william shatner - mr tambourine man

some shitty nu metal band that did a cover of 'shout' by Tears For Fears...I can't even remember who it was, but it sucked beyond sucking...

could it be Disturbed you are thinking of....they had a shitty cover of "Shout" on one of their CDs

"If I had a Hammer" by Leonard Nimoy



Of course this also has the distinction of being the best cover ever. Ah, sweet contradiction.

I'll also put in a vote for the boy band being worse. Pardon my boy band ignorance, but what group is that? The first group knows (I hope!) that it's ridiculous; the boy band probably thinks they did a great job, and improved the original song. A movie analogy is like asking which is worse -- "Attack of the Killer Tomatos" or "Gigli".

the op's link reminded me of if joy division sang a song w/ edith bunker....

There's so many bad covers. Most of the time it's because they strip all the emotion out of the song, like the usual shitty American Idol singers.

Madonna's butchering of American Pie has been mentioned, and deservedly so.

As was also previously mentioned, A Perfect Circle should have been shot as soon as they announced they were covering "Imagine."

I'll add to the list:

Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut is the Deepest"
Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Rock & Roll All Night"


But as someone that hates "nu metal" or whatever it's called, I really like Disturbed's cover of "Shout." The singer's voice reminds me of Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, and the band sounds a lot like the classic 80's heavy metal.

i think disturbed has been unfairly put into the nu metal categorie. they are a great metal band that i think most 80's and 90's metal fans would love if they hadnt only heard the first few hits. check out their last cd "believe" ...to me that is a metal masterpiece...david has one of the best metal voices out their. its refreshing to see a new band that doesnt just scream.