Let's think up the wrong singers for covering famous songs

[repoman]

I was listening to a live band at work last night and they were playing Don't Stop Believing. I started singing along to it in the style the God Shuffled His Feet by the Crash Test Dummies. I am sure it sounded terrible.

I also heard a cover of Use Me by Bill Withers and imagined either a Mrs Miller or Edith Bunker covering it. Not just the age, but also the warble would destroy that song.

I am sure that some similar worst singer covers have already happened and some truly were and some were surprisingly good.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Let's Hear it For the Boy by Michael Jackson

 

[repoman]

that was just salacious!

 

[DrJim]

Just call me Capt. Obvious: Happiness is a Warm Gun by Ted Nugent.

 

[repoman]

Souljah Boy singing Cole Porter songs.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Judy Garland singing Highway to Hell.

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Rainbow Connection (Originally by Kermit the Frog) covered by Rush Limbaugh.

 

[thebeave]

Well, there's always this classic:

 

[dx713]

Every breath you take by Bertrand Cantat.

 

[repoman]

 

[Mageth]

Tom Waits covering Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You.

Or Mariah Carey covering Waits' 16 Shells from a Thirty Ought Six...although not a "famous song"...

 

[ideologyhunter]

Love Hurts by Lorena Bobbitt
To All the Girls I've Loved by Michael Jackson

 

[Keith&Co.]

Anaconda by Julie Andrews.

Then The Rain In Spain could be covered by Minaj...

 

[thebeave]

Love Hurts by Lorena Bobbitt
To All the Girls I've Loved by Michael Jackson

Don't you mean Cuts like a Knife by Lorena Bobbitt?

 

[DrJim]

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick: Nat King Cole

 

[fta]

Oh my gosh

This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is Weirdly Soothing

Golden Throats

 

[KeepTalking]

Tom Waits covering Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You.

Or Mariah Carey covering Waits' 16 Shells from a Thirty Ought Six...although not a "famous song"...

Are you kidding? I can't think of any song Tom Waits would not do an awesome job covering. I had to look up the Dolly Parton song on youtube and give it a listen, but I could totally hear Waits covering it with his gravelly voice, and a down tuned guitar.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Minnie Pearl singing the theme to Shaft.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Anything sung by Ian Kilmister

Most Yes songs by Trevor Horn (oh, you said famous)

 

[Mageth]

Are you kidding? I can't think of any song Tom Waits would not do an awesome job covering. I had to look up the Dolly Parton song on youtube and give it a listen, but I could totally hear Waits covering it with his gravelly voice, and a down tuned guitar.

No, I'm not kidding. While I agree that Waits could sing just about any song and make it awesome, not every song is a good match for Waits. This song (subject mater, style, etc.) is completely wrong for Waits. It would not be a good match at all.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Are you kidding? I can't think of any song Tom Waits would not do an awesome job covering. I had to look up the Dolly Parton song on youtube and give it a listen, but I could totally hear Waits covering it with his gravelly voice, and a down tuned guitar.

No, I'm not kidding. While I agree that Waits could sing just about any song and make it awesome, not every song is a good match for Waits. This song (subject mater, style, etc.) is completely wrong for Waits. It would not be a good match at all.

With that in mind, Ted Nugent, We are the World.

Ike Turner, I Feel Like a Woman.