Weirdest (Or most horrible) cover songs you have ever heard.

NS · Post by NS » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:32 pm

Mindless self indulgence's Cover of Tom sawyer by Rush, I like it, but it's pretty strange =O

Mr. Anobe · Post by **Mr. Anobe** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:32 am

Fall_Child42 wrote:I believe I can Fly - William Hung

Wasn't there another wierd ass cover song like that by some punk band?...I've heard it before, but I couldn't remember the name of the band.

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:08 am

Mr. Anobe wrote:
Fall_Child42 wrote:I believe I can Fly - William Hung
Wasn't there another wierd ass cover song like that by some punk band?...I've heard it before, but I couldn't remember the name of the band.

Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies Covered that song as well ... (I have that album on vynal)

But I still like william Hungs version better.

Also I can't believe i forgot to Mention Hurrah Torpedo's cover of total eclipse of the heart.

Blue Mandrake · Post by **Blue Mandrake** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:56 pm

Qyot27 wrote:As we're also going for weird here,
Laibach's version of the theme from Jesus Christ Superstar

for me that's one of the best (non metal) cover versions ever.
Anyway, Laibach's "Jesus Christ Superstars" is one of my favorites

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:09 pm

I know it's metal, but what else did you seriously expect from me?

Debauchery covering Rammenstein's Weisses Fleisch

German Death Metal *beams*

Dr.Mabuse · Post by **Dr.Mabuse** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:01 am

CerebralAssamite wrote:I know it's metal, but what else did you seriously expect from me?

Debauchery covering Rammenstein's Weisses Fleisch

German Death Metal *beams*

Hmm, "Rammenstein"?

I see Debauchery live in september.

One of the best cover here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmcN5HUlVFI

Sereenie · Post by **Sereenie** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:22 pm

I don't know who sings it, but I've heard a country/western cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus.

That. Sucked.

S.

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:02 pm

I think i have a cover of Jocko Homo by Devo, done on a telephone key pad and with some guy screaming.

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:05 am

Sereenie wrote:I don't know who sings it, but I've heard a country/western cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus.

More than likely, I think that was Johnny Cash. At least, I know that he did cover that one, along with Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage".

As for "Personal Jesus" covers, I feel that Gravity Kills did the best job of it I've heard so far.

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:34 pm

Here's a list of the bottom 100 cover songs:

http://retrocrush.buzznet.com/archive20 ... index.html

Personally, the worst cover I've ever heard is Milton Berle doing "Yellow Submarine." An appropriate song for such a giant talent, a fellow who was every inch ["foot," shurely?!] the gentleman.

Most risible would have to be any of Shatner's covers. Brent Spiner of TNG also tried his hand at this sort of thing, but he could carry a tune better than Shatner. he also managed to talk Patrick Stewart and some other TNG stars to sing with him.

Telly Savalas is another that's pretty bad/funny. Among other songs, he covered "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" when he put out an album during the height of his "Kojak" stardom. The weird part is, he spoke the lyrics, not sung them.