Barking Spiders Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, davepb24 said: A mate keeps going on about how great Behemoth's cover of the Cure's "A Forest" is ... up there with the worst I've come across I'm afraid It is utter trash for sure. I'm a massive fan of 80s post-punk and A Forest is one of the top 5 tunes from the era. Also Sound of Silence is my fave S & G tune and the Disturbed cover is a total travesty Edited October 4, 2022 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Mykesbass said: Really? Sounds like it has been saturated in effects/autotune. I don't hear either of those here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 6 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: I don't hear either of those here. That's probably down to your avatar picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 There is, in my opinion, a sublime to the ridiculous couple of covers of one song, Hallelujah. Sublime; Jeff Buckley. Ridiculous; Alexandra Burke. I do have to admire Simon Cowell's chutzpah in creating such a dreadful version of a song that contains the line 'but you don't really care for music, do you?' 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I like Deftones but this cover of Simple Man is utter crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) On 04/10/2022 at 19:16, Newfoundfreedom said: The White Stripes version of Jolene has got to be are pretty close to being the worst thing I've ever heard. FTFY Edited October 13, 2022 by Rich 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 The faux-reggae UB40-style version of 'Rocket Man' that Kate Bush did..... Eurghhh..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 54 minutes ago, toneknob said: Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone Especially Guns N Roses. Their cover was competently played but Axle's vocals are dreadful 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Any cover done by UB40 🤮 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 26 minutes ago, cetera said: The faux-reggae UB40-style version of 'Rocket Man' that Kate Bush did..... Eurghhh..... Yes... not often she drops the ball, but oh my word that was inexcusably bad. 14 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: Especially Guns N Roses. Their cover {Knocking On Heaven's Door} was competently played but Axle's vocals are dreadful I've never liked Bill's voice, but he seemed to go out of his way to make KOHD especially caterwauly and horrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, toneknob said: Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone Close but no cigar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddster Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 There's an awful lots of bad covers, but my personal hate is Diddys cover of Every Breath You Take. A travesty of a cover, destroyed any sentiment in the original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I wondered how long it would be before UB40 got mentioned 🙄, some of their covers were better than the originals imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 30 plus covers of cloying, over-smaltzification. So sugary you'd get chubby listening to it. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11086/covers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) This horribly twee version exists on a Christmas compilation that my wife has. It makes me shout obscenities as soon as Ronan starts...then Moya chimes in and makes it worse... Edited October 5, 2022 by redbandit599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Grimalkin said: 30 plus covers of cloying, over-smaltzification. So sugary you'd get chubby listening to it. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11086/covers Blimey - I though just my one above was enough, don't tell me there's more of this! 🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine Agreed - that Gary Jules one was the start of a truly dreadful trend for doing ‘80’s songs in an incredibly dreary way..... 3 hours ago, toneknob said: Knocking On Heaven's Door by anyone Probably the only song of Dylan’s where the original was definitely best. As much as I like Eric Clapton’s output and respect how it’s evolved over the years, have to say I like his covers least, particularly during his ‘70’s “reggae” phase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I can't decide whether this is terrible or brilliant. It's definitely one extreme or the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimalkin Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: I particularly loathe these two acclaimed covers of two fave TFF songs of mine I would much rather the Lorde version, considering the subject of the song I always thought the TFF original was a song mismatched. A bit twee for the message, with lashings of ginger beer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Sorry Lemmy, but this is utter shite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I disagree. It’s a given that anyone taking on Bowie tracks is always going to contentious, but there are far, far worse from that album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, paul_5 said: I disagree. It’s a given that anyone taking on Bowie tracks is always going to contentious, but there are far, far worse from that album. These threads are fun for seeing everyone’s differing opinions. Granted, it probably isn’t the worst cover version I’ve ever heard, but I just can’t listen to it. As soon as the vocal starts, it’s game over for me! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, ern500evo said: These threads are fun for seeing everyone’s differing opinions. Granted, it probably isn’t the worst cover version I’ve ever heard, but I just can’t listen to it. As soon as the vocal starts, it’s game over for me! 😀 I know what you mean (and I am a massive Motörhead fan) but the vocal does get better as the song progresses. I actually believe that Motörhead’s cover of Enter Sandman is worse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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