Lists: Good and Bad Covers
| In most cases, the song in question has to be one with some intrinsic merit to be considered. Thus, "Venus" by Bananarama, while atrocious, doesn't make the "Bad Covers" list, because the Beatles could record it and it would still bite the curb. Conversely, in very rare cases, a great cover can salvage an otherwise pointless song, such as Van Halen's "Jump." I've also left out most Beatles covers, including Sinatra's hilarious "Something" and the entire "Sgt Pepper" soundtrack, because just about all Beatle covers (except the too-obscure-for-inclusion "Strawberry Fields" by Peter Gabriel, from the out-of-print vinyl soundtrack "All This and WWII") suck. |
| In no particular order: |
| Good Covers | Bad Covers |
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| I Fought the Law - the Clash | Train in Vain - Annie Lennox | | Georgia - Ray Charles | Downtown Train - Rod Stewart | | What the World Needs Now - Aimee Mann | I Saw Him Standing There - Tiffany | | Anything by Cassandra Wilson | Anything by William Shatner | | Anything by Bill Frissell | Anything by Michael Bolton | | Jump - Aztec Camera | California Girls - David Lee Roth | | Day Tripper - Brasil 66 | Day Tripper - Brasil 66 (simultaneously great and awful) | | Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell | Mony Mony - Billy Idol | | Dear God - Sarah McLachlan | Pretty Woman - Van Halen | | Stop Your Sobbin' - The Pretenders | You Really Got Me - Van Halen |
| Take Me to the River - Talking Heads | Heaven - Simply Red | | Young Man Blues - The Who | Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit | | Crazy - Patsy Cline | Fever - Anyone but Peggy Lee (including Madonna and Paul Weller) | | Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival | American Pie - Madonna | | Time is On My Side - Rolling Stones | Dancing in the Street - Bowie & Jagger | | Twist and Shout - Beatles | With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker | | Stepping Stone - Sex Pistols | My Way - Syd Vicious |
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Please, won't you help me fill out this list in the comments?
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