Worst cover song of all time? [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

McSweeny

04-15-2003, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by TheLionKing
Anyone hear the Avril Lavige (sp?) live version of "Chop Suey", originally preformed by System of a Down. It's painful to listen to but worth a download....

TLK

she also did "Baseket Case" by Green Day at a recent concert... butchered it

RawIsDan

04-15-2003, 01:29 PM

I remember Joan Jett's rendition of Dirty Deeds being on the south side of 'sucktitude'

Vince

04-15-2003, 01:30 PM

I don't even know who the band is, but someone covered "I'm Sorry Miss Jackson" and it is absolutely terrible...I always have to hear that song at work...ugh.

primelord

04-15-2003, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by Kodos
I'm curious to hear what Mariah Carey does to Def Leppard's "Bringin' On The Heartbreak." I'm guessing I will be horrified.

That's funny I was horrified when Def Leppard did it. :)

scooper

04-15-2003, 01:36 PM

Stone Temple Pilots butchered Led Zepplin's Dancin Days.

condors

04-15-2003, 01:38 PM

yoko ono singing john lennon's songs hurts my freaking ears

KWhit

04-15-2003, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by rexalllsc
Dixie Chicks - Landslide

And that is where we disagree, sir.

GrantDawg

04-15-2003, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by KWhit
And that is where we disagree, sir.

I'm with ya. I like it best when my 7 year-old daughter sings it, though.

Kodos

04-15-2003, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by primelord
That's funny I was horrified when Def Leppard did it. :)

Don't you have some work you should be doing, son? ;)

Maple Leafs

04-15-2003, 01:48 PM

Who did that really bad version of "Blinded By the Light"? Mannfred Mann?

Bishop

04-15-2003, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by Vince
I don't even know who the band is, but someone covered "I'm Sorry Miss Jackson" and it is absolutely terrible...I always have to hear that song at work...ugh.

You talkin about the Vines cover of it?

It's not that bad.

ColtCrazy

04-15-2003, 01:54 PM

Ugly Kid Joe's remake of Cats in the Cradle was bad. Nothing beats that original.

Craptacular

04-15-2003, 01:59 PM

Didn't I post a link to Celine Dion singing AC/DC??? Lemm go look, but that has to be without a doubt the worst ever.

Craptacular

04-15-2003, 02:13 PM

OK, if you've got RealPlayer installed, and it's been at least 30 minutes since you ate lunch, you can GO HERE (http://channels.netscape.com/ns/music/ch/styles/lite.jsp?cts=1&src=http://demand1.stream.aol.com/ramgen/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/sony/celinedion/celinedion_youshookme_nb.rm) to see and hear Celine and her friends sing "You Shook Me All Night Long".

3ric

04-15-2003, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by Craptacular
Didn't I post a link to Celine Dion singing AC/DC??? Lemm go look, but that has to be without a doubt the worst ever.

I agree with Craptacular, her version of "You shook me all night long" is the worst. Ygh. *twitches*

Craptacular

04-15-2003, 02:16 PM

When I posted this link on the old board, Ryan and Skydog threatened to suspend me for posting an offensive link. I apologize again!

Draft Dodger

04-15-2003, 02:18 PM

I was going to say the Celene Dion cover as well.

William Shatner doing "Tambourine Man" was pretty awful as well.

Mariah Carey doing "Heartbreak" was nowhere near as terrible as I thought it would be

Aylmar

04-15-2003, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
Who did that really bad version of "Blinded By the Light"? Mannfred Mann?

Mannfred Mann did a version of "Blinded", yes. I like it better than I like Springsteen's... :)

sabotai

04-15-2003, 02:23 PM

William Shatner doing Tambourine Man is histerical!

Fritz

04-15-2003, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by Draft Dodger
I was going to say the Celene Dion cover as well.

William Shatner doing "Tambourine Man" was pretty awful as well.

Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is worse.

Sadly, I have both on LP.

Fritz

04-15-2003, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
Who did that really bad version of "Blinded By the Light"? Mannfred Mann?

Their version of that Springteen song hit #1

Samdari

04-15-2003, 02:30 PM

"Baby I love your way/Freebird medley"

Have no idea who did it, don't care. Worst piece of trash I have ever heard.

Radii

04-15-2003, 02:31 PM

Jewel's cover of Sweet Home Alabama. I like the Dixie Chicks version of Landslide, not as much as the original but it's a solid cover.

scooper

04-15-2003, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Samdari
"Baby I love your way/Freebird medley"

Have no idea who did it, don't care. Worst piece of trash I have ever heard.

I don't know who it was, but I saw the video the other day as I was flipping past VH1 Classic. I just about did a Beavis-like spit take. Awful awful stuff.

Abe Sargent

04-15-2003, 02:36 PM

Who was the guy who remade "You Don't Own Me." Was that Billy Idol? You know, the one with the line that says "Dont' say I can't go with other boys."

-Anxiety

Fritz

04-15-2003, 02:39 PM

I am guessing no one here has ever heard the Coolies album "Dig?".

sabotai

04-15-2003, 02:47 PM

I just listened to Avril Lavigne's cover of Chop Suey....so painful...I'm gonna go cry now...

rexalllsc

04-15-2003, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by sabotai
I just listened to Avril Lavigne's cover of Chop Suey....so painful...I'm gonna go cry now...

As if the original wasn't bad enough...

The Afoci

04-15-2003, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by rexalllsc
As if the original wasn't bad enough...

System of a Down is a great band. Be nice to them. :)

Ksyrup

04-15-2003, 03:28 PM

Agreed. Head and shoulders above the rest of the "nu-metal" bands.

CamEdwards

04-15-2003, 03:39 PM

How sad is this...

Sixpence None the Richer covered "Don't Dream It's Over". And yes, they sucked the emotion right out of it, didn't they?

Big Mountain covered the "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird" medley. I remember this only because it was on the soundtrack to Reality Bites.

I just want to know if the Dixie Chicks were aware of the Smashing Pumpkins cover of "landslide" when they redid it.

And my vote for worst cover has to be Mr. Big's "Wild World" by Cat Stevens.

Bad-example

04-15-2003, 03:47 PM

No cover has made me quite as ill as that horrible Run DMC version of Walk This Way.

MrBug708

04-15-2003, 03:57 PM

I've always liked cover songs so I downloaded the two Avril songs. Basketcase is pretty good because the instruments were louder then she was. Chop Suey, however, is right on par with Roseanne singing the National Anthem.

God Freaking Awful

Ragone

04-15-2003, 03:58 PM

Yea.. Ugly Kid joe's cover of Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle was bad..

But nothing makes me want to kill someone more then that Sorry Ms Jackson cover.. sounds like 3 white guys on downers whining the song.. "oh sorrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy mizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz jacksonnnnnnn"

Anrhydeddu

04-15-2003, 04:19 PM

Ugly Kid joe's cover of Harry Chapin's Cats in the Cradle was bad.

I loved the original (yes, I remember when it first came out) and actually thought Ugly's cover of it was pretty good.

I didn't like REM's cover of U2's One but I'm sure the ones listed here are worse but I refuse to even try to find out. It gives me the creeps to think of Dion covering AC/DC (talk about taking bad music and making it far worse).

Kodos

04-15-2003, 04:35 PM

Does anyone else think that most Beatles covers come out better than the originals?

primelord

04-15-2003, 04:36 PM

A buddy of mine's wife has a Michael Bolton CD that he apparently covers the Beatles Yesterday on. I can't imagine that that would be pleasent.

primelord

04-15-2003, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by Kodos
Does anyone else think that most Beatles covers come out better than the originals?

Not really.

Elton Johns cover of Lucy in the Sy was not good.

I wasn't very fond of Aerosmiths cover of Come Together. It's not bad, but not as good as the original.

Swaggs

04-15-2003, 04:58 PM

Another newcomer is Celine Dion's "I Drove All Night." Cam is right though, listening to the new "Don't Dream It's Over," I just sat and listened to it wondering how you could cover it with so little emotion. Harsh.

dawgfan

04-15-2003, 05:02 PM

Best cover that I suspect most people here have never heard is a Beatles cover by a live side-project called 801 that featured Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera. Their take on "Tomorrow Never Knows" (called "TNK" on their album 801 Live) is a great remake of the original.

I know a lot of people hated it, but I thought the Cure's cover of "Purple Haze" was great. I appreciate covers when they don't try to mimic the original, but instead re-make it in their own image. For example, it's pretty much a lost cause to try and out-do the guitar work of Hendrix's songs, so you may as well emphasize something else that follows your own strengths.

TroyF

04-15-2003, 06:08 PM

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
I loved the original (yes, I remember when it first came out) and actually thought Ugly's cover of it was pretty good.

I didn't like REM's cover of U2's One but I'm sure the ones listed here are worse but I refuse to even try to find out. It gives me the creeps to think of Dion covering AC/DC (talk about taking bad music and making it far worse).

I'm with you. I thought Ugly Kid Joe's version actually added something to the song. There was some anger there that wasn't there in the first song.

American Pie by Madonna makes my ear bleed. I'm waiting for Yanni to play The Backstreet Boys Greatest Hits so I know how soon the world will officially end.

TroyF

CAsterling

04-15-2003, 06:18 PM

The Rolf Harris cover of Led Zepplins 'Stairway to Heaven' is the worst I can remember.

Yes this is the Australian Rolf Harris of such fame that he sang 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport', 'Jake The Peg' and other such Classics.

I also liked the Ugly Kid Joe version of the Harry Chapin classic song, but then again I just like the song.

Also really hated the Whitney Houston cover of the Dolly Parton song (I forget its name)

CAsterling

04-15-2003, 06:24 PM

Originally posted by Craptacular
Didn't I post a link to Celine Dion singing AC/DC??? Lemm go look, but that has to be without a doubt the worst ever.

I stand corrected, this is now the worst cover I have ever heard - god that was truely awful

GrantDawg

04-16-2003, 08:30 PM

Want to hear bad? Duran Duran's "Thank You" is an album of covers. Some are really bad, but nothing is quite as bad as "Lay Lady Lay." My wife is a big Duranie and she runs screaming from the room when that comes on.

EagleFan

04-16-2003, 08:55 PM

Celine Dion doing AC/DC has got to be the hands down worst. I also liked the Ugly Kid Joe remake of Cats in the Cradle. As far as groups whos songs are better when remade, I say The Who.

I haven't heard the Madonna one, but I can pretty much agree that it has to be bad.

I also think that the Cheryl Crow remake of the G & R song wasn't bad. But then again, any remake of their song has to be better than the original.

Fritz

04-16-2003, 08:57 PM

You asked for it:

http://www.buffworks.com/sounds/The_Coolies-Having_My_Baby.mp3

http://www.buffworks.com/sounds/The_Coolies-Bridge_Over_Troubled_Water.mp3

(not that these are the worst)

Fritz

04-16-2003, 09:13 PM

dola, this is honestly the worst.

A cover of REM's We Walk by Steel Pole Bathtub.

http://www.buffworks.com/sounds/Steel_Pole_Bath_Tub-We_Walk.mp3

Aylmar

04-16-2003, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by CAsterling
Also really hated the Whitney Houston cover of the Dolly Parton song (I forget its name)

You're talking about "I Will Always Love You".

Mr. Sparkle

04-16-2003, 11:40 PM

I will forever hold a grudge with TheLionKing. Curious as I am, I decided to listen to Avril Lavigne's "Chop Suey" cover. After listening to it, I have come to the conclusion that if death were a sound, it would sound just like that. Absolutely horrible. I wouldn't wish hearing that on my worst enemy

sterlingice

04-17-2003, 01:01 AM

I haven't heard the Lavigne "Chop Suey" but then again, I wasn't a huge fan of the original.

The "Cats in the Cradle" from Ugly Kid Joe was pretty good, I thought.

Two really pain me. The Madonna "American Pie" is quite bad. However, I heard that hideous Sheryl Crowe "Sweet Child of Mine" a few days ago and just had to wretch. GNR didn't have more than a half dozen great songs for as big as they were- leave their good ones alone- remake something off the Spaghetti Incident since no one would care anyways.

SI

WSUCougar

04-17-2003, 08:39 AM

"The Star Spangled Banner" by just about anyone who's ever done it on national television.

WussGawd

04-17-2003, 09:03 AM

Originally posted by dawgfan
Best cover that I suspect most people here have never heard is a Beatles cover by a live side-project called 801 that featured Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera. Their take on "Tomorrow Never Knows" (called "TNK" on their album 801 Live) is a great remake of the original.

Great song. Then again, I am a Roxy Music addict. :D

WussGawd

04-17-2003, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by 3ric
I agree with Craptacular, her version of "You shook me all night long" is the worst. Ygh. *twitches*

The worst? That's an understatement. Celine Dion singing AC/DC is undoubtedly one of the signs of the coming Apocalypse. :p

Hmm. Rain of toads, check. War in the Middle East, check. Exceptionally overrated, untalented Canadian ballad singers doing covers of classic 70's metal tunes, check.

Batten down the hatches boys, and if you see a bright light, best say your prayers and approach it, the end is near. :D

WussGawd

04-17-2003, 09:13 AM

This one would probably annoy anyone who was actually a Van Halen fan (I'm not, and never was), but one of the funniest covers I've ever heard was Aztec Camera's downbeat, acoustic version of "Jump."

Ben E Lou

04-18-2003, 07:12 AM

This thread should have ended right then and there when Craptacular re-posted that hideous Celine Dion link. Anyone who posted any other song afterward needs to have his head examined.

Fritz

04-18-2003, 07:24 AM

Originally posted by SkyDog
This thread should have ended right then and there when Craptacular re-posted that hideous Celine Dion link. Anyone who posted any other song afterward needs to have his head examined.

you obviously did not follow my links.

Lathum

04-18-2003, 11:43 AM

I have to agree with American Pie.

As much as I love The Chili Peppers they did a cover of Brown Eyed Girl that was terrible.

CAsterling

04-18-2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by Fritz
you obviously did not follow my links.

Bad really bad, but I still think Celine Dion is worse.
One that omes close to Celine Dion - anyone remember the puppets 'Pinky and Perky' and their terrible version of 'Yellow Submarine'

Qwikshot

04-18-2003, 03:52 PM

Actually I think the worst cover is a Jimi Hendrix/Jim Morrison cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" my god...a drunken Morrison rambling in a slurred mumbling, over a wah fuzz of Hendrix that seems to be way out of whack...

The drugs man...the drugs.

Killebrew

01-06-2004, 12:43 PM

All of the covers done by Hayseed Dixie (the AC/DC bluegrass band) and also all of the covers done by the awful Dread Zeppelin (raggae/elvis inspired zeppelin covers).

cuervo72

01-06-2004, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by Killebrew
All of the covers done by Hayseed Dixie (the AC/DC bluegrass band) and also all of the covers done by the awful Dread Zeppelin (raggae/elvis inspired zeppelin covers).

Hey, I kind of like Dread Zeppelin! There's also this British guy who goes by "The King" who redid songs liks Sweet Home Alabama and Come as You Are...

hxxp://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/thekingmusic.htm

Ksyrup

01-06-2004, 01:55 PM

Don't forget Dread Zeppelin's disco years!

kcchief19

01-06-2004, 02:34 PM

Bad covers really have to be divided into three categories:

* Covers by members of the cast from "Star Trek": From Leonard Nimoy's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

* Superstar covers: This is where Celine Dion singing AC/DC and Britney Spears singing "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" belong. They may be bad, but these even at the worst of these are better than covers in the other two categories.

* Non-musicians and B-list musicians covers. This would include things like Jim Carrey's "I am the Walrus" and anything by Telly Savalas. Personally, the record for worst cover should always include the words "Toni" and "Tenille." During my radio days, we got a promo copy of a CD of covers from Mrs. Tenille that I think was so awful they decided not to actually release it.

Any cover that makes it to radio doesn't even belong on the list of worst covers, in my book.

And no, Kodos -- no one has ever improved on a Beatles cover. They are all inferior.

Leonidas

01-06-2004, 02:40 PM

I can't believe no one has called out Dolly Parton for her "Stairway to Heaven" interpretation.

cthomer5000

01-06-2004, 02:50 PM

Originally posted by Kodos
Does anyone else think that most Beatles covers come out better than the originals?

This is probably the most outrageous question ever. If I were running this board, you'd be in the penalty box.

The Beatles were nearly perfect, which is why almost all covers sound like absolute trash in comparison to the original.

I think Joe Cocker's "with a little help from my friends" is the best Beatles cover. He pretty much makes the song it's own, rather than just trying to imitate a perfect original.

Coffee Warlord

01-06-2004, 02:54 PM

Heh. Sounding like I may get lynched for stating, yes, I Dislike The Beatles.

And while there are some truly bad covers. I still cringe in utter pain every time I think of Metallica doing Whiskey in the Jar.

Ksyrup

01-06-2004, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by cthomer5000
This is probably the most outrageous question ever. If I were running this board, you'd be in the penalty box.

The Beatles were nearly perfect, which is why almost all covers sound like absolute trash in comparison to the original.

I think Joe Cocker's "with a little help from my friends" is the best Beatles cover. He pretty much makes the song it's own, rather than just trying to imitate a perfect original.

There are some good Beatles' covers. But none of them is as good as the original.

Vince

01-06-2004, 03:00 PM

I absolutely cringed when I heard that Limp Bizkit redid The Who's Behind Blue Eyes.

That being said, it's actually not all that terrible.

Ksyrup

01-06-2004, 03:03 PM

No one knows what it's like, to be a fuckhead

But I do - and I blame absolutely no one else but myself.

sabotai

01-06-2004, 03:04 PM

The Beattles suck.

DeToxRox

01-06-2004, 03:04 PM

Vanilla Ice covering his own song, this time doing it heavy metal. Ugh. The first sucked, but WOW, the second, damn.

As for System of a Down and Nu-Metal in general, it's just about it done for. It's canceling each other out. The painful trend is finally nearing an end.

And for any hardcore music fans, perhaps an actual good tribute CD will be out in March as hardcore music pays tribute to Guns n Roses. I heard "Sweet Child O'Mine" by Most Prescious Blood (A live version) and it was awesome, this CD has definite possibilites.

DeToxRox

01-06-2004, 03:05 PM

And yeah, I am not a Beatles fan either.

Leonidas

01-06-2004, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Vince
I absolutely cringed when I heard that Limp Bizkit redid The Who's Behind Blue Eyes.

That being said, it's actually not all that terrible.

No, it's just simply abysmal.

I'm waiting for Kid Rock and The Great Short One himself to do a collaboration of Marshall Tucker songs. Fred can handle all the parts that require rapping.

Ksyrup

01-06-2004, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle
As for System of a Down and Nu-Metal in general, it's just about it done for. It's canceling each other out. The painful trend is finally nearing an end.

It may be splitting hairs, but I see SoaD as one of the few nu-metal bands with some substantive, redeeming qualities. Toxicity is a great metal album.

Speaking of trends in hard rock/metal, has anyone heard The Darkness? It's like late 70's/early 80's hard rock/metal, just serious enough that you know it's not a Tenacious D-type band, but campy enough that you're wondering whether Michael McKean is writing the songs. And the falsetto the guy sings with - wow! This album is at BB for only $8 and it's well worth it if you like Cock Rock. Get Your Hands Off My Woman (M*therf*cker) is a classic already.

DeToxRox

01-06-2004, 05:38 PM

I don't actually mind System, but bands like Linkin Park, Disturbed, etc, can't stand.

System's S/T album is excellent, and Toxicity is solid, but it just got overplayed for me to hear.

And the Darkness are a fun band to listen too, not one I'd call amazing, but I do think they're pretty talented. 3 Inches of Blood is another band who's 80's cock rock but insane as hell.

Just noting a band I saw last month with Himsa and the Black Dahlia Murder.

stevew

01-06-2004, 05:45 PM

Smash Mouth....well anything those bitches covered.

Especially that beatles song "Getting Better" from Shat in the Hat.

DeToxRox

01-06-2004, 06:13 PM

lol, "I'm a Believer" by Smash Mouth made me cringe.

Glengoyne

01-06-2004, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by Fritz
Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is worse.

The thought of this scares me.

WussGawd

01-06-2004, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by primelord
A buddy of mine's wife has a Michael Bolton CD that he apparently covers the Beatles Yesterday on. I can't imagine that that would be pleasent.

Considering that Michael Bolton is the Anti-Christ, I suspect this might be an understatement.

Killebrew

01-06-2004, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by cuervo72
Hey, I kind of like Dread Zeppelin!
I guess I should be fair, I was actually a big fan until I heard one of their CD's:).

yabanci

01-06-2004, 08:48 PM

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Pat Boone's whole album of heavy metal cover songs. That album alone was so bad they must have waived the waiting period and inducted him straight into the worst cover songs hall of shame, for both sheer horribleness and quantity.

AZSpeechCoach

01-06-2004, 09:26 PM

Pat Boone In a Metal Mood

I scare my students with that stuff. I also threaten to play William Shatner for them if they misbehave.

cmp

01-06-2004, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by Vince
I absolutely cringed when I heard that Limp Bizkit redid The Who's Behind Blue Eyes.

That being said, it's actually not all that terrible.

I'm a fan of the song.

SlapBone

01-06-2004, 09:57 PM

Travis doing "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

It is funny as hell though. Delightfully butchered.

I also mentioned "Take the Money and Run" by Killdozer. This is my favorite but only because they absolutely suck. It was bands like killdozer that once made me believe I could be a rock star.

Ksyrup

01-06-2004, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by SlapBone
Travis doing "Hit Me Baby One More Time"

Like Britney, everyone seems to have tapped that. Fountains of Wayne and Type O Negative have both covered that song.

yabanci

01-07-2004, 12:21 AM

by the way, on the Dixie Chicks' cover of Landslide...The Smashing Pumpkins already did that cover, with much better results IMO. It's almost like the Dixie Chicks did a cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' cover of Landslide.

Groundhog

01-07-2004, 12:57 AM

Perhaps a little obscure, but German 70's rock group Birth Control do a truly awful cover-version of The Doors' Light My Fire. It must be heard to be believed.

jerem77

01-07-2004, 01:10 AM

Julio Iglesias

Light My Fire

Discussion Over.

SplitPersonality1

01-07-2004, 10:49 AM

Other bad covers that haven't been mentioned.

The Peter etCetera-led Chicago turning the classic 25 or 6 to 4 into a slow, plodding adult contemporary piece of garbage that was a waste of radio waves.

Prince covering Sinead O'Conner's Nothing Compares 2U. Granted, not a great song in the first place, but the interesting note is that Prince wrote the darn thing and still managed to butcher his own song.

Nothing's worse than a band/artist destroying one of their own songs.

Tigercat

01-07-2004, 11:10 AM

Madonnas is the worst because it was actually widely distributed as a single.

There are also some pretty bad covers of brown eyed girl that have gotten radio play over the years.(Everclear and Jimmy Buffet)

I actually like Aerosmith's cover of come together more, its got more soul, which matches well with the spirit of the song, IMO.

Then there is that horrible Doors tribute CD i've listened to a couple of times, yuck. Has there ever really been a good tribute CD?

cthomer5000

01-07-2004, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Like Britney, everyone seems to have tapped that. Fountains of Wayne and Type O Negative have both covered that song.

Fountains of Wayne made it a legitemate song. It was impressive. i also give them major credit for avoiding selling out.

They were originally going to release "hit me baby..." as a b-side to a single off their 2nd album. When the record label told them they would push that ("hit me baby..") as the single itself, the band decided not to release it at all. I don't believe that it's ever been "officially" released to this day.

I guess the good karma brought them the surprising hit that "Stacy's Mom" has been. As annoying as it is to have every moron I know think they know the band now, they deserve every record sale they get, for past works alone.

I just pray this doesn't completely change the sound of their next album.

clintl

01-07-2004, 12:18 PM

Originally posted by WussGawd
This one would probably annoy anyone who was actually a Van Halen fan (I'm not, and never was), but one of the funniest covers I've ever heard was Aztec Camera's downbeat, acoustic version of "Jump."

That belongs on the list of best covers.

clintl

01-07-2004, 12:20 PM

Dola...

One of the worst covers I ever heard, and I love both of the artists, is The Dream Syndicate's live version of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" that I have on a bootleg.