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Best and worst cover songs

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  1. AGBee

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    This one always makes me smile.

    Ragnar Bjarnason – Smells Like Teen Spirit

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    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XAg5KjnAhuU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XAg5KjnAhuU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
     
  3. The Real Shady

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    I actually like this version of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aU5-pGKP0LE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aU5-pGKP0LE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
     
  5. dandorotik

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    Best: Tie between I Fought the Law from The Clash, All Along the Watchtower from Jimi Hendrix, and Ain't That a Shame from Cheap Trick.

    Worst: Was in Hastings today and I heard some god-awful group doing a lite rock version of Crazy Train from Ozzy. Absolutely horrid.

    Ain't That A Shame is a 180-degree different version, yet it keeps the same focus on rhythm as Fats Domino's version. Judge for thyself:

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    Smokey Robinson cover. Dont know what to think of it
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    unnecessary cover
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    Wow, that Avril Lavigne thing was turrble
     
  7. Hmm

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    fail... this the only "smells like teen spirit" cover worth mentioning...

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    other exceptional covers...

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    really... if the song can't be made into an exceptional cover in one form or another... it really shouldn't be done away from a cover band setting... in some undisclosed bar...
     
  8. dachuda86

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    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5JAis-ATxnc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5JAis-ATxnc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
     
  9. Shroopy2

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    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vy1ueZf1WMQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vy1ueZf1WMQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
     
  10. jo mama

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    how about most pretentious intro to a cover song?
    may i submit U2 doing helter skelter off rattle and hum -
    "charles manson stole this song from the beatles...we're stealing it back"
    the audacity of 'bono' - as if only U2 can save the beatles!
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    favorite cover off the top of my head - whenever willie nelson does bob wills tunes - stay all night, bubbles in my beer.

    worst cover off the top of my head is that alien ant farm (or was it hoobastank) doing smooth criminal.
     
  11. dachuda86

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    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tfXAV7bxiTA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tfXAV7bxiTA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

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    The Lemonheads - Mrs Robinson
     
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    I always like this was a cool version of Joy Divisions classic Isolation...


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  15. Ottomaton

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    A few years ago someone slipped a tab of acid or something to Pat Boone, and he did an album called "In a Metal Mood", which included these covers of Metallica and Judas Priest, among others. His fans promptly cried out that he had been possessed by Satan, and Pat was forced to apologize. In case you haven't figured it out, these qualify in the worst category.

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    Limp Bizkit - "Faith"

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    Mother of god, no.
     
  19. Cowboy_Bebop

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    Well obviously Gary Jules covering for Tears for Fears' Mad World.

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    George Michael covering Somebody to Love from Queen.

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  20. BetterThanI

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    Kurt Cobain disagrees with you.

    Best cover.

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    Worst cover.

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    Pretty much all of it sucks, but the epic fail starts at 1:20.
     

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