Worst Cover Versions ?

The absolute worse JD/NO cover IMO is Xiu Xiu's cover of "Ceremony". It sounds like a madman singing and it hurts my ears. The other horrible cover is the Fall Out Boy cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

nnn wrote: Unlike several of you I actually rather like and respect Moby. But that Temptation cover.... wtf.

Sorry, but his version is fantastic. There was no point in attempting to copy NO's style, so he took it in an entirely different direction, and made it work. Somehow.

Canuck21 wrote: The absolute worse JD/NO cover IMO is Xiu Xiu's cover of "Ceremony". It sounds like a madman singing and it hurts my ears. The other horrible cover is the Fall Out Boy cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

Oh yes, totally forgot that one. Ceremony is my favorite song of all-time, and to hear it so butchered pains me.

The Sub-Cultured Perfect Kisser*!* wrote: I will stick to my old answer in what i posted in a thread in the State of the Nation forum. The worst New Order cover is:

The Ice Cream Bandits - The Perfect Kiss

(Sorry whoever you are, but it is really bad!)

Indeed!

It's a classic. It was a great night. I'm a genius on cowbell.

That is all.

:)

it's true, it's all true

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OjkJPPTxNYk&feature=related

At first I thought "Like Nouvelle Vague, except a bit more shit." Then I saw the humor in it, and thought "still shit, but smelling funny can be funny too."

Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote: The Eigth Circle doing Bizarre Love Triangle is the worst New Order cover I've ever heard. Honourable mentions for crappiest cover go to Frente and Moby.

I've always liked the Frente! cover... not the best mind, but I do indulge in it from time to time...

michael preda wrote:

fook it every cover ever except the community 1 and 2 versions suck.

what a ridiculous thing to say.

low - transmission for instance, a great version of the song & completely different to the original.

hibster wrote:

michael preda wrote:

fook it every cover ever except the community 1 and 2 versions suck.

what a ridiculous thing to say.

low - transmission for instance, a great version of the song & completely different to the original.

I just can't listen to covers very often, sorry if that makes me seem a twat. Some covers are just beyond bad, when you try to make a soft song hard, or an electronic song "rockier". Orgy killed blue monday.

I usually dislike covers too. Having said that, I actually don't mind Frente's BLT. Granted it's nothing like the original version, and I won't even compare them, but then, what's the point of doing a cover if you're going to make it sound exactly like the original? I'd just as soon listen to the original, then.

All acoustic versions of New Order songs

Nouvelle Vague - Blue Monday. I'm amazed on one's mentioned this yet...

And for the record, Fall Out Boy's cover of LWTUA is one of the worst covers by an established band I've ever heard.

Stefano Cundari wrote: All acoustic versions of New Order songs

Amen, with the exception of State Of The Nation by International. THAT was superb.

I may be in the minority with this one, but I really dislike Shadowplay by the Killers. Yes, I know it's a Joy Division song, yet NO are still whats left of JD, so I see nothing wrong with my stating that.

I actually forgot about the 'Means to an End' cover cd out in '95. I don't know what happened to my copy but I wish I still had it. It was pretty decent.

The worst cover version I've heard was an acoustic cover of Blue Monday with female vocals. I don't know who does it but I heard it on a shopping mall muzak system about a year ago and have never heard it again since.

Don't know if this is the worst but this morning I heard about 30 secs of a cover of BLT - in Chinese female vocalist. The taxi-driver changed stations and I don't speak Chinese!

Never mind other people's terrible cover versions of NO/JD songs..... one of the worst ever renditions I have ever heard is actually by New Order themselves.

Who could forget their 2001 live version of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" - performed in the truly excruciating showbiz crowd-baiting cabaret style that has become so beloved of the Barnster of late whenever he is up there on stage.

For those who may have forgotten, here is an approximate transcript of how it went.....

"Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't walk away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... [WHOOOO!!!!!!]In silence......See the danger.... [HEY!!!!]Always danger....Endless talking....Life rebuilding....Don't walk away...... [COOOOOME ONNNN!!!!]Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't turn away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... In silence....Your confusion...My illusion...Worn like a mask of self hate...Confronts and then dies.....Don't walk away...... [AAAAOOOOOHHHH!!!!!!][WHOOOOOO!!!!]People like you find it easyNaked to seeWalking on air.... [WOOOO!!!!]Hunting by the riversThrough the streetsEvery corner abandoned too soonSet down with due careDon't walk away.... [URGHHHHHHHH!!!!!]In silence....Don't walk away.... [PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIRRRRR!!!! COOOOOOM ONNNNNN!!!!!!]"

Truly horrifying......

:dead:

JonnyMac wrote: Moby doing New Dawn Fades. Truly awful.

You takea de piss i kill you!

Funnily enough i really enjoyed Mobys version of ndf

If your talkin shite covers then it has to be that canadian bird with her harmonica doing Blue Monday!

zerohero wrote: Just heard a god awful cover of True Faith by someone called Liz Kay !! Ranks along side Paul Youngs version of Love Will Tear Us Apart on the No Parlez album & Simple Minds instrumental version of the same track on one of there 'b' sides. Anymore truly awful covers out there ?

This is the worst thread ever.

I DEMAND more entertainment from the board

Uncle Liam wrote:

zerohero wrote: Just heard a god awful cover of True Faith by someone called Liz Kay !! Ranks along side Paul Youngs version of Love Will Tear Us Apart on the No Parlez album & Simple Minds instrumental version of the same track on one of there 'b' sides. Anymore truly awful covers out there ?

This is the worst thread ever.

I DEMAND more entertainment from the board

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

Uncle Liam wrote:

zerohero wrote: Just heard a god awful cover of True Faith by someone called Liz Kay !! Ranks along side Paul Youngs version of Love Will Tear Us Apart on the No Parlez album & Simple Minds instrumental version of the same track on one of there 'b' sides. Anymore truly awful covers out there ?

This is the worst thread ever.

I DEMAND more entertainment from the board

Is that someones ringpiece or what?

savoy hitler youth band

By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote: Never mind other people's terrible cover versions of NO/JD songs..... one of the worst ever renditions I have ever heard is actually by New Order themselves.

Who could forget their 2001 live version of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" - performed in the truly excruciating showbiz crowd-baiting cabaret style that has become so beloved of the Barnster of late whenever he is up there on stage.

For those who may have forgotten, here is an approximate transcript of how it went.....

"Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't walk away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... [WHOOOO!!!!!!]In silence......See the danger.... [HEY!!!!]Always danger....Endless talking....Life rebuilding....Don't walk away...... [COOOOOME ONNNN!!!!]Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't turn away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... In silence....Your confusion...My illusion...Worn like a mask of self hate...Confronts and then dies.....Don't walk away...... [AAAAOOOOOHHHH!!!!!!][WHOOOOOO!!!!]People like you find it easyNaked to seeWalking on air.... [WOOOO!!!!]Hunting by the riversThrough the streetsEvery corner abandoned too soonSet down with due careDon't walk away.... [URGHHHHHHHH!!!!!]In silence....Don't walk away.... [PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIRRRRR!!!! COOOOOOM ONNNNNN!!!!!!]"

Truly horrifying......

:dead:

That is indeed horrifying, I HATE when he does that. Thank goodness that when they do a recording of a Joy Division song, there's no UHHHHH, AAAAOOOOOHHHH and the famous COOOOOOM ONNNNNN! Afterall, it's the in-studio material that is the true representation, so says the Barnster .

I reckon Paul Young's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is a total shame :dead:

Any of those trance backed songs with some random chick singing a crappy rendition of temptation.

By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote: Never mind other people's terrible cover versions of NO/JD songs..... one of the worst ever renditions I have ever heard is actually by New Order themselves.

Who could forget their 2001 live version of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" - performed in the truly excruciating showbiz crowd-baiting cabaret style that has become so beloved of the Barnster of late whenever he is up there on stage.

For those who may have forgotten, here is an approximate transcript of how it went.....

"Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't walk away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... [WHOOOO!!!!!!]In silence......See the danger.... [HEY!!!!]Always danger....Endless talking....Life rebuilding....Don't walk away...... [COOOOOME ONNNN!!!!]Walk.... [HUHHHHH!!!!]In silence.....Don't turn away-ay-ay-ayyyyyy... In silence....Your confusion...My illusion...Worn like a mask of self hate...Confronts and then dies.....Don't walk away...... [AAAAOOOOOHHHH!!!!!!][WHOOOOOO!!!!]People like you find it easyNaked to seeWalking on air.... [WOOOO!!!!]Hunting by the riversThrough the streetsEvery corner abandoned too soonSet down with due careDon't walk away.... [URGHHHHHHHH!!!!!]In silence....Don't walk away.... [PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIRRRRR!!!! COOOOOOM ONNNNNN!!!!!!]"

Truly horrifying......

:dead:

Agree 100% mate! A coupla years back I posted a thread 'Times change?' where I said there's nuffink wrong with opening up your back catalogue just as long as you can do justice to it! This one just doesn't work.

Spotnick wrote:

Razed In A New Division Of Agony wrote:

Stefano Cundari wrote: All acoustic versions of New Order songs

Amen, with the exception of State Of The Nation by International. THAT was superb.

Yeah, it's not finished, but they managed to make that song enjoyable...

Great job.

That's what you said about mine... I bet you say that to all the SOTN cover!! *runs off crying*