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Megadeth singing “My Sweet Lord” (or in this case “Argentina”)

I don’t know what’s worse - the horrid singing, or the fact that Dave Mustaine changed some of the lyrics.  Last I checked “Yo Argentina rules!” is not part of the song…

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Matchbox Twenty performing “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”

Oh God. There’s nothing worse than a non-rock band trying to act like a rock band. Not only does Matchbox Twenty (who, I admit, I enjoyed in the mid-90s) embed this Beatles cover within the horrible tune “Bright Lights”, but they also try to jam at the very end of the song.  Rob Thomas and the boys have been mentioned here before for their cover of “Don’t Let Me Down”, but this is a far cry from that.

Joe Cocker needs to give them some pointers.

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Cheap Trick covering The Beatles

To the washed up/hack musicians out there who were popular 20 years ago and now play summer festivals for a living, please - for the love of God - stop resorting to Beatles covers to save your dwindling careers. Case in point, Cheap Trick wanting to bring a Sgt. Peppers extravaganza to Vegas.

Here’s a clip of Cheap Trick, with some other unknown artists, performing “All You Need is Love.”  Also, check out their covers of “Daytripper” and “A Day in the Life.”

Please stop. Please.

Sincerely, RKB

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Bruce Springsteen performing “Twist and Shout” (and then into “La Bamba”)

Ugh. I’m biased because I don’t like The Boss to begin with, but this has old man written all over it. I can just hear my dad saying “Wow, that’s awesome!” after listening to this.

Check out perhaps the most bizarre cover of the song by Salt-N-Pepa, as well as a pretty wild version by The Who.

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Candy Flip performing “Strawberry Fields Forever”

WTF.  This somehow hit #3 on the UK charts in 1990.

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The King’s Singers perform “Honey Pie”

There’s nothing more romantic than an acapella version of “Honey Pie.”  These cats also do a pretty weak version of “Blackbird.”

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Siouxsie and the Banshees version of “Dear Prudence”

I’ve never heard of this band, but they appear to be a terrible, 80s hair band with a female lead singer, which is always a recipe for disaster.

Here’s another version of the tune by Alanis Morissette, which is still strange, but at least tolerable.

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Kiyoshiro Imawano & Chabo covering “Don’t Let Me Down”

Awful.  Just absolutely awful.  I obviously have no clue who these cats are, but one of the comments on the video sums it up best: “lol this guy sounds like hes i can’t name it but one of the guys from the Muppets or from sesame street.”  Amen to that.

If that wasn’t bad enough, check out Zwan’s cover of the song, which is pretty bad as well.  Also, there are some surprisingly good covers of the song done by Garbage and Matchbox Twenty of all people.

Lastly, Stereophonics probably did the best cover of the song to date.

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Matt Dusk singing “Please Please Me”

I had to look up this joker Matt Dusk immediately after watching this video - because it’s just horrendous. It’s rare that anybody covers “Please Please Me”, so the door was wide open for someone to blow it out of the water with a great rendition. Instead, this guy murdered it.

He’s Canadian, which may explain it.

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Michael Jackson singing “Come Together”

Where to begin with this one…it’s simply horrible.  “Come Together” is already one of my least favorite Beatles songs, and MJ just so happened to make it worse with this little diddy.

Several other big name artists/bands have destroyed the song throughout the years, including Aerosmith, Soundgarden and the bizarre combination of The Boss with Guns ‘n Roses.

GETTING BETTER

Since we’ll be visiting some of the worst Beatles covers of all time in Honey Don’t, I found it only fitting to display some of the better ones with a new feature called Getting Better.

Here’s Government Mule singing “She Said She Said” - and it’s a pretty damn good rendition if I do say so myself.

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Roxy Music - “Jealous Guy”

This is a new feature here at RKB that will delve into the horrible, terrible and wretched Beatles covers that flood the interweb.

The first edition of Honey Don’t features a version of “Jealous Guy” by the popular UK group Roxy Music.  I’m not too familiar with these lads, but apparently Rolling Stone listed them at #98 on their top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They hit #1 on the UK charts with their Lennon cover.

Also, check out a very different take on the song here, courtesy of the Black Crowes.