Your favourite/worst musical cover

[Speedway]

I just heard a particularly amazing cover song, Linkin Parks's Numb covered by the British Beyonce Jamelia. It is amazing. Think Aretha Franklin meets Bruce Springsteen. I know!

So anyway. Some covers are dreadful. Tina Turner doing Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy is unbearable. Anyway. What are your favourite and worst covers? Follow the guidlines below

Original artist Song Cover artist

[Socapex]

Favorite
Elton John Tiny Dancer Ben Folds

Worst
James Taylor Fire and Rain Some Whore

[Tech_Disney]

I think Chicago has the best CD Cover. The pictures they included are amazing. Plus, they have a picture of Joel Grey as Amos, and he's one of my favorite actors. In a role played by another of my favorite actors, John C. Reily. Oh, wait, that isn't what you meant when you said "musical covers?" Why do I always misinterpret things?

[Captain Zissou]

best
Elton John- Benny and the Jets (covered by Biz Markie)

worst
any song by The Beatles thats been covered, especially those ones you hear in commercials bleh!

[testtrack321]

Best:
Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit as performed by Blue Man Group

Worst:
Anything by the A-Teens.

[sunnygirl]

Best:

Elton John's Rocket Man as performed by Buzzbomb
Prince's Purple Rain as performed by Tori Amos

Worst EVER:

Bobby Brown's My Prerogative as performed by Britney Spears

[Captain Locke]

Best:
Louis Prima's Just a Gigolo performed by David Lee Roth

Worst:
Twisted Sister's Were Not Gonna Take It performed by Joan Jett

[Anders]

Best: Bob Dylan's "All along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix

Worst: John Lennon's "Imagine" by A Perfect Circle

[Soulquarian]

When you wish upon a star- covered by Christina Aguilera...

One of the most touching songs in the Disney arsenal turned into bubble gum pop.

For the 07-17th event, Snoop Dogg will be giving Walt's Opening Day speech. Fo Shizzle...

[Captain Zissou]

Worst: John Lennon's "Imagine" by A Perfect Circle

omg, I thought I heard this on the radio. I guess I was right. How gross of them to do that.

[sir clinksalot]

Best: Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" as covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Worst: I have to go with sunnygirl and say Britney Spears Cover of My Prerogative, and also throw in her cover of Satisfaction by the Stones ...

[Small Panda After All]

Best:
Alien Ant Farm covering Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
Beatles covering "Act Naturally" (I could look up the original artist, but the case is so far away...)

Worst:
Fred Durst covering the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" (and then claiming he wrote the song? That fooled no one, least of all the interviewer)


Zissou, you said any Beatles cover, does that include Aerosmith and "Come Together?"

[Modern Folly]

Best "Blackbird" by George Martin & Bonnie Pink

Worst "Under Pressure" by My Chemical Romance and The Used
I like My Chemical Romance, but this was horrible, especially when heard live!

[Cousin Orville]

G n' R doing "live and let die" was pretty bad.

Great was Social Distortion doing "under my thumb"

[Captain Zissou]

Zissou, you said any Beatles cover, does that include Aerosmith and "Come Together?"

ack, i totally forgot about that. no i like that one. so i guess i dont hate all beatles covers. just the kinda whiney ones used in advertisements.

[Small Panda After All]

no i like that one. so i guess i dont hate all beatles covers. just the kinda whiney ones used in advertisements.

I know I was barfing when I heard that version of "Money." I just thought of another really good cover...I LOVE Eric Clapton's version of Elton John's "Border Song."

[Gemini Cricket]

"All Along the Watchtower" ~ Dave Matthews Band = Best Cover

"American Pie" ~ Madonna = Worst Cover



= Worst Album Cover

[PeaJay18]

Best -

D12 "How Come" Embrace
There's no point doing a cover unless you're going to do something really different with it. Never released properly, but the live version is played here in the UK quite a bit.

(Check it out here and skip about 2.45 mins into the mp3)

Worst -

Anything by DJ Sammy - his version of Annie Lennox's "Why" is terrible!

[ni_teach]

[disneyking]

I agree with Gemini...
the best cover of all time is:
original artist: either Jimi or Bob Dylan (I'm not sure which)
song: All Along the Watchtower
Remake artist: Dave Matthews Band (especially the Listener Supported Album version)

worst remake:
original artist: Led Zeppelin
song: Thank You
Remake artist: Sheryl Crow (how could you do this to such a beautiful song?????)