Guns N Roses' "Knockin on Heaven's Door" is the worst cover of the 90s

[Help!I'maRock!]

 

[Peen Simmons]

Almost agree...but then I remember that GNR covered "Sympathy for the Devil."

 

[DFB]

Hey hey hey hey.

 

[Mark Wein]

As horrendous as that is, I'm sure we can do better.

 

[tiger roach]

Which would put in high in the runnin' for worst ever...

I agree, it is awful.

 

[Mark Wein]

Ah. 90's. I was thinking 80's. They played that o. The appetite for destruction tour enough that we played that at my "high school graduation party jam" in 1988.

 

[Dudeman1967]

Agree. GnR totally missed the feel and emotion of the original.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

You didn't really think this through, Howie. Behold!

 

[Devil is Dill]

I don't like any version of that song, even the original. *runs for cover*

 

[jp_nyc]

I’m not saying it’s a good cover. But it’s not even close to the bottom of the barrel. Remember all those unauthorized death metal Metallica and Black Sabbath compilations that were around in the 1990s?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

You didn't really think this through, Howie. Behold!

Deserves an honorable mention, but, it's not the worst. If only because it spawned the spoof, "Cat in the Kettle".

 

[Gary Blanchard]

It is funny; Knocking on Heaven's Door is hardly one of Dylan's best songs, yet it may be one of the most covered Dylan songs. Go figure.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Deserves an honorable mention, but, it's not the worst. If only because it spawned the spoof, "Cat in the Kettle".

@Help!I'maRock! is an Ugly Kid Joe apologist. I'm not sure how to feel about that.

 

[Knox in Box]

I hate how whenever you play for folks they say "You know KOHD?" Then you play it try to sing not lke Axl Rose on purpose, and no matter how hard you try you get to the chorus and they sing "hey, hey, hey hey hey...".

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

@Help!I'maRock! is an Ugly Kid Joe apologist. I'm not sure how to feel about that.

I mean, they had one song that was cringeworthy the next year, and another bad cover. They're not even worth talking about.

 

[DFB]

Let's not bring up Live and Let Die.

 

[dmn23]

GnR were spectacularly bad at most of their covers.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

I think this is really just a "bash GnR" thread. And that's fine...

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

GnR were spectacularly bad at most of their covers.

I thought they did a great job on Whole Lotta Rosie.

 

[tompetty]

It is funny; Knocking on Heaven's Door is hardly one of Dylan's best songs, yet it may be one of the most covered Dylan songs. Go figure.

Yup...And Warren Zevon even put it on his last record and DVD,(The Wind)....

Have you checked that out ???


You should.....I think you'd like it!!