Thanks for the great drunken debate topic! (It also got them to stop callking me a dwweb for reading this while away).

The absolute worst:

Afternoon Delight by The Starlight Vocal Band. We can't decide if it's because the song really does suck tat bad, or the fact that they took a wonderful thing like a nooner and wrote such a shitty song about it.

Other honorable mentions:L

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Boom Boom Boom Boom - Vengaboys
you light up my life - debbie boone
that celine dion song from titanic
I will always love you- whitney huston
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - puff daddy and the family

"Muskrat Love" - Captain and Tenille

I can't believe we got to this many posts without Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" (ooh hoo)

I'm going to have to go with Tony and say that this falls in the category of all-time worst covers, as the original Dolly Parton recording was quite good.

Covers that are BETTER than the originals

Pretty much any Stones cover.

I'll take the Stones' original rendition of It's Only Rock and Roll over Twisted Sister's live version.

*shudder*

all the things she said - whoever the russian lesbians are

That would be t.A.T.u.

The absolute worst: Afternoon Delight by The Starlight Vocal Band.

Ouch. Hard to decide which is worse: This one, or Seasons in the Sun.

Let's see, if given a choice between listening to Seasons in the Sun or sticking bamboo shoots up under my fingernails, I'd choose the bamboo. But only Afternoon Delight would convince me to claw my own eyes out afterwards.

I think we have a winner.

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.

Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.

Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.

Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.

Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach

We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone

All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......

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Sorry Tony, but it had to be done...

Don't you just love this rhyme:

Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family

Sorry Tony, but it had to be done...

'Sokay, what goes around comes around.

"Skyyyyyy rockets in flight!"

And I just watched PCU this weekend (for like the 50th time). That song would make me jump off a balcony too.

I cant seem to open your russian lesbians link.

I cant seem to open your russian lesbians link

LOL, that's just brightened up my day. I was sat here in HTML hell and decided to browse this board for a bit of light relief. I got it, thanks!

It's working now.

-Zeke

That track may have been Tainted Love, if it's the goths crashing a frat party type video.

Other excellent tracks from my covers playlist you might be amused by are:

Does Your Mother Know Ash
Just A Gigolo Dave Lee Roth
Won't Get Fooled Again Van Halen
Shout2000 Disturbed
Knockin' On Heaven's Door Guns N' Roses (Not Avril Lavigne!)
Faith Limp Bizkit
Battle Of Evermore Lovemongers
Sweet Dreams Marilyn Manson
Billie Jean The Bates
Hello The Bates
It's My Party The Bates
It's Tricky The Bloodhound Gang

All are well worth a listen for various reasons:-)

I know they are only lesbians as far as marketing presence goes, but I get all misty eyed (or something) just thinking about them....

I'm old and sad, must get a life somewhere

all the things she said - whoever the russian lesbians are

The Russian lesbians also recorded a cover of How Soon Is Now?, which I only omitted from my list of cover-crimes against humanity on the basis that Americans probably wouldn't have heard of either version...

Peter

Americans probably wouldn't have heard of either version...

the smiths were a mainstay of the american college radio scene in the mid-80's.

--dan.

the smiths were a mainstay of the american college radio scene in the mid-80's.

Ah, I didn't know that. Respect. (Respect for How Soon Is Now? and Panic, anyway; some of their other stuff was a bit more-Northern-than-thou for my tastes...)

Peter

If that number of repetitions is accurate, I concede. I always thought that Eddie Rabbit's I Love a Rainy Night (another World's Worst contender) was the king there. A friend of mine once counted how many times he repeated it at the end of the song (it was playing before the showing at a movie theater), but I've forgotten now.

Snake River Conspiracy also covered "How Soon Is Now?" rather well and it recieved some airplay on some local radio stations here in Columbus about a year ago. Smiths rock, and I really like Morrissey's solo stuff, too.

The Russian lesbians also recorded a cover of How Soon Is Now?, which I only omitted from my list of cover-crimes against humanity on the basis that Americans probably wouldn't have heard of either version...

Actually, there's a fairly large following of the smiths in the US.

I now have something to be thankful for. I've never been exposed to their version.

Ouch. Hard to decide which is worse: This one, or Seasons in the Sun.

According to last night's rerun of the conversation "Seasons in the Sun isn't as bad, because you casn get drunk enough to ignore it, and it hasn't tainted the idea of luchtime nookie". But it is a hard call.

Vanilla Trainwreck's entire album.

"We built this city..."

I regret to admit that I saw Starship perform that live in 1987(8?). They played that song _twice_.

It was a double bill. Starship & Nightranger. Oh Yeah.

-Zeke

...if given a choice between listening to Seasons in the Sun or sticking bamboo shoots up under my fingernails...

Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks or Le Moribond by Jacques Brel (speaking of covers) ?

It was a double bill. Starship & Nightranger. Oh Yeah.

You can make fun of Night Ranger all you want, but Jeff Watson is an insanely good guitar player.

And I agree, "We Built This City" is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

or Le Moribond by Jacques Brel (speaking of covers) ?

Not familiar with that one. I'm guessing I'm lucky for that?

or Le Moribond by Jacques Brel (speaking of covers) ?

Not familiar with that one. I'm guessing I'm lucky for that?

Not neccessarily. Brel's version (I think that's the original) doesn't have a trace of the other one's sacharine.