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Worst cover songs
Merkava:
Didn't At the Drive-In cover Pink Floyd? It was on the This Station is Non-Operational. I don't really remember what song they did or how it sounded. XP
TheSmirkster:
I think Incubus did Wish You Were Here, only they said "So glad you're here" and I dont care if it was a 9/11 tribute, because that song without the lyrics changed would have made a perfectly acceptable 9/11 tribute. that song is just too amazing to try to change. They should have just covered some Beatles song, I mean, there's millions of Beatles songs. As long as you stay away from the Walrus, Im fine.
Kai:
Or Lucy in the Sky or While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Unless you're that totally fucking badass guy with the ukelele; someone get me that link again plzkthx) Also, Incubus; Go choke now.
Not An Addict:
Speaking of lyric changes, I hate it when a lead singer will change the sex of the love interest of the song. The Counting Crows' cover of "Big Yellow Taxi" is the worst offender - he changed "a big yellow taxi took away my man" to "a big yellow taxi took my girl away". It doesn't even rhyme with the previous line, for fuck's sake. Doofus.
TheSmirkster:
Yeah, Incubus is basically lame. There are some really good covers of good songs though. Just look at All Along The Watchtower, Dylan may have written it, but Hendrix perfected it. I always thought that covers were a really good way to truly judge a bands skill. In which, good bands, take someone elses song, and make it their own. Like The Dandy Warhols cover of Hells Bells. They transformed it from an AC/DC song to a Dandy Warhols song, but kept the basics of the song alive. Ska covers can be pretty cool too, like Reel Big Fish covering Hungry Like the Wolf.
On another note, listen to Richard Cheese. Lounge covers of popular songs. He's a genius.
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