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"Best / Worst Covers"

What are your best and worst cover versions of all time.........

Johnny Cash - Hurt
Counting Crows - Rock n Roll Star
Ryan Adams - Wonderwall, Return of the Grevious Angel, 19th (?) nervous breakdown
Roderigo y Gabriela - Battery

Forza wrote:
> Light wrote:
> Bad: Those &*^)(&%^* on the X Factor who covered Creep by
> Radiohead.
>
> That was one of the most painful experiences of my life.

Yeah, people say Radiohead are depressing...but those few minutes brought me closer to slitting my wrists than listening to Radiohead non-stop for several weeks ever did.

Magical Trevor wrote:
> Most originals are better than covers, but Metallica's version of
> "Whiskey In the Jar" is much better than the Thin Lizzy
> one.

Bull.

Good: Johnny Cash ~ One
Bad: Jamie Cullam ~ High & Dry

Very_Metal wrote:
> right now i'm liking Ghostbusters by the Mad Caddies.

Heh, saw them live, don't remember that one mind. I prefer the New Found Glory version myself.

Best: New Found Glory - My Heart Will Go On
Worst: Bandaid 20 (I'm sorry, but I truly hate it)

Light wrote:
> Bad: Those &*^)(&%^* on the X Factor who covered Creep by
> Radiohead.

That was one of the most painful experiences of my life.

Timmargh wrote:

> Good: Faith No More's "War Pigs"

tis true!!
although Pride & GLory played the definitive version of War Pigs at Donnington 94 :)

Good: Soundgarden's cover of "Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap
Bad: Those &*^)(&%^* on the X Factor who covered Creep by Radiohead.

Worst is anything in the charts - they're all covers now, aren't they?

Good: Ugly Kid Joe's "N.I.B."
Good: Faith No More's "War Pigs"

worst - Jennifer Ellison covering Transvision Vamps "baby i don't care"
best - oooooh, LOADS, but right now i'm liking Ghostbusters by the Mad Caddies.