Music My ears are bleeding (awful song covers)

[CassiusClaymore]

So my attention was directed to this today. Some of you may have seen it but for those who haven't you're in for a treat. Puddle of Mudd absolutely butcher Nirvana's 'About a Girl'...

Aptly described by one commentator as the sound of "a Hillbilly being put through a woodchipper" and by another as "Krusty the Clown trying to pass a kidney stone"




Bonus video of Sting looking extremely uncomfortable as Jose Feliciano murders 'Every Breath You Take'




Anyone else got any others?

 

[OleBoiii]

 

[The Cat]

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Eek. That anthem is cringe enough at the best of times. Let her loose on God Save the Queen...

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Disqualified. That's in the so bad it's good category.

 

[The Cat]

Disqualified. That's in the so bad it's good category.

Was the very first clip that came to mind

 

[OleBoiii]

 

[Skåre Willoch]

 

[Sylar]

I actually like Puddle of Mudd but that is brutal

 

[horsechoker]

I think many covers suffer from what is described in this video. Essentially singers try to use them as a vehicle to show off their technique rather than actually adding something or breathing new life into a song

 

[Mart1974]

 

[decorativeed]

Just wait till those drums kick in. Sweet.

 

[esmufc07]

Came into post the scissor sisters one. An abomination!

 

[CassiusClaymore]

I actually like Puddle of Mudd but that is brutal

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Just wait till those drums kick in. Sweet.

Jesus Christ. Sounds like my mum trying to play Guitar Hero.

 

[SilentWitness]

 

[Sylar]

Remember thinking the lead singer used to look like the wrestler Edge (adam copeland)

 

[Superunknown]

Just wait till those drums kick in. Sweet.

For fecks sake!
I can't breathe. Lost it as soon as the drums came in.

 

[Red Stone]

Just wait till those drums kick in. Sweet.

It either requires a huge amount of talent or a profound lack of it to be so outrageously off the beat throughout the whole song. I play myself, and I couldn't pull off a shit-show like that. It's like those "shreds" videos that used to be popular. It can actually take skill to play that badly.

 

[decorativeed]

It either requires a huge amount of talent or a profound lack of it to be so outrageously off the beat throughout the whole song. I play myself, and I couldn't pull of a shit-show like that. It's like those "shreds" videos that used to be popular. It can actually take skill to play that badly.

I know what you mean, I play too. I had a chat with Neil Innes once about how he played the solo of Canyons of Your Mind, because it's so bad it's incredibly difficult to replicate.

 

[FireballXL5]

It either requires a huge amount of talent or a profound lack of it to be so outrageously off the beat throughout the whole song. I play myself, and I couldn't pull of a shit-show like that. It's like those "shreds" videos that used to be popular. It can actually take skill to play that badly.

Yet they're still better than Greta Van Fleet.

 

[Minkaro]

There’s too many to list, but watch any ad break, and you’re guaranteed to suffer at least one depressing shite cover of a previously upbeat song.

 

[Lay]

When Blazing Squad did Crossroads by Bone thug n harmony

 

[MarylandMUFan]

Just wait till those drums kick in. Sweet.

Wow. What stunned me most is the actual best part was the kid singing.

 

[Gazza]

I actually like Puddle of Mudd but that is brutal

The remix

 

[MarylandMUFan]

This thread got me down a rabbit hole that landed here: