# Mock your favorite songs, with the worst covers imaginable

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983 "2004-11-16T02:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983/1 "2004-11-16T02:23:38Z")

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For example, “The Trees” by Rush, as sung by Daffy Duck: “There ith trouble, in the foretht…” Or any song by Styx (but especially Lorelai or Come Sail Away) sung by Eric Cartman.

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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983/2 "2004-11-16T02:25:41Z")

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Mine was actually done. **Walking in Memphis** as covered by **Cher.**

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983/3 "2004-11-16T02:30:02Z")

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_The Mercy Seat_, done by Madonna. I’ve no idea what she’d do with it, but it’s guaranteed to miss the point entirely.

_Fairytale of New York_ - Ewan McGregor & Nicole Kidman (if their attempts in Moulin Rouge weren’t bad enough).

_Paranoid Android_ by Oasis.

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983/4 "2004-11-16T02:32:39Z")

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“Music of the Night” from _Phantom of the Opera_ sung by Fred Schneider of the B-52s.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mock-your-favorite-songs-with-the-worst-covers-imaginable/274983/5 "2004-11-16T02:41:12Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> For example, “The Trees” by Rush, as sung by Daffy Duck: “There ith trouble, in the foretht…” Or any song by Styx (but especially Lorelai or Come Sail Away) sung by Eric Cartman.

You do know that whenever Cartman hears the start of Come Sail Away, he has to finish the entire song, right? It makes for much hilarity in one of the very early episodes.