FabSwingers.com forum: Most hated cover versions

By *iamondsmiles. OP Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

To copy jane and i know this we have had before

For me it is

Valerie amy whine house version

I will always love you whitney houston version

Run leona lewis version

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

Anything by Westlife lol

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

or should that be everything by Westlife

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

"or should that be everything by Westlife

eurgh! can't abide them!

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By *taffs_hotwifeCouple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Scissor Sisters cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and Gary Jules' cover of Tears for Fears Mad World, hate them both with a passion!

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

Ms dynamite - redemption song.

Rockin all over the world - status quo

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

that horrible smiths cover in the john lewis ad

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford

I suspect it could be Susan Boyle and "Wild Horses".

I say suspect as i couldn't listen to much more than around 30 seconds.

Truly, truly dreadful.

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

Love the Happy Mondays but has anyone heard Stayin' Alive by them, I mean Shaun Ryder trying to emulate the Bee Gee's, ghastly in a twisting my melon kinda way.

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

Starman - The Krankies

Dailymotion

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By *landPeggyCouple
over a year ago

Holland !

Valerie amy whine house version

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By *on101bristolMan
over a year ago

Bristol

Dj Sammy's cover & candle light mix of Bryan Adams - Heaven

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

The Tide is High - Atomic Kitten.... truly awful, ear bleeding material

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

Not hated, but it does make me crave hearing the original, Leona lewis's Run.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

Rod Stewarts version of

have I told you lately

aaaaaarrrrrrhhh stop it now!

maddona

American pie

sacrilege

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

better the devil you know - steps

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

Got to be Leona Lewis' cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. She absolutely ruined it..

The Metallica cover of Thin Lizzy's Whiskey In The Jar is pretty bad too

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

"Got to be Leona Lewis' cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. She absolutely ruined it..

The Metallica cover of Thin Lizzy's Whiskey In The Jar is pretty bad too"

We were going to say the same. Awful, just awful.

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

'Alan Partidge' doing his Kate Bush medley

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

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

"Anything by Westlife lol"

+1 thankfully they have decided to break up pity they didn't do it a decade ago .tina turners version of the beatles help was also appalling

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

"To copy jane and i know this we have had before

For me it is

Valerie amy whine house version

I will always love you whitney houston version

Run leona lewis version"

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Little Mix murdering Damien Rice's great song

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

I was one coerced in to going to see a Westlife concert & left after about half an hour it was the worst concert (and I've been to a lot) I have ever been too

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

I certainly don't hate these versions, after-all both covers were done with the best of motives, and both raised tons of dosh for a great cause….!.

But !!!!!!!!

Band Aid "2‘s" version of, Do They Know It's Christmas

Band Aid’s "20's" version of, Do They Know It's Christmas

Were musically pale versions of the original line-up's effort !

Am I wrong ?

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"I certainly don't hate these versions, after-all both covers were done with the best of motives, and both raised tons of dosh for a great cause….!.

But !!!!!!!!

Band Aid "2‘s" version of, Do They Know It's Christmas

Band Aid’s "20's" version of, Do They Know It's Christmas

Were musically pale versions of the original line-up's effort !

Am I wrong ?

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

Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke. A lesson in how to ruin great lyrics and a simple haunting melody in 3.5 minutes

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By *ustmanCouple
over a year ago

Stoke

"To copy jane and i know this we have had before

For me it is

Valerie amy whine house version

I will always love you whitney houston version

Run leona lewis version"

Spot on - I would have put whinney Houston first tho lol xx

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

"Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke. A lesson in how to ruin great lyrics and a simple haunting melody in 3.5 minutes

Amen brother...

She has the vocal charisma of a floater...;-)

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle

DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer- utter shit from a fuckwit who should be put up against a wall....

Everything by Robson and Jerome...

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle

"DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer- utter shit from a fuckwit who should be put up against a wall....

Everything by Robson and Jerome...

Oh, and 'You've got the love' by Florence and the Masochists (and they must be to listen to that...)

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

all saints version of under the bridge.

god awful

complely missed the point of the story behind it

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By *ornyHorwichCpl aka HHCCouple
over a year ago

horwich

I agree with Under the Bridge by All Saints.

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

"Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke. A lesson in how to ruin great lyrics and a simple haunting melody in 3.5 minutes

feck yes... someone told me she was pop factor or some such show, dear god it was a travesty.

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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

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

See now I loved that but then I've not heard the original

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

See now I loved that but then I've not heard the original"

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WKoN8K6nI

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By *YLINDERCouple
over a year ago

CARDIFF

you got the love ..candi statons version so much better than florence and the machines yuck

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

[Removed by poster at 21/01/12 23:43:12]

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Boyzone.....Words

They slaughtered this lovely song

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

anything by william shatner, he's murder so many.

iris, ronan keating

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

Don't know who it is by but someone has murdered Africa by toto

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By *edriderCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

scissor sisters murdering comfortably numb! grrr

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

Eva Cassidy....Songbird

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

when MTV decided to do a concert in dedication to Metallica, Avril Lavigne "tried" to do a cover of Fuel, what a shambles...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Grq0epcLc

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

See now I loved that but then I've not heard the original

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WKoN8K6nI"

As many people will know it for the Thelma Houston disco version...

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

just heard becks cover of leonard cohen suzanne, it's absolutely diabolical

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

I absolutely hate UB40's version of 'Can't help falling in love with you' They bloody murdered it.

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By *obletonMan
over a year ago

A Home Among The Woodland Creatures

"Ms dynamite - redemption song."

The Stevie Wonder version is far far FAR worse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jjYWpRKgg

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"I absolutely hate UB40's version of 'Can't help falling in love with you' They bloody murdered it."

Agreed, and red red wine was bloody awful.

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

I hate the new version of Wishing on a Star, it keeps being played on Smooth Radio but the original is SO much better.

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

The Far Corporation's "Stairway to Heaven" - complete blasphemy !!!

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

I must admit even if we have a precious attachment to an earlier version of any song, I find the concept of “genuinely hating” a cover piece a little over the top.

However I totally understand the feeling of revulsion which can occur having your senses assaulted by spurious versions of songs where indiscriminate performers have an audacity to imply their random covering adds a value to it ………

So having said that, and even though the original holds no significance to me ,,,,, in the case of Elton John’s 1997 reworking of his own “Candle In The Wind”,,,,,,, I could violently puke every-time I hear it,,,,,

Sox®™

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"The Far Corporation's "Stairway to Heaven" - complete blasphemy !!!"

Agreed, and Rolf Harris!

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By *acavityMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Most of the posts are about artists who have covered a song, and "murdered" it by doing it in their own style.

The ones I hate are covers that sound almost identical with the original. What's the point (apart from the cash)

Two that spring to mind -

Spice Girls - It's raining men

A1 - Take on me

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

That's an easy one..Duran Duran's execrable version of Bowie's 'Fame'. It's pitiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W75BJauz8oo

Closely followed by Scissor Scissors

Comfortably Numb

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

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

Hated Soft Cells version of the classic Tainted Love by Gloria Jones, totally destroyed a stomping track.

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

"The Far Corporation's "Stairway to Heaven" - complete blasphemy !!!"

completely forgot about that one and i have to say i thought it was ok as they didn't try to change it at all.the original cannot be bettered though by the mighty led zep.lets not mention rolf

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"The Far Corporation's "Stairway to Heaven" - complete blasphemy !!!

completely forgot about that one and i have to say i thought it was ok as they didn't try to change it at all.the original cannot be bettered though by the mighty led zep.lets not mention rolf

Rolfs alright if he just sticks to painting.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

Hated Soft Cells version of the classic Tainted Love by Gloria Jones, totally destroyed a stomping track."

Yes, and Judy Streets - What.

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

Paul Shanes version of unchained melody is so bad its good

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

barry manilow ,s cover of meatloafs

read em and weep

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

For us its Amy Winehouse murdering "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" Serious cringing!!

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

The hair lipped El Salvador Quintet Brass band's rendition of The Great Escape!

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By *iamondsmiles. OP Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"For us its Amy Winehouse murdering "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" Serious cringing!!"

I was going to say that as well, its actually scary listening to that.

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By *acktilMan
over a year ago

Tewkesbury

Guns n Roses killing "Sympathy for the Devil"

As slash put it in an inter_iew " It was just bad Plagiarism"

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By *landPeggyCouple
over a year ago

Holland !

Guns and Roses - Knocking on Heavens Door

Remember hearing it for the first time when watching Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, was moving.

No "ah ach ach ah aaaaah!"

At all.

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

leona lewis doing Hurt

Girls aloud (i think) pretenders stand by u

all the xfactor lot and the Glee lot.

any of those rnb singers doing michael jackson songs.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

susan boyle-wild horses

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By *illbillMan
over a year ago

dublin

that shite cover gwen stefani did of the talk talk song its my life

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

hmmmmm.....Ronan Keating and Moya Brennan's version of fairytale of new york has gotta be right up there for me

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

Rolf Harris ..... Stairway to Heaven.

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"For me, it would be the Communards ruining the soul classic,

Don't leave me this way.

See now I loved that but then I've not heard the original"

They also had a go at Gloria Gaynors never can say goodbye, the less said about that the better.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

"Valerie amy whine house version"

If you think thats bad you should hear her version of 'Will you still love me tomorrow'. Its a travesty.

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

"Rolf Harris ..... Stairway to Heaven. "

oh lainey...lainey lainey

that's a classic cover and has pride of place in my collection.....far better than the original

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

"The Tide is High - Atomic Kitten.... truly awful, ear bleeding material

Heard this at a pub quiz last night, bloody awful.

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

In my _iew some songs should have a preservation order...especially in the case of Madonna and American pie...

yazz - the only way is up !

check out Otis Smith far better original on youtube

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