The Best/Worst Song Covers Thread

[Twisted Tails]

What about "It Ain't Me Babe" (originally by Bob Dylan) covered by the Turtles?

 

[Drtooth]

Here's one of the most AWESOME 1980's anime openings ever, if not the most awesome.

And now here's some passionless, flat singers destroying it.

The song is already dead.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

One Direction ruining one of my favorite songs.

 

[misspiggy5260]

One Direction ruining one of my favorite songs.

All the money from that video went to help the children in africa though.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

All the money from that video went to help the children in africa though.

That's really nice of One Direction to do that.

 

[animalrescuer]

Pretty much any cover that's done by Celtic Thunder is better than the original. Here are some of my favorites:

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For:

Whiskey in the Jar:

Hallelujah:

The Boys are Back in Town:

and Caledonia:

And check out their version of Amazing Grace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qni5bIN5qmU

 

[cjd874]

Most groups don't even bother touching Queen's music because no one can even come close to what they created nearly forty years ago. But I have to admit, in spite of the backing track borrowed from the original recording, this is one h*ll of a cover!

 

[Eyeball]

One of the worst covers of a song I've heard in a long time has to be Emily osments once upon a dream... Mary Costa must of facepalmed so hard when she heard that..

 

[D'Snowth]

Phil Collins's cover of, "True Colors," is totally a hundred times better than Cyndi Lauper's version.

And I know I get flak for this one, but I also much prefer Smash Mouth's rockin' cover of, "I'm a Believer," over The Monkees' original.

 

[Twisted Tails]

Best Cover: 'Til There Was You from the Music Man

I can tolerate the Beatles for covering songs from musicals.


Worst Cover: "Money" (That's What I Want) (originally performed by Barrett Strong)

Noise! Garage rock, anyone?
I prefer the original of this song. Leave Motown alone! Sheesh!