# What an awful cover version **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502 "2006-07-21T16:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502/61 "2006-07-24T04:23:46Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] As for Molly Hatchett’s cover of _Dreams_ (Allman Brothers Band)… well, I think the word Hatchett pretty much takes care of it. [/QUOTE] I didn’t want to believe this was true, but [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) proved me wrong … and they had this great review: > [@Probably Jim Anchower](#): > > “Dreams I’ll never see” is better than the original ALLMAN BROTHERS version by a long shot. My vote is for _Purple Haze_, by (it’s a tie) both The Cure and Winger. I can respect that The Cure tried to do something different with the song, but I still didn’t like the result. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502/62 "2006-07-24T04:58:01Z")
Sheryl Crow’s version of “D’yer Maker”. But then again, I’ve missed most of the monstrosities mentioned here, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502/63 "2006-07-24T13:42:37Z")
I saw an ad for the new _Miami Vice_ movie last night. The backing track was a remake of Phil Collins’s “In The Air”. Now, if this movie soundtrack is nothing but covers of songs from 1984-1985 by modern artists, I think it should win a special Worst Cover Concept award. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502/64 "2006-07-24T14:23:07Z")
I didn’t think this thread would still be going, but since it is, I’ll chime in with the Goo Goo Doll’s (they should be shot for that name alone)cover of Supertramp’s “Give a Little Bit”. How can one cover a song that is very simple to begin with and still manage to suck “a little bit” more out of it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-an-awful-cover-version/365502.md?page=3)