LET'S ARGUE: Worst Song Covers of All Time
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2021
- These covers... they're arguably NOT GOOD.
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Just the phrase "G-Eazy's cover of David Bowie's Lazarus" assaulted my peace of mind like a cartoon piano
I'm so morbidly curious, but I genuinely don't think I'm in a mental state where I could take that right now. It sounds bafflingly terrible.
@@bowietwombly5951 same
Oh God. How could you take one of Bowie's best songs, on (arguably) his best album, and think you're going to make it better? Pure doo doo, no thanks. Smh G-Eazy....
The sheer revulsion at that phrase.
For anyone to cover this song is ridiculous.
The real worst covers of all time are fun/uptempo songs covered really slowly and dramatically for movie trailers. I particularly remember a cover of What is love that is done extremely slowly and melodramatically and it was so Godawful.
That's a trend? I can only think of two of them, the Pinocchio song in the trailer for Age of Ultron, and that cover of Enjoy the Silence by KI Theory used in the Ghost in the Shell trailer. I liked that one, though it's not like Enjoy the Silence is the most quick and poppy track out there. A dramatic cover of What is Love sounds like the kind of thing I could never fucking take seriously, that's one step away from doing a really heartfelt dramatic Allstar cover.
@@TheGreatYukon that "Gangstas Paradise" cover makes me cringe
Mad World doesn't fit this rule
@@PPP-od6lz mad world is uptempo but also sad and dramatic so the transition is better
There's also an extremely terrible cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit for The Gallows on WB apparently, and another awful cover of Every Breath You Take for Blair Witch. I'm trying to come up with a few others, but there is definitely a trend unfortunately.
When I saw Danzig last spring, he asked after a few songs if we wanted to hear any of his Elvis album. I've NEVER heard a crowd go silent so fast. I braced for him to storm off, but he proceeded to pretend he never asked and jumped into the next original track lol.
At least he respected the crowds obvious lack of enthusiasm. Seen Corey Taylor get booed on two occasions for forcing encores of slow Stone Sour songs on an unenthused audience.
I'd have to burst out laughing. This sounds so painfully funny
The cover of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit at the beginning of Black Widow actually made me angry in the movie theater.
That was so fucking cringe.
I was laughing my ass off so much, it was awful
completely agree, they tried to make a meaningless song impactful and it jusy fell flat on its face
just listened to it and what the hell, who chose this song to be the motivational/melodramatic theme song?
imo if they really wanted smells like teen spirit on the soundtrack, it would’ve been better if the song just gradually built up as black widow beat up someone or did something bad ass, could’ve been 10x better than what we got.
Yah I heard it was gonna be in the movie before I saw it and thought it was a joke. And then I'm sitting there in the theater just thinking "what?"
It is long overdue to have a let’s argue: BEST covers of all time
hendrix's version of all along the watchtower
Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah”.
Devo’s “I can’t get no satisfaction”.
House of the Rising Sun - the Animals
@@bens.2260 No
13th Floor elevators' cover of Dylan's "It's all over now baby blue" 😍
When he read out "g-eazys cover of lazarus" i audibly went "He did WHAT!"
I didn't know about it either and I legitimately thought that guy was joking. Like it was from the Onion or something. Lol
I didn't know about it either and whoooo thats a tacky move
It legit felt like an alternate reality I don't want to be in.
Nice name
Literally Dexter is the only other person allowed to sing this song live.
Covering a song like Lazarus should unironically be a social taboo on par with grave robbery.
Ded
But agreed tbh
Can't steal something that isn't there though. Real catch-22.
Car seat headrest has done it live pretty respectfully
@@shimmipenguin1764 csh covers kinda lit
Howard Jones did a great cover of Lazarus
Surprised no one mentioned Falling in Reverse's cover of "Gangsta's Paradise."
This is the part where I would describe that cover to those who are unfamiliar, but there are no words.
Not only is it so so so out of their wheelhouse, but it certainly doesn't help that Ronnie Radke is an obnoxious signer and a far worse person. I can never understand people being super into that band. If someone likes the music but dislikes the person or vice versa, I can understand the separation, but a trash person who's a trash singer? What's left to like?
that exists...? the horror...
I was surprised that the whole punk goes ____ albums were not trashed. As a fan of the genre I can say that 95% of those songs are hard to listen to.. They just generally sing either the chorus clean or the verses and then scream the other add some blast beats and just most are really not appealing. There are a couple exceptions the bad romance cover is actually interesting at least alokg with a few others but in general kinda just generic and unappealing at the same time.
They actually stole the idea from a local band in socal called In Fear and Faith. I heard them play this cover live in 2009! It blew my mind, that cover is sick! its on youtube!
Ronnie Radke should be thrown in jail and left to rot, he really is a total fucking insult to rock music, his music isn't even so bad it's good, it's just bad, and Falling In Reverse have got to be one of the worst bands in existence.
I dont know why but 40 year olds love Disturbed's sound of silence cover for some reason. Used to go to a family friends house and my parents annoying upper middle class friends loved to play it and gush.
it's because affluent gen xers are the worst people
i was pretty shocked to hear melon's opinion on the cover, i did not think he'd think that at all. but ig that means i live in an even tighter bubble than i thought -- where i'm from, these "affluent gen xers" are abundant
when i was in school we even analysed that cover... yikes
I noticed that aswell, I go to a friend's house and the only form of rock that would play would be disturbed- sound of silence and Falling in reverse (which is played by my friends sister). I have nothing against Falling in reverse or disturbed but idk. It is weird to think my friends southern country dad (who is a cool guy none the less) would be down with this song.
Oh god you're so right.
Alien Ant Farm wasn't trying to add anything to MJ's classic. It was an homage to a great song with good guitar tone and a silly video. It was fun to see a bunch of nerdy white guys show love to MJ.
Thank you. That slander was unnecessary lol.
i unironically love that track
@@alex_oiman i unironically enjoyed the cover even more
That cover was actually the result of a warm-up that the band used to play before shows that people said sounds good and someone suggested they make a song out of it
Yeh I'm surprised to see someone say it's the 'worst cover ever' just because it wasn't setting the world on fire.
I'm sure I heard somewhere that the band resisted it being a single because it was just something they did for fun.
Train did a Led Zeppelin cover album. Can't forget that.
I really wish I didn't know that existed. Damnit
so they did covers of covers
TRAIN WHYYYYYYYY
Genuine crime to not mention Bono’s cover of “Hallelujah”. It’s been haunting me for like 3 years at this point
I'm from Spain and I want to point out that the Ecce Homo's story is not true. It was not in a museum, it was in a church, and the old lady who "restored" it (Cecilia Giménez) did it with the permission of the priest, never asked for money and only wanted to help preserve the art. When it became famous, she said on TV that she was proud of her work and proud to be the reason her town caught the attention of so many tourists (the whole town seemed to be really grateful with Cecilia, they even gave parties in her name), but also kinda sad because of the people who made fun of it, because she said that it was something she did with good intentions and it looked so bad because it wasn't even finished (and they never let her finish).
Thank you for commenting this, more people need to know
Scarlett Johansson made a full album of bad Tom Waits covers. She even pulled David Bowie into that malarkey. She deserves the recognition.
I remember that one! Mostly because that was the first time in my life that I understood what people mean by "bad production".
OMG you had to remind me
She’s hotter now because she’s a tom waits fan tho
…I still love her and forgive her…
That album was great
I didn't know ppl disliked AAF's Smooth Criminal cover. I think it's one of the best covers out there. Does it add to the legacy? No, but it doesn't need to. It takes the good parts of Smooth Criminal and cranks them up to 11 while not overstepping their boundaries by tarnishing MJ's strengths. It's good shit
I agree 100%. It's not trying to reinvent the wheel and they have no misconceptions about what they're trying to do. They're just trying to have fun with a classic song and they nailed it in an unpretentious way. Fun cover.
Agreed as well. It's not the greatest cover ever but fairly well done
I think the cover is good except for those stupid MJ type yelps and stuff they put on the back end of the track which sounds so out of place.
@@nicksikoryak1467 I actually like those a lot. They do some good MJ yelping.
not to mention the video is so fun
After listening to the Pink Tape, I can confirm there's indeed another song to be added to the list.
cs is fine tho and i didnt listen to pink tape at all
The corporate trash bag fire of a band "Train" did an entire album covering Led Zeppelin II. I feel like that existing at all at least deserves an honorable mention. I say it doesn't get first place only because I don't think it appealed to anyone enough on either side of the fence for anyone to actually listen to it.
Why did you remind me of the existence of _Train_ 🚊🚞🚂? Whyyyyyyyyy
WAIT OH NO WHAT
DEAR. GOD. We have truly failed as a species for letting that shit exist
Did you watch the new What Makes This Song Stink video too? I only first heard of this Led Zeppelin II cover a couple days ago from that
@@Pr0jectFM YES! Just stumbled across that channel last night. Love it.
As someone who speaks english as their second language, I thought the title implied "cover" as in, the album/LP cover, and I got really confused thinking the About a Girl youtube thumbnail they linked on twitter was the actual cover of the LP of the song until I realised, "oh. I'm just dumb lol"
Easy mistake, but yeah, we'd generally refer to that as either an 'album cover' (not to be confused with a 'covers album - an album comprised of covers) or, more likely, 'cover art' or 'artwork'.
Same lol
Ngl if this was actually the case would be a really cool idea to put Wes looking like he's constipated or some shit in the cover
I fainted at the words “G-Eazy’s cover of David Bowie’s Lazarus.” Like I’m almost genuinely angry that you let me know it exists.
Machine Guns Kelly Cover of Killing in the Name Of. The dynamic range in in his performance is so narrowed that it's infuriating. The dynamic range of Zachs performance is what made that song awesome and considering when that cover dropped, gives a certain air of self importance that's pretty eye rolling.
The Denzel curry cover however, absolute fire
@@thefallofranny the denzel cover is fucking incredible
He somehow beat himself in his own record.
yea, i dont get how disturbed is on here but mgk got off without a mention, joke video
Have you heard his in studio cover of Aerials??? What a hack
Madonna’s American Pie makes me gnash my teeth and weep bitter tears.
Oh hell yes.
Yes
I agree that there are a ton of awful “Imagine” covers but Chris Cornell’s cover moves me to tears every time.
chris cornell is a great cover artist. his mashup of U2 and Metallica's One is my favoritep of his. his version of Into The Void is good too.
I had no idea this existed until now, so I'm off to enjoy that real quick.
@@TitosTheSalty I’m specifically referring to his performance on the Howard stern show, I’d highly recommend it
@@Alberto-ny7kf he never made a bad cover, not once
@@Sergeant.Salami his cover of "killing in the name of " was pretty awful
The only time I've ever heard Imagine covered well is from A Perfect Circle. The reason why I feel like it worked there and most covers of it don't? Because it didn't try to take the song for what it is. It changed none of the words, but completely changed the message. It's like a coin where on one side you have call of hope, and optimism of a future where humanity will grow and prosper.
On the other side you have someone who has the same hope, but no optimism. A complete disbelief of humanities ability to achieve those goals. It's one of those covers that completely transforms the song.
Chris Cornell's cover on Howard stern was pretty good too
@@kizza4911 and his billie jean cover
That's the difference between ART and entertainment
One time in college, my major’s department chair played the music video for Disturbed’s Sound of Silence in order to start a political conversation rather than giving a lecture. My major was Music Business. The Trump era sure was weird huh
>"my major was Music Business"
Do you say that to people with a straight face?
@@HollowEffect1621 no lol
@@HollowEffect1621 it’s a pretty good major if you wanna major in music, one of the only music majors with any sort of job security
I never knew G Eazy did a cover of Lazarus and now my life is significantly worse because I know this
Stan With Me is so fucking bad too
I know it’s not officially released but…so we gonna act like Kanye’s cover of Bohemian Rhapsody doesn’t exist or?
huh really
it's best that it's forgotten.
Hahahahaha yes
I genuinely didn't know that this existed I wish I could go back to that time
Not really it was goofing off live
Can't let a reference to the Alien Ant Farm cover of Smooth Criminal go by without sharing that the one kid in the music video who dances on the light up paving slabs went on to voice Vaan in Final Fantasy 12.
Thank you for sharing
That's odd, but interesting
I’m sure there’d be a reference to that in the game somewhere.
“Don’t listen to Annie’s lies!”
MGK's "Aerials" [System of a Down] cover on Howard Stern recently.
Oh my god it’s horrible
That cover makes me feel almost ashamed of ever having been a SOAD fan. It's so godawful
@@blastdamage that doesn't make sense
@@blastdamage SOAD had nothing to do with it what the fuck are you talking about
I can't believe I live in a universe where MGK has to be associated with SOAD in any capacity.
the alien ant farm version of smooth criminal isn't great, but its a guilty pleasure honestly
Y'all should stop getting guilty over listening to popular music
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. Not all music needs to serve a purpose. If it sounds good, it is good, and the aaf cover of smooth criminal sounds great IMO
Can't disagree. It was better than credited.
Nah, it is great
It's great. Peroidt
I never see these tweets but I’d like to put out there “everything Five Finger Death Punch touches”. House of the Rising Sin, Gone Away by The Offspring, Bad Company, whatever else they’ve covered. just absolutely turning songs into the most insufferable kind of faux tough guy buttrock imaginable
i am amazed not a single song of theirs made this list. Maybe i just have an irrational hatred for that band, but i dont think so. its like a caricature of hulk hogan is trying to sing numetal.
Especially the Gone Away cover. It seems pretty tone deaf to not only take a song somebody wrote about their dead girlfriend, but to perform it with absolutely no passion at all.
i kinda enjoy the bad company cover but generally they have like 2 or 3 decent songs and are otherwise almost unbearable
lmao don't forget their absolutely cringe cover of Mama Said Knock You Out. fuckin. 5FDP doing a goddamn hip hop cover. It's so fucking bad.
@@rjd4985 didn’t they get sued to Shit over that too?
Well, MGK dropped a new contender and it is a Frank Ocean cover too. Oh, the Audacity
That "Swing Life Away" cover still hurts to this day
What about Aerials? 😂
@@atomicpunk2360 omg why
@@c.l.8213 idk ask him why he covered something that’s way out of his vocal range
@@BlakeHenke77that’s literally his best cover to date. He basically remixed the whole thing and put his own spin on it, I just don’t think you liked his style.
I thought Alien Ant Farm did an awesome job with Smooth Criminal. They basicslly just took the music as it was originally written, and transfered it over to Bass, guitar and drums without changing any of it. They did a solid job with that song, I totally dig it. The video is awesome too
Honestly, if there was any song that translated really well into heavy metal, Smooth Criminal was it. Both versions are great.
@@ThePi314Man Basically the only thing that was changed, were the instruments that were being played. Other than the band obviously. Everything else was exactly the same, they played the main riff note for note, just like the original.
As Anthony forgets more and more Bass he's going to descend into even more madness for the intro and I love it
Those burps did go hard though
everywhere at the end of time
@@santiagocordovapulido1827 forgor💀 music
I'm still convinced that the Puddle of Mudd Nirvana cover was some kind of publicity stunt. There's no way they released something that bad without realizing, and honestly after it came out, people were talking about Puddle of Mudd for the first time in like 20 years, so I am still certain it had to be a publicity stunt.
You must not have seen a Puddle of Mudd gig in the last 20 years, you're lucky if Wes even stays awake through a song let alone performs it well
Wes' performance was just sad.
@@brodftw lol I remember watching a couple vids of them last year and seeing him lay down and pass out on stage mid song. It's honestly sad and I hope he can get help for his problems
I didn't know about that. I've only ever seen one other clip of a Puddle of Mudd performance, and it was from the late 90s or early 2000s, where Wes was singing some Nirvana songs, but honestly sounded pretty good. Guess he's changed since then, hopefully he's getting the help he needs.
Have you seen the original video? They definitely weren't just pretending to be bad for attention, it was completely unironic
Lil uzi chop suey is now the worst cover of all time and no one can change my mind
You forgot Taylor Swifts cover of September by Earth,Wind & Fire. She made it into a slow country song with banjos.
I went to listen to it after reading this. The reason September works so well is the incredible groove and pace, Taylors version's sounds so dead and disjointed. Godawful, I regret allowing those soundwaves to enter my ears. I'm going to listen to the original to cleanse myself.
I've never seen so much hate for disturbeds sound of silence in one place before
Seriously, I like the cover than the original lol
How? Almost everyone I know hates it so much, as do I lol... absolutely one of the most repulsive covers ever made
@@soydave1988 I just don't like the original, Im a metal head so of course I like this cover better lol. Just my music taste
@@soydave1988 trash taste of music and friends i see:/
@@Blazin_Tundra lolol quite the opposite
I don't know if it's the worst cover ever but I always have a viscerally negative reaction when I listen to Taylor Swift's cover of "September" by Earth, Wind, and Fire
That was the first cover that came to mind when I saw the title of the video. It's offensively bad.
Her first mistake was covering a song whose original version is 100% perfect. You can only get worse from there.
Earth Wind & Fire?? As in music?????? I thought "September" was Taylors song all along 😩😭💔
@@riversider2506 I've had plenty of similar realizations in my music listening career, but yes the original was released in 1978 and is much, much better.
@@riversider2506 Untouchable is a cover too. But I kinda dig her version.
My girlfriend refers to bands like Puddle of Mudd et al as "Divorced Dad Music". And I gotta admit, it's hilariously appropriate.
their biggest song was literally about being a divorced dad in a custody battle lmao
Here after Uzi did chop Suey
There are a few covers that aren’t on here that I think are much worse:
1. The version of “Come Together” from “Cruella”
2. There’s an acoustic guitar cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody” that has the same slow tempo throughout all three sections of the song.
3. “Juicy” by MattyBRaps
4. All of the song covers from “Sing”
Come together is a bad song as is so no harm no foul
@@nitro5247 you're on crack
@@nitro5247 b8
@@nitro5247 obvious troll is obvious
@@coby4480 u can have an unpopular opinion without being a troll bro. and u can be presented with an opinion differing to ur own without shitting ur pants. so its a win win
Personally, Alien Ant Farm’s cover of “Smooth Criminal” is awesome. It was different. They didn’t rinse and repeat the song like so many artists do with covers these days.
Honestly, the rhythm groove is badass and not even as easy to play as it seems
me too
The bassist goes HARD on that cover, especially cause he’s the one doing all the MJ-like “OW!”s and other high pitched vocals
@@andyspendlove1019 I learned how to play the song on bass and trying to do with high pitched background vocals is tricky and I'm still trying get the rhythm down without losing any of the tightness in playing the bassline. Fun fun song to play on bass.
It's really dumb if anything
Puddle of Mudd's cover is "so bad it's good" and something I frequently revisit. It's pretty hilarious.
Literally every smells like teen spirit cover is missing from this list, ESPECIALLY the slowest down ones with added reverb.
i think this video is about professional bands covering professional bands not lofi slow reverb 14 year olds on youtube
everytime he says "bad Imagine" my brain automatically follows it up with "Dragons"
Everytime someone says imagine dragons I think of deez nuts
@@tuffwith2effs899 same lol I also think of that terrible kendrick remix of there one song
What was that about bad dragons?
Todd in the Shadows says the Smooth Criminal cover rules, and I agree with him.
Just replied this info to someone else lol. But fuck Todd tbh, he made me like Tubthumping. 😂
He makes some redeeming points, but that doesn't make it less annoying.
Love that guy
I love it.
Despite the fact that he is literally an anonymous shadowy figure, he seems very trustworthy, and like he connects with the viewer.
A really GOOD cover would definitely be stuff like Am I Evil? covered by Metallica and written by Diamond Head, Higher Ground by RHCP and written by Stevie Wonder, The Man Who Sold the World covered by Nirvana and written by David Bowie.
Cash’s Hurt #1
I'm glad you said Disturbed's Sound of Silence is terrible, too many people in my life think it surpasses the original and I'm always left trying to convince them I'm not just some Simon & Garfunkel purist, and that the cover just sucks ass.
Paul Simon himself likes it haha
Vocal coaches seem to have pretty positive review on his performance as well lol it’s objectively good
@@jessequest8575 My issue with it more than anything is how overly cinematic the instrumental is AND the fact that said instrumental is mixed like complete ass imo. It is so muddy when the full orchestral arrangement comes.
You are a S&G purist and your opinion sucks ass, Disturbs version is infinitely better. the original is terrible.
Overproduced, just so fugazi.
Surprised nobody mentioned any of the covers Five Finger Death Punch has made. Either that or they did and it was just too low hanging of a fruit to mention.
Gone away is kinda neat. I don't like the whole war motif but it does sound good on it's own
I like some of them. They don't add much to the originals but they are perfectly fine imo. I haven't ever heard a cover from them and hated it, usually it is just an ok version of a good song done with heavier instruments, and honestly that is fine for me
I hate their cover of "Bad Company", mainly because I thought the original was shite and overplayed, and I don't need to hear any version of it ever again.
They covered Mama Said Knock You Out
I like the band enough, but I'm not keen on their covers, they just scream "tribal-tattooed dudebro punching drywall because he lost a CoD match."
Nobody mentioned the Weezer covers and I’m not sure if I’m happy or sad about it.
/conflucting emotions is what being a wezer fan is all about
@@Hunter-po8jy You’re not a true Weezer fan unless you hate Weezer
I can say my three year old is obsessed with their rainbow connection cover. I don’t hate it but I like Kermit better.
I came into this comment section looking especially for any mention of this.
Too bland to be good or bad.
The band Nevermore did that Simon and Garfunkle back in 2000. It was heavy. They took it and interpreted as if it were one of their own songs.
I agree so much with The Sound of Silence by Disturbed. I remeber when it came out, all my friends were in awe and sharing it on facebook and twitter and I was like "this is so bad"
I had a friend share a tv performance of that with me and i haaaaaated it. He couldn’t understand why
I don't understand the hate Paul Simon himself liked the song
bad take
@@MainsMain we're not Paul Simon.
@@heitorpaduam no one claimed that
Absolutely tragic nobody mention William Hung's "She Bangs". That was such a legendary and gloriously awful cover and truly the "The Room" or "Angelic Funkadelic" of the cover world. PUT RESPECT ON THE MAN'S NAME
haha I have never heard that cover prior to this comment but man was that hilarious.
I think it's less tragic in "omg, such a bad cover" and more like... "man, did a bunch of suits and companies exploit a guy who was bad, yet passionate, at singing and make him a money-printing punchline?"
At least William hung isn't actually mentally challenged, because that'd add a whole other level of terrible to that mess. Did the guy make money off of it? Luckily. But the industry give him a deal as almost a form of satire - knowingly making bad covers to sell them as a meme, of sorts.
@@TheMFYeti I was doin a lil research and he did indeed make some money for a couple of years and says he reflected positively on his pop music career. Now he works for LA Sheriffs Dept and is happily married. WE LOVE YOU WILLIAM IT WAS YOU WHO BANGED ALL ALONG.
The William Hung thing was so weird, we just all agreed to tell him he was good and pretend we liked his music. Like he got bullied by the entire world.
let's agree: As someone who's not into the music scene in the slightest, I've learned so much about music culture through the let's argue series, Anthony has a lot of insight and knowledge into the industry and he knows it so he talks with confidence about it plus he respects almost any other opinion someone else has and makes an even-minded and thought through response. The editing of the segment and his other vids adds so much more character to the experience and honestly having the weird censor type cuts in the middle of the vids is honestly a genius way to get people back to paying attention if they were drifting off.
I give it a light six.
It was fun bingeing this show.
ok
On the topic of covers, I'd like to see a video on the new Metallica Black List cover compilation. Some really solid covers on that IMO.
I have to listen to The Sound of Silence and the Behind Blue Eyes covers at work at least once a day and it's what radicalized me against capitalism
Except Sound of Silence is one of the most beautiful and powerful covers ever..
@@BlakeBigfoot lmao
I didn’t know that G-Eazy’s Lazarus cover till now. I was so happy back then. Thank you for ruining my life, Melon.
I'm surprised no one mentioned MGK's attempt to "cover" Paramore's Misery Business.
To anyone who likes the track, I respect your taste of music but I'm sorry, both of my ears cringed so hard when I heard the chorus.
Disturbed’s cover to the sound of silence has the same energy as that one person who tries to do a bridge whilst singing “happy birthday”
No it is mesmerising and has a lot of power.
@@jamesrobert680 no that cover blows and its Boring.
I genuinely loved the Alien Ant Farm cover so I could 1000% disagree with that one. While it didn't add anything new, it was so solid with instrumental and vocals were pretty good, it wasn't "worst" cause unlike most of the covers it didn't mess up anything nor did it sound bad. It was just a forgettable song, that doesn't make it bad. I think that person just didn't like it cause I can't find anyone who says it's the "worst". And honestly... it was my first favorite songs I can remember.
Regarding "Imagine" and/or Lennon and Beatles cover's in general, I kind of enjoy King Krule's own take on Imagine and I'm still deeply disturbed by Wild Man Fischers version of Yesterday
Bowie's '83 cover of Imagine is also fantastic, really heartfelt.
Jack Johnson's is one of my faves
@@patriciofernandez2711 or across the universe, the original is better but the cover holds up, Lennon seemed to think well enough of it to do backing guitar and vocals on it.
These twitter replies read like twisted Apple Music biograph’s 😆
FUCK GENIUS LETS GOOOOOOOOO
I shot my wife
@@rorykillian749 You shot your wife
come back
@@coledog8861 Rory left out the part telling us that his wife didn’t make it. She won’t be coming back unfortunately
I really love the AAA cover of Smooth Criminal. It's a really tight cover and they have fun with it and it's not trying to be anything other than that. I don't really stick around when I hear people bitch and moan about how it ruined the original.
Alien Ant Arm
Disturbed’s Sound of Silence cover is the musical equivalent of Michael Bay rebooting The Sound of Music.
Naw man, it's great
That sound interesting tho...
Thank you for saying this … agree 100%
It's pretty awful lol
@@SS-rr7byNo.
That “We Are The World” remake comes to mind. That was a hot azz mess. 🤦♂️
Which one?
Dude, "We Are The World" was originally a shitfest already.
I personally love how much Alien Ant Farm played "Smooth Criminal" multiple times at concerts when they released it. Nothing else going on so they might as well play the hit.
They proved pretty quickly that they weren't ponies of many tricks. Todd in the Shadows pointed out how they had one song called Movies that they really seemed to be rooting for, since they shot two separate videos for it when it was a single before their Smooth Criminal cover took off... and then released it AGAIN as a single AFTER Smooth Criminal with a bigger budget (and even a random cameo from Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi for... some reason). I think that tells you all you need to know.
I honestly liked Disturbed’s cover, I think they did it really well and David Draiman’s voice sounded great
laughable yet based opinion
Better than the original by far. One of the best covers of all time
I've never been a big fan of Dorian Electra's original music but their covers are pretty sweet. I think I legitimately prefer their cover of Teenage Dirtbag to the original.
Honestly, I can't think of a cover of Teenage Dirtbag that I like less than the original. It's a good song, there's just something so grating about the lead singer's tone and technique that makes it so hard to listen to for me. I think my favorite version so far is Phoebe Bridgers' cover because it's so much more dialed back and her voice is a lot gentler on my eardrums. I can't say it's the best, because that's up to interpretation, but I'd definitely reccomend giving it a listen
My brother used to be obsessed with Disturbed's sound of silence cover. He was always trying to get me to listen to it and convince me it was good, better than the original even. I never liked it lmaooo
Its the type of song you like as an angsty teenager and a few years later you cringe at it.
My brother plays this cover almost every time we meet up and says its better than the original. He's 40
@@cantthinkofaname750 I liked it when I was young, still like it now.
@@Jake0205 that's nice
There are so many people who praise that cover like it's the greatest thing ever.
I don't think it's the worst thing like Melon said, but I totally agree with it having missed the subtlety and still vastly prefer the original.
Literally any version of cotton eyed Joe is the worst, cover or not. Throwing that out there 😂
@Torik Redguard Exaggeration makes it more powerful
You've clearly never seen Swiss Army Man.
True, it's tough to match Terry Callier. But, maybe if a cover was done in the same vein as his softer folk it would be a hit?
Cotton Eye Joe was actually researched in the 90s as a weapon of mass destruction for use in psychological warfare. It's generally played one or two times for the enemy and it keeps playing in their heads which leads directly to a devastating loss of morale and mass suicides. A rule was added into the Geneva Conventions solely to keep this song from the battlefield.
What are you talking about? The 90s one isn't the original. It's an american folk song from the 1800s. Rednex covered it into a garbage eurodance country song. To me the worst thing that came out of the 90s.
Alien Ant Farm is a classic example of why you should never record a cover until you've had at least one hit.
Yep, getting a one hit wonder cover means you get hardly any money from it, itl mostly go to the original artist
Corey Feldman has also done a cover of Imagine. Even thought I am familiar with his quality of music it is still wild even by that standard
It’s funny, Paul Simon actually loves the Disturbed cover
He should, it's an amazing cover. Anthony's high off his ass with that take.
So do I. Glad I’m not the only one who thinks melon is too harsh on it
@@JebusMatoi agreed. Disturbed's version of the sound of silence is in my opinion one of the better covers of all time.
Very polarizing cover
Paul Simon is allowed to be wrong
Best cover=JPEGMAFIA’s call me maybe cover
one of the best takes in these comments
millennium freestyle too, if that counts
JPEGMAFIA is trash all around.
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one bad one that comes to mind is Flaming Lips covering Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Mind like a funeral dirge.
For the best I would point to Smashing Pumpkins doing Landslide, and Fine Young Cannibals doing Suspicious Minds
Flaming Lips are a phenomenal band. I can imagine they probably put an indie rock/pop twist on that song, and they’re intentionally zany as well. So I feel like you probably just didn’t like their style.
I used to live above the singer of fine young cannibal's mums shop. Fact of the year there
Lewis Capaldi’s cover of When The Party’s Over kills my eardrums like no other song has
Does "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" count even though it's a charity song? There are so many things wrong with that version, from the AutoTuned vocals to the rap verse to pretty much everything. I would also add Sheryl Crow's cover of "Sweet Child o' Mine".
We Are the World 25 is atrocious, but in fairness the original song was also pretty godawful.
We need another cal album
maybe thats why he disappeared for 4 months straight?
It’s gonna have to be a posthumous release. Cal died a couple years ago. 😔
We just need more Cal and a return to the 2012-2016 era of TND
a calbum, if you will
måneskin's cover of beggin' should have been mentioned there. it's overplayed to the max nowadays that it makes my blood boil.
Other than it being fucking terrible, the fact that it was just covered much better (but still shitty, but not as shitty) by Madcon a few years earlier, and a shit ton of remixes for the original were made just a little bit before that and were HUGE in clubs and on radio (which is what inspired Madcon to cash in and cover it) makes the new cover even shittier.
@@gregj6648 måneskin's was ok, madcon's was Shute, frank Sinatra’s og is by far the best
Overplayed and overrated aren't the same thing
@@fredh1720 well, either way, i despise the song with all my heart. it's so annoying that it makes me prove people how alien ant farm's cover of smooth criminal was actually a banger back then.
@@nv52895 I genuinely think the alien ant farm version of smooth criminal is great
Bad covers should also include "metalized" versions of pop songs. They always sound like absolute dog shit imo especially when they drop tune the guitars and the vocals are some metalcore or whiny bullshit
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I disagree. I’d say they’re a “hit or miss” type of thing because a few are pretty good
You mean like the I Prevail cover of Taylor Swift's Blank Space? Or literally any song covered by Our Last Night?
@@Betta66 I don’t give a fuck what anyone says, that Blank Space cover slaps
Also Pop Goes Punk, I don't get why people like it
You play a Cal beat but he doesnt appear in either of the recent 10's 😭😭😭
Limp Bizkit's cover of Behind Blue Eyes will go down as one of the biggest WTF moments in music
Bigger than Kanye's Bohemian Rhapsody?
Gotta have
(Nü-metal shout) OOOOOOOH
FAITH
GETDAFUQUP
(Wicky-wicky-wicky-wack)
... I liked it tho :c
@@Howardax Glad you did! I personally thought it was dangerously full of wangst
The song is so bad because it’s obvious it’s Fred Durst’s attempt at getting laid and for chicks to feel sorry for him.
I’m amazed nobody addressed Taylor Swift’s cover of September by Earth Wind & Fire. Absolutely horrifying
What?
What?
In all honesty, watching the Alien Ant Farm cover video really feels like a love letter to the original, even if its not the best cover in the world
making sure no one here is dissing any joan jett & the Blackhearts cover at all. I've got my eye out.
What like the single they are known best for? Always a shame when a band gets big off a cover and people don't even know it
@@greenmann1217 Joan Jett has done tons of covers! of course there should be credit to the original but she can't make the original more popular
Let's Agree: Anthony should put the video editor's credits in the description.
Hey Anthony in case you read this, a question... About Imagine covers and over singing it or at least not singing it as toned down as John Lennon did... Have you heard the Chris Cornell version of Imagine? Do you like that take on the song?
A really great cover that is sadly (and undeservedly) not very well known: Bruce Hornsby's version of "Madman across the water" is such a great thought out version that goes into a crazy jazz part. A favorite of mine since I heard it as a kid.
Train's 'Led Zeppelin II'.
A second would be the Flaming Lips' cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" with Dead Petz-era Miley Cyrus and Moby.
Edit: No, unarguably the worst is Katy Perry doing Jay and Kanye's "Ni**as in Paris".
I'm so old and out of touch that I'm eternally grateful to have come across Fantano to keep me in the loop. I often pause to go listen to what is being discussed
How old is old to you? I may be old relative to his fanbase, but I'm sure not out-of-touch.
You shouldn’t listen to him a lot of times, he’s either spot on about music or completely wrong lmao, the disturbed cover of sound of silence is super fucking good
@@sambt123 it's really not. And I'm tired of everyone pretending it is
Whomever covered Supertramp’s “give a little bit” needs to be told “NO!”
The Stones covering "Just my Imagination" and Linda Rondstat covering Little Anthony's "Hurts So Bad" are like fingernails on the blackboard to me.
Alien Ant Farm ("Smooth Criminal") and Limp Bizkit ("Faith") are not bad. It's just silly fun.
I know, nu-metal. A lot of it is bad. But it gets singled out way too much, when it's no worse than the SoundCloud trap rap trend now, the autotune pop/hip hop of the 10s, the hair metal of the 80s, the boomer buttrock and yacht rock of the 70s, etc.
maybe add grunge of the 90s
People take Limp Bizkit way too seriously and think they take themselves super seriously. I honestly do not understand how people don’t see that LB is shitposting and goofing around.
Guns N' Roses' cover of Knockin' on Heaven's Door rules supreme over all of these mediocre attempts to ruin a song.
Definitely
I honestly had no idea that was a cover until now. I've still never heard the Bob Dylan original and I'm not sure I want to. I'm not a GNR fan but it's easier for me to get into their music than Bob Dylan's music.
@@mastod0n1 it's great listen to it
That cover is awful compared to Bob Dylan’s version, or even Warren Zevon’s. Guns N’ Roses kind of sucks in general, so that’s not surprising.
@@aquafinabottle mannn whats with all the guns n roses slander these days yk. they're kinda cheesy rock but definitely had some good shit imo
thank you for introducing me to the dorian electra cover of happy
He be wearing that Findthony Waldtano drip
I absolutely despise the Sound Of Silence cover by Disturbed. Not just because it's a terrible cover, but because my parents are fucking obsessed with it. Every so often, they always do karaoke in the living room and they always sing the same five fucking songs, and the Disturbed cover is one of them.
Smooth Criminal is a bop, y'all are unhinged!
I don’t get the hate either.
It's bad but it's good
Yiss
@@stubdteauzgautugaux ohhhhhhh i thought you were talking about the actual MJ song lmfaooo i was so tight for a minute i was finna rip you in pieces 😂🤣
@@sinatraking584 it's all good
Now do best cover songs ever. I have a running playlist that’s all covers that I like more than the original, and would love to flesh it out
I actually like the Smooth Criminal cover from Alien Ant Farm but I think that's mostly because of how fun it is to play on drums.