i heard a cover of 'big yellow taxi' the other day that made me want to do very bad things to the person responsible. dont know who it was by but i hope they die of bum cancer.
I will never forget the totally hilarious and utterly awful version of "Strawberry Fields" that Candy Flip did. Last time I laughed watching TOTP.
But just for sheer "you guys have really pissed me off now" horror I think Busted doing "Teenage Kicks" wins, or maybe Atomic Kitten covering Blondie. Fergal and Debbie want to forget the royalties, tool up and cap them.
THe prize would have to go to Heroes by Oasis - happily everyone got the gist 3 years too late that they really were a one album band
Bruce Dickinson did a version of Elected with mr BEan - that was toe curling even for feetless people
I almost forgot - a friend told me that William Shatner has a cover of Pulps "Common People" where he basically just speaks the lyrics in his Captain Kirk voice - that's got to be simultaneously the best and worst song ever!
without being stuart maconie on crack the 60s shatner stuff on mcgee's Rev-ola label is very funny -especially Mr Tambourine Man - worth investing 85p in the copy in the Hainault branch of Sue Ryder if there was one
Chilli peppers may well have near ruined search and destroy (iggy & stooges) on the b side of under the bridge single - what comes around...
Will and Gareth doing long and winding road- I still can't face listening to Let it be- totally ruined.
Gareth doing suspicious minds...
Atomic Kitten doing Tide is high- although also the blondie version was a cover of an old reggae tune so you can't blame blondie...
Pop idols doing merry xmas war is over oh god it was awful
anyone doing love will tear us apart- its not right... anything by mike flowers.
Guns n roses doing Knockin on heavens door(eee or eeh aw..)
Joss bloody stone doing fell in love with a girl... You've got me started...
oh yeah the original Gloria Jones version of Tainted love pre Marilyn pre soft cell etc... is about a million times better classic northern soul...
Guns n Roses - Sympathy for the Devil. Done with no irony whatsoever. Makes me want to eat flesh, preferably living, preferably belonging to some insufferable whining white trash racist homophobic millionaire git.
Knockin' On Heaven's Door's quite good, though. Guns N Roses were the band who single-handedly saved the Freddie Mercury tribute concert, lest we forget.
Best Cover Ever = Carter USM doing This Is How It Feels.
lemonheads doing metallicas fade to black was a disgrace. theres a cover of all right now knocking about on shite like hits and box at the moment done by some rubbish girlband. its not only wrong but also plain criminal. these people should get locked, there all diseased
ah but the funny bit is Toploader made no money from it cos its a cover- therefore when they fell they fell fast...
Trust me they're not coming back....
(and surely the originals a bit shit too... ohhh controversial!)
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But just for sheer "you guys have really pissed me off now" horror I think Busted doing "Teenage Kicks" wins, or maybe Atomic Kitten covering Blondie. Fergal and Debbie want to forget the royalties, tool up and cap them.
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Whether not it's true is another matter but that has gotta be fucking aweful.
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Bruce Dickinson did a version of Elected with mr BEan - that was toe curling even for feetless people
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Will and Gareth doing long and winding road- I still can't face listening to Let it be- totally ruined.
Gareth doing suspicious minds...
Atomic Kitten doing Tide is high- although also the blondie version was a cover of an old reggae tune so you can't blame blondie...
Pop idols doing merry xmas war is over oh god it was awful
anyone doing love will tear us apart- its not right... anything by mike flowers.
Guns n roses doing Knockin on heavens door(eee or eeh aw..)
Joss bloody stone doing fell in love with a girl... You've got me started...
oh yeah the original Gloria Jones version of Tainted love pre Marilyn pre soft cell etc... is about a million times better classic northern soul...
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door's quite good, though. Guns N Roses were the band who single-handedly saved the Freddie Mercury tribute concert, lest we forget.
Best Cover Ever = Carter USM doing This Is How It Feels.
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not as good as the original though...obviously
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white riot by audioslave originally by the clash
(pardon my spelling)
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how did i not think of dancing in the moonlight??
toploader killed it. and now a whole generation thinks they wrote it.
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Trust me they're not coming back....
(and surely the originals a bit shit too... ohhh controversial!)
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