Bad Cover Versions

[China Doll]

Morning (just) all,

I've just had to turn my radio off as I could no longer listen to a whiney young girl (Jo-Jo?) murdering the Foo Fighters Times Like These. This has now been filed in my brain along with All Saint's wonderful rendition of Under the Bridge! Now personally I don't think that spraying the girl with pepper spay so she knows never to do that again to be an unjust punishment. As to the All Saints, well I guess I could just steal their straightners and wonder bras.

So my question is what cover versions of songs make you cringe and see a slight red mist? And as a bonus, what punishment would you dish out to those who ruin your favourite songs?

Cheers
China

[whattheheck]

Anything that Ronan Keating has covered really, not heard a good one yet. I'd like to say Steps "Tragedy" but I don't reckon the Bee Gees original was all that brilliant either. Having said that, I do quite like Far Corporation's version of "Stairway to Heaven", not that it's better than Zep's but it ain't bad.

[andrea81]

The worst type of cover version is one of a bad song to start i.e. Barbie Girl by Aqua been covered by those Big Brother Twins!

Pap!

[andy-hughes]

'Baby I Love Your Way' by Big Mountain makes me long to hit something hard and repeatedly, but the ultimate has to be -

"With A Little Help From My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet.

For some reason, people who usually offer sane opinions on the world, seem to think that Marty Pellow's voice has 'soul'! EEEEEEKKKK!!!

I would like the wind to change when he grins his 'cheeky' (actually I know I'm quite gorgeous aren't I?) grin, so he sticksl like that, and looks like a muppet for all time.

As for the Big Mountain guy - if someone could wire a generator to his nadgers so he gets 1,000 volts every time he goes "La de dah ..." - that will do for me.

God, I feel better now!

[B00]

Madonna's American Pie- 'nuff said!!

[China Doll]

Marty Pellow and 'soul' in the same sentence, who'd have thunk it?! :c)

[China Doll]

And how would you punish her Boobies?

[vicious_sid]

comfortably numb by the scissor sisters
and as for punishment, a bed of nails, cheesewire and very big, heavy men wearing big heavy boots should deal with it

[Jules001]

Amy Winehouse's version of Valerie. I would hang her out on the washing line pegged by her hair and let the birds peck her eyes out

[China Doll]

Oh I'd forgotten aout that one Jules, good on you! Bloody awful and she deserves pegging.

[jon1968]

This is one of my fave tooooons ever, you get the vibe that it�s just a load of blokes havin� a larf in a studio rather than the over produced pap that Toploader churned out. They murdered it! Hmft!

Punishment wise, they�d be forced to eat Sainsburys econo sausages until they exploded - served up by the sell out pub �chef� Oliver once he�d taken my foot out of his ear.
However, "You can't dance and stay uptight" so I�m off for a shake about� ;-)

[badboy78]

spirit in the sky by g-g-g-g-g-areth g-g-g-g-gates t w a t

[mccfluff]

i think girls aloud/sugar babes deserve a mention for their truely awful rendition of 'walk this way'

their punishment................. well just being themselves has got to be punishment enought - being forced to listen to their own music or a media blackout for a week that ought to slay em. ( I could take away their heels and make them wear crocs but is that going to far?)

[China Doll]

Making anyone wear crocs is a cruel and unusual punishment for sure.

[cazzz1975]

under the bridge by red hot chilli peppers covered by all saints was really bad

[Goodsoulette]

I really, really hate Will Young's Light my Fire. I also don;t like Joss Stone Fell In Love with a Boy!

[helliebobs]

Marilyn Manson covering Personal Jesus, Snow Patrol covering Crazy in Love (oh Gary, shame on you!) and I agree with everyone else's except I quite like Amy Winehouse's cover of Valerie :)

[helliebobs]

Ooooh and punishment wise I'd make ol' Brian go without make up for a week or two and Snow Patrol? Well I'd make Gary Lightbody spend a week with me, poor guy :)

[tiggerblue10]

I have to agree with Helliebobs on Marilyn Mansons version of Personal Jesus.

[raysparx1]

Whitney Houston - I will always love you, leave it to dolly parton,

Every cover of the first cut is the deepest apart from pp arnold, cat stevens is still the best

Father & son, again leave to cat stevens

Days of pearly spencer leave to david McWilliams brilliant

Cover all the others is honey and steak em out in the desert for the red ants to enjoy