Worst Covers Ever?

[Rocky]

With the baroque pop background music, he should have narrated with his natural English accent. His Marlon Brando vocals don't work here.

There's actually an entire album of Cabot's Dylan covers.

The liner notes are as bad as the record.

 

[Rocky]

Cab Calloway covers himself. He wanted this version to be in The Blues Brothers [sniff, sniff].

 

[Uke]

It's a shocker of a cover, but still pretty good, seen as how good the original was, despite the dubious lyrical intent/content.

I'll see your cover with this, hard to top.

Just listened to about 10 seconds of "Smoke On the Water" from this album, and was so embarassed -- and I'm sitting here by myself! Truly awful and very awkward.

 

[davismanLV]

Well, y'all have come up with some of the most GHASTLY music I'm sorry I ever heard!!! I'm proud of you rising to the occasion, but I feel a little bit sick.

 

[Wilmywood]

"And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, foolin' with that young stuff like you do ... boo hoo hoo ..."

 

[Rocky]

"And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, foolin' with that young stuff like you do ... boo hoo hoo ..."

"ding, ding, ding!"

I never got what people see in Frank. His diction is a comedy of errors.

I also love how he thinks he can improve lyrics written by Paul Simon.

 

[GGJaguar]

Cab Calloway covers himself. He wanted this version to be in The Blues Brothers [sniff, sniff].

Why, oh why, didn't someone warn him not to do that?

 

[Guildedagain]

Pulling out all the stops now ;[]

https://www.whosampled.com/Lawrence-Welk/Save-the-Last-Dance-for-Me/

 

[dwasifar]

"And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, foolin' with that young stuff like you do ... boo hoo hoo ..."

Came here to post that, you beat me to it.

 

[dwasifar]

As long as we're doing Frank Sinatra, how about one that goes in the other direction?

 

[DougH]

"And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, foolin' with that young stuff like you do ... boo hoo hoo ..."

Winchester Cathedral..oh my

 

[Uke]

"And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, foolin' with that young stuff like you do ... boo hoo hoo ..."

It surely ain't "Here's That Rainy Day" ! What performers will do to stay "with it."

 

[Uke]

As long as we're doing Frank Sinatra, how about one that goes in the other direction?

That's just sad.

 

[GGJaguar]

That's just sad.

Seems like he was doing it as a joke.

 

[twocorgis]

Cab Calloway covers himself. He wanted this version to be in The Blues Brothers [sniff, sniff].

Cab was such a lovely man. He was an avid race goer, and I used to see him almost every day in my years at Belmont Park. Even though he knew my name, he always called me "son".

 

[Uke]

Seems like he was doing it as a joke.

Still . . . .

 

[jp]

Dangit! Frono'ed again. Well, at least Nimoy was new.

Sorry, Al!

 

[Rocky]

As long as we're doing Frank Sinatra, how about one that goes in the other direction?

As featured in Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (along with Root Boy Slim)

 

[Rocky]

Why, oh why, didn't someone warn him not to do that?

There wasn't a lot of money in being Cab Calloway in 1978. 1979, however....

 

[Rocky]

Pulling out all the stops now ;[]

https://www.whosampled.com/Lawrence-Welk/Save-the-Last-Dance-for-Me/

Don't make me unleash this!