Topic: The "Let's see who can do the shittiest cover" thread (Read 35918 times)

imapiratearg · « **Reply #50 on:** 18 Feb 2008, 13:41 »

That was fucking gorgeous.

But I like how no one is actually making any bad covers, and that's the whole purpose of the thread.

GenericName · « **Reply #51 on:** 18 Feb 2008, 14:22 »

Don't worry, my cover is going to be terrible.

sean · « **Reply #52 on:** 18 Feb 2008, 14:30 »

Goddamnit Johnny, stop being so good at covers.

Here is me turning this song terribly emo. I warn you, the quality is horrible. Also, the vocals in the beginning are horrible and stupid, but I don't feel like redoing them.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 06:54 »

Prepare yourselves before you listen to this. There is not one thing that isn't shitty about this cover. I mean, seriously. You do not know shitty until you have listened to this.

http://www.box.net/shared/j6kov3334c

Doing this wouldn't have been nearly as fun if I'd been taking it seriously.

valley_parade · « **Reply #54 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 10:03 »

Oh my god it sounds like a really bad country song.

Gemm, what happened to your really nice voice from that demo track?

Gemmwah · « **Reply #55 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 10:05 »

I made it bad on purpose. I rarely fail to meet a challenge.

valley_parade · « **Reply #56 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 10:07 »

I really don't want to do this song. Can I do a different one, guys? It'll still suck horridly.

Johnny C · « **Reply #57 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 11:36 »

Pick a new one so I can keep doing my coursework.

Liz · « **Reply #58 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 13:23 »

New song: SexyBack by Justin Timberlake.

GO.

Patrick · « **Reply #59 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 15:00 »

...are you serious? Is there even a chord progression to that song?

Gemmwah · « **Reply #60 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 15:14 »

Apparently it's a whole lot of A and A#.

Any more for any more?

Liz · « **Reply #61 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 15:43 »

Therein lies the point. Make it something better than it already is.

Basically I just want to hear Johnny singing "Dirty baaaaaaaaaabe, you see these shackles baby I'm your slaaaaaaaaave. I'll let you whip me if I misbehaaaaaaaaaave, it's just that no one makes me feel this waaaaay."

GenericName · « **Reply #62 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 18:04 »

I wholeheartedly approve. My Chasing Cars was too embarassing to be submitted.

How involved do I have to be in the cover? I really want my female bandmate to do lead vocals.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #63 on:** 19 Feb 2008, 19:03 »

I did it just now, actually. Prepare to have your minds (or eardrums) blown.

Box.net seems to hate me, for some reason, so I'm doing Mediafire.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

P.S. The mic I used to record this on sucks. So you'll get popping at any volume, as far as I know.

Patrick · « **Reply #64 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 01:11 »

Quote from: Misconception on 19 Feb 2008, 15:43

"Dirty baaaaaaaaaabe, you see these shackles baby I'm your slaaaaaaaaave. I'll let you whip me if I misbehaaaaaaaaaave, it's just that no one makes me feel this waaaaay."

See, this is something I want to hear YOU sing.

I will cover "Smooth Criminal" if I get my Mac working.

valley_parade · « **Reply #65 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 05:09 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 19 Feb 2008, 11:36

Pick a new one so I can keep doing my coursework.

I'm working on a shitty "Song Against Sex" cover, but I don't have a trumpet or a kazoo. I figure I'll just yell out the trumpet parts.

BA DAT DA DA DAAAAA, BA DAT DA DA DAAAAAA-AHHHHHH

Gemmwah · « **Reply #66 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 05:15 »

Shane, thank you that is a brilliant idea!

valley_parade · « **Reply #67 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 05:17 »

Extra points: It's gonna be such a bitch to do cos my right wrist is staging a coup de PAIN.

Patrick · « **Reply #68 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 05:36 »

A cup of bread?

valley_parade · « **Reply #69 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 05:49 »

I will outsource you so quickly, dude.

Johnny C · « **Reply #70 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 09:40 »

You people have such weird ideas about what qualifies as a bad song.

valley_parade · « **Reply #71 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 09:44 »

Any song covered by me = bad.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #72 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 10:19 »

I don't actually think my version of "Chasing Cars" is all that bad. I just thought it was weird. I like it more than the original, though. (Is it conceited to think that?)

Liz · « **Reply #73 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 11:00 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 20 Feb 2008, 09:40

You people have such weird ideas about what qualifies as a bad song.

Which song are you referring to?

Also,

Quote from: KimJongSick on 20 Feb 2008, 01:11

See, this is something I want to hear YOU sing.

It will take a lot to get me to sing this for you.

Johnny C · « **Reply #74 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 12:08 »

"Smooth Criminal"?

"Sexyback"?

"Song Against Sex," for crying out loud?

These aren't bad songs!

Liz · « **Reply #75 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 12:14 »

See, I don't think SexyBack is a bad song at all. I really like it. But because of the song I thing you could make some really good covers of it.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #76 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 12:28 »

Those aren't bad songs. Unless you're referring to the Alien Ant Farm version of "Smooth Criminal." My god, they suck.

Patrick · « **Reply #77 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 13:38 »

That's actually what I was planning on doing.

While I agree that their cover of that song really is kindof shit, I will never agree that Alien Ant Farm suck. I like them.

whitewash · « **Reply #78 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 14:10 »

http://www.mediafire.com/?8m1n13vjmz3

fog(again)-radiohead

imapiratearg · « **Reply #79 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 15:15 »

Since everyone seems to be doing their own thing, and none of the songs anyone seems to be picking are bad songs, I think this thread should be changed to something like: "Show Us Your Covers Thread" or something. Basically, this thread should just be for people who want to cover silly songs or makes silly covers of songs.

october1983 · « **Reply #80 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 15:42 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 20 Feb 2008, 12:08

"Smooth Criminal"?

"Sexyback"?

"Song Against Sex," for crying out loud?

These aren't bad songs!

Surely it's easier to do a shitty cover of a good song, though? Or at least, it becomes more clear that that the shitness of it is down to you, and not the song.

sean · « **Reply #81 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 15:46 »

Guys this thread needs a challenge song though.

I say we cover Hoogie Boogie Land.

squawk · « **Reply #82 on:** 20 Feb 2008, 16:52 »

How can you cover the greatest song ever written

imapiratearg · « **Reply #83 on:** 24 Oct 2008, 22:08 »

Guys, I apologize for necroposting, but I feel like I have to revive this thread with some covers my friends and I recorded today.

Behold:

http://www.box.net/shared/0528d2om08

We do versions of "All I Want Is You" by Barry Louis Polisar (the song in the intro credits on Juno), "Anyone Else but You" by The Moldy Peaches, and we absolutely massacre "Eight Days A Week" by the Beatles.

NEW CHALLENGE?

I thought this was a great idea for a thread back when it was started...

Melodic · « **Reply #84 on:** 25 Oct 2008, 02:55 »

I missed the hell out of this thread.

Good ~~necropost~~ corpsefucking.

billiumbean · « **Reply #85 on:** 27 Oct 2008, 00:08 »

I nominate "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban as the next shitified song.

tuna ketchup x · « **Reply #86 on:** 27 Oct 2008, 05:55 »

This thread may actually get me off my ass and onto recording some stuff. It's been awhile. I'll have it up by Friday! I've never heard the song, but that just sweetens the pot.

Aegir · « **Reply #87 on:** 27 Oct 2008, 06:59 »

Oh my god, I just checked it out on Youtube. "Hey, let's keep changing the key so it sounds dramatic!" And it's a big ripoff of Danny Boy. I'll definitely cover this, I'm sure I'll win for the shittiest cover because I'm a terrible musician.

Also, I really like Gemmwah's cover of Chasing Cars.

Eris · « **Reply #88 on:** 29 Oct 2008, 03:40 »

"You Raised Me Up" is to the tune of Londonderry Air (Danny Boy also uses this tune), and Josh Groban didn't write the thing. As wiki says, it's been covered more than 125 times. It still is a pretty terrible song.

Patrick · « **Reply #89 on:** 29 Oct 2008, 04:05 »

I think I will do a bad version of "Suspicious Minds" by one Elvis Presley as soon as I can actually record shit again. Which might be a while, my friend has yet to finish fixing my laptop (and then he has to ship it, blugh). But it will happen eventually.

I hope you guys liked Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

gospel · « **Reply #90 on:** 29 Oct 2008, 06:57 »

http://www.box.net/shared/vade68508y

We didn't know there was a REAL version of this song until many months after we covered it. We sorta winged it.

Christophe · « **Reply #91 on:** 01 Nov 2008, 18:00 »

I did a halfway-decent cover of Silkworm's "Nerves" this morning as a warmup for National Solo Album Month. I did everything (Drums, Bass, Guitars and Vocals) and it's not really that great. I'm a horrendous drummer (drumming on horrendous drums) and I absolutely fucked up the guitar solo, and my voice... probably doesn't really fit the song.

Regardless, there it is for you.

michaelicious · « **Reply #92 on:** 01 Nov 2008, 18:12 »

That was pretty friggin' awesome.

suitupletsgo · « **Reply #93 on:** 01 Nov 2008, 20:50 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFM6TbJoN44

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