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Random Name wrote:Does anyone remember when some metal band did a cover of Madonna's 'Music' and it was all over much music and shit.
Man, that was terrible.



that was soooo bad... :no: :no:
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Tori Amos's cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was pretty bad
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bd007h wrote:Tori Amos's cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was pretty bad


I actually liked it. Granted the only recordings I've heard of it have been bootlegs and the sound quality was pretty bad, but the song itself was, IMO, pretty good. Was this ever officially released?

I still like the original better though...and The Bad Plus cover better than the original...but oh well...

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Rusty wrote:Worst cover EVER....Avril Lavigne-Fuel (originally done by Metallica). I listened to it and died a little inside.

The worst part of that was watching Metallica enjoy it. Or, as I like to think... pretend to enjoy it.

_old_lady_peace wrote:Never Heard Of It- Build Me Up Buttercup (umm...who DID originally sing this anyway? Far too many covers of this one...haha)

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Oooh okay, thanks Nikki!

That sure is a fun song...:)
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bovine wrote:
bd007h wrote:Tori Amos's cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was pretty bad


I actually liked it. Granted the only recordings I've heard of it have been bootlegs and the sound quality was pretty bad, but the song itself was, IMO, pretty good. Was this ever officially released?

I still like the original better though...and The Bad Plus cover better than the original...but oh well...

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I have the studio mp3 version. It was released on the Crucify EP. It's a very different sound, obviously, but I LOVE it. Possibly as much as the original. Probably because I'm a huuuuuge Tori fan, but yeah. SO GOOD.

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Streetheart covering the Rolling Stones song Under My Thumb


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Anything that William Hung covers.
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I thought of one (though I could go on for years if I really wanted)...

Counting Crows cover of "Big Yellow Taxi". It makes me sad whenever it comes on at work. :no:
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Hmmm ... All Saints doing Under the Bridge and the White Stripes doing Walking with the Ghost.
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nikki4982 wrote:I thought of one (though I could go on for years if I really wanted)...

Counting Crows cover of "Big Yellow Taxi". It makes me sad whenever it comes on at work. :no:


:no: but.. but.. the counting crows nikki .. they never sound bad .. ever. :P :drool:

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Chanandler Bong wrote:Anything that William Hung covers.


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Soozy wrote:All Saints doing Under the Bridge.


They did that? That hurts me deep inside.

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That wasn't so bad! :(
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i really liked it!
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thirdhour wrote:
Soozy wrote:All Saints doing Under the Bridge.


They did that? That hurts me deep inside.

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i never knew that they did that either.. and i have to agree w/ yannic
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Soozy wrote:Hmmm ... All Saints doing Under the Bridge and the White Stripes doing Walking with the Ghost.


i cried after i heard that song. talk about butchering a classic song. they didn't even understand the theme of the song!! uggh, drive me nuts!

my worst song ever would have to dancing queen by abba. i wanna vomit every time i hear it.
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Wait, you hate the original of dancing queen, or did someone else do a bad cover of it?
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How about Hilary and Hayley Duff doing "Our Lips are Sealed"? Even though the original was pretty bad, their version just makes my ears bleed.
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Ugh, they play that at work all the time. :crying:
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above us only sky, imagine all the people, <font color="#FFFFFF">living</font> for today...</font>

<font color="#50B4B3">Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die
for, no religion too, imagine all the people, living <font color="#FFFFFF">life</font> in peace...</font>

<font color="#89CDCC">Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, no need for greed or <font color="#FFFFFF">hunger</font>,
a brotherhood of man, imagine all the people, sharing all the <font color="#FFFFFF">world</font>...</font>

<font color="#B1DFDE">You may say I'm a <font color="#FFFFFF">dreamer</font>, but I'm not the only one, I hope
some day you'll join us, and the world will <font color="#FFFFFF">live</font> as one.</font></center></font>
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