Bad Covers...

[GRIFT]

Red Hot Chili Peppers murdered Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.

[thuganomic]

Red Hot Chili Peppers murdered Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.

[Matt]

Lily Allen (I think) covering "Oh my God (I can't believe it)", makes me want to blow my brains out. I don't mind Green Day's version of WCH, yuck to any Avril Lavigne cover particularly Fuel and Basket case.

[Nerf]

And Knocking On Heavens Door.

[Cactus Drags]

Lily Allen (I think) covering "Oh my God (I can't believe it)", makes me want to blow my brains out. I don't mind Green Day's version of WCH, yuck to any Avril Lavigne cover particularly Fuel and Basket case.

[one of a kind]

Rascal Flats cover of Life is a highway.

[Farmer Reil]

That's partially because the original is boring and shit.

[apsham]

Red Hot Chili Peppers murdered Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Don't forget how they murdered "Mary Jane's Last Dance"

Yeah! They even forgot all the lyrics so they had to make up new ones.

[VerbalPuke]

I just remembered how much I hated that Ramones tribute album. I can't think of one song on that album that I thought was performed well. The Chilli Peppers (them again) and Marilyn Manson's covers were the worst offenders.

[Skummy]

Tom Waits' Return of Jackie & Judy was fucking brilliant after a few listens, though.

[Nerf]

Being fair, The Offspring cover was great.

[Turbo Yannis]

I quite liked Rob Zombie's one he did for the Ramones tribute album.

[Skummy]

The problem with most of it was that they did nothing with the songs, they just played them straight, and affecting a Joey Ramone soundalike voice, which rendered the whole thing pointless. The only exception was Marilyn Manson, who did his "LOLz, I play it slow so it's goth" take on KKK Took My Baby Away, which just came across as camp; yeah, there's a deeper meaning to the lyrics, it doesn't mean that they don't just sound mindless and ridiculous, why draw attention to that? Rob Zombie's Blitzkrieg Bop was alright, but nothing special, at least he tried. But, yeah, Waits' Jackie & Judy is the only track worth actually going out of your way to hear.

That said, I've got something of a soft spot for Metallica's "53rd & 3rd" as well, just because it works with the St. Anger-style production a thousand times better than St. Anger ever did, and it's not too bad, but not worth going out of your way for. They also did an interesting take on "Today Your Love, Tomorrow Your World" on the B-Side to the St. Anger single, which is better than most stuff on the tribute album but, again, nothing spectacular.