Better or worse Cover songs?

[dickthespic]

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Imagine by A Perfect Circle

dont know if its the best worst or the worst best

[drexl_spivey]

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Surprisingly I am choosing as a best Starman by Culture Club, I am not saying it is in anyway better than the Bowie original, but it is a great cover and further displays what a great song this is.

For Worst I think there is nothing to touch All Right Now by Pepsi and Shirley

[Elbmek]

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Woke up by Chris Evans on radio 2 yesterday, he was playing 'I Dont need this pressure on' by someone in the 70s (Chicago?) - OMG it was nauseating!!!! What a cacophony of drivel!!! I feel out of bed in my rush to turn off the alarm!

[drexl_spivey]

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I think you are referring to a Chant Number One by Spandau Ballet, which i agree was repetitive

[tonyfinster]

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as far as covers go, i dont think you can go far wrong with,

The Damned - Eloise, way better than the Ryan brothers original.

Worst cover for me would be,

Newton Faulkners version of Teardrop by Massive Attack, its dreadful.

[Elbmek]

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I think you are referring to a Chant Number One by Spandau Ballet, which i agree was repetitive

Another band I cant stand!! (thanks for the update).

[Cartimand]

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Only just joined the forum, so don't know if these have been mentioned;
Most appalling cover of all time has to be Scissor Sisters' dreadful butchering of Floyd's Comfortably Numb.
Best cover, hmmm.... possibly The Sensational Alex Harvey Band's excellent version of Jacques Brel's Au Suivant (Next).

[sixtyten]

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Is it possible to do a bad Brel cover?
I love Scott Walker's version too

[Cartimand]

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"Is it possible to do a bad Brel cover?"
Oh God bless you, yes it most certainly is!
Have you never heard Dionne Warwick's cringingly awful "If We Only Have Love" (si on a que l'amour) or Terry Jacks' ghastly sugary sweet "Seasons in the Sun" (Le moribond)?
I did quite like Bowie's "Amsterdam" BTW.

[sixtyten]

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I like Seasons in the Sun.. and I like Black Box Recorder's Version of it too

[bigjed]

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I think that as covers go,anything that James Taylor has done has to be among the best.His cover of 'Handyman','How sweet it is to be loved by you','you've got a friend' and many others, all speak for themselves.HOWEVER,his cover of 'Day Tripper' off the 'Flag' album should have been consigned to the bin!That was NOT good.

[darren]

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i thought the cover version of uptown girl was pretty bad.
what was that irish group that did the cover of it.

most of britney's cover versions of songs are not that good i agree.

she was good early on but sadly she has went down hill.

[sixtyten]

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Two from same culprit
Charlie Drake doppelganger Mick Hucknall

Worse. His mauling of the sublime Valentine Brother's "Money's too tight"
Better. One of his own songs..The original version of "Holding back the years" by his original band Frantic Elevators.. much better than the cheesy version that charted

[Jacqueline]

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i thought the cover version of uptown girl was pretty bad.
what was that irish group that did the cover of it.

I believe it was Westlife. It was a charity effort for Comic Relief. No excuse, I know.

[Aidanagain]

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Anything butchered by Boyzone, Westlife or Jedward is best steered clear of. Boyzone did the Bee Gees' It's Only Words and omitted an entire line !