I'll listen to most anything.
From Madonna to Rob Zombie, to Scooter, to ELO to Prince, to Frankie goes to hollywood, Florence and the machine, ...

The only thing that really annoys me is covers, where talentless artists murder a perfectly servicable pop-record.

Any covers that have particularly upset you?
(speedevil, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 13:22, 32 replies)

Nelly Futardo just recently covered 'Time Stand Still' by Rush
ugh.

There was really no need.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 13:32, closed)

Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol
There can be nothing worse than some tawdry vacuous pisspop wannabe droning out an already insipid soulless sexless dirge of a record.
(Figmaus, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 13:38, closed)

Excellent point
Boyzone and Westlife were particularly adept at murdering other peoples songs.
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 13:48, closed)

Ronan Keiting
Fairytale of New York.

He should be shot.
( greedyostrich Cheese is evil! Cheddar is VOODOO!, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 13:51, closed)

Totally agree.
Beating to death with a shovel is a better option though.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 16:58, closed)

X-Factor - Heroes
Hate it.
( The_Commander_of_Skips wears his sunglasses at night, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:10, closed)

There are many covers that infuriate me
but the worst of all had to be All Saints murdering Under the Bridge, and about 100% of Glee covers - especially Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon.
(FirstBendBunching All four back please..., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:12, closed)

Louise Redknapp + "Stuck in the middle with you"
vile to all 5 senses.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:17, closed)

Youuuu got the laaaarrrve

Anything that needs an "uplifting" moment like an X Factor montage, or a montage before / after the grand prix on BBC. And inbetween the adverts on the footy. FUCK OFF YOU SLAG
(steh30, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:18, closed)

Do they still play it every hour on 6Music?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:26, closed)

anything
that weaselly Mark Ronson ever butchered. I wanted to cry when I heard 'Stop Me.'
(jennymnemonic, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:22, closed)

I not overly keen of most versions of Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)*
but The Wedding Present's version is top.



*Double points for getting the brackets
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:47, closed)

Madonna: American Pie
No more needs to be said.
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 14:51, closed)

That 'The Climb' thing
that some XFactor muppet (Joe McElderry - I've just googled it) covered from a Miley Cyrus original.

1) Extremely cynical in the same year the original was released
2) Even the original's shit - so why cover it

Also, lest we forget, Mel C doing Anarchy in the UK:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk11vitcFQo
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 16:00, closed)

Comfortably Numb... Scissor Sisters

( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 16:51, closed)

They should have been rolled in broken glass
and dipped in piss for that crime against humanity.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:32, closed)

^^This
hard.
( MatJ LOOK, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:45, closed)

I logged in
specially to reply with that
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 9:18, closed)

The Braids - Bohemian Rhapsody
Never a clearer case for cyanide in the cornflakes.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:16, closed)

Any cover of 'Creep' by Radiohead
And it's not because I'm a massive Radiohead fan or anything, it's just that they're inevitably a pile of dribbly, whiny wank.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:21, closed)

^This
There now even is a version in GERMAN. Now I am German and I sure don't mind hearing German songs, but Creep - by a German COUNTRY music singer - crossed the line. No, it actually didn't even see the line.
( RedWine President of the S.C.U.M., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 18:26, closed)

This should have been a QOTW
Fucking DJ fucking Sammy - Boys of Summer.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 17:37, closed)

Everything
that bint on the CSL adverts sings.
Regardless of whether I like the original songs or not her voice really gets on my nerves.
(FootOfTim, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 18:16, closed)

All of the X-Twattor singles, But Alexandra Burke's "Hallelujah" the most.
They should have just stopped with Cohen's and Buckley's versions. Can't get much better than those, in my opinion.
( Trogdos The Raging Cuntmuffin, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 20:52, closed)

^ this
It was on the radio at work the other day. I nearly killed someone.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Mon 3 Jan 2011, 22:14, closed)

KD Lang
Does a surprisingly good version of this..
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 8:37, closed)

you dont like covers?
Can really be that into Florence and the Machine then?
( bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 8:56, closed)

whoever covered "light my fire"
in the first you've got talent/idol/whatever the fuck it was

I don't know his name, but it made me want to turn myself inside out and feed myself to a mincemeatmaker
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 9:20, closed)

Now I like covers....
...IF they do something different / original / unexpected with it.

A cover that sounds just like the original - or a soulless, bowdlerized, supermarket-muzak version of the original - now THAT really pisses me off.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 11:14, closed)

this^
some do come across really rather well, but if you're just trying to sound exactly the same, what's the point?
( kappynitty doubled your entendre on, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 17:19, closed)

Duran Duran
Once covered 911 Is A Joke by public enemy...I'll try and find it, it is truly shit but amusing with it...You can imagine how many problems the likes of Simon Le Bon get when they are waiting for their ambulance or police car in the ghetto -

Edit -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_BgzSDQNk
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 4 Jan 2011, 16:29, closed)

Almost anything.
ALMOST!
(elbee909, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 0:38, closed)