You-are-insane. 
That cover is BRILLIANT. Gave the song a level of depth that never existed previously. And you’re taking to a Kiss freak of 25 years!
The Lemonheads’ version of “Plaster Caster,” now that was bad. . .
Who was the metal band who covered “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay”?
Gawd, that was awful. They hammered all of the feeling right out of it.
Nitro, I heard it too and it sucks. I looked it up on www.allmusic.com and it’s done by Dryden Mitchell. He’s the lead singer for Alien Ant Farm, who did a cover of “Smooth Criminal” a few years back (which I liked, by the way).
Check out the soundtrack “Friday I’m in Love” is on. I think we could have some new contenders. Mark McGrath doing “Ghost in You”? ::shudder:: Someone (I’ve never heard of) covers “Slave to Love”*? My Og!
*Okay, maybe I shouldn’t prejudge this one, since I’ve never heard of Elan Atias, but I can’t help it. Don’t cover Bryan Ferry. There is no improving on his voice.
I hear ya there. Especially with the way LB added a few whiny lines about the way girls and boys fight all the time at the end.
DEAPTH??? WHat depth? It’s a party song and they made it into a dirge. The only depth I got out of it was 6 feet of dirt after shooting myself in the head!
Sounds like he was singing while on the throne, trying to push out a huge log. This might give you some idea:
A few of the worst:
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Tiffany’s “I Saw Him Standing There.” I should have known my first marriage was doomed when my then-wife told me she thought Tiffany’s version was better than the Beatles’.
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I’m a huge Yes fan, but I HATED their cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America.”
I owe you big. I Googled and found this track … wow.
I’ve always been on the fence with her music, but each cover I hear her do pushes me closer towards “can’t stand her”. Her butchering of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and REM’s “Losing My Religion” are inexcusable.
My contributions to this list:
Fine Young Cannibals, “Ever Fallen In Love”, originally by the Buzzcocks
Orgy, “Blue Monday”, originally by New Order
Love Spit Love’s, “How Soon Is Now”, originally by the Smiths
Marilyn Manson, “Sweet Dreams”, originally by the Eurythmics
Don’t sell yourself short
worked pretty well for me. It has that…“different is good” kinda feel to it.
t.A.T.u. - How Soon is Now
I’m no huge Smiths fan, but this is one piece of dreck.
Seconding Fine Young Cannibals’s cover of “Ever Fallen in Love?” I heard it once and couldn’t even finish it. The new version of it by Pete Yorn is surprisingly not bad, though.
As far as “The Mind Bogglers” goes, I’m stealing it for a band name. 
RE:“How Soon Is Now”…
You haven’t heard this song untill you hear the version done by Tesco Vee of The Meatmen infamy. It’s actually pretty great though. And then there’s Mojo Nixon’s cover of “Girlfriend In A Coma” that just rules.
I hope you don’t either. It’s pretty wretched. The cover of “Friday I’m in Love” doesn’t sound like it would be any better.
Wow.
I just listened to this; does it remind anyone else of a Strongbad e-mail?
Bigod 20 covered Like A Prayer, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson (among others) covered Like A Virgin.
I always liked the version Lords Of The New Church did. Yeah, it’s a silly version, but that’s what i like about it.
Must try to resist. Can’t resist. Must. Try.
Curse you! shakes fist
Back in the Good Old Days of Napster, there were all kinds of cover versions that could be dredged up. One of the finest sources was an album released by “Spy Magazine” entitled “Celebrities Butchering Songs”.
Sebastian Cabot - "It Ain’t Me Babe"
Joel Grey - "White Room"
Yes that’s right - the Cream song. Wow does it seem anemic and lifeless when Joel Grey steps up to the musical microphone for that one.
And of course ANYTHING by Shatner is a musical travesty.
I can’t believe Crispin Glover actually sings? Can Armageddon be far away?
Dwight Yoakam’s cover of ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ made me absolutely CRINGE.
That’s nothing. If you can stomach it, listen to the bridge again - the part where the lead singer starts chanting letters of the alphabet like the Caterpillar from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland. Listen carefully to the backup vocals there.
Recognize it at all?
That’s right - a freakin’ Speak & Spell.