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Dion sang 'worst ever cover song'


Celine Dion is responsible for the world's worst cover version, a poll of music experts has decided.

The Canadian star's rendition of the AC/DC track You Shook Me All Night Long was given the dubious honour in the Total Guitar magazine survey.

Editor Stephen Lawson said Dion's cover was "sacrilege".

The experts also judged the best cover versions, with Jimi Hendrix's performance of the Bob Dylan song All Along the Watchtower top of the list.

"Cover versions have never been bigger," said Mr Lawson.

"Producer Mark Ronson became a household name on the back of his quirky covers album, with Amy Winehouse's version of Valerie outselling The Zutons' original."

Dion, 40, who performed You Shook Me All Night Long at a Las Vegas concert six years ago, never released the track as a single.

A Sugababes and Girls Aloud version of Walk This Way, a huge hit for Aerosmith and Run DMC, came second in the list of worst covers.

Westlife's 1999 version of the ballad More Than Words by rock band Extreme was third in the list.

Will Young was fourth with his cover of The Doors' Light My Fire, which reached number one in the UK top 40 charts in 2002, and The Mike Flowers Pops rounded off the top five with their cover of Oasis' Wonderwall.

In the list of best covers, The Beatles' rendition of Twist and Shout, first recorded by the Top Notes, was in second place, followed by the Guns N' Roses version of the Wings song Live and Let Die.

Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie, and Muse's Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone, also appeared in the top five.

Guns N Roses version of Live And Let Die seemed to lose the power of the original for me...

No Doubts cover of Its My Life only proved how good Talk Talk were...

Nirvanas "Man who sold the world" is better than Bowies IMO.

Claw & kinboshi - covering Oasis, truly awful.

bollocks - we rocked!

*cough...yeah ya did

and rocked would be defined how exactly...............

And what were the Buzzcocks thinking when they gave permission to Fine young Cannibals.........cannibalism indeed

Sid Vicious's version of "My Way" has to be my favourite cover of all time.

QFT.  Great cover.

FYPs

Therapy's cover of Hüsker Dü's 'Diane' is one of the best covers, imo.

I'm afraid to say, i think we'd moved on by then.  repeat performance @ bb7 ftmfw?

GFY

Worst cover versions go to Mark Ronson for everything he has ever done. Making tons of dough off the back of other peoples work its a disgrace.

I wouldn't be so bothered if he hadn't ruined the song 'Just' by Radiohead. That song is an absolute classic and the video was awesome too. Then Ronson comes along and ruins the song and sucks any passion out of it.

Covers that are better than the original - Oasis' version of 'Come on feel the noise' and Chad Vaders cover of 'Chocolate Rain' :D

Anyone who has ever murdered a Bee Gees song imo should be shot!

Nooooooooooo Ronsons album was rightly acclaimed.

No wonder Winehouse's "Valerie" outsold the original, it was a better version ... simple as that.

that will be the bee gees then

I take it you're a Blur fan mr Kendall? ;)

??? The Zutons, any day of the week.

As it happens, yes, because I prefer originality to Beatles Tribute Bands.

Geniuses of their time.

I'll get me coat!

Went to see the Jersey Boys in Vegas (good show by the way) and heard them sing
Bye Bye Baby
Working my way back to you babe
Can't take my eyes off of you

I had no idea that Frankie Valli and the four seasons did these originals.
 :dontask:

You can't whack a bit of Frankie

What? Have you lived your whole life under a blanket?

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Gods of Music. They don't make music like that these days.

They even named an hotel after them in Las Vegas..

I will do a cover of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons "Big Girls Don't Cry" at bB7 Karaoke.

fyp

I see where you're coming from, although I can't imagine the Beatles rocking to tunes like 'Fucking in the bushes' and 'Bring it on down' though :D

FWIW I liked both Blur and Oasis, but Radiohead have always been my first love.

I knew some of their classics such as Walk like a man and mainly heard of them from the Wanderers soundtrack, which iMHO is the best ever soundtrack.

Just watched this, quality. Although I do prefer Tay Zonday!

wrong

we'll hold you to that

Market forces would suggest I am right ;)

Nah, Winehouse's PR machine and major label support

She's grim, and it didn't take long to get found out IMO

+1

Tay Zonday is crucial.

Scissor Sisters and their hideous cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb, it was horrible, I cringe now to even think of it.

She's wrong on so many levels. Its sad to see that my sister looks up to her, despite how ugly drugs have made her (she was a munter before but thats not the point).

I remember when she first met Jeremy Clarkson. She said to him "what do you do?". Jeremy replied "Top gear". Amy then said "sound, I'll have three grams"