# Really Bad Re-makes of Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951 "2002-08-02T01:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/21 "2002-08-02T22:51:48Z")
Pat Boone’s “In A Metal Mood” CD has covers of: “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” “Smoke on the Water” “Panama” “No More Mr. Nice Guy” “Love Hurts” “Enter Sandman” “Paradise City” Among others. There’s also a cover of “Crazy Train” which I believe was the opening theme to The Osbournes series on MTV. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has samples of some of the songs, if you think you can stand it… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/22 "2002-08-02T22:58:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moe \* > \*\*…unless you can see it for its comedic value, like Pat Boone’s Tutti Fruitti. \*\* For better torture (or TOR-CHA!), WATCH him sing it. The clip I’ve always seen is apparently from American Bandstand, or some such teen show from the 50’s. Watching him twist and shake while wearing white buck shoes makes me ashamed to, not only be white, but to be a human being. ---
**Author:** ![Sagasumono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Sagasumono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sagasumono)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/23 "2002-08-03T00:37:21Z")
GexGex: Serch for the track list for a CD clled “Take A Bite Outta Rhyme” It’s intent was to be a “tribute” to rap and hip hop music by rock bands.Being someone who loves both generes I had high hopes for it,but they were dashed and burned into the ground. Some people did like the Dynimite Hack Boys in the hood,but to each his own. To me,that song was an insult. Humm…as for other bad remakes…I heard one on the radio about a year or two ago of Sexual Healing. Don’t know if the version played only in Hawaii or what but it reeked. Marvin would have turned in his grave. POPE GEORGE: That Tracy Chapman remake…what did it sound like. I kow they had a aucostic Ukulele version out here,and I liked it okay. Not sure if it’s the same one. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Random\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@A\_Random\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Random_Geek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/24 "2002-08-03T11:32:10Z")
I heard Elton John’s _Rocket Man_ covered by this chick (Kate Bush or something like that). Terrible, absolutely terrible! I heard a cover of the Beatles’ _Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds_ recently. Yuck!!! Man, why _bother_ covering that – there’s no way any modern group can get the proper mood for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ersatz_Shmoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/25 "2002-08-04T00:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*I would rather be dragged around the island of Manhattan by the hair on my scrotum than listen to Heart’s malignant cover of _The Battle of Evermore_. On the _Singles_ soundtrack, they’re credited as the Heartmongers. Did they not want to take proper credit, or was this a contractual thing or a side project? I dug it out recently and listened to the whole CD, and when that came on, I thought, “Hey, this sounds exactly like Heart.” The A-Teens’ recent cover of an Elvis song (I forget which one) was so bad that my dad said it was proof that Elvis was really dead. Otherwise the A-Teens would be. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/26 "2002-08-04T00:56:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by okielady \* > \*\*Pat Boone’s “In A Metal Mood” CD has covers of: > “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” > “Smoke on the Water” > “Panama” > “No More Mr. Nice Guy” > “Love Hurts” > “Enter Sandman” > “Paradise City” > Among others. There’s also a cover of “Crazy Train” which I believe was the opening theme to The Osbournes series on MTV. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has samples of some of the songs, if you think you can stand it… \*\* The [Rock N’ Roll Hall of Shame](http://www.fadetoblack.com/hallofshame/) has all those and more. Be sure to check out Joe Pesci’s cover of “Got To Get You Into My Life”. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/27 "2002-08-04T01:05:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by okielady \* > \*\*Pat Boone’s “In A Metal Mood” CD has covers of: > “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” > “Smoke on the Water” > “Panama” > “No More Mr. Nice Guy” > “Love Hurts” > “Enter Sandman” > “Paradise City” > Among others. There’s also a cover of “Crazy Train” which I believe was the opening theme to The Osbournes series on MTV. [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has samples of some of the songs, if you think you can stand it… \*\* The [Rock N’ Roll Hall of Shame](http://www.fadetoblack.com/hallofshame/) has all those and more. Be sure to check out Joe Pesci’s cover of “Got To Get You Into My Life”. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/28 "2002-08-04T04:25:27Z")
BJ Thomas did a song long ago called, “Hooked on a Feeling”. He may not have been the first, I’m not sure. The somebody covered it, and it sounded almost identical except for this added chorus of “Ooga Chagga, Oooga Chagga…” Stupidest damn thing I’ve ever heard. But if you’re looking for bad cover music, I agree you can’t go wrong with Pat Boone. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/29 "2002-08-04T05:12:33Z")
Natalie Merchants has apparently devoted herself to ruining good songs. “Sympathy fro the Devil” is awful and “Because the Night” is simply insulting. When Patti Smith sang “…so take me now” you understood she meant “or else.” When Natalie sang it it was more like “or not.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/30 "2002-08-04T15:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by A Random Geek \* > \*\*I heard Elton John’s _Rocket Man_ covered by this chick (Kate Bush or something like that). Terrible, absolutely terrible! > \*\* Can’t be worse than the cover by William Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/31 "2002-08-04T16:04:06Z")
My college roommate found a song on Napster claiming to be “Bohemian Rhapsody”, covered by Elton John with backing from Guns N’ Roses. It sounded like it might’ve been that, too. It was not good. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/32 "2002-08-04T16:21:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > \*\*BJ Thomas did a song long ago called, “Hooked on a Feeling”. He may not have been the first, I’m not sure. > > The somebody covered it, and it sounded almost identical except for this added chorus of “Ooga Chagga, Oooga Chagga…” > > Stupidest damn thing I’ve ever heard. \*\* **MAJOR CHEESE ALERT** To not only hear, but see David Hasselhoff singing the song in question, [go here, go to the bottom of the page and select “Hooked On A Feeling.”](http://www.hellonetwork.com/demo/toysclub/) You have to see this. I promise. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/33 "2002-08-04T18:10:57Z")
Just driving aroung with Baby Kate this afternoon, listening to the radio (and I love XM, for whomever asked) and I heard Richard Cheese playing his piano bar blues interpretation of: Fight For Your Right (To Party). Ow! ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/34 "2002-08-04T21:21:52Z")
A recent remake that made my ears hurt is **Papa Don’t Preach** by Kelly Osbourne. Gotta love the way they overproduce it so as to hide the fact she has no voice. For the record, I love Dynamite Hack’s take on **Boys in the Hood.** It made me realize how stupid those gangster rap lyrics are. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/35 "2002-08-05T03:19:28Z")
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Britney’s lame remake of “I love rock ‘n’ roll.” I heard two bars of this in the “Crossroads” preview, and the screen was obscured by the fumes eminating from the screen. Even my tin ear picked up just how out of key she sang. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/36 "2002-08-05T03:42:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Intaglio \* > \*\*The remake of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eye’s” was really awful. > > There was a radio station in town, that had the remake version on heavy rotation, they even had the hack artist in the studio to play a live version. > > I really wish music industry people would tell a hack artist not to do a remake of a good song, by an artist. \*\* Intaglio, you must live in Connecticut. Probably Hartford area. That’s exactly what we heard. Not only that, but they STILL play this version instead of the original. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/37 "2002-08-05T04:01:10Z")
For a hideous collection of cover songs, get [Golden Throats](http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=81227018726). It has a couple of Shatner songs, a couple of Nimoy songs, and Mae West “singing” _Twist and Shout_. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/38 "2002-08-05T04:27:23Z")
Guns & Roses doing _Live and Let Die_ is pretty horrific, but the one cover that _seriously_ (and I do mean _seriously_) had me contemplating suicide was Dolly Parton’s up-tempo, bluegrass rendition of _Time For Me To Fly_ by REO Speedwagon. Word is now that she’s done a cover of Zepplin’s _Stairway to Heaven_, I swear, if its as awful as the Speedwagon cover and I’m forced to listen to it, I’m gonna go on a killing spree! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/39 "2002-08-05T04:47:39Z")
The a-teens cover was “cant help falling in love with you” for the lilo and stitch movie Ub40 did it better… The worst covers are social distortions johnny cash covers Espically ring of fire, Mike ness must o f had some good drugs or something that day… Becuase you sit there and wonder wtf was he on when he thought he was cash , ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951/40 "2002-08-05T04:55:39Z")
[ul] [li]Sheryl Crow folking at _Sweet Child O’ Mine_.[/li][li]Tom Morello and Lane Staley groaning/scratching at _Another Brick in the Wall_.[/li][li]P-Diddy (I think thats the current name) taking a “sample” out of _Every Breath You Take_.[/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-re-makes-of-songs/121951.md?page=3)