The Killers have some really good covers, notably Shadowplay by Joy Division and Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits. (althogh the original is amazing too)
And yeah, Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. Best cover ever.
How could I forget about the epicness of Unkle Cracker - Drift Away.
I think there is worse.
Oh, I know, but if you notice that is post- Golden Age of Grotesque and therefore post-good-Manson. Personal Jesus made me want to dig my ear drums out with rusty spoons.
Oh yeah I remember the worst now - Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil Kim mauling Lady Marmalade. The video makes me feel nauseous too.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
You hold my heart in your manly hands I wanna feel the throb of your handsome gland. I wanna hold you tight like a newborn kitten, against my flesh like a cashmere mitten. Tickly tick, I'm makin' skin bump heaven and all the way down it's lookin' cleanly shaven. Prickety pricks, it's stubble on stubble I better slow down or I'm in real trouble. Want you, touch you, feel you, taste you! Knick knack whacky whack 'till I see the man stew. spin you around let me see that hole! I'm a tunnelin' in a like a short hair mole. Once I'm inside I'm gonna leave a trace, half in there and half on that face! One finger, two finger, there fingers gone! Mano a mano I love you John!
No, Under Pressure is still worse then Walking with a Ghost Cover.
And yes, Smooth Criminal is better as the cover, and I grew up listening to, and quite enjoying, Michael JAckson. Though I actually hated his version of SMooth Criminal.![]()