Worst U2 covers of all time

[Aleh_Hewson]

First: Is this the right place?

Second: Didn't find any similar thread

Third: Let's post the worst U2 covers of all the time? I have a local band who sings "forró", and the manager is a U2 fan, so everytime they have a tour, they just copy U2 tour's concepts... They copied everytime, since Elevation. Even the 360º.

I present you:

An amazing version of TUF:

FIQUE AMOR - CALCINHA PRETA (Berg Rabelo) - YouTube

And the best One of all time:

único amor - YouTube

The amazing 360º show

 

[Nick66]

There are no good U2 covers. They all suck. Every. Single. One.

Well, maybe not the version of One REM did that one time. But pretty much everything else.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using U2 Interference mobile app

 

[corianderstem]

This one's great. It's all classy n' shit, because it's the King's Singers.

M.L.K. - The King's Singers - YouTube

 

[corianderstem]

Oops, I forgot this is for worst U2 covers.

#corifail

 

[LuckyNumber7]

I don't like the idea of purposely targeting people's creative mix on something like this.

Some of them might be bad, but I mean unless they're objectively performed poorly in a serious environment (aka butchered by a professional), I don't think it's really that fair.

That first link posted was interesting. Weird. But I wouldn't call it bad. It's one's own creative imagination on the song. I personally promote it.

 

[gvox]

I often wondered if The Claw ever made the guys a bit nervous, night in, night out....but this "claw" is downright frightening. It's the kind of thing you read about in the papers the next morning ie "Stage Contraption Collapses On Band/Audience"

 

[BVS]

Shaun Vox once posted a killer version of him doing SYCMIOYO

 

[lisag71]

I've not heard them all, of course, but I haven't heard one that I like yet. It just never seems right... I guess because I'm bias. I can be honest about that!

On the other side of the coin, I'm not a huge fan of U2 doing covers of others songs either! I do like Paint it Black, though...

 

[cobl04]

How gvox managed to post in this thread without shitting on Jack White is beyond me.

 

[LemonMelon]

Remarkably, many of these links still work:

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f197/tribute-bands-are-the-enemy-of-art-u2-edition-189927.html

 

[YBORCITY]

Not to derail this thread but I heard somewhere that Chris Cornell covered the lyrics of Metallica's One over U2's melody of One - pretty f***ing awesome if I do say so myself.

 

[digitize]

There are no good U2 covers. They all suck. Every. Single. One.

Well, maybe not the version of One REM did that one time. But pretty much everything else.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using U2 Interference mobile app

I happen to think that several of the Achtung Baby covers from 2011 are really good, namely Wild Horses, Ultraviolet, TTTYAATW, and Love Is Blindness. But U2 are a hard band to cover, generally.

Snow Patrol's cover of Mysterious Ways may be among the worst recordings of anything ever.

 

[gvox]

How gvox managed to post in this thread without shitting on Jack White is beyond me.

Whatever, I just didn't strip off my panties and worship at the altar of Lord Jack White lol.

I did quite enjoy Depeche Mode's cover tho..

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Depeche Mode nailed it. Spot on.

Bruce singing with U2 at MSG back in 2012 did a pretty mean ISHFWILF.

 

[prbiker15]

Depeche Mode & Jack White were my absolute favorites of all the Achtung Baby covers.

Other than those, I haven't really listened to covers of other U2 songs, as far as my memory goes.

 

[YBORCITY]

Whatever, I just didn't strip off my panties and worship at the altar of Lord Jack White lol.

I did quite enjoy Depeche Mode's cover tho..

What does make your panties come off?

 

[Zoo Lemon]

Re. the AB tribute: despite how much I admire Trent Reznor, his version of 'Zoo Station' is meaningless. I mean, it's soporific. That piece needs the dirt, needs the irony, needs the industrial noise, the clangor of something that's about to happen. I mean, Berlin...; his version is chamomile (sorry, since, again, I admire him).

I know that NO ONE will agree with me here, but since I have a weakness for that redhead named Shirley, whatever she sings, and don't mind Garbage's production, I enjoyed 'Wild Horses'. Nothing major though.

The rest, I don't remember much. I found the fact Gavin Friday did 'The Fly' funny though. It was curious to hear.
And great about Patti paying respect to the f'n album, but not my cup of tea...

 

[Zoo Lemon]

I happen to think that several of the Achtung Baby covers from 2011 are really good, namely Wild Horses, Ultraviolet, TTTYAATW, and Love Is Blindness. But U2 are a hard band to cover, generally.

Oh, didn't read your post digitize!

I feel less alone, because everywhere I read criticism about the Garbage's version.

 

[digitize]

Oh, didn't read your post digitize!



I feel less alone, because everywhere I read criticism about the Garbage's version.

Really? I seem to remember it being received well around here back in 2011.

 

[Zoo Lemon]

Really? I seem to remember it being received well around here back in 2011.

That's great.

Shirley.