Songs done by other singers that are oh, so, so wrong.

[terrya]

Frank Sinatra singing the Beatles' "Something"...that was so wrong on so many levels.

[shaolinmonkey]

1. William Shatner

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

Stinkerino.

[MadHound]

12. William Shatner, singing anything

Don't get me wrong, I love the man, but he should stick with campy acting rather than torturing us with campy singing.

[SarahB]

2. Celine Dion doing Lennon's "Beautiful Boy"

I heard this recently and it made me ill. I can't stand her.

[NamVetsWeeLass]

4. yeah but who is to blame here?

Celine Dion for having the gall to do it, or Yoko for LETTING her?

[Parche]

56. celine

Celine makes me want to hurl a Cheney

[Parche]

58. rimes

Anything Leann Rimes does is sing other peoples songs

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Didn't Fred Durst or somebody cover "Behind Blue Eyes?"

:puke:

[FunBobbyMucha]

5. Not only did he cover it, Durst wrote additional lyrics!

The little no-talent shit.

[blondeatlast]

27. Barf. Barf. Barf. nt

[Fenris]

6. The ironic part was

He left out the LOUD part of the song. It was like an extended version of the acoustic part of the song, except performed by a giant tool.

[Richardo]

18. I think we're all in agreeance on Fred Durst

:evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

46. Fred Durst

auuugggghhhh :nuke:

[Norbert]

7. Pat Boone - Tutti Frutti

[Burma Jones]

8. A Real Oldie, seen on some TV Documentary....Pat Boone

Doing Tutti-Frutti by the incomparable Little Richard

[Beware the Beast Man]

9. The Brady Kids' cover of "Proud Mary"

:scared:

[Skittles]

10. that insipid wench Stefani is it? Singing IT'S MY LIFE

gawd how I DESPISE that whiny, breathy, tinny voice. I put her right up there with Natalie Merchant as far as voices that make me want to scratch my eyes out.

[American Tragedy]

11. Thank God, I thought I was the only one

When I was growing up in the nineties my mom looooooved 10,000 Maniacs. I must have heard every song they ever over a hundred times. I actually like some of them for their lyrics and subject matter, which comparatively speaking is fairly sophisticated for pop music. Yet she has the most aggravatingly incomprehensible nasal singing voice. I can't understand a word that she says without the liner notes even though I've heard it so many times. I'm accustomed to classically-trained singers, who sing from their chest and throat rather than their head, which is one of the reasons Merchant constantly sounds flat.

I remember wishing desperately that they could redo all of their music with another vocalist.

[Skittles]

15. I was in a department store once and a Natalie song

came over the speakers; I absolutely had to get out of there, her voice irritates me THAT much. I'm glad I'm not the only one either End of all Hope !!!

[sister moon]

53. I knew the Maniacs personally--sorta

They are from my hometown, Jamestown NY. I remember when they would play at local clubs I couldn't understand a word she was singing. I asked my friend, John Lombardo(who was a founding member but who later dropped out just as they were getting really popular), what the hell she was singing. He explained that she just likes to sing random syllables and sounds and it isn't even words at all sometimes. I doubt that she is still doing that, though. I think I will start a new thread called "Who do you know that's famous?"

[blondeatlast]

28. God yes. Barf AGAIN. nt

[djeseru]

42. "It's My Life" was a special one for me...

...and Stefani truly ruined it. I was horrified when I first heard her 'version'.

Nothing, no one, comes close to Talk Talk.

[no name no slogan]

48. I'm a big Talk Talk fan-- and she damn near ruined that song for me

and I wholeheartedly agree about Natalie Merchant. Yeah, sure, she's a right-on PC meat-hating sister, but she's really got to get over herself.

She made some dumbass comment at a festival show here about ten years ago, how she was angry with some of the corporate sponsors of the gig for defiling the planet and destroying the earth-- neverminding the fact that the massive amount of electricity she needed to perform was being generously supplied by the nuclear reactor 40 miles upstream from her.

Pretentious, self-rightious liberals really piss me off. Especially the ones who drive gas-guzzling cars and buy expensive material things and then act all 'proletarian' on you for eating a hamburger. :eyes:

[FunBobbyMucha]

13. Don't know who these choads are, but whoever remade "Imagine."

They do it in a quasi-P.O.D. style, slower than ever way. Hideous with a side order of shit for brains.

Surely John's corpse has struck oil, what with the rate at which he spins in his grave.

[chenGOD]

36. That would be A Perfect Circle

Who feature James Maynard Keenan from the band Tool.

I don't like that cover very much, but I love Tool. They're a very interesting band...

[Runcible Spoon]

54. CHOADS! HA! I thought I was the only one who says that!

nt

[NuckinFutz]

14. It was a Janis Joplin tune....

Take Another Little Piece of My Heart....twisted for new country, and sung by Faith Hill, or someone of her ilk....Ew! EW! EEEW!


Another bad one is Fleetwood Mac's Landslide covered by the Dixie Chicks...I admire the Chicks, but they should've left this one alone>

[Aristus]

16. Oh No, no, no, no, no! Don't go messin' with my Chicks!

They did a great job on "Landslide". Plus Natalie Maines is about as cute as a human being can get. :-)

[ronnykmarshall]

31. I'll second that.

I love the Chicks singing "Landslide". Stevie Nicks sang with them on "Divas Live" and it was great.

[Lavender Brown]

22. I think LeAnn Rimes is responsible for that Janis cover

:scared: Yeah, it was a heinous crime against music.

[Richardo]

17. The BeeGees covering "Oh! Darling" in SPLHCB (the movie)

Warm treacle smearing McCartney's sharp raw bluesy edge. What was the POINT?. x(

[JimmyJazz]

19. Jessica Simpson's remake of Berlin's

Take My Breath Away.

[Brewman_Jax]

26. True!

You beat me by 2 mins. Blast! :dunce:

[JimmyJazz]

29. ah, don't feel bad - it was too obvious! Tepid as day old

dishwater...She should stick to comedy :P

[eyesroll]

20. There are lots of abysmal covers out these days.

Marilyn Manson doing "Personal Jesus," for one. Not that I have a major Depeche Mode fetish or anything...but the cover is basically Marilyn Manson doing "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" or Marilyn Manson doing anything else.

[Brewman_Jax]

21. Jessica Simpson's remake of "Take My Breath Away"

Absolutely hideous! :puke:

I'll think of some more. :scared:

[CO Liberal]

23. Frank Sinatra's Cover of "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"

:-)

[ronnykmarshall]

32. I can top that ....

KATE SMITH sang "Leroy Brown" on TV one time.

[Kelli372]

24. Clay Aiken singing "When Doves Cry" by Prince

[MissMillie]

43. Yikes!

I'm glad I haven't heard that one.

[MissMillie]

25. This one just came out... Celine Dion

Doing Lennon's "Beautiful Boy"


:puke:

[blondeatlast]

30. Anyone but Motown artists doing Motown covers.

The sins of the white folk* are far too numerous to be listed here, but I'm sure you can think of some on your own.

*of which I am, so no flames, okay?

[ronnykmarshall]

34. I'm with ya on that.

When ever I hear someone trying to do a Supremes song .... :grr:

[blondeatlast]

33. (Zips flameproof suit up) anything by Simply Red.

Abysmal.

[CO Liberal]

35. The Ethel Merman Disco Album

'Nuff said.

[Brewman_Jax]

37. Britney's remake of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative"

My jaw hit the floor when I heard it. :wow:

I couldn't believe how awful it was! :puke:

[DelawareValleyDem]

38. Anne Murray

signing Daydream Believer. Also, Fats Domino signing Lady Madonna. Somehow, Fats doing an imitation of McCartney doing an imitation of Fats didn't work.

[JimmyJazz]

39. Just so that everyone knows I can be somewhat objective

Hey, Wat - pay attention here :P :

I don't like the Clash's cover of Police and Thieves - I must prefer the original by Junior Murvin!

[Wat_Tyler]

40. Hey, I was only bugging you about The Clash.

I didn't mean to cause lasting scarring, honest. :D

[JimmyJazz]

52. yeah,yeah I hear ya - you'll get the bill from my therapist!

BTW - my goal was to answer every musical post with a Clash answer, but you stumped me with the stringed orchestra question - I'm pretty sure there's one out there, but I can't think of it.

[BurtWorm]

41. Mrs. Miller singing Girl from Ipanema or Yllllllw Submarine.

:wow:

[CO Liberal]

44. Mrs. Miller Singing ANYTHING!!!

Actually, she took singing lessons after her first album was released. Her second album was a flop - no one liked her after she learned how to sing....


Source: http://www.317x.com/

[ironflange]

She's great

I have a cd full of her stuff, courtesy of the old Napster, that I like to play in the truck. I have to be alone, though, as Mrs. Ironflange and daughter do not share my highly refined musical tastes. They like Phil Collins.

[BurtWorm]

65. Too much Mrs. Miller is like too many candy corns.

:wow:

[charlie]

45. Whitney

turning the little pop ditty I Will Always Love You into a how-many-bars-can-I-squeeze-out-of-one-breath endurance trial. My lungs ache when I hear that song.

[Dan-W]

47. Michael Bolton doing The Bee Gees "to Love Somebody".

Cripes, he even changed "in my brain" to "in my mind". UGGGHH!

[no name no slogan]

61. Michael Bolton doing ANYTHING

especially "When a Man Loves a Woman" :puke:

(insert obligatory Office Space quote here)

:puke: :puke:

[sister moon]

49. Anything by anyone who's attempting to pay "tribute" to

Van Morrison. He's the one and only, don't even try--you will only hurt yourself.

[ironflange]

50. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!? HANG YOUR HEADS!

Madonna. American Pie. Why did it take this long?

[Merrick]

63. .

[Wat_Tyler]

51. Rod Stewart, period.

[hiphopnation]

55. Lady Marmalade

"sang" by what's her name, the other chick, that one girl, and that lady.

Of course doesn't even compare to the original...

[GreenPartyVoter]

59. Oh yeah, Moulin Rouge destroyed many a fine song.

[GreenPartyVoter]

57. That bouncy country cover of "Piece of my Heart" gives me the willies

[Texasgal]

60. Mariah Carey doing

Def Leppard's "bringing on the heartache" UGGGG! Talk about fucking up a perfectly good power ballad!

[Z_I_Peevey]

62. Mel Torme doing *Games People Play*

One of many on his *A Time for Us* album. Others include *Happy Together* and *She's Leaving Home.*

Like Harry Anderson, I'm a huge Mel Torme fan, but this album just blew.

[Merrick]

64. Cypress Hill's sampling of the Clash's Armagideon Time

Its not a true cover as they just took the music of Armagideon Time and rapped over it, but God its putrid. Those assmunches should be beaten half sober with their bongs for such an atrocity.