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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What examples of brilliant songs being brutally massacred can people think of?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Van Halen's 'Jump' covered by the cast of Glee.

In fact, anything covered by the cast of Glee is an abomination....

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By *iceguydaveMan
over a year ago

Monmouth

Didn't multi-millionaire oxygen thieves One Direction just manage the clever feat of butchering two classic songs at once ('One Way or Another' and 'Teenage Kicks')?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Duran Duran's cover of Bowie's Fame. Woeful.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Van Halen's 'Jump' covered by the cast of Glee.

In fact, anything covered by the cast of Glee is an abomination...."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything covered by a reality show popstar. Ever.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

I know it was only used as part of making another song but I can't stand that song by Black Eyed Peas "Time Of My Life (Dirty Bit)" - The Dirty Dancing rip off. x

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

"Van Halen's 'Jump' covered by the cast of Glee.

In fact, anything covered by the cast of Glee is an abomination...."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marilyn manson's personal jesus,,don't mess with perfection mate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

help sang by tina turner.she needed help with that one a hell of a lot

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Madonna - American Pie

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Fucking Tom fucking Jones destroying Kiss by Prince. Gah!

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814

Biffy Clyro song been ruined by some Xfactor winner....

Many of Horror??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Electric 6's version of Radio Gaga - a perfect example of how to take every drop of power and passion out of a song and replace it with mind numbing tedium.

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By *at2Couple
over a year ago

north Down

Just heard Michael bubble trash the bee gees song to love somebody lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Every song by Westlife.

Buble when he does his karaoke American Song Book. Don't mind him singing his own stuff.

Burly Chassis singing Something by the Beatles

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By *asey369Woman
over a year ago

London

Leona Lewis cover of Snow Patrols "Run".

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

Every Westlife song.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything on X Factor.

Who picks their sound engineers ?????

Most sound like they are in a bathroom.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My most hated cover version is the Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge being covered by All Saints ... makes you want to cry for all the wrong reasons ... then there is Paul Anka's "Rock Swings" album ... a swing version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" anyone? An utter travesty.

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By *iceguydaveMan
over a year ago

Monmouth

Two words: Robson. Jerome.

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

Rearrange these 2 words to come up with an aged actor who thinks he can sing...

Shatner William

**shudder**

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Boyzone…..’Words’ (Bee Gees)

Boyzone…..’Father and Son’ (Cat Stevens)

Tina Turner…..’Let’s stay together’ (Al Green)

Johnny Cash….’Solitary Man’ (Neil Diamond)

Johnny Cash….’In my life’ (Beatles)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Leona Lewis cover of Snow Patrols "Run"."

I actually like both versions. Actually, I prefer leona lewis version

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

My three most hated cover versions ever

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Leona lewis - Run

Amy whinehouse - Valerie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My three most hated cover versions ever

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Leona lewis - Run

Amy whinehouse - Valerie"

You prefer the original to whitney version? Really?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marcus from x factor covering white stripes 7 nation army truly awful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My three most hated cover versions ever

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Leona lewis - Run

Amy whinehouse - Valerie

You prefer the original to whitney version? Really? "

I agree. You can hear emotion in Dollys voice that Whitneys trilling could not capture.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"My three most hated cover versions ever

I will always love you - Whitney Houston

Leona lewis - Run

Amy whinehouse - Valerie

You prefer the original to whitney version? Really? "

Most definetly, its always been one of my favourites and then she went and started screeching it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anything covered by a reality show popstar. Ever. "

true, but extra special mention in this category must go to the butchering of leonard cohen's hallelujah

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Didn't multi-millionaire oxygen thieves One Direction just manage the clever feat of butchering two classic songs at once ('One Way or Another' and 'Teenage Kicks')?"

oh my god- they did teenage kicks? i just died a little inside...

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By *adybee77Woman
over a year ago

MAMOBA, miles and miles of bugger all (Aberdeenshire)

With you on whitney's killing of I will always love you.

anything by reality tv people

mica paris murdered "one" (and I'm not a u2 fan)

and I hated florence and the machine doing "you got the love"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Madonna singing 'American Pie'.It was atrocious!

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

"then there is Paul Anka's "Rock Swings" album ... a swing version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" anyone? An utter travesty."

The Paul Anka and Pat Boone albums were brilliant and both quite 'knowing', rather than the entirely unironic versions trotted out by the Reality TV bods !

Plus, Anka and Boone had shit hot big-bands that could make anything sound good !

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

I love the Shatner ones! Exactly as a crappy cover should be! You just cannot take them seriously!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any be elvis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All saints doing red hot chilli peppers under the bridge, always remember them doing an interview and they had no clue about it being a song about being addicted to heroin lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fucking Tom fucking Jones destroying Kiss by Prince. Gah!

So he was fucking at the time? I wondered why his voice was shaky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any Metallica hit sung acapella by Buddhist monks.

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By *at2Couple
over a year ago

north Down

Always liked ub40s red red wine until I heard the original by Neil diamond and now don't like the ub40 version

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

"All saints doing red hot chilli peppers under the bridge, always remember them doing an interview and they had no clue about it being a song about being addicted to heroin lol.

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares to U

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By *nfieldishCouple
over a year ago

Enfield

"Leona Lewis cover of Snow Patrols "Run"."

Twas an abomination...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rearrange these 2 words to come up with an aged actor who thinks he can sing...

Shatner William

**shudder**"

Yeah I've never been a fan of Walter Liamnish either.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Johny Cash, covering NIN's Hurt, not because i think its crap, its not bad, but because i have heard so many people think it was an original

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By *adybee77Woman
over a year ago

MAMOBA, miles and miles of bugger all (Aberdeenshire)

Great covers

Johnny Cash - hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

30 seconds to mars - bad romance (lady gaga)

Sinead o' Connor - nothing compares 2 u (prince)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Marilyn manson's personal jesus,,don't mess with perfection mate

Er worse! Hillary blumming duff! And the Saturdays just can't get enough, tho it was for charity

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Leona Lewis cover of Snow Patrols "Run".

I actually like both versions. Actually, I prefer leona lewis version "

Me too

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

UB40....Kingston Town

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"All saints doing red hot chilli peppers under the bridge, always remember them doing an interview and they had no clue about it being a song about being addicted to heroin lol.

Change of tone here but what's the best cover you have heard? For me its gotta be faith no more covering Lionel richies "easy" they just gave it so much more soul, even lionel richie himself said it was superior to his, and uses the fnm arrangment when he plays it live "
slash all saint as the worst cover ive ever heard, was just in the car and the singer from fall out boy was on there covering bowies "life on mars", pure sacrelage this whiney voiced cretin even attempting a classic like that

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By *r and mrs willingCouple
over a year ago

SOUTH WEST & WALES

Torture in the dentist's chair recently - heard a version of Another Brick In The Wall by Urbandux. Painful.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Electric 6's version of Radio Gaga - a perfect example of how to take every drop of power and passion out of a song and replace it with mind numbing tedium."

Haven't hear it thank God

My worst ones have to be

M People - Itchycoo Park and

Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi

Both for the same reason really: the first is a celebration of the beauty of nature, latter a warning about modernity and the commoditisation of everything good. In both cases they take something natural and earthy sounding and turn it into something lifeless and synthetic.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

*heard

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

can't believe no one mentioned Rolf Harris murdering stairway to heaven!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Also, Ian Brown - Redemption Song

(Sorry, a honky singing that song should be illegal. His singing is fucking awful as well.)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Military wives annies song its bloody awful!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Great cover versions

Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Isaac Hayes - Walk On By

Tori Amos - Lovesong

The Flaming Lips and Amander Palmer - First Time Ever I saw Your Face (not just because of the video)

John Lennon - Stand by Me

Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House

Talking Heads - Take Me To the River (which reminds me...for the 'atrocious' list - Tom Jones and The Cardigans covering Burning Down the House)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Leona Lewis cover of Snow Patrols "Run".

I actually like both versions. Actually, I prefer leona lewis version "

Same here though probably Leona Lewis more as cannot stand snow patrol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cher, loads of songs but particularly Walking in Memphis...

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Emotions by Destiny's Child

At Last by Beyonce

Careless Whispers by Smokey Robinson...truly tragic, my ears are still bleeding!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't agree ... really... just can't ...

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Any be elvis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fall out boy covered Beat it by Michael Jackson ....dreadful

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By *eviantprnCouple
over a year ago

Woking

McFly covered a couple of songs by The Who a few years back, one of them was Pinball Wizard if I recall. Was so painful I've all but blocked it from my memory.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every Westlife song.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fall out boy covered Beat it by Michael Jackson ....dreadful

I saw this last night in a music channel. Wasn't aware of its existence until then. Bloody awful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anything to come out of the X Factor, you would think they could get a decent song writer for them.

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