Posted on 07/27/2025 8:06:43 AM PDT by GSWarrior
Post the worst covers songs you’ve ever heard
What’s a “covers song”?
Hmongs?
That’s what I get for posing before having coffee.
Worst covers songs. S o n g s
Bill Shatner’s cover of “Rocket MAAAn” is maybe the best cover of all times by contrast.
Uncle Acid - Get On Home (Charles Manson cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzw2eSeDBOk&list=RDBzw2eSeDBOk&start_radio=1
A new performance or recording of a song by someone other than the original artist or composer. It’s essentially a reinterpretation or remake of an existing song.
José Feliciano – Every breath you take
“The Final Countdown”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc
That’s truly horrible.
Madonna - American Pie.
Lol
Celine Dion did a cover of AC/DC Shook Me All Night Long. I would like that removed from my head, please.
William Shatner not mentioned yet?
“Sweet Child of Mine”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YbVUrJH-0
Celine Dion & Anastacia - You Shook Me All Night Long (Live Divas Las Vegas 2002) HDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iW_YMLvmU&list=RD21iW_YMLvmU&start_radio=1
Saw her at Caesar’s Palace some years back and enjoyed the show. Don’t remember if she performed this. I don’t think so.
When I was kid, I remember running to turn off the TV when Paul Lynde started to sing Captain & Tennielle’s hit “Love Will Keep Us Together.”
Incidentally, Meredith Willson called my father, a music teacher, on the phone in the summer of 1958 to discuss a matter involving music. It's not often that a real live hitmaker calls you on the phone.
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