Worst Covers Ever

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Although I'm a huge fan of Radiohead, I think their Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here cover was subpar.

Good call.

[DMKA]

I just heard Avril Lavigne's cover of Greenday's "Basketcase" today...I no longer wish to live. ;___;

[Itsunari 2000]

Jessica Simpson's cover of " Take my Breath Away ", for the Top Gun movie - not an amazing song but I liked it up until she muscled in and ruined it beyond repair with her damned cheesiness.And that sister of hers ... * punches wall *

[MecaKane]

Eminem's covers of "Dream On," and "Toy Soldiers." What's wrong, Slim Anus? Running out of original material? You had to not only rip off Aerosmith, but you also had to rip off a one-hit wonder from Kids, Incorporated, too? No wonder you're going downhill.

That sadly reminded me of... I dont know if it was a cover, but I know that it contained the same music... that song Puff Daddy did for Godzilla 2000, with the music from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir (and maybe the words, I dunno). So so sad. Kashmir is... beyond words in it's sweetness, and then Puff Daddy had to go screw it up... and damned Jimmy Page helped him. Dammit!

I wouldn't exactly call them covers, maybe toy soldiers since they have the same name and maybe the lyrics, but the others are like... what rap music is built on, rapping their own words over other people's music. Tupac's Changes, and countless others were the same way. Some follow the same subject matter and keep the chous and stuff. Good? Bad? I dunno!

[Brian The Pink Shark]

i hate most covers except ones that Judas Priest and Iron Maiden did (maybe im just biased) but i really hated the All-Saint's (was it them?) cover of the Chilli's "Under The Bridge"

["Satyricon"]

motorhead's cover of ac/dc's back in black..that was just annyoing listening to. metallica:garage INC is a good cover cd. metallica started as a cover band and they sure know wich songs that fits them.
im sure there is much worse covers than motorhead with back in black...but u guys allready typed them..so

[muchacho]

most if not all bands start off as a cover band there cheif.

[crazybayman]

Eminem's covers of "Dream On," and "Toy Soldiers." What's wrong, Slim Anus? Running out of original material? You had to not only rip off Aerosmith, but you also had to rip off a one-hit wonder from Kids, Incorporated, too? No wonder you're going downhill.

That sadly reminded me of... I dont know if it was a cover, but I know that it contained the same music... that song Puff Daddy did for Godzilla 2000, with the music from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir (and maybe the words, I dunno). So so sad. Kashmir is... beyond words in it's sweetness, and then Puff Daddy had to go screw it up... and damned Jimmy Page helped him. Dammit!

Anytime ANY rapper tries to cover a classic, its horrible. Rap is bad enough as it is, and then they disgrace a classic by adding a few "uh's" and "yeah's", and the same riff or lyric in repitition. P-Diddy's cover of Kashmir is a good example, and so is that one by P-Diddy and Notorious B.I.G.'s chick after he died....whats-her-name.......damn, they did an 80's love song..originally by Sting (or the police), I think.....anybody remember the name?!? Anyways, it was horrible, that's probably why I forget it.


Most covers that Metallica did, like Blitzkreig and and Bob Seger's Turn the Page were awesome, in my opinion. Metallica actually did a better job than the original composers!!

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["Satyricon"]

i totally agree. die die my darling is much cooler by metallica than the misfits version

[Giga Guess]

Hmmmmm....Cyndi Lauper's rendition of Unchained Melody didn't do anything for me.

[Dingo Jellybean]

Anytime ANY rapper tries to cover a classic, its horrible. Rap is bad enough as it is, and then they disgrace a classic by adding a few "uh's" and "yeah's", and the same riff or lyric in repitition. P-Diddy's cover of Kashmir is a good example, and so is that one by P-Diddy and Notorious B.I.G.'s chick after he died....whats-her-name.......damn, they did an 80's love song..originally by Sting (or the police), I think.....anybody remember the name?!? Anyways, it was horrible, that's probably why I forget it.

That song was the 1983 Billboard #1 hit Every Breath You Take by The Police. The song P.Diddy did with Faith Evans was I'll Be Missing You, the lyrics were (for the verses mostly) changed quite a bit from the original.

The song was pretty good, even to people I know who were fans of The Police. It was one of the very few good rap covers if you ask me. If you think rap covers over rock songs are horrible, it's even worst the other way around. I mean Ben Folds is the best example to mind right now, he is a good talent...but it goes to waste in a cover of Dre's Bitches Ain't Sh*t. I'm sorry, no rock singer should ever try to rap...it's like, as some would quote it "An embarrassment to white people everywhere."

[DMKA]

Eminem's covers of "Dream On," and "Toy Soldiers." What's wrong, Slim Anus? Running out of original material? You had to not only rip off Aerosmith, but you also had to rip off a one-hit wonder from Kids, Incorporated, too? No wonder you're going downhill.

That sadly reminded me of... I dont know if it was a cover, but I know that it contained the same music... that song Puff Daddy did for Godzilla 2000, with the music from Led Zeppelin's Kashmir (and maybe the words, I dunno). So so sad. Kashmir is... beyond words in it's sweetness, and then Puff Daddy had to go screw it up... and damned Jimmy Page helped him. Dammit!

I wouldn't exactly call them covers, maybe toy soldiers since they have the same name and maybe the lyrics, but the others are like... what rap music is built on, rapping their own words over other people's music. Tupac's Changes, and countless others were the same way. Some follow the same subject matter and keep the chous and stuff. Good? Bad? I dunno!

That's called "sampleing", not a cover.

[Perducci]

By a country mile....Under the Bridge by the All Saints. How dare they.

I agree.
But there was a band who did a cover of Under the Bridge even worse than the All Saints did...
It was some punk band called '36 Spoons' or something...

[crazybayman]

Anytime ANY rapper tries to cover a classic, its horrible. Rap is bad enough as it is, and then they disgrace a classic by adding a few "uh's" and "yeah's", and the same riff or lyric in repitition. P-Diddy's cover of Kashmir is a good example, and so is that one by P-Diddy and Notorious B.I.G.'s chick after he died....whats-her-name.......damn, they did an 80's love song..originally by Sting (or the police), I think.....anybody remember the name?!? Anyways, it was horrible, that's probably why I forget it.

That song was the 1983 Billboard #1 hit Every Breath You Take by The Police. The song P.Diddy did with Faith Evans was I'll Be Missing You, the lyrics were (for the verses mostly) changed quite a bit from the original.

The song was pretty good, even to people I know who were fans of The Police. It was one of the very few good rap covers if you ask me. If you think rap covers over rock songs are horrible, it's even worst the other way around. I mean Ben Folds is the best example to mind right now, he is a good talent...but it goes to waste in a cover of Dre's Bitches Ain't Sh*t. I'm sorry, no rock singer should ever try to rap...it's like, as some would quote it "An embarrassment to white people everywhere."

Yep........that is an embarrasment for a rock band to try to cover a rap (crap) song. Why any rock band would try to do that is beyond me. If I were a musical artist, I personally would have more pride and self respect than to tarnish my album, with the crap people call rap. I have never heard that song by Ben Folds Five, but I can imagine its pretty horrible. That's why you don't see it that often, because its just wrong. Its like Metallica trying to sing a Hymn.

That said, quite often you see rappers covering classic rock songs, and I personally think its stupid. And no I don't care how popular a rap cover was, they just get puffy OR Jay-Z repeating that "uh, yeah", "know-what-'am-sayin'" crap, and some chick who can sing saying the chorus over and over again. It always sucks.

Maybe that's just me and my bias for rock/alternative/metal/hardcore/etc, and actual musicianship. I never could get down with the gangsta/homeboy image, rap or R&B, or techno, or whatever.

[TheAbominatrix]

I just heard Avril Lavigne's cover of Greenday's "Basketcase" today...I no longer wish to live. ;___;

She covered another song!? I swear, it's an evil plot!