Worst song covers

[Sponger15SB]

Lets start a list and maybe we can get a poll out of this if there is considerable debate?

Anyways my vote goes to Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

her cover of "I love Rock & Roll" also sucked, but not as bad


Btw, as stated in the other thread, "These boots were made for walkin" was a crappy song to begin with, so I don't really care what the cover sounds like.

[CallMeIshmael]

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Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

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Until the backsteet boys do Stairway, this pretty much has to be the answer.

[Nottom]

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Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

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I'm sure its terrible, but fortunately I have yet to hear it.

My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

[partygirluk]

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Anyways my vote goes to Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

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Just downloaded this. My god, that is awful. Whoever's idea that was deserves to go to prison.

[freehat]

That Counting Crows tard doing Joni Mithcell's Big Yellow Taxi.

[Wingnut]

Sheryl Crow doing the Stones' "Wild Horses" ?

[steelcmg]

I vote any of William Hungs cover songs they all are at the top of the list. What a [censored]

[tbach24]

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Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

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Until the backsteet boys do Stairway, this pretty much has to be the answer.

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On another note, I hate the vast majority of Beatles's covers. Any cover that GNR does pwns though.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

The Dixie Chicks' massachre of Landslide.

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The Dixie Chicks' massachre of Landslide.

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Not a Dixie Chick (or country music in general) fan by any means but this is nowhere close to the worst cover ever.

Other bad covers from recent years include:
Jessica Simpson singing that Top Gun song
Some random band doing a really crappy version of Lynard Skynard's "Simple Man"

[Sponger15SB]

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The Dixie Chicks' massachre of Landslide.

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Not a Dixie Chick (or country music in general) fan by any means but this is nowhere close to the worst cover ever.

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[Sponger15SB]

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I vote any of William Hungs cover songs they all are at the top of the list. What a [censored]

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The fact you even know this exists makes me feel sorry for you

[hoopsie44]

Michael Bolton's stirring rendition of "When A Man Loves A Woman."

[Soul Daddy]

Joss Stone's version of "Fell in love with a ____" is pretty terrible. And Limp Bizkit's "Faith" always bugged the hell out of me.

[Sponger15SB]

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Michael Bolton's stirring rendition of "When A Man Loves A Woman."

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Sorry but that goes in the "Best song covers" thread.

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[plaster8]

In the "so-bad-they're-funny-good" category ...

William Shatner, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
William Shatner, "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Leonard Nimoy, "Proud Mary"
Leonard Nimoy, "If I Had a Hammer"

These are hilarious. From the Rhino "Golden Throats" CD.

[wayabvpar]

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Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

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I'm sure its terrible, but fortunately I have yet to hear it.

My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

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Yeah, that was a travesty. Another one I haven't seen yet-
The Lemonheads doing Mrs. Robinson. Made me want to punch Evan Dando even more than normal.

[bugstud]

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The Dixie Chicks' massachre of Landslide.

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Not a Dixie Chick (or country music in general) fan by any means but this is nowhere close to the worst cover ever.

Other bad covers from recent years include:
Jessica Simpson singing that Top Gun song
Some random band doing a really crappy version of Lynard Skynard's "Simple Man"

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pretty sure that's Shinedown on the simple man cover. Not good.


Much much much worse, though, is The Hives - Back in Black.

[steelcmg]

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I vote any of William Hungs cover songs they all are at the top of the list. What a [censored]

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The fact you even know this exists makes me feel sorry for you

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They had it one howard stern one morning making fun of it. Also it was on the news and crap.

[fnord_too]

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In the "so-bad-they're-funny-good" category ...

William Shatner, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
William Shatner, "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Leonard Nimoy, "Proud Mary"
Leonard Nimoy, "If I Had a Hammer"

These are hilarious. From the Rhino "Golden Throats" CD.

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There is at least a "Golden Throats 2" as well, a friend of mine has both (and I'm sure any more in the series).

[hoopsie44]

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Michael Bolton's stirring rendition of "When A Man Loves A Woman."

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Sorry but that goes in the "Best song covers" thread.

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No reason to apologize for bad taste.

[Los Feliz Slim]

The aforementioned are all very bad. These are not worse, but make me crazy.

"Broken Arrow" by Robbie Robertson, massacred later by Rod Stewart.

"Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straights, later redone by The Indigo Girls.

Both songs were important to me when I was a sentimental teenager.

[Bulldog]

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Anyways my vote goes to Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

her cover of "I love Rock & Roll" also sucked, but not as bad

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She also destroyed "My Prerogative"

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Oh man... some Bryan Adams guy did a TERRIBLE cover of that Summer of 69 song from a year or two ago at the Arena Bowl last weekend. It was sad.

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Anyways my vote goes to Britney Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satifaction"

her cover of "I love Rock &amp; Roll" also sucked, but not as bad

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She also destroyed "My Prerogative"

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Is it really possible to "destroy" a Bobby Brown song?

[chesspain]

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My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

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I much prefer her version to the original.

[PhatTBoll]

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Sheryl Crow doing the Stones' "Wild Horses" ?

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Her cover of Sweet Child of Mine is also infuriating.

[jakethebake]

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My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

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I much prefer her version to the original.

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You should have your ears pulled off. It's obvious you're not using them correctly.

[Sponger15SB]

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Sheryl Crow doing the Stones' "Wild Horses" ?

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Her cover of Sweet Child of Mine is also infuriating.

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Eh, it really isn't that bad. It sounds very similar to Melissa's but just a little bit faster which is just kinda stupid to do a cover that sounds the same.

[NiceCatch]

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I vote any of William Hungs cover songs they all are at the top of the list. What a [censored]

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How can anyone dislike William Hung? I guess it could be worse... maybe you posted because you're jealous.

[jakethebake]

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How can anyone dislike William Hung? I guess it could be worse... maybe you posted because you're jealous.

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I find him hilarious.

[ddollevoet]

Another Sheryl Crow nomination: Sweet Child 'O Mine.

[pshreck]

Jimi Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower"

what a peice of crap.

[chaas4747]

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My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

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I much prefer her version to the original.

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Tone deaf and stupid is no way to go through life son.

[Bulldog]

Bobby Brown was the man. "My Prerogative" was number one, and the album sold over ten million copies, was also number one, and contained four top-ten singles. Another album peaked at #2, and he has had eight top-ten singles in his career.

[jakethebake]

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Tone deaf and stupid is no way to go through life son.

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[Your Mom]

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My vote goes to Madonna's cover of "American Pie".

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I much prefer her version to the original.

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Please tell me this is a joke. As for bad covers, I heard some really awful cover of "Imagine" by some whiny chick. On the other hand, I like A Perfect Circle's cover of this same song.

[The once and future king]

Somewhere in this thread the words William Shatner and Hey Mr Tamborine man doeth belongeth.

[kyro]

I'll tell you what doesn't suck. Eric Cartman's rendition of "Come Sail Away."

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I like A Perfect Circle's cover of this same song.

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APC's cover was pretty good.

[youtalkfunny]

Devo doing "Satisfaction". I get angry when I hear it.

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Queensrÿche - Scarborough Fair

[jcmack13]

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I'll tell you what doesn't suck. Eric Cartman's rendition of "Come Sail Away."

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he speaks the truth.

[Pocket Trips]

This one topps them all... a horrible cover of a horrible song by one of my favorite groups from the early 90's

Ned's atomic Dustbin was "contractually obligated" to do a cover of the Bay City Rollers "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night"

unfortunately theynever recovered.. they had 2 or 3 good cds before that /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Kyo Souma II]

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William Shatner, "Mr. Tambourine Man"


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The scream at the end of this one rocks.

-kyo

[thatpfunk]

A pet peeve: A band "covers" a song but doesn't change it.

Example: Yellowcard (god i hate shitty "emo-punk" bands) covered Don't You (Forget About Me) the theme song from Breakfast Club. It isn't an amazing song but should be a fun song to play and cover. Of course they played it the exact same way and it sounded like [censored].

[James Boston]

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Michael Bolton's stirring rendition of "When A Man Loves A Woman."


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Sorry but that goes in the "Best song covers" thread.

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I celebrate the guy's entire catalogue.

[Kyo Souma II]

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A pet peeve: A band "covers" a song but doesn't change it.

Example: Yellowcard (god i hate shitty "emo-punk" bands) covered Don't You (Forget About Me) the theme song from Breakfast Club. It isn't an amazing song but should be a fun song to play and cover. Of course they played it the exact same way and it sounded like [censored].

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It sounds to me like the chordings are entirely different in the cover, and it's entirely sterilizing in its effect.

This trend of altering the best parts of 80's pop/rock started with Alien Ant Farm's cover of 'smooth criminal,' although the little inversion they do to the melody for 'annie, are you okay...' is passable and almost original.

Still a shameful way to make a quick buck with a radio single, if you ask me.

-kyo

[The Stranger]

Most of the answers, and Sponger's "These Boots are Made for Walkin'" example seem to show that the question is worst cover compared with the original. But my answer invovles remaking a song that was terrible to begin with.

Last week I defended my love for Willie Nelson. But one thing he did that was completely inexcusable was his cover of "Time After Time" by Tiffani, Cyndi Lauper, the Bangles, Wilson-Phillips or something.

[thatpfunk]

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This trend of altering the best parts of 80's pop/rock started with Alien Ant Farm's cover of 'smooth criminal,'

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No. You couldn't be more wrong.

[Sponger15SB]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

[Kyo Souma II]

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This trend of altering the best parts of 80's pop/rock started with Alien Ant Farm's cover of 'smooth criminal,'

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No. You couldn't be more wrong.

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Please explain. Posts like this suck more than bad covers.

-kyo

[Sponger15SB]

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This trend of altering the best parts of 80's pop/rock started with Alien Ant Farm's cover of 'smooth criminal,'

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No. You couldn't be more wrong.

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Please explain. Posts like this suck more than bad covers.

-kyo

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To explain further, Thatpfunk is trying to say that AAF did not start the trend of altering the best parts of 80's pop/rock

[Daliman]

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Sheryl Crow doing the Stones' "Wild Horses" ?

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Her cover of Sweet Child of Mine is also infuriating.

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Also, she brutalized D'yer Maker.

[thatpfunk]

Because punk bands have been doing covers like this forever:

Less than Jake covers "867-5309 (Jenny)" in '95 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000E0EY/qid=1118791433/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-5163823-6204947?v=glance&amp;s=music)

New Found Glory releases From the Screen to Your Stero in 2000 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004S51F/qid=1118791548/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-5163823-6204947?v=glance&amp;s=music) covering: Never Ending Story Theme Song, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, Goonies 'R' Good Enough, Glory of Love {Theme from Karate Kid Part 2}, and (Everything I Do) I Do It for You.

Alien Ant Farm released their CD in '02 I believe. Punk bands have been covering old pop songs forever. See old Pennywise and Lagwagon cds.

[hobbsmann]

also see Before You Punk 1 and 2 (think these were released some time in the mid to late 90s)

[thatpfunk]

Yeah, there are a bunch that are pretty decent.

[thatpfunk]

Has there been a post about best covers? There have been some damn good ones.

[hobbsmann]

I was thinking about best covers and pretty much any of the covers on 40 oz work for me, among others.

[Sponger15SB]

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Has there been a post about best covers? There have been some damn good ones.

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No. Not yet at least. I predict one coming soon though...

[Pocket Trips]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

[CallMeIshmael]

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Jimi Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower"

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Question was worst, not best.

[Sponger15SB]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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I've heard it. They're all terrible.

[Pocket Trips]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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I've heard it. They're all terrible.

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Sorry sponger.. all this time I had mistaken you for someone with a sense of humour /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[thatpfunk]

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Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"



You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it



I've heard it. They're all terrible.

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I think it is amusing the first time you hear it (just because it is so random) and then pretty much unlistenable.

I don't think it is the travesty that Spears did to the other songs (because they are so good and it's tough to take Gin n Juice too seriously), but pretty meh.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

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I'll tell you what doesn't suck. Eric Cartman's rendition of "Come Sail Away."

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Best. Cover. Ever.

[Slow Play Ray]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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Even the Gourds' Bluegrass version? Come on, that song is great!

And for the record, I cannot BELIEVE Shinedown's version of Simple Man made this thread. I am not a Shinedown fan, and I am a Skynyrd fan, and I still think this is one of, if not the, best covers I have ever heard - especially the live one recorded in-studio at WAAF in Boston, beats the hell out of the studio version, and even Skynyrd's original. It is second maybe only to Tool's stellar version of No Quarter...

[Slow Play Ray]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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It's the GOURDS, NOT Phish or Blues Traveler or Rusted Root, or any other band falsely credited with it! Why does it always seem like I am the only person on Earth who knows this?

[Kyo Souma II]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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I've heard it. They're all terrible.

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As was stated later in the thread, this was indeed the gourds, as opposed to some band you might have heard of.

[pshreck]

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Why does it always seem like I am the only person on Earth who knows this?

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Because you are the only person on earth who thinks it? It was done by both groups, and I bet the Gourds didnt't do it as well.

[Slow Play Ray]

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Why does it always seem like I am the only person on Earth who knows this?

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Because you are the only person on earth who thinks it? It was done by both groups, and I bet the Gourds didnt't do it as well.

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No - you're wrong, just like everyone I have this conversation with. It is not Phish. The version you are thinking of is indeed the Gourds. See here (http://www.phish.net/faq/ginandjuice.html).

[pshreck]

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Phish played it at a concert I was at.

[ethan]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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I've heard it. They're all terrible.

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I've heard some bad covers of this song, but the Richard Cheese (lounge) version is great.

[thatpfunk]

Oh ya I forgot: Scarface redid "Sugar on My Tongue" into a horrible rap song. Everytime I hear it I throw up in my mouth.

[Slow Play Ray]

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Phish played it at a concert I was at.

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Liar.

Phish never played Gin and Juice. You are arguing with the wrong person, give it up.

Every song Phish has ever played, and the # of times they have played it (http://www.ihoz.com/raw.htm).

So I guess whatever you were on at the "concert [you] were at" was strong enough to either a) make you think they played Gin and Juice or b) make you think you were at a Phish concert.

Now run along and get a clue (or find me this mythical setlist w/ Gin and Juice).

[Pocket Trips]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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It's the GOURDS, NOT Phish or Blues Traveler or Rusted Root, or any other band falsely credited with it! Why does it always seem like I am the only person on Earth who knows this?

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Maybe because it was all over napster/morpheus and every other p2p program listed as both blues traveler and Phish???


No one gives a [censored] about any band that can't even get credit for their own recording. So faceit, they suck and aren't worth you gettin your panties in a wad over

[Slow Play Ray]

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot

Every cover of Snoop's "Gin and Juice"

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You could not be MORE WRONG.. in fact the BEST coover of all time is Phish/ Blues traveler doing Gin n juice asa bluegrass song... d/l it.. you won't regret it

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It's the GOURDS, NOT Phish or Blues Traveler or Rusted Root, or any other band falsely credited with it! Why does it always seem like I am the only person on Earth who knows this?

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Maybe because it was all over napster/morpheus and every other p2p program listed as both blues traveler and Phish???


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Oh, ya think? /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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No one gives a [censored] about any band that can't even get credit for their own recording. So faceit, they suck and aren't worth you gettin your panties in a wad over

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You're absolutely right, the Gourds pretty much suck...but they still recorded it, and they deserve the credit. So go [censor] yourself.

[bort411]

Some nominees off the top of my head:

Metallica - "Turn the Page"
Elliot Smith - "Because"
Magnet - "Lay Lady Lay"

[Rev. Good Will]

yellowcard doing "don't you (forget about me)"

god, that sucked

[DukeSucks]

When I went back to Birmingham last summer, I heard some rap group's rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama"
Man, that sucked

[partygirluk]

BTW, those non-Brits should check out

"The Long and Winding Road" by Will Young and Gareth Gates

if they need to vomit.

[hoopsie44]

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I celebrate the guy's entire catalogue.

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Couldn't you have just said you like him.

[Dominic]

That remake in the 80's of Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way." I have no clue who the artist is - and I use the term, "artist," facetiously.

Not a great song to begin with, but the sappy remake truly makes me want to puke. Casio keyboards and drum machine ballad beats at it's worst.