If you’re as much of a music lover as I am, you would know that it takes real talent to come up with an equally good -if not a better version -of an original song by another artist.
From the time of the Beatles up to now, dozens of songs are still being covered by the biggest musical artists -with a touch of ‘contemporary’ embedded in the arrangement. But should artists even attempt to mess with the classics, or should they just leave them be?
Apparently, Celine Dion made a mistake in this department.
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 good news is that the track was never released as a single.
Other songs which made it in the list of the worst covers include Sugababes and Girls Aloud for their version of “Walk This Way”. The number 3 spot belongs to Westlife’s cover of “More than Words” -well, they’re a boyband!
The number 4 and 5 spot belonged to Will Young’s cover of Door’s classic “Light My Fire” and Mike Flowers who did his own version of “Wonderwall”.
Oh this is too bad for Celine. I still love her.
Celine Dion is spectacularly irritating…………..