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Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on January 04, 2006, 23:13:03
as we know our favorite boys have (unfortunately) been covered by many other artists over the years. there are some good ones too but some pretty weird ones too. i don't know if this is the worst one ever but it's certainly bad and weird and hmmm... original:
it's 'friday i'm in love' by a finnish band called 'El?kel?iset' (= pensioners). they do nothing but cover songs but and although they have impressively broad repertoire (just look at it: http://www2.lut.fi/~jahuttun/elake/orig_index.html   :shock:  :smt042 )
however, they do every song in a style of a traditional finnish dance called 'humppa'... (=very popular style among afternoon dance partys for middle-aged people together with going to bingo...) and they also "translate" the words in their own way so that every song tells about humppa dancing, friday i'm in love becomes 'perjantaina humpassa' = 'on friday at the humppa dances'

now it's even here for download IF you REALLY have nothing better to do...  :wink:  ...and it's a special live version! a treat!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=97DZK630

(now i can't believe i took some time to upload this - it's sad really...   but at least i had the decency not to put it on the download section :wink:  )
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Joe on January 05, 2006, 21:16:00
I thought Dryden Mitchell's cover of Friday I'm in love was pretty bad.
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on January 05, 2006, 21:50:09
i guess i have to check that one, never heard it
even though it's probably
 
TORTURE  :smt119  :smt120 :smt119  (but i'm almost there...)
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Inshiver on January 06, 2006, 01:54:26
Razorblades - Boys Don't Cry (on MTV Icon) :smt078

Oh My God what a shame to destroy the song like they did, and they were in front of the cure playing this...  :?
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: lostflower4 on January 08, 2006, 20:12:59
That's a riot, jb. :smt043 And to think how seriously these guys probably take their work. I can't imagine listening to all their covers. I think that might be TORTURE. :twisted:

I always enjoy weird stuff like this. I was certainly laughing very hard throughout. Thanks for sharing.

Is it the worst? Hard to say... The first tribute CD I bought was "Give Me The Cure", released in 1995 I think. There are some pretty terrible covers on there. It's been ages since I've listened to it, but there was a version of Catch on there that was just appalling. Maybe I should post it on here one of these days.

Razorblade, Doubt? You must mean Razorlight. :wink:
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on January 08, 2006, 21:27:01
glad you got a laugh out of it  :-D   it's a crazy band for sure: but they do take themselves very seriously like you said and amazingly(?) they are also very popular... also in germany(!) i've heard   :oops:  
most of what they do drives you absolutely mad after ten seconds but they have some killer versions (like bon jovi's 'livin' on a prayer'...  :smt044 ). once i went to this party where someone put an el?kel?iset album on repeat for hours and it really much caused everyone to... hmm let's say to act a bit weird  :-D

i'd masochistically like to hear that bad version of catch... the weirder the better...   :lol:

(yes it's hard to say what's the worst one ever: there are ones that are very bad but still weirdly enjoyable and those that are just plain bad... the latter one's are the REAL torture i guess  :roll:  i'd say razorlight is among the torture section...)
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Inshiver on January 08, 2006, 21:57:05
Quote from: lostflower4
Razorblade, Doubt? You must mean Razorlight. :wink:

Yes, sorry...   :P Anyway, they are not better!!!  :lol:
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Joe on January 09, 2006, 15:37:25
Yeah, that was awful.

Of course, there is also the infamous 311 cover of "Lovesong"  :shock:
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: lostflower4 on January 11, 2006, 21:46:22
From "Give Me The Cure", for your displeasure:

http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/Eggs%20-%20Catch.mp3 (http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/Eggs%20-%20Catch.mp3)

The pathetic singing, the trombone (?, don't know my band instruments too well, I'll admit). It just couldn't get any worse for me. I just listened to this album for the first time in years, and now I can remember why. Overall it's pretty terrible. A few ok/good ones, but generally quite bad! :roll:

Perhaps another 10 years till I dust this one off... Sorry, but the humppa version is superior to this crap! :lol:
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on January 12, 2006, 23:59:40
caley, thanks for this torture!  :smt082  it made me really laugh... and i guess i have to admit that this beats the humppa orchestra 6-0...

the master-mind behind this arrangement should really get some crappiness-award, it sounds as if somebody just found a random pile of deserted instruments and somehow mistook it for some great combination no-one's ever thought of before... well i can see why... the "horn section" is simply hilariously staggering and that singer sounds like he's choking... painful...  :smt095  :-D
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: dsanchez on January 13, 2006, 00:20:35
I just come to listen the worst Cure cover ever

STRANGE DAY by Apotygma Berzerk

It gives me wishes to thrown in  :smt078

David.
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Stu on January 21, 2006, 00:13:22
Just Like Heaven - Katie Mellua is pretty F***ing appalling by anyones standards, I can't stand it. It should be banned  :smt092
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: feefoo on January 29, 2006, 10:14:40
a letter to elise by blink-182 from icon.
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: strange_as_angels on January 29, 2006, 19:04:15
Quote from: feefooa letter to elise by blink-182 from icon.

yeah, that was terrible
Title: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Inshiver on January 29, 2006, 19:14:28
Quote from: strange_as_angels
Quote from: feefooa letter to elise by blink-182 from icon.

yeah, that was terrible

I agree!!!  8)
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Sussex on February 20, 2007, 06:26:46
The cover of Boys Don't Cry from Benalova!!  :smth093
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Wild on February 22, 2007, 15:20:45
Quote from: doubt on January 06, 2006, 01:54:26
Razorblades - Boys Don't Cry (on MTV Icon) :smt078

Oh My God what a shame to destroy the song like they did, and they were in front of the cure playing this...  :?

The same !!!
:smth011
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: KingOfSomeIsland on February 23, 2007, 18:59:24
yeah i really hate Katie Mellua's version of Just Like Heaven

EDIT: and as much as i love the Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha's cover of A Night Like This physically hurts to listen to...
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Carnage Visor on August 16, 2007, 00:14:50
SO far...all of them! I haven't heard one band yet that can emulate the spirit and the beauty of a Cure song...they either tone it down until it's duller than dull, or they pump it up until it loses all melody and sophistication and is reduced to grumbling guitars and shouting!

Blink 182 cannot play CURE music right...
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Soxguy on August 16, 2007, 23:02:28
Quote from: Joe on January 09, 2006, 15:37:25
Yeah, that was awful.

Of course, there is also the infamous 311 cover of "Lovesong"  :shock:

as a Nebraskan i gotta give it up for Omaha's very own 311.  thats a pretty decent cover of "Lovesong".
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: lostflower4 on August 16, 2007, 23:11:19
Quote from: Soxguy on August 16, 2007, 23:02:28
Quote from: Joe on January 09, 2006, 15:37:25
Yeah, that was awful.

Of course, there is also the infamous 311 cover of "Lovesong"  :shock:

as a Nebraskan i gotta give it up for Omaha's very own 311.  thats a pretty decent cover of "Lovesong".

I have to admit that I thought their cover was decent. Actually pretty true to the original, just with a reggae vibe.

Well, I've heard MUCH worse! (see the first page of this thread for an example)
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: ROGUE on October 20, 2007, 18:24:12
Guess could be worse than 311 lovesong   ~ I think i liked it, and maybe it was Friday im in love, by Dryden That i didn't like.
:smth017
Its hard to do better than The Cure do, thats for sure. :smth014  {bla bla bla - bla bla bla- my translation for the day.  :D
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: silversand on October 20, 2007, 19:05:00
I would say AFI - Just like heaven (they've ruined it!!!) and Nena with Friday i'm in love, Blank & Jones
with A Forest (okay it was a collaboration with Robert, but they ruined the song anyway)


Yes, your absolutely right ROGUE that it's hard to do better than The Cure do!!    :smth023

Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Carnage Visor on October 20, 2007, 21:19:23
Very few bands can emulate The Cure's unique and intruiging sound. They might try, but to me it'll always sound like crap...even when they try to make it their own, they end up making it sound fake, ot having the same impact or emotion that Robert puts in...

The punk cover of "Boys Don't Cry" was awful and embarassing, it wasn't meant to be sang with rage or anarchistic overtones, it was meant to be sang in a sort of soft, almost apologeticly sad voice like Robert did originally. To me, it's always sounded like a kind of mournful...but the punk cover sounded emotionless, cheap...I can't explain.

There comes a certain time when a song can't be made "your own"...some songs have to be performed the way they were intended to be performed, otherwise they sound awkward and put-on, unnatural.

AFI's Hanging Garden sounded wrong somehow, I guess it's just one of those songs when any amount of change can ruin it...it's so perfect and pristine that it shouldn't be touched by just anyone...
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Cure Freak on November 11, 2007, 17:39:14
for me, this has to be it, even though Robert is singing here ,also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqAqRGy5Qk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqAqRGy5Qk)
:smth011
that band totally ruin it and I got the feeling that Rob wasn't happy with their playing, either.

Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on November 11, 2007, 18:49:10
Quote from: Cure Freak on November 11, 2007, 17:39:14
for me, this has to be it, even though Robert is singing here ,also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqAqRGy5Qk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqAqRGy5Qk)
:smth011
that band totally ruin it and I got the feeling thaty Rob wasn't happy with their playing, either.



yeah that's freaking awful.  :oops:
it defies all reason why robert ever agreed to let those blink hosers murder the song and especially why he even wanted to humiliate himself by getting on stage with them and being part of the whole fiasco.
he must have been feeling a bit funny around that time or something... :smth100
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: silversand on November 11, 2007, 22:53:30
I think Blink 182 ruined Boys don't cry. And the song is played too fast i think.
No, that is absolutely not my thing, sorry. It sounds awful   :smth009
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Cure Freak on November 12, 2007, 00:48:07
japanesebaby ~ couoldn't agree with you more.
But, I do believe he was disappointed in the performance of that band. Noticed, he left the stage very quickly.
silversand ~ yes, i agree.it was played way too fast.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Lady on November 12, 2007, 01:00:04
For sure LOVESONG by TORI AMOS!!! I like it!!! :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmkqP0ASw
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: kissingcrimson on November 12, 2007, 10:01:39
 I actually couldn't stop laughing when I heard this cover of A forest, it's too harsh to call it terrible...the music is not bad, good sitar at the start...but when the vocals kick it's a little wrong.. strange....hmm bizzare

for your listening (belly dancing) pleasure,
http://www.ollibollywood.com/files/archive-8.html

click the link on the page Télécharger A Forest (Bollywood Remix)
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: billee on November 12, 2007, 11:30:09
 :smth035 :smth043
Well kissy now I have heard everything.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: splitmilk34 on November 13, 2007, 20:23:37
I really think 311's cover sucks pretty hard.  I've never been into their sound, and I loathe the reggae vibe.  It just doesn't sound genuine to me.

In actuality, though, any cover I've heard has been pretty awful (except the Deftones cover of "If Only Tonight I Could Sleep" - pretty kickass).  I find that Robert's collaborations with other artists have been much more fruitful.  For example, "A Perfect Blue Sky" with JunkieXL, "To Love Somebody" with Billy Corgan (a cover in itself), "All of This" with Blink182 - just to name a few.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Soxguy on November 13, 2007, 21:04:04
Quote from: splitmilk34 on November 13, 2007, 20:23:37
I really think 311's cover sucks pretty hard.  I've never been into their sound, and I loathe the reggae vibe.  It just doesn't sound genuine to me.

so you're saying u don't like 311?...or their cover versions of Cure songs?  i'm from Upstate NY, absolutely despise the Yankees, Rock the Sox more than anyone here in Lincoln, Nebraska (where i live now) which happens to be about 60 miles SW of Omaha...the good ole stompin' grounds of our dear friends 311.  there's gotta be a positive connection there somewhere...right?

  311 isn't for everyone but their version of "Lovesong" is awesome. DEFINITLY not Robert and the Boyzz but nevertheless a good song. 
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Carnage Visor on November 13, 2007, 23:09:37
The guys over at Nightmareonelmstreetfilms forums were all giddy about 311's Lovesong. They had no idea it was a Cure song, and they frankly don't care either because they all hate the Cure.

Oh well. I'm also pretty tired of Blink 182, as if I needed more of a reason to think badly of them.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: splitmilk34 on November 13, 2007, 23:25:58
Hey, I'm all for leaving people's taste in music alone... and you definitely get points for being a Sox fan, but 311 was just never my cup of tea.  I'm fairly consistent in my distaste for their music (in other words, I've not liked ANY of their songs, not just the Lovesong cover).  Not to say you shouldn't like/love them - I'll just never be on that bandwagon.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Soxguy on November 13, 2007, 23:32:48
thats all good my friend  :smth023  my ex wife was the one who kinda turned me on to them.  i think since my divorce 3 years ago, i've listened to 311 twice and the Cure 2,352,542 times...give or take a few..hahaha

good night pal.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: B.DEE on December 09, 2007, 17:06:06
That f*cking horrendous cover of "Apart" by All About Eve.
It makes my skin crawl. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Oscar Gallup on January 21, 2008, 21:05:20
Estoy de Acuerdo que a letter to elise en el tributo es el peor cover q he escuchado de The Cure jajaja  :lol:

Y aqui en Mexico alguna vez escuche love song en una version tropical 
E S P A N T O S A !!!!! eso si es lo peor!!!! :smth011
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on January 21, 2008, 21:17:58
Quote from: Oscar Gallup on January 21, 2008, 21:05:20
Estoy de Acuerdo que a letter to elise en el tributo es el peor cover q he escuchado de The Cure jajaja  :lol:

Y aqui en Mexico alguna vez escuche love song en una version tropical 
E S P A N T O S A !!!!! eso si es lo peor!!!! :smth011

welcome to the forum mr. gallup. ;)
but please do write in english so that we could understand you. :!:
thanks. 
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Oscar Gallup on January 21, 2008, 21:43:32
 :-D Sorry  ok i understand all in english  :smth023

i was telling that here in Mexico i heard a tropical version of Love Song that was the most terrific thing that i´ve listened in my life... jajajaja
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: rubcure on January 22, 2008, 00:11:34
Quote from: silversand on November 11, 2007, 22:53:30
I think Blink 182 ruined Boys don't cry. And the song is played too fast i think.
No, that is absolutely not my thing, sorry. It sounds awful   :smth009


Completely agree with you silversand; that is the worst cover for me;  :smth011 sounds awful

Welcome Oscar Gallup; nice to find someone else of Mexico here!!

P.S. Viva La Cura!!!  :rocker
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: R.J.S on May 09, 2009, 06:52:59
todo lo que ha hecho con otros grupos....
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:19:29
Oh don't get me started.. There are so many, but there's on in particular that's just f***** awful! It's a cover of 'A Short Term Effect', my all time favorite cure song. Not only is it not in the spirit of the original, it doesn't have a guitar intro (that is required for this song), and the bassguitar player plays the wrong basslines at the beginning.

Here's the link.... *sigh*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknaEbKEmYg
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: japanesebaby on May 19, 2009, 19:45:29
Quote from: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:19:29
Oh don't get me started.. There are so many, but there's on in particular that's just f***** awful! It's a cover of 'A Short Term Effect', my all time favorite cure song. Not only is it not in the spirit of the original, it doesn't have a guitar intro (that is required for this song), and the bassguitar player plays the wrong basslines at the beginning.

Here's the link.... *sigh*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknaEbKEmYg

"Cold as it hits the bleeding ground.. ground... ground... ground.." -uuuuh.

all these bad cover bands are certainly one thing. but still, this version here never ended up on an album somewhere and got released. it's amazing what kind of rubbish versions have really been officially released.
i think the link that lostflower4 posted towards the beginning of this thread (that awful version of 'catch' with a trombone and hat horrible singer), that's still one of the worst (released) ones i've ever heard.

Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:54:00
Quote from: japanesebaby on May 19, 2009, 19:45:29
Quote from: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:19:29
Oh don't get me started.. There are so many, but there's on in particular that's just f***** awful! It's a cover of 'A Short Term Effect', my all time favorite cure song. Not only is it not in the spirit of the original, it doesn't have a guitar intro (that is required for this song), and the bassguitar player plays the wrong basslines at the beginning.

Here's the link.... *sigh*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknaEbKEmYg

"Cold as it hits the bleeding ground.. ground... ground... ground.." -uuuuh.

all these bad cover bands are certainly one thing. but still, this version here never ended up on an album somewhere and got released. it's amazing what kind of rubbish versions have really been officially released.
i think the link that lostflower4 posted towards the beginning of this thread (that awful version of 'catch' with a trombone and hat horrible singer), that's still one of the worst (released) ones i've ever heard.



Horrible isn't it? He also mimic the decaying vocals of the original. "ground ground ground ground...." stupid. I tried to get to the link lostflower4 posted, but it's gone  :? The page is down or something... It's a shame that those people can cover Cure songs aswell as release it on an actual album without getting into any trouble, like claims of copyrights.. I saw this french magazine posting a cover of the whole pornography album.. I can't recall the name of it right now though, I listened to their "short term effect" cover, and it was like the worst nightmare possible..

Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: lostflower4 on July 04, 2009, 06:57:00
Quote from: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:54:00
Quote from: japanesebaby on May 19, 2009, 19:45:29"Cold as it hits the bleeding ground.. ground... ground... ground.." -uuuuh.

all these bad cover bands are certainly one thing. but still, this version here never ended up on an album somewhere and got released. it's amazing what kind of rubbish versions have really been officially released.
i think the link that lostflower4 posted towards the beginning of this thread (that awful version of 'catch' with a trombone and hat horrible singer), that's still one of the worst (released) ones i've ever heard.

Horrible isn't it? He also mimic the decaying vocals of the original. "ground ground ground ground...." stupid. I tried to get to the link lostflower4 posted, but it's gone  :? The page is down or something...

Back by unpopular demand!

Eggs - Catch (http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/Eggs%20-%20Catch.mp3)
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on July 10, 2009, 15:18:25
Quote from: lostflower4 on July 04, 2009, 06:57:00
Quote from: Simon on May 19, 2009, 19:54:00
Quote from: japanesebaby on May 19, 2009, 19:45:29"Cold as it hits the bleeding ground.. ground... ground... ground.." -uuuuh.

all these bad cover bands are certainly one thing. but still, this version here never ended up on an album somewhere and got released. it's amazing what kind of rubbish versions have really been officially released.
i think the link that lostflower4 posted towards the beginning of this thread (that awful version of 'catch' with a trombone and hat horrible singer), that's still one of the worst (released) ones i've ever heard.

Horrible isn't it? He also mimic the decaying vocals of the original. "ground ground ground ground...." stupid. I tried to get to the link lostflower4 posted, but it's gone  :? The page is down or something...

Back by unpopular demand!

Eggs - Catch (http://www.imaginary-lemurs.com/Eggs%20-%20Catch.mp3)

i honestly don't know if i should curse or thank you for sharing this pleasure/pain. ???
that was the most awful piece of 'music' i ever heard. so f*cking awful that i just laughed hysterically :-D
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: nadia-domingos on July 27, 2009, 18:02:37
just like heaven by katy malua. that chick is just. ew. i dont know i hate her voice and the way she does covers. she totaly ruined the song
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Lady on July 27, 2009, 20:58:50
Quote from: nadia-domingos on July 27, 2009, 18:02:37
just like heaven by katy malua.
Sure!
And "So Human" by lady sovereign... :smth011
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: nadia-domingos on July 28, 2009, 00:22:02
i really hate and get angry when a shitty singer makes a shitty cover of one of my fav bands.. specially the curem which is the band of my life.
that pisses me off. lady sovereign and katy melua should be slapped
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: MariaComeHome on August 04, 2009, 17:41:55
i don't know why but i hate the smashing pumpkins version of A Night Like This...i can't listen it!!

well...lady sovereign is always in my nightmares.... :smth022
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: alwaysprayingforRAIN on August 21, 2009, 23:18:34
Quote from: MariaComeHome on August 04, 2009, 17:41:55
i don't know why but i hate the smashing pumpkins version of A Night Like This...i can't listen it!!

well...lady sovereign is always in my nightmares.... :smth022

yeah she is just trash honestly!!!  :smth088

i don't really like the smashing pumpkins' cover, but at least they added kind of their own thing to it and didn't just try to copy it...
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: Eire on September 07, 2009, 00:25:02
Blink 182, being one of the worst bands ever, of course did a horrible version of A Letter to Elise. I've see idiots on youtube claiming that their cover is better! Ugh.

Also, that "sample" of Close to Me by that Sovereign person/lady/thing is horrible as well. Disgusting.

I tend to never like cover songs.
Title: Re: the worst cure cover you know?
Post by: GwenMadden on August 24, 2012, 14:59:21
Quote from: strange_as_angels on January 29, 2006, 19:04:15
Quote from: feefooa letter to elise by blink-182 from icon.

yeah, that was terrible

TOO TERRIBLE. THANK YOU :smth011