Lennon and McCartney are the most covered songwriters of all time (“Yesterday” is supposed to be the #1 most covered song in history). I used to make a sport of finding great Beatle covers to make mixed tapes with, and let me tell you, there are some really good ones and then again there are some really crappy ones, too.

Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Shirley Bassey all do boffo versions of George Harrison’s “Something,” but for my money, Desmond Dekker’s take on “Come Together” is the best one of all. I’m also partial to Moog Beatles covers,

But when it comes to the bad Beatle covers—and there are a ton of ‘em—none are so awful as the numbers found on the absolutely shit Beatle Barkers novelty album, where the songs of the Beatles are… uh, barked (and it doesn’t even include “Hey Bulldog!” What gives?).

It’s painful to listen to, as you might imagine, but there is a certain level of “so wrong it’s right” to the proceedings as well. It’s not even real dogs barking, it’s human beings imitating dogs! You can listen to the entire thing at the WFMU blog... if you, uh, really want to…