Epically Awful Covers

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Ken B

March 13, 2015, 08:36:45 AM Last Edit: March 13, 2015, 08:38:44 AM by Ken B
A thread for song adaptations or covers that are not merely bad but outstandingly awful in some way.

(Ferneyhough's adapatations are ineligible in this thread.  8))

I nominate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rve03u7oEvI

Sergeant Rock

#1
March 13, 2015, 09:21:43 AM
Not awful at all.

I love "Gangsta's Paradise" (the original) and this is a cool cover.

Sarge 
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Ken B

#2
March 13, 2015, 09:24:23 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 13, 2015, 09:21:43 AM
Not awful at all.

I love "Gangsta's Paradise" (the original) and this is a cool cover.

Sarge

Completely destroys what makes the original work. 

Sergeant Rock

#3
March 13, 2015, 09:25:30 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 13, 2015, 09:24:23 AM
Completely destroys what makes the original work.

Makes it something original, and not just a copy.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

kishnevi

#4
March 13, 2015, 05:21:20 PM
John Wayne doing Winter Wonderland.

NJ Joe

#5
March 13, 2015, 05:28:59 PM
"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne

AdamFromWashington

#6
March 14, 2015, 01:06:44 AM
The sardonic French original:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02pNUKInBo

The sappy English remake:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPcc1ftj8E

Mookalafalas

#7
March 14, 2015, 05:06:16 PM
I think we can include any and all of Pat Boone's rock covers. 
It's all good...

Ken B

#8
March 14, 2015, 06:19:10 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 14, 2015, 05:06:16 PM
I think we can include any and all of Pat Boone's rock covers.
I would have mentioned those, but I fear Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.

Mookalafalas

#9
March 14, 2015, 06:44:50 PM
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 06:19:10 PM
I would have mentioned those, but I fear Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.

  I also liked the song you put up (as terrible)--although I don't think I've ever heard the original.  I definitely prefer covers which do something radically different with the source material.  One of my favorite covers is the Los Angeles punk band "X"'s punk-folk cover of The Doors' "Soul Kitchen".
It's all good...

Ken B

#10
March 14, 2015, 07:42:05 PM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 14, 2015, 06:44:50 PM
  I also liked the song you put up (as terrible)--although I don't think I've ever heard the original.  I definitely prefer covers which do something radically different with the source material.  One of my favorite covers is the Los Angeles punk band "X"'s punk-folk cover of The Doors' "Soul Kitchen".

In that category the best is the Pet Shop Boys cover of Always On My Mind, which I think is fabulous. But this is a bad cover thread.

Jo498

#11
March 15, 2015, 02:09:12 AM
As some favorite English language "evergreens" were ripped from French chansons (e.g. My Way) there was a broad fashion of Germanizing international hits with ludicrous and often soppy German lyrics from the 50s until the 70s or so. Often the content was completely turned around. "Memories are made of this" became a song about homesickness or exile, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" a vaguely anti-war-song, and "The night they drove old Dixie down" about a drug OD of a young man. There are many more but these are among the most famous ones. (They also did this with French and Italian songs, the lyrics are often beyond terrible.)

Listen at your own peril...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8PlccBstZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c10uwHTcmoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6xAFdB2_U
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Sergeant Rock

#12
March 15, 2015, 04:52:35 AM Last Edit: March 15, 2015, 04:54:43 AM by Sergeant Rock
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 06:19:10 PM
I would have mentioned those, but I fear Sarge will pipe up with praise and expressions of admiration.

;D :D ;D

...actually, I couldn't stand Pat Boone singing his original crap in the 50s. His later rock covers are great comedy records though.

Vanilla Fudge and Spooky Tooth taking on the Beatles. Travesty and sacrilege...or sheer brilliance?  8)

https://www.youtube.com/v/Wrq9GUnwNeo

https://www.youtube.com/v/o2rhekdfKns
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mookalafalas

#13
March 15, 2015, 04:57:18 AM
Quote from: Ken B on March 14, 2015, 07:42:05 PM
In that category the best is the Pet Shop Boys cover of Always On My Mind, which I think is fabulous. But this is a bad cover thread.

   The reason I brought it up is that I am sure many (most?) Doors fans would consider the X cover a travesty, and therefore an "epically awful cover".   Here it is. You may well hate it ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiow7X3hlVk
It's all good...

Sergeant Rock

#14
March 15, 2015, 05:11:11 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on March 15, 2015, 04:57:18 AM
   The reason I brought it up is that I am sure many (most?) Doors fans would consider the X cover a travesty, and therefore an "epically awful cover".   Here it is. You may well hate it ???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiow7X3hlVk

I like X and the Doors, bands from two very different rock eras but of equal importance to me. I love this cover.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#15
March 15, 2015, 07:24:19 AM
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

The new erato

#16
March 15, 2015, 08:07:52 AM Last Edit: March 15, 2015, 08:13:06 AM by The new erato
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 15, 2015, 04:52:35 AM
;D :D ;D

...actually, I couldn't stand Pat Boone singing his original crap in the 50s. His later rock covers are great comedy records though.

Vanilla Fudge and Spooky Tooth taking on the Beatles. Travesty and sacrilege...or sheer brilliance?  8)
Brilliance IMO.

Try this:

https://www.youtube.com/v/GDeVAF58jPg

Or this:

https://www.youtube.com/v/UZGdR_E9ZBk

NJ Joe

#17
March 15, 2015, 08:10:08 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 15, 2015, 08:07:52 AM
Brilliance IMO.

Try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDeVAF58jPg

Sorry, I should have labeled mine, but great minds think alike!  8)
"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne

The new erato

#18
March 15, 2015, 08:14:43 AM Last Edit: March 15, 2015, 08:17:22 AM by The new erato
Quote from: NJ Joe on March 15, 2015, 08:10:08 AM
Sorry, I should have labeled mine, but great minds think alike!  8)
Good one that. It must be truly awful then.

Now try this if you have the stomach:

https://www.youtube.com/v/Jj7pDNDuoJ0

NJ Joe

#19
March 15, 2015, 08:25:29 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 15, 2015, 08:14:43 AM
Good one that. It must be truly awful then.

Now try this if you have the stomach:

https://www.youtube.com/v/Jj7pDNDuoJ0

Haha yes, I've seen this one! One of my all time favorite songs.  :'(

Btw, Messrs. Fagen and Becker were astonished by that cover, and not in a good way.
"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne
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