Which Cover Song Is The Worst?

[CheckItOut]

Here is a list of notoriously bad cover songs. The poll I present today asks which one of them is the worst?:

Behind Blue Eyes (Originally by The Who, Cover by Limp Bizkit)

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Originally by The Beatles, Cover by William Shatner)

American Pie (Originally by Don McLean, Cover by Madonna)

Stairway To Heaven (Originally by Led Zeppelin, Cover by Dolly Parton)

Sweet Child O' Mine (Originally by GNR, Cover by Sheryl Crow)

My Generation (Originally by The Who, Cover by Hillary Duff)

Imagine (Originally by John Lennon, Cover by Avril Lavigne)

Satisfaction (Originally by The Rolling Stones, Cover by Brittney Spears)

 

[TheSound]

Certainly not Madonna, that's a great cover IMO. Not heard all of them, of those I have heard I'll go for William Shatner since he's the only one with literally no musical pulse whatsoever, Rolf Harris also did Stairway to Heaven, but it's so far out there bizarre that it's become a cult classic, he even sang it at Glastonbury with 50,000 people joining in!

 

[Groovy Man]

All are bad....very bad....one isn't worse than the other, imo.

 

[CheckItOut]

All are bad....very bad....one isn't worse than the other, imo.

I kind of agree with you here, so I just went with which one violated the nature of the original more.

 

[AboutAGirl]

I'm not familiar with more than one or two of these covers. But if I were to wager a guess, I'd go with William Shatner.

 

[Lynch]

any one of these 4 is deserving as they are all horrendous:

• Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Originally by The Beatles)
• Madonna - American Pie (Originally by Don McLean)
• Dolly Parton - Stairway To Heaven (Originally by Led Zeppelin)
• Sheryl Crow - Sweet Child O' Mine (Originally by GnR)

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Voting for Shatner would've been too easy so I went with Madonna's version of "American Pie".

 

[ILoveJimmyPage]

Hilary Duff wins worst everything.

And actually, the Limp Bizkit cover is awful, but not as bad as half of these. Dolly's cover is good for a laugh or two as well.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Limp Bizkit

 

[Abraxas]

Limp Bizkit