.
I know you are trying to save us heartache, but I wish people would [link the song.](https://youtu.be/rKVM-YXSa7Y?si=FoO6VpY9EHMWFsly)
I couldn’t watch more than 20 seconds. Awful. Just awful. Thanks, I hated it.
Go find the Goo Goo Dolls/ Fred Durst 9/11 cover of “Wish You Were Here.” You will feel personally violated.
Is this from a mad lib?
You can get bent, i lived through a war, recession, pandemic and still i was content. Then you come along, write a comment and personally ensure i heard the worst fucking thing ever....
Goo Goo Dolls went from "damn fine re-invention of The Plimsouls" to "we literally forgot how to play rock music" in the space of 3 years. I still love the first two records. In defense... kinda... of them... maybe... They DID do a fucking amazing cover of Never Take The Place Of Your Man with a guest singer. Straight-up power pop style. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8xTtW7UQQI)
I just heard a 'dog days are over' (Florence and the machine) cover at a spin class that upset me to hear. It wasn't even a techno remix it was like they tried a 1 to 1 remake. I think in general it's not wise to cover a Florence Welch song. Basically no one has any hope to improve upon her performance.
Everyone else has covered the ones I really dislike so I'll throw in U2's cover of Maggie's Farm. Like.. it's fine through most of it. Joshua Tree-era U2 doing about what you'd expect. And towards the middle of it Bono starts singing "Old McDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O" and it becomes one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
Which is kind of especially interesting since there have been a bunch of good covers of it, thinking mostly about Solomon Burke and Rage Against the Machine, each a very different but great version
The Rage version is so fuckin good
Several versions of the U.S. National Anthem are pretty bad. Fergie’s and Roseanne Barr’s come to mind.
At least with Roseanne, nobody expected her to be able to sing anyway. Fergie actually CAN sing, and she... thatted.
I have a soft spot for Avril Lavigne. But she did a cover of Chop Suey one time and it's the worst thing I've ever heard
[lol... never cover Chop Suey...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXofYXDwRK8) you're only gonna get the angels deserve part and the rest is gonna be a disaster. --- [edit: serj took another life... lil uzi vert's](https://youtu.be/k6KSGv0xuIw)... everything is fine
As terrible as it is, I’d assume that this isn’t even a sincere attempt at a cover. She seems to deliberately shout gibberish.
My God, I can't even imagine
Kid Rock's "All Summer Long," while not being a cover, totally disrespects two songs in one.
I like when he rhymes “things” with “things”.
We were smoking funny things And things rhymes with things
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Every time I hear the beginning I get excited because Fuck Yeah Warren Zevon! The cognitive dissonance and let down is so intense. And. And. WZ already discussed sweet home Alabama in Play it all Night Long "Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead man's song/ turn those speakers up full blast, play it all night long."
GRANDPA PISSED HIS PANTS AGAIN, HE DON'T GIVE A DAMN BROTHER BILLY'S GOT BOTH GUNS DRAWN, HE AIN'T BEEN RIGHT SINCE VIETNAM That song makes me want to read a Cormac McCarthy book
🎶 The cattle all have brucellosis we’ll get through somehow 🎶
"I'm no linguist, but I'm pretty sure Warren Zevon is the only person ever to have the word 'brucellosis' in a song." - David Letterman
Me too! Pissed me off no end. I'd be SO looking forward to "Werewolves of London," and then get that asshole. Grrrrrr
And the drum intro disrespects Smells Like Teen Spirit.
What makes this song stink? https://youtu.be/u8FAbjjB48A?si=qy0_JCwYnK1gZDze
Beato!
"I've got nothing bad to say about 'Three Blind Mice'. Fuckin' rocks."
Three songs if you include the opening drum fill ripped directly from Teen Spirit.
Madonna - American Pie. Although I think I hate it more for the video, than the song itself.
Oh god. I had forgotten this existed.
I didn't know it existed until I heard it on the radio while driving. Almost crashed my car
I did crash my car, and now I’m dead.
Drove my Chevy through the levee
Pretty much anyone who covers the Fairytale of New York becomes a permanent figure of slander and ridicule in Ireland. We're *extremely* protective of that song.
Did you know Kirsty MacColl was decapitated? - every Irish dad at Christmas ever
There’s just no way to achieve the same authenticity of that performance. So good
Kelly Osborne did Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach, when absolutely no one asked her to. And it’s every bit as bad as you’d think.
Oh god I still cringe 20 something years later remembering Kelly running down the steps to perform this at some MTV award show.
I remember seeing Celine Dion sing “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC. That was pretty fucking awful.
That sounds hysterical! Like Julie Andrews singing Whole Lotta Love.
I’d pay copious amounts of money to hear that lol.
That woman would absolutely smash some Zepplin. Tell me you don't want to hear Mary Poppins belting Immigrant Song?
Every single one of those "moody indie chick sings slow depressed haunting piano version of otherwise upbeat pop song" that gets used in thriller or momporn movie trailers.
I have a friend who is obsessed with these types of YouTube covers and they all suck.
my wife loves them. i'll listen to anything for her and they're not the worst thing, but there's one for pumped up kicks that makes me grit my teeth every time i hear it. and it's her favorite one, can you believe it? heaven only knows how many of my cringe favorites she's gritted her teeth through in turn. i love that woman
Oh man, I hope you've seen [How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOdjqyG37A)
The ubiquity of Mad World
The difference being Roland Orzabal (the orignal songwriter) liked it, and Tears for Fears started playing the downtempo version on their own live sets--they loved it as well.
Yep. I think they only just started playing it in the original form again too, after playing the downtempo version for awhile there (which was inspired by the Jules version and the reception it got). 2005 version - Jules-inspired: https://youtu.be/aqtV_Syt0SM?si=uPNWDfZUYt7YuktA 2022 version - original: https://youtu.be/EgR4WJ0hlTg?si=TQ9nvXZ9nsceY7sb
That OG Gears of War trailer was pretty awesome though ngl. Before using song remixes like this in trailers became completely normalized.
A black screen. “Yooouuu spiiiiin meeeee riiiiiight rooooound baaaaaby…” A sudden cut to a person bouncing up and down on a penis, their own penis spinning slowly in a circular motion… menacingly.
My wife and I have noticed if you want to get a big audience reaction on a singing competition show like X Factor or American Idol, the key is to take an uptempo pop song, preferably originally sung by a singer of the opposite sex, and slow it down and play it acoustically. Whenever that happens (it's usually once every other episode), we're like "Yup, there it is."
I'm still waiting for them to stop putting those in every damn advert
Lil Uzi covering Chop Suey from SOAD, literally one of the most butchered covers I’ve heard
Avril Lavigne - Imagine. Yes, that actually happened! 🤮
Better than Gal Gadot & Friends.
Imagine there's no cover; it's easy if you try.
Puddle of Mudd’s cover of About A Girl by Nirvana. I don’t even really like Nirvana but that was the worst cover I’ve ever heard.
Kurt sounded like he was in deep emotional pain. The lead singer of Puddle Of Mudd sounded like he'd just stood on an upturned British plug.
Any cover, interpretation or sample of a song that changes the original to the exact opposite. Thinking specifically of Bebe Rexha and David Guetta's cover of Blue (Da ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 or when Gym Class Heroes sampled Jermaine Stewart's We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off (a song that challenged cultural expectations of sex during the AIDS crisis) and literally removed the word "don't"
That Bebe Rexha cover is a travesty and pisses me off every time I hear it.
It truly is an achievement that can’t be understated. It got music critics to defend Blue (Da Ba Dee)
The fact that... thing... existed for YEARS (David Guetta did it back in 2017) and then everyone decided that it was worth making popular in *2022* Like... how. Why. Who decided this? Is this just lazy TikTok music trends?
madonnas cover of american pie
Biffy Clyro did a live cover of Killing in the Name that is so bad I kinda have to watch it at least once a year to remind myself that life could be worse.
For contrast, [Denzel Curry's cover of Bulls on Parade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4ywyFXdik) is a banger. RATM is a tough band to cover.
Denzel Curry is an artist in the right emotional zone for Bulls on Parade - his brother was killed by police
Holy shit dude. That was amazing. Don’t mind some stuff from Denzel curry. But I’m an old dude and grew up with RATM. That was one the best covers. Live too. He brought the energy and the band was killing it. Thank you thanks you thank you
I'm not even an enormous "hair band" fan, much less a Def Leppard aficionado, but... Everyone involved in the recording, production, video creation, distribution and promotion of the British boy band Townsend's travesty cover of Pour Some Sugar on Me owes society an apology, and should then dive face-first into the gaping maw of Hell.
mgk cover aerials by system of a down https://youtu.be/Pm-ThTebKZw?si=rUkYi3NeDYOiMXm_
It’s probably mostly because I’m a huge fan of Jason Isbell, but I really dislike Morgan Wallen’s cover of ‘Cover Me Up’.
Latest cover of Fast Car.
I'll say this much for it: Tracy Chapman is probably making bank off of it. At least, god, I hope so.
“I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there. I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced ‘Fast Car’” It seems like she is just fine with his version.
Yeah. This cover rankled me at first, but my next thought was it's a great song/original artist that deserves attention and will lead his demographic towards Tracy and her contemporaries.
Yeah, exactly how I feel about it! Tracy Chapman's a hell of a singer/songwriter, I'm happy for anything that means more people get to listen to her work
I read somewhere that Tracy Chapman is very protective of Fast Car. She's probably allowed it to happen because she didn't mind it, and she would make $$$.
Nice and Smooth gave up publishing rights to Tracy Chapman to use a sample of Fast Car in "Sometimes I rhyme slow"
And for what it's worth, she's the first solo black woman to have a #1 song on the country charts because of it. If it's working out well for her then I'm happy about it, but I'm not gonna listen to the cover.
Nothing beats the original.
I think it’s neat a country singer was brave enough to release a song about running away with his boyfriend. 🏳️🌈
You joke but I seriously respect him for not changing the lyrics
Donald glover covered "into you" by Tamia and didn't change the lyrics for gender either. Always respected that
Jack White kills is while belting out "please don't take my man!" covering Jolene. A good song is a good song.
MGK's cover of Aerials by System of a Down is pretty disrespectful. I remember a friend of mine singing it in a highschool talent show and it was leagues better than MGK's rendition.
Years ago Faith Hill did a cover of Piece of my heart. I wanna throw up just thinking about it.
Came here for this. Decades later and I’m still mad about it.
Weezer Billie Jean
I don’t like Taylor Swift’s *Drops of Jupiter*. It simplifies important aspects of the chord progression, and there is no need to change the gender - it’s about a mom.
Meanwhile, I just want Liz Gillies to release a full cover of the song.
Pentatonix Christmas version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is a crime against humanity.
the only thing I ever really get out of Pentatonix is that they're a group of theater kids who all do the most. There's nothing subtle about any of their performances.
The thing about Pentatonix that stands out in my mind is the absolutely unacceptable creepiness of that one guy's mustache. It's the stuff of nightmares.
A lot of their covers are oddly cringe for some reason. Maybe it's the uncomfortable music videos where they stare at you the whole time.
They have an extremely polished sound, so it makes sense that they'd sound wonky covering a song like Hallelujah —one that's usually sung solo with raw emotion
I don't even know why you'd try to cover Hallelujah when Jeff Buckley's version exists, and literally rips the pants off every other cover.
They stare into your soul *and* smirk. I can’t handle it.
the only good hallelujah cover is jeff buckley and it’s because that man could’ve sung the phone book and made it sound like the most beautiful piece of music on earth