00:00I'm not trying to cause a big sensation
00:03Just talking about my generation
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo
00:10And today, we're looking at musicians and bands
00:12who managed to do huge damage to their careers
00:15with one ill-advised cover song
00:18On a river
00:18With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
00:24Duran Duran
00:269-1-1 is a joke
00:289-1-1 is a joke in your town
00:30Get up or get, get, get down
00:33No list of totally pointless and bizarre covers
00:36would be complete without a mention
00:38for Duran Duran's attempt at public enemies
00:409-1-1 is a joke
00:42Yes, you heard that correctly
00:44For some strange reason
00:46Duran Duran, who were known for chart-topping synth-pop
00:49decided to try to emulate
00:51one of hip-hop's most socially conscious groups
00:54The end result was a cover that baffled listeners to no end
01:02Duran Duran released the cover as part of an entire album
01:06made up of homages to other artists' songs
01:08You better wake up and smell the real flavor
01:11Cause 9-1-1 is a fake lifesaver
01:14And while some of their choices are actually pretty good
01:17Hearing Simon Laban trying to emulate Chuck D's delivery
01:20left us all wondering
01:21what the heck the point was
01:22A totally tone-deaf move
01:25In our book
01:25Now I'm on is a joke
01:27Now I'm on is a joke
01:30Now I'm on is a joke
01:33Happy Mondays
01:34The boys are back in town
01:36Guess who just got back today
01:39Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
01:42Hard-rocking Irish band Thin Lizzy
01:44brought innovative twin guitar leads
01:46to the masses with their 1976 hit
01:49The Boys Are Back in Town
01:50As for what the Happy Mondays cover brought us
01:58We're still trying to figure that out
02:02Guess who just got back today
02:05Them wild-eyed boys that had been been away
02:09Sean Ryder's vocal delivery sounds
02:11like it's coming straight out of a karaoke bar
02:13at 2am on a Saturday night
02:15And as for the rest of the band's performance
02:18They sapped all of the gutsy energy of the original
02:21And replaced it with a gritty mess
02:23That brings absolutely nothing interesting to the table
02:27By the time this 1999 release came
02:38The band were clearly past their peak
02:40And this cover proved it beyond any doubt
02:43Nickelback and Kid Rock
02:46Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
02:48Elton John's Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
02:59is a glam rock masterpiece
03:01Easily one of the punchiest numbers of the 70s
03:04It's an upbeat track that never loses its danceability
03:07As for the Saturday refrain
03:15Genius
03:16And so when Nickelback decided to enlist Kid Rock
03:19to cover it for the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels
03:22Updating it for a new generation
03:24probably seemed like a good idea, right?
03:26Well, unfortunately
03:27all of the groove and fun that defined the original
03:30was nowhere to be found
03:32Chad Krueger and Kid Rock
03:42simply couldn't hold a candle
03:44to Elton John's loose and charismatic vocals
03:47And the backing band's performance
03:49wasn't any better
03:51Nickelback hadn't quite hit the meme status
04:02they reached in the 2010s
04:03but they were getting there
04:05Train, Light My Fire
04:15Train might know how to deliver a soft rock folkish anthem
04:25for a post-2000 world better than anyone
04:27but turning their hands to the drug-fueled poetry
04:30of Jim Morrison and the Doors
04:32was simply never going to work
04:35Train's version deviated pretty heavily
04:46from the original, sure
04:47but to say that they misunderstood the source material
04:50would be an understatement
04:52The song's darkness and eerie charm
05:00are utterly lost in Pat Monahan's vocal delivery
05:03Sure, they would later hit it big
05:05with smash singles like
05:07Drops of Jupiter and Hey Soul Sister
05:08but this attempt at Light My Fire
05:10sounded totally out of touch
05:12Guns N' Roses
05:22Sympathy for the Devil
05:24Please allow me to introduce myself
05:27I'm made with well and tasty
05:31When Slash famously described this cover
05:33as the sound of a band breaking up
05:35he wasn't lying
05:37Somehow, someway
05:39Guns N' Roses succeeded
05:40in making one of the most exciting songs
05:42of the 1960s a total bore
05:44Please allow me to introduce myself
05:47I'm a man of well and taste
05:51Sympathy for the Devil
05:53when performed by the Rolling Stones
05:55turns all of the groove dials
05:56right up to the max
05:57Mick Jagger sounds like he's genuinely
06:04been possessed by an otherworldly being
06:07and the rest of the band's performance
06:09rises to meet him
06:10Axl Rose and company
06:11never truly got out of second gear
06:14with their version
06:14It would be the last song
06:24G&R recorded for another 14 years
06:27Paris Hilton
06:33Do You Think I'm Sexy?
06:35Rod Stewart's
06:36Do You Think I'm Sexy?
06:37was a tongue-in-cheek turn to disco
06:39that never took itself too seriously
06:41Paris Hilton's brutal cover of the track
06:50is the total opposite
06:52Unlike Stewart
06:53who is poking fun at himself
06:55with his performance
06:56Hilton is very seriously
06:57asking the title's question
06:59for her listeners
07:00and sure
07:00that could work
07:02with the right performance
07:03but Paris Hilton
07:04is definitely not up to the task
07:06It should come as no surprise
07:16that Hilton turned her focus
07:18away from music once again
07:19after this train wreck
07:20waiting seven years
07:21for her next single release
07:23and 18 before her next album
07:25This one was truly dead
07:35on arrival
07:35Hilary Dove
07:37My Generation
07:38When Roger Daltrey
07:44and The Who
07:45told the world
07:46they hoped that they'd die
07:47before they got old
07:48back in the 60s
07:50it actually meant something
07:51Hilary Duff
07:52on the other hand
07:53deviated from her
07:54sugary sweet teen pop roots
07:56and made a move
07:57towards hard rockin' legitimacy
07:58The problem?
08:05Well, firstly
08:05she changed the most famous line
08:07in the song to say
08:08Hope I Don't Die
08:09Before I Get Old
08:10which completely destroys
08:11the overarching message
08:13of the original's lyrics
08:14Hope I Don't Die
08:15Before I Get Old
08:17On top of that
08:20the cover just doesn't lend itself
08:22well to her
08:22her band
08:23or the production
08:24The song was released
08:25as a bonus track
08:26on her 2004
08:27self-titled album
08:28Even without this cover
08:38the critical reception
08:39was poor
08:40to say the least
08:41William Shatner
08:42Lucy in the Sky
08:44with Diamonds
08:45Lucy in the Sky
08:47with Diamonds
08:49Lucy in the Sky
08:52This one is either
08:54a stroke of absolute
08:55comedy genius
08:55or one of the most
08:57god-awful serious covers
08:58of all time
08:59Picture yourself
09:00in a boat
09:02on a river
09:04When the fun side
09:05of William Shatner's
09:06spoken word music hits
09:07it tended to work
09:09pretty well
09:10But when Captain Kirk
09:11decided to take
09:12a psychedelic left turn
09:13and cover the Beatles
09:14Lucy in the Sky
09:15with Diamonds
09:16the end result
09:17was truly bizarre
09:18Somebody calls you
09:20You answer
09:21quite slowly
09:23A girl
09:24With kaleidoscope
09:26I
09:27The chorus hook
09:28plays things
09:29understandably safe
09:30but when Shatner
09:31comes into the fray
09:32for the verse
09:33things get weird
09:34The album it comes from
09:35The Transformed Man
09:37is regularly cited
09:38as one of the worst
09:39albums ever made
09:40In a boat
09:41on a river
09:42With tangerine trees
09:46and marmalade sky
09:48Jessica Simpson
09:49These Boots
09:50Are Made For Walking
09:51Nancy Sinatra's
09:58classic hit
09:59These Boots Are Made For Walking
10:00is one of those songs
10:01that is pretty much
10:02unsurpassable
10:03for cover artists
10:05But that didn't stop
10:14Jessica Simpson
10:15from having a go
10:16Her cover
10:16which featured
10:17on the Dukes of Hazzard
10:19soundtrack
10:19takes all of the
10:20defiant energy
10:21of the original
10:22and throws it in the trash
10:23The result is a totally
10:33unoriginal attempt
10:34that comes off
10:35as seedy
10:36and try hard
10:37Simpson was known
10:38more for her
10:39appearances on reality
10:40TV than her work
10:41on the mic
10:41and this cover
10:42proves it
10:43Needless to say
10:44there was no
10:45Grammy nomination
10:46in store for this one
10:47Come on Boots
10:48Stop
10:51Come on ladies
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11:07Puddle of Mud
11:11About a Girl
11:12Who knows
11:20what went wrong
11:21when Puddle of Mud
11:22decided to cover
11:23Nirvana's
11:23About a Girl
11:24Maybe it was simply
11:32the wrong song choice
11:34Perhaps
11:34it was the wrong key
11:36Could vocalist
11:37Wes Scantlin
11:37simply have been
11:39having an off day
11:40The probable answer
11:41is all three
11:42But that didn't excuse
11:44this musical disaster
11:45The instrumentalists
11:46actually do a decent job
11:48but Scantlin's
11:49Screaking delivery
11:50sealed his place
11:51in meme history
11:52more and more
11:52with each note
11:53he failed to hit
11:54I do
11:55I do
11:56Have a clue
11:58Take it
12:00Then it's wild
12:02The band had already
12:03had a successful run
12:04in the 2000s
12:05but if you ask
12:06most people
12:07about Puddle of Mud
12:08now
12:09this Sirius XM
12:10performance
12:10may be the first thing
12:11that springs to mind
12:12Are there any other
12:20terrible covers
12:21that spring to mind?
12:22Let us know
12:23in the comments below
12:24The night giants
12:25They're the teenagers
12:27And they are now
12:29They're the teenagers
12:30They're the teenagers
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