Worst cover songs

[rayoflightboy]

I thought Dancing in the moonlight by Top Loader was bad.
Along comes the cover version.
My God it's awful.

For your listening pleasure

Callum Scott- Dancing on my own.

He just makes it sound so whiney!

Lulu's cover of The Man Who Sold the World makes me want to perforate my own eardrums.

My twatty downstairs neighbour has his telly up really loud. I regularly hear a snippet of a shite balladised version of Rick Astley’s Together Forever (presumably in an advert), sung by some earnest young dweeb. It makes me want to break things.

I’ve heard loads of (what were) great ‘80s songs that have been absolutely slaughtered by women with Lily Allen-type voices. Ghastly modern phenomenon.

I’m a right curmudgeon.

Rolf Harris, Stairway to Heaven.

Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed. Whenever I hear it, it's almost like physical pain to my ears.

Any breathy pseudo emo cover versions.

Alexandra Burke doing Hallelujah.
The whole reason the Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley versions are so great is that they are quiet, understated and powerful.

So she turns it into a belter with a full gospel choir...

A New England by Kirsty McColl. Toe-curlingly awful.

@Ceebeegee

I LOVE that version 😂

No cover is better than the original - unless it’s a Bob Dylan song!

Duran Duran's whole covers album was shocking and in a fan. 'White Lines' and 'Perfect Day' are particularly shite.

I like the original and Disturbed's Sound of Silence.
Which female butchered Sweet Child O' Mine? That was appalling.

Lily Allen's version of Somewhere Only We Know by Keane. One of my favourite songs & she ruined it with her shite vocals & because she's such a prat.
Even worse because it was on the John Lewis Christmas ad, so many people think it's her own song!
Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Any weedy, breathy, emo John Lewis type covers make me want to stick nails in my ears.

There's a versin of Tears for Fears Mad World that takes all the soul out of it, I don't know who sung it but they suck, and there was a really shitty version of Ain't Nobody for some advert that was just horrific. Neither of those songs need covering they're both perfect just as they are.

Madonna's version of American Pie is one of the worst things I have ever had the misfortune of hearing.

And the video, where she is gyrating around in front of the camera in a grubby vest top is just a bit much.

There's a cover of Manic Monday by the Bangles being played on Radio 2 at the moment. I don't know who sings it because I've switched off after about 10 seconds every time I've heard it!

Gary Jules - Mad World. Kill me now.
I'm too scared to listen to a worse version of Toploader.

Shirley Bassey's version of Pink's 'Get the party started' proper made me lol

Dancing in the moonlight was originally recorded by King Harvest in the seventies.

So Toploader did a bad cover which in turn was covered badly. Again!

@Ceebeegee

Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed. Whenever I hear it, it's almost like physical pain to my ears.

Wash your mouth out with soap 😂 that is my most favourite version and I dont even like disturbed

Hurt by johnny cash. The original is all about the pain and suffering of Trent Reznor's drug abuse. So johnny turned it into a tragic love song by changing the lyrics at the end.
Also Under The Bridge by All Saints. They did the self same thing. Makes my blood boil.

Any of those god awful covers on commercials sang in a breathy way. Mostly sang by people who sound like they are doing an impression of a five year old.

And fucking Toploader were just awful all round.

That Disturbed cover is awful. Never understand why people like it so much. So cheesy and the production is really bad, makes it headachy to listen to.

Obviously there are worse ones. Madonna's American Pie springs to mind. Any X Factor winner. Loads really.

Any of those god awful covers on commercials sang in a breathy way. Mostly sang by people who sound like they are doing an impression of a five year old.

This is pretty much word for word what I was going to post. I loathe all those faux-naïf, wispy, acoustic, beige bore-fests