1. Children Of Bodom - Oops I Did It Againhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d7-2wooB9g
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 16:58 (fifteen years ago)
A thread for bad Metal covers of pop songs
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 16:59 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL-mSEk3Pk&feature=related
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2NspRgqvwM
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)
they lose points for not having Cliff guesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE&ob=av2e
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:07 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WA2jBMk-Pk
― teledyldonix, Monday, 27 September 2010 17:13 (fifteen years ago)
markers is the kid in the yellow t-shirt with the mask moonwalking.
xp
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:13 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9XiD_2K7-Q
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:19 (fifteen years ago)
This one is truly horrific:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbsS_HfO8Ow
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:21 (fifteen years ago)
Oh man, I hadn't heard that one before. xp (paradise lost)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:21 (fifteen years ago)
Christ, The Northern Kings just won't leave poor old Seal alone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ9T6ygqfWk&feature=related
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)
those are baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:30 (fifteen years ago)
I'm going to warn all those who value their sanity to avoid checking out their version of I Should Be So Lucky.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:31 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKCdKFJmeHI&feature=related
or studio version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baDZpOuNgpM
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:32 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-gGN1W2-B8&feature=related
Oh yeah, THEM.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)
oh dear lord, these dudes deserve a thread of their own for their awfulnesshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlupRATWkm0&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwQKqQ8MMY&feature=related
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)
It appears they're from Finland, natch.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:40 (fifteen years ago)
chap i hate you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt6Obe4tk3s
oh i knew they had to be finnish.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)
oh man it speeds up LOL
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:44 (fifteen years ago)
hahahaha oh god
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp3Yl75IUfw&feature=related
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:46 (fifteen years ago)
Oh wow, I didn't get that far before.
xpost
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:46 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1y0qYPiTUg&feature=related
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:47 (fifteen years ago)
Tuomas i blame you for this, I want you to know that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPdz56BMj7c&feature=fvw
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDjtm4FFcY
(funny enough this might be my very first post on any ilm metal thread)
(weird huh)
― goole, Monday, 27 September 2010 17:52 (fifteen years ago)
goole I love that song so much I even like Angra's butchered flat cover of it.
― Randolph Carter (Viceroy), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:56 (fifteen years ago)
I'm sure Northern Kings could put you off it forever if they had a bash.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 17:59 (fifteen years ago)
This is actually awesome :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZVQv_bttaY
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:02 (fifteen years ago)
Not sure if you could say the same for this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1iKBNxsXFE
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:07 (fifteen years ago)
Awww, I've got a lot of time for Lawnmower Deth.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)
lawnmower deth cover/video is fully awesome
― acoleuthic, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:12 (fifteen years ago)
Dunno if this counts as a pop song per se, but oh dear god, the horror...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9YlTBEBwIQ
― VegemiteGrrrl, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:18 (fifteen years ago)
Lawnmower Deth are the HMHB of metal. Fucking amazing discovery :D
― acoleuthic, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAt9QTmVc7Q
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:26 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg&feature=related
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:27 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSoKp6dRUH0&ob=av2n
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMk-8pmTpgU&feature=channel
I've always liked this version but not sure of its 'metal'-ness:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwPTEnx8kro
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:29 (fifteen years ago)
markers is the kid in the yellow t-shirt with the mask moonwalking.xp― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, September 27, 2010 1:13 PM
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, September 27, 2010 1:13 PM
YES!
for the record, I owned that album, although I can't remember listening to anything other than "Smooth Criminal, "Movies," and maybe another song
that song & video is awesome
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:30 (fifteen years ago)
Orgy cover of "Blue Monday" > New Order original
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST
OMG
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:31 (fifteen years ago)
markers really was a nu-metal kid
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:33 (fifteen years ago)
in high school, pre-senior year, my favorite bands were Metallica (#1) and Staind (#2)
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:43 (fifteen years ago)
why did you like so much shit "metal"? and did you stop liking it when you discovered pitchforkmedia?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)
a lot of that stuff still holds up for me
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:52 (fifteen years ago)
I saw Paradise Lost years ago at Irving Plaza, with Dark Funeral, I think - they played that Bronski Beat cover and I cracked up.
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:52 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhZanxUB510
― Darin, Monday, 27 September 2010 18:55 (fifteen years ago)
Gor 34 seconds into the Ozzy Woman cover, please please retire
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:57 (fifteen years ago)
If Pitchfork keeps people from listening to Metallica and Staind, then hey, bring it fucking on!
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:57 (fifteen years ago)
Got not gor xpost
Oh it's tragic
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 18:58 (fifteen years ago)
ewww that is really bad
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 19:01 (fifteen years ago)
these guys are quite prolific in the 'shitty metal cover version' genre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebIW8S4jq4
― demons a. real (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:08 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPS_ljLv_IE
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:15 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXViPACn0Z4
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:16 (fifteen years ago)
Creaming Jesus is a band name that guarantees that I will never listen to the Youtubes.
― demons a. real (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:20 (fifteen years ago)
First one is quality, second one is plain abyssmal
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:24 (fifteen years ago)
yeah actually i like the orgy version of blue monday :)
― teledyldonix, Monday, 27 September 2010 20:33 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILpSkSjfOQ
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNmAnZTrHc
^ belongs on the AWESOME meatl covers of pop songs thread
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)
haha wolfsbane were terriblexp
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)
lolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xytn7wGr4c&feature=fvw
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-TbC_Pr-4&feature=related
uugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)
haha wolfsbane were terrible
So OTM i'm phoning the Royal Mint
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:48 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah those aren't great, but the 'Hanging On The Telephone' is fantastic fuwaboiud
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)
Ha ha I know the guitaist from Creaming Jesus, will rip him to shreds about that Cure cover next time I see him
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:00 (fifteen years ago)
Same guy that went on to join Akercocke or one of the other dudes?
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:06 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkr7mGhS10
So terrible, sorry everyone.
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:07 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah him, Ackercocke and now $k@ld1c Cur$3Signature Tony MacAlpine-esque guitar solo already in place!
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)
can top that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mir5mlpBixc
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Org2U-NgQos
― My glowbo's ain't half itchy (NickB), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:11 (fifteen years ago)
omg that cover of "Killer" is the funniest fucking thing ever recorded
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:15 (fifteen years ago)
I really thought the Def Leppard cover of Street Life would be the Randy Crawford one, major disappointment
― the same relation to machines as that which machines have to man (Matt #2), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:15 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihYwcaxEEUk
― Excluding Skits and Such (Eazy), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:21 (fifteen years ago)
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Monday, September 27, 2010 9:15 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark
Thing is, you could make a pretty good crunchy metal riff out of the bassline. That's not what they've done.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:40 (fifteen years ago)
Northern Kings are quite possibly the funniest metal dudes on the planet, just nudging the a capella metal band and Caninus/Hatebeak.
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:52 (fifteen years ago)
^ speaks a non-metal dude
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 21:54 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eXBwZGnI4Q
― Excluding Skits and Such (Eazy), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:18 (fifteen years ago)
ugh
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 September 2010 23:05 (fifteen years ago)
^right
― demons a. real (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 27 September 2010 23:59 (fifteen years ago)
Can't believe this hasn't been posted. IMO the worst:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xwXOj55nIY
― Captain Ahab, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:21 (fifteen years ago)
I totally love this, but I am guessing that for some it belongs here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGpdtgeZbgk
― the tune is space, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:35 (fifteen years ago)
mustaine famously got a lot of the lyrics wrong in that 'anarchy in the uk' cover.
ozzy's take on 'woman' makes a lazy bid for the "soul-bearing, damaged goods" card, but is ultimately embarrassing rubbish.
i actually like that HIM cover of 'wicked game', though mostly because it manages to parlay some of the tenderness of the original.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:47 (fifteen years ago)
not so keen on that 'mexican radio' tribute, but adore the album it comes from.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:57 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMH4iSYiFs8
― charlie h, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 06:09 (fifteen years ago)
Haha, awful.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 08:29 (fifteen years ago)
I have no grounding in metal or Def Leppard, but I actually dug that cover of "Street Life." If it ever came on the car radio I would turn it way up and sing along at the top of my lungs.
― Taller than the president (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:25 (fifteen years ago)
This one might have its defenders, but it's so unnecessary IMO, and features some heinous fretwanking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB8WHA3WWz0
― Neil S, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:28 (fifteen years ago)
^^^^ LOVE it!
― charlie h, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)
can't beat the original, whatever Eddie and Dave might have thought.
― Neil S, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)
hate it
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)
i quite like the celtic frost cover of mexican radio, but when it placed on the all time metal top tracks poll there was lots of bemusement.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)
reversal: bap pop/emo cover of metal song
warning, this is one of the most horrible things ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm-s4dUO5l8
― aerosmith: live at gunpoint (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Grq0epcLc
Avril covering Metallica's "Fuel" for MTV Icon (w/ the band present in the audience)
[I would like to dedicate this cover to our friend pfunkboy.]
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:45 (fifteen years ago)
the cover isn't actually as terrible as you think it'd be, but serious lols at MTV thinking it was a good idea to have Avril -- who, for the record, I like -- perform at a tribute to Metallica show
― markers, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:48 (fifteen years ago)
god that cover of 'king of pain' is a mess.
― charlie h, Thursday, 30 September 2010 20:33 (fifteen years ago)
Not doing what it says in the thread title, but certainly sufficiently horrible:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWmMXQvoJw
There's a whole album of this.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:55 (fifteen years ago)
My so-called friend keeps repping for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYGfn5Iq9s
Oh god!
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 1 October 2010 13:22 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWYqE9EiLw
― Siegbran, Friday, 1 October 2010 19:22 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AizlYBd3FVs&feature=channel
― A brownish area with points (chap), Thursday, 4 November 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFKkSkX9js
― charlie h, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 22:01 (fifteen years ago)
i've always found the "cookie monster" vocal thing to be a lazy analogy, but the dude from gorefest makes it seem pretty relevant.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 22:02 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqrAMfo4RwI
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 04:46 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7NnUq8nmho
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:47 (fifteen years ago)
Does Nu Metal count? It must if Orgy was mentioned...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzAektg101M
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:49 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkxH996EDTc
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:50 (fifteen years ago)
Surprised this didn't get mentioned yet... I love this one, actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:52 (fifteen years ago)
Weird Al, eat your heart out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1rNHlnIJB4
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:56 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0n_1WMaTc
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 05:58 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od11FTLdb5E
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:00 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKVCOAVJiyU
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:01 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG7sd-YPmE
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:04 (fifteen years ago)
This has to be the worst, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5pY-_e8znE
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:06 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDuZ1Kul7sg
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:11 (fifteen years ago)
This one has an actual video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq4Xzlpn-24
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:13 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDc0rVbmnY
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:14 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVD-WdoTw_c
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:16 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_HM5doCc9A
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:19 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EtqJ0OUDc
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:23 (fifteen years ago)
I really love this one, actually...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytsf9baNU-s
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:28 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3f-2Eo94U
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:31 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NucicclOd9E
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:34 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4NcnhktHY
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:38 (fifteen years ago)
Sooo bad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX6TUIKAFzw
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:41 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EWKphU0c5Q
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:46 (fifteen years ago)
Okay, this video is not safe for work, probably, unless your work place encourages girl-on-girl action. In The Berzerker's defense, at least their video features girls who are not underage, unlike the ladies of TATU...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crVO1J-5VqE
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 06:59 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGg236zG4A
― NYCNative, Thursday, 20 January 2011 07:13 (fifteen years ago)
Okay, this video is not safe for work
And the song is not safe for brain, that may actually be the worst of the lot.
― Rejoice that you weren't eaten (chap), Thursday, 20 January 2011 11:58 (fifteen years ago)
haha it sounds like dr. nick from the simpsons is singing that woeful cover of 'wind beneath my wings'.
― charlie h, Thursday, 20 January 2011 13:53 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoHR7m2eiDU
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 20 January 2011 14:08 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlmRjqBt_mE
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 02:07 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej4hdUuYqr8
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 02:16 (twelve years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJDzetovnQ
Actually this one might be ridiculously awesome.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 02:22 (twelve years ago)