10-06-2003 11:27									#1
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I'm sure I'm behind the times on this, but grading final exams has kept me away from TV for a while. Anyway, last night my daughter was watching MTV and subjected us both to what is, without a doubt, the worst cover I've ever heard. I don't mean William-Shatner-"Mr.-Tambourine-Man" bad, because that's so bad it's funny and was never meant to be taken seriously anyway. I mean bad in the sense that it's not only bad in itself, but does horrific violence to one of the greatest songs ever -- possibly the most achingly romantic song in the history of rock 'n' roll -- AND we're supposed to take it seriously.

I give you, then, the Worst Cover Ever: Celine Dion's synth-pop dance cover of Roy Orbison's "I Drove All Night." My ears are still bleeding.

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	10-06-2003 12:10									#2
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never heard the original

but I'm pretty much against anything by celine dion

	10-06-2003 12:18									#3
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celine dion? she still has a career? is there no god?

	10-06-2003 12:25									#4
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I've not heard that, so I wouldn't know. Top of my "worst cover" list at the moment (and no, I don't consider the originals all that great (except #3), but still): #1 - Louise, "Stuck in the Middle With You"; #2 - All Saints, "Under The Bridge"; #3 - Pascal feat. Karen Parry, "I Think We're Alone Now".

	10-06-2003 12:28									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed celine dion? she still has a career? is there no god?

Oh ****ing hell yes. She's signed a helluva big-paying contract to do a five-year-long stint at a Vegas casino, Elvis-style.

	10-06-2003 12:29									#6
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	10-06-2003 12:35									#7
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All these posts and no mention of

Avril Lavigne - Chop Suey!

Ye gads that rapes the ears.

	10-06-2003 12:38									#8
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oh god oh god why have you forsaken us?

don't tell me that barbara streisand still has a career...

	10-06-2003 12:44									#9
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Brittany Spears - Satisfaction.... this is blasphemy.

	10-06-2003 12:58									#10
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B. Spears - I love rock'n'roll

...talkin' 'bout blasphemy...

	10-06-2003 13:05									#11
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Yeah, both the Spears' choices are good, too. But, really, listen to Orbison's original (if you don't know it), then listen to this thing. Ugh.

And, Buck, I've heard that "Stuck in the Middle with You" cover; this edges it out IMO, but just barely. Double-ugh.

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Avril's Chop Suey cover. There is no option.

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chop suey? the system of a down song?

OK now I have to listen. Her Fuel cover wasn't toooo bad.

let me check this one out.

	10-06-2003 13:42									#14
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I'm utterly speechless just about.

Chop Suey

well from the version I got- which I suspect that is the only version there is, it's from a live perfomance in front of a small crowd of people. It sounds very unrehearsed.

It is bad, very bad. Although it does get better when she sings slower. But when she tries to do the fast part, she is so horrible to the point of being hilarious.

this cover easily without a doubt wins the worst cover ever awards.

	10-06-2003 15:34									#15
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Avril Lavigne does Chop Suey by System of a Down...

Ho...ly...Christ...

...She's almost good enough to be on American Idol. :Puke:

	10-06-2003 15:55									#16
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Anytime I hear a crappy cover, I wonder "what was wrong with the original?" Sometimes it's just to obvious that the artist/record company want to parasite on another artist by making a cover.

I share the opinion of David Lee Roth - "There's nothing wrong with singing covers, as long as you make them better than the original!"

Too bad that covers that have improved from the original are so rare.

	10-06-2003 16:09									#17
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Without a doubt, William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is the worst cover ever.

It makes his version of "Mr Tambourine Man" seem good in comparison.

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any one of the rock covers of 'suicide is painless', talk about missing the point

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quote: Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre I share the opinion of David Lee Roth - "There's nothing wrong with singing covers, as long as you make them better than the original!"

This from the man who failed to do exactly that with "Just a Gigalo" and "California Girls?" Well, at least he talks the talk...

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Worst cover ever: Will Young (the Britsh 'Pop Idol' guy) - "Light My Fire''

All Saints - "Under The Bridge", A. Lavigne - "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and B. Spears - "I Love Rock'n'Roll" are also awful..

I haven't heard Avril's Chop Suey cover yet..

	10-06-2003 16:35									#21
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I was in a cheery mood and was 'bout to say "Richard Cheese!!!" or "Max Raabe!!!", but Avril with Chop Suey got me seriously disturbed. :|

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"Without a doubt, William Shatner's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is the worst cover ever.

It makes his version of "Mr Tambourine Man" seem good in comparison."

You need to see his version of Rocket Man...there's a RealPlayer version of the video here:
http://www.shatnerology.com/

"Is it Shatner, or is it Elton John?"

"Worst cover ever: Will Young (the Britsh 'Pop Idol' guy) - "Light My Fire'' "

Which gives me the chance to bring up my favourite review of his album:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/revi...,804062,00.html

"Young's shortcomings are swiftly revealed by the album's cover versions. You need no degree in the semiotics of classic rock lyrics to know that the Doors' Light My Fire is not literally about lighting a fire. Yet on Young's version, the erotic throb has vanished. The song dangles, short and unappealing. He sings as if issuing instructions to a slow-witted housekeeper. Come on, baby, light my fire. And once you've done that, can you clean the bathroom mirror and give the living room a once-over with a duster? "

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quote: Flummoxed, they start making the noise that teen pop stars always make when they want to signify deep emotional torment, the Take Me Seriously Wail. Usually accompanied by a pained expression and a doleful shaking of the head, the Take Me Seriously Wail goes "Woah-HOAH-hoah!", or sometimes "Yaay- HEYA-haay!" Even without the associated visuals, the Take Me Seriously Wail has a devastating effect. Used liberally, as here, it can make the listener let out an involuntary wail of their own, the Take Me Somewhere This Music Isn't Audible Wail.

So true...

	10-06-2003 17:37									#24
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fuel cover? the same Fuel?

Snapcase - what's wrong with the original "stuck in the middle with you"?

	10-06-2003 18:01									#25
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Thalia's attempt to the us market. -I want you.
fyi=tommy mottola's bride.

	10-06-2003 18:14									#26
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celin dion looks like a horse!

	10-06-2003 20:50									#27
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If we are not counting any William Shatner...

Madonna doing "American Pie".

	10-06-2003 20:55									#28
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I'm not at all pleased by the Dixie Chicks "Landslide"

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Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway to Heaven?

	10-06-2003 21:16									#30
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quote: I'm not at all pleased by the Dixie Chicks "Landslide"

I thought it was better than the original by far .

quote: If we are not counting any William Shatner...

Naw... he sings songs the same reason he does 'Priceline' commericals... for the laughs. He knows it and we (should) know it.