Worst Song Cover Ever

[Lord Beautiful]

OP: I'd say that cover falls into the category of "so bad, it's good." It's so pitiful that it completely avoids offending me and instead provides only amusement.

Avril Lavigne mutilation of System Of A Downs Chop Suey...

Jesus Christ. I wasn't even aware that there was a way to make System of a Down sound worse, but goddamnit, she found a way.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

That's it.
I win.
You can all go home now.

Christ Jesus, I felt like my ears were being raped, that....was...just...AAARRRGHHHH!!!!

 

[Thaliur]

Two pages in and no one mentioned Thin Lizzy and Metallica's crimes against Irish Folk Music? Both delivered the most horribly boring versions of the fantastic song "Whiskey in the jar", and almost everyone only knows their versions and thinks the Dubliners did it wrong because they played it "much too fast".

 

[Chalacachaca]

Desolation Row cover by My Chemical Romance, the original by Bob Dylan was one that got me into his music like 4-5 years ago, and by that time I was just getting into all sorts of music away from the same old punk and metal. So when I heard that cover, that plain guitar, those unpassionate vocals and the absence of that harmonica... along with mutilating the 11:12 minute mark into like 3 minutes or less, well I seriously lost my shit there.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Not that the original was any good.

Exactly, and they did it WORSE? How...?

 

[Stilkon]

I laughed as soon as the guitarist started at a completely different tempo than the one the drummer ticked off. As for bad covers, can you imagine a deathcore version of a U2 song? Well, here it is:

 

[DanielBrown]

Don't know if it gets much worse than this one...
If you want a good laugh, I suggest you watch it.

I feel ninja'd!
Was the first thing I thought about when I saw this thread, so I'll steal your post and agree completely.

 

[Stilkon]

As far as bigger acts pissing on each others milkshake and then drinking it, I think Limp Bizkit's cover of Ministry's "Thieves" is at the top of the horrible heap.

But I loved Ministry.

 

[Jason Danger Keyes]

This thread is so full of hilarity, thank you all for brightening my afternoon.

 

[II2]

As far as bigger acts pissing on each others milkshake and then drinking it, I think Limp Bizkit's cover of Ministry's "Thieves" is at the top of the horrible heap.

But I loved Ministry.

Me too... I wore my Psalm 69 tshirt at half mast when I heard that cover

 

[capper42]

This is terrible. Even worse than her rendition of I love Rock and Roll.

 

[gyroscopeboy]

Richard Cheese does the best cover versions ever...i suggest you listen to wash away the guilt from this thread.

 

[Jailbird408]

I... had the time of my liiiife, and i owe it all to you, you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you,you-

DIRTY BIT

You haven't covered that thing yet? I am disappoint.
It may not technically be a cover, but it's soulless and needlessly techno.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

That's it.
I win.
You can all go home now.

ARGHH! Burn it with fire

Desolation Row cover by My Chemical Romance, the original by Bob Dylan was one that got me into his music like 4-5 years ago, and by that time I was just getting into all sorts of music away from the same old punk and metal. So when I heard that cover, that plain guitar, those unpassionate vocals and the absence of that harmonica... along with mutilating the 11:12 minute mark into like 3 minutes or less, well I seriously lost my shit there.

In my mind that never happened, and no one can tell any different as long as I still stick my fingers in my ears and go "lalalalalalalalalala" very loudly.

On topic;

I had the unfortunate pleasure of hearing a dance remix of The Doors' Been Down So Long which included rapping on the radio the other day. I haven't been able to find that particular version again. However here is another complete raping of that song they made earlier. Enjoy

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