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This might not be the worst cover ever, but it's definitely in the conversation:

...and here's one from the Lawrence Welk show. If they only knew what they were really singing about. I may have posted this here before.

Lucy in the Sky by Shatner is awesome!

I now feel like I could be a recording artist lol

Lol thats awful

LOl....well believe it or not, Pat was pretty popular back in the day. He did hit that lull, so breaking out in to the ridiculous is something he tried.

There was some really bad Beatles covers, but this ranks up there:

Man, I've really, really liked you for years...
...but now, you've revealed your true nature.

You are one sadistic sob, aren't you?



Do you know of Florence Foster Jenkins?
Her 'Queen of the Night' aria from Mozart's The Magic Flute will be my revenge....

These are all most heinous, but none of them can match the polka band I once heard at a wedding that covered Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water". Imagine that opening riff on accordion and you'll know what I mean.

Oh, this one is even ....better.

Thank you very little.

First, some background (PLEEZ read it first, you'll appreciate it more): Florence Foster Jenkins

Ms. Jenkins' recitals were the hottest ticket in NYC.

Here she is, on her self-produced 78, singing the (in)famous aria from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, 'The Queen of the Night' -considered by many to be among the most demanding soprano solos ever. Not demanding for Ms. Jenkins:




...and here is Meryl Streep's lights-out depiction, in the 2016 UK biopic named after the main character:




Don't blame me. You started this mess.




"People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing."
-Florence Foster Jenkins

Curiosity got the best of me and I found it. That's hitting below the belt, my friend.

Thanks Clem.

I now know what hell sounds like.

I don't know that it's really "bad", but it's certainly different.





Bad or just different?

This might have been fine, 40 years ago- when I still had most of my life in front of me.

Time is getting short. Hence, more valuable.
Brothaman got all of 45 of my precious seconds. Couldn't give him any more, sorry.

Gad, that was lame.

I don't know how to answer that question.

I actually kind of liked what they were doing. Halfway through: "Oh gawd- it's a dude in a beaver hat with an accordion! How strange is this about to get?"

It's rustic, for sure. But interesting, too. I like how they kept shifting from 3 bpm to 4 bpm. Everyone was right in sync. Bass player has good pitch even in the mid-upper register. His left hand is very trained. I like the French bow, too. That grip has always fascinated me- it's like the hold Gamba players use.

I get the impression that these guys are really fine musicians playing it downward on purpose. They were doing some pretty nuanced stuff there at water's edge.

Just different. If you don't like Bluegrass type music it sucks. if you do(which I do) then it is pretty good.

I like this better. These guys look a lot more like normal people in the south, not some Hee Haw representation, and these guys are very good musicians.

Oh, in keeping with the thread, I could post up Rosanne singing the National Anthem, but it is such a bad cover, I won't bother.

Loved the Iron Horse video! Those guys are very talented.

I dare you guys to find one worse that this! This is from a real deep dive into GM's record collection.

Damn skippy That's on my playlist. I play it every time I have to go to Pittsburgh. They love it there.

I know this whole thread has been devoted to bad covers... but I came across this one recently and it's really good..

Post Malone covering Brad Paisley..

I generally dislike Post Malone's own music but he does some really damn good covers.