Lemonade Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 McFly - Don't Stop Me Now. Being for charity is no excuse for ruining a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get lost Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 no doubt - sliver (nirvana)marilyn manson - tainted lovemetallica - whiskey in the jarAgreed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolsville Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Just heard Will Young doing Light My Fire on the radio just now and had to add it to this list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammer Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I found that cover offensive.Yes indeed McFly made a bad choice as you cannot improve perfection...aka Jellyfish.I'd like to add two further clangers of bad taste:Queensryche - Scarborough Fair (a b-side but surely in line for comedic accolades at it's overwrought pomposity..indeed check it out if you can, it's so bad you must hear it)Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven (AOR plodders plum the depths)And to put that nail in your coffin what about the desperation cover albums e.g. Duran Duran "Thank You" , Def Leppard "Yeah" or the daddy of them all (read em and weep): Status Quo - The Cover Up 1. Get Back2. Runaround Sue3. Centerfold4. Don't Bring Me Down5. Roll Over Beethoven6. Fun Fun Fun - Status Quo & The Beach Boys7. Hound Dog8. Mony Mony9. Get Out Of Denver10. Rock 'n' Me11. I Fought The Law12. Pump It Up13. Proud Mary14. Old Time Rock 'n' Roll15. When I'm Dead And Gone16. Once Bitten Twice Shy17. Tobacco Road18. Claudette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 the quo's cover of centerfold was ace, i thoughalong with fun fun funand to add to the listgreen day - working class herokorn - word up/another brick in the walllimp bizkit - behind blue eyesits my life - no doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 duran duran's 'thank you' had a version of white lines on it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Lulu 'The man who sold the world'David Bowie 'Sorrow'Dolly Parton 'Stairway to heaven' everybody involved in that hideous version of 'Perfect Day' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Boyzone - Father And Son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Can we simply say 'any cover of Stairway', except the Bill Bailey banjo version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 rolf harris's one gets an honourable mention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 duran duran's 'thank you' had a version of white lines on it.....Which was acyually pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 rolf harris's one gets an honourable mentionrolf's version of 'stairway' was brilliant. i saw him do it live in panto in wimbledon in 1995, complete with digiridoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency72 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Johnny Cash did a very sincere and beautiful cover of In My Life also, now that Dave mentions it. Put a different slant on it as a dying man, certainly.Agree with that 100%.....YES did a brilliant take on "Every Little Thing" aswell....Gene Simmons - Firestarter, thats a fucking stinker of a cover...Gene Simmons - "Firestarter" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have a particular hatred of John Lennon's cover of "Stand By Me" for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Rod Stewart murdering 'The Downtown Lights' for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 David Bowie 'Sorrow'I quite like that cover actually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I quite like that cover actually!Yeah, better than the Status Quo version anyway.Doesn't matter who's doing it though, that rhyme of "oughta" with "daughter" always jars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Graham Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 The Scissor Sisters - Comfortably NumbJamie Cullum - High and Dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Jamie Cullum - High and DryThat wee fucker was on Radio 2 this morning on Pop Master. He got 8 out of 39, what a fud. Ken Bruce kept trying to help him with the answers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 everybody involved in that hideous version of 'Perfect Day'Oh ya basturt! I had forgotten all about that shite - now it's running round my heid like a hairy worm!Thon wiz absolutely gantin' Everyone involved in that abortion should hang their head in shame....The "highlights" in that song for me were...Dr. John - "...just a poi-fick day..."Gabrielle - "...ahm glad ah spennit wich yoooo..."Heather Small - "...you gonna ree-ee-ee-eeap wha-a-a-a-atm you-ooo, sow-ow-ow-ow, yeah-woa-oh"Utter Fucking Gash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 i don't know if you can call it a cover, but: justice - blood on our hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Van the Man - "...just a poi-fick day..."That was Dr. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 That was Dr. John Are you sure - I thought it was The Vanster who delivered that line. I do stand to be corrected though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yep, was Dr John.Some decent artists involved in that as well, Lou Reed, Emmylou Harris, what the hell were they thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Yep, was Dr John.Some decent artists involved in that as well, Lou Reed, Emmylou Harris, what the hell were they thinking?Probably the same as whatever went through Bowie's warped mind when he duetted with Bing Crosby on "Little Drummer Boy" - "...ah-rumpa-pum-pum..."A toe-curler of the highest order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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