Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High

Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High

I agree with them on Rod Stewart’s rape and perver…

I agree with them on Rod Stewart’s rape and perversion of Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train”. Very few people can do a good cover of his music, and Rod isn’t one of them (but neither is Scarlett Johansen”.
-B

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band doing Springsteen’s “Bli…

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band doing Springsteen’s “Blinded By The Light.” Ugh. “Wrapped up like a douche”?

Makes Mariah Carey’s “Bringing On The Heartbreak” sound like a masterpiece.

Ever hear the prom Soul Asylum played on behalf o…

Ever hear the prom Soul Asylum played on behalf of students whose town was destroyed by a natural disaster? They open the show with A.C.’s Schools Out and pretty much nail it. It was released a few years ago.

But I’d rather get MMJ.

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I kind of like the Oasis cover. If you want to hea…

I kind of like the Oasis cover. If you want to hear something really bad check out Rod’s version of All Right Now or anything off his new album. Yeah how ’bout a list of the best and worst cover albums ever.

“If I Can’t Change Your Mind” – Train”When The Sta…

“If I Can’t Change Your Mind” – Train
“When The Stars Go Blue” – Tim McGraw
“Working Class Hero” – Ozzy Osbourne
“Bastards Of Young” – Jesse Malin

Four of my favorite songs interpreted in horrible ways.

Worst cover songs ever

Stereogum has a post today pointing the way to the Cracked.com list of worst covers ever recorded butchered. They suggest the following abominations:

20. “You Shook Me All Night Long” — Celine Dion and Anastasia
19. “Downtown Train” — Rod Stewart
18. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” — Guns N Roses
17. “Demolition Man” — Manfred Mann
16. “American Pie” — Madonna
15. “My Generation” — Hilary Duff
14. “It’s My Life” — No Doubt
13. “Video Killed The Radio Star” — The Presidents of the United States of America
12. “Walk this Way” — Macy Gray
11. “Another Brick in the Wall” — Korn
10. “I’m A Believer” — Smash Mouth
09. “Satisfaction” — Britney Spears
08. “Sweet Child O Mine” — Sheryl Crow
07. “Big Yellow Taxi” — Counting Crows
06. “911 Is a Joke” — Duran Duran
05. “Anarchy in the UK” — Motley Crue
04. “Behind Blue Eyes” — Limp Bizkit
03. “Feel Like Making Love” — Kid Rock
02. “Dock of the Bay” — Michael Bolton
01. “And It Stoned Me” — Bob Dylan

I would like to respectfully submit the following addendum, which is really, really, insultingly bad. You may think it’s awful when it starts. Just wait. It gets worse as it goes along, peaking with the gospelly backup vocals on the chorus and the peppy brass instruments.
Cigarettes and Alcohol (Oasis cover) – Rod Stewart

It dovetails nicely with the crystal-vivid dream I had last night that I was at the 1995 Oasis show at The Fillmore in SF (it showed up in this picture I took; maybe it came from there to color my dreams). I was hanging out backstage with (no lie) Screech and A.C. Slater. Seriously, I’m not making this stuff up, kids. It’s too good.

REM rocks- nough said, great post, thanks. love c…

REM rocks- nough said, great post, thanks. love comments too!

Thanks for reminding me of my regret over not seei…

Thanks for reminding me of my regret over not seeing MMJ in January…

the Empty Bottle in Chicago used to do these quite…

the Empty Bottle in Chicago used to do these quite often going back to the early 90’s.