Top 10 Song Covers Pt I: 5 Bad Covers

For this list, I'll be starting with the bad ones ranging from meh to "WTF were they thinking?!". Without further ado...

5.) Sound of Silence by Disturbed (originally by Simon and Garfunkel) - I heard this cover once after it came out and thought that was enough (until people spammed the shit out of it daily in the 2010s). I saw nothing special about it. It was just meh. Not to mention the vocalist sounded like Batman and Buffalo Bill bombing at Metal until the end when he (the vocalist) sounded like he was trying way too hard to pass a gigantic log of shit covered in kidney stones. Sad part is, most people claim this as the definitive version of the song to the point of again, overplaying it. To each their own, I know. But still, I have heard waaaaaaaaaay better. Disturbed's Sound of Silence - If I hear it again, it will be too soon. 

4.) Holy Diver by Kottonmouth Kings (originally by Dio) - Some time ago, Kottonmouth Kings decided to make Dio toss in his grave by covering Holy Diver and my fuck what an atrocious cover. It's fine if you're an edgewood who enjoys shitty Meth Bar Rock bands, but honestly, Dio did not die just so said Bar Rock bands could ruin his music. I would sooner go through a Police Interrogation before I dare give Kottonmouth Kings' rendition of Holy Diver another listen

3.) MacArthur Park by Donna Summers (Originally by Richard Harris) - I'm just going to say it: I love Disco. It is one of the Kitschiest Music Genres by today's standards and quite a bit of it can be real toe tapping music. But then you have abominations like Donna Summers' rendition of what was already a terrible song. At best, it is cringy (and considering the original was not any better, that's saying a lot) and the walking, talking equivalent of really unnecessary. In 2012, Donna Summers went to her grave. And when she did, I can only hope she regretted that horrible cover. What was she thinking?!

2.) Faith by Limp Bizkit (originally by George Michael) - NO! JUST... FUCKING

... NO!!

1.) Hound Dog by Elvis Presley (originally by Big Mama Thornton) - Why yes, Hound Dog, like most of Elvis's early work was a cover which in this case was actually a song he stole without giving credit where credit is due. The song itself (sung by the legendary Big Mama Thornton) was a delightful male bashing jam thus making Elvis's rendition a failure of a song. To add insult to injury, as implied earlier, Big Mama Thornton (whom did not care about the song which really was to her loss) did not get credit for Hound Dog, let alone a dime. That is just one of many injustices caused by the plagiarism side of music. Hound Dog - One of Elvis's "iconic songs" that he stole and called his own. Fuck that pedophilic thief, fraud, and overall, textbook example of Celebrity Privilege (i.e. the practice of sordid details not being important as long as you bring happiness to a large enough crowd) and the fake gold chariot he rode in on!

Honorable Mentions: Sittin' On The Dock of The Bay by Michael Bolton (originally by Otis Redding), Johnny B. Goode by Judas Priest (originally by Chuck Berry), I'm a Believer by Smash Mouth (originally by Neil Diamond, later made famous by The Monkees), Beat It by Fall Out Boy, Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts (Originally by Tom Cochrane), and Cum On Feel The Noize by Quiet Riot (Originally by Slade) 

Part II in a separate blog