The Beatles: Rock Band finally hits the shelves today, and even though we’ve been excitedly anticipating this game ever since MTV stole our idea for the game, we were also initially reserved and a bit intimidated at the prospects of daring to cover an assortment of Beatles classics during a pre-bar jaunt with your nonmusical friends.
Don’t be discouraged; as even the most brief internet search will reveal, terrible Beatles covers have been an absolute mainstay over the past several decades. We’ve collected 10 Of The Most Embarrassing Beatles Covers Ever to reassure you that no matter how badly you may butcher these tracks in front of your tv at home, there’s no way you’ll be as bad as these people.
Or at least, not as publicly bad…
10. Russian Sailor – “Let It Be”
In Soviet Russia, song covers you! Painfully.
9. Baby Road
I could be misquoting, but I believe John Lennon once said that a baby version of Abbey Road was his absolute ultimate goal when he first got into music.
8. Kristy Lee Cook – “Eight Days A Week”
It’s not so much the Idol country-fication of the song that fails, it’s more the total failure of everything that fails.
7. Goldie Hawn – Hard Day’s Night
So, this happened.
6. These Dudes
You’re gonna tell me you can’t jam on color-coordinated chords better than these two guys? Look at them. Right?? Now play.
5. William Shatner – “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
Voted the Worst Beatles Cover Of All Time in a poll by the magazine Doy Quarterly. (Sweet Youtube tribute though)
4. Baby Humping Teddy Bear – “All You Need Is Love”
All you need is…a diaper commercial with a baby and giant teddy bear in an unambiguously compromising position? The original was catchier.
3. The Movie Across The Universe
I just wish the songs were more literal…at least two or three things mentioned in the lyrics don’t immediately, literally occur.
2. Mrs. Miller – “Hard Day’s Night”
BoingBoing thankfully (or the opposite of “thankfully”) unearthed this vinyl gem (or opposite of the word “gem”) for your listening pleasure (opposite of pleasure).
1. Kylie Minogue – “Help”
[Comedian in Hawaiian Shirt and Tie]: Wouldn’t it be funny if The Beatles were every R&B group from the early 90s? It might sound uuhhhhhhh little somethinggggggg… like this:
As for the best Beatles cover, well, I think we can all agree.
Other ridiculous Beatles covers we left out? Feel free to leave ‘em in the comments.
