#10 Sad But True 
Metallica

Ruined by: Kid Rock's
American Badass

How can anyone sample Metallica?  What, Kid Rock can hijack their music, but people who download their stuff for their listening pleasure are stealing? F-U Lars.

#9 Walk This Way 
Aerosmith

Ruined by: RUN DMC/Aerosmith's
remake of Walk This Way

The worst side effect of this collaboration was the Steven Tyler changed the way he sang, "Walk this way, talk this way".  The best thing is that 10 years later, their bastard son, Rage Against The Machine was born.

#8 True 
Spandau Ballet

Ruined by: PM Dawn's
Set Adrift Of Memory Bliss

Sure True wasn't that great, but what these brothas did to it made the original sound like Beethoven's 5th. Christina Applegate, you gotta put me on...

#7 Ventura Highway
America

Ruined by: Janet Jackson's
Someone To Call My Lover

This isn't rap, but Janet Jackson is black so it counts.  America should have waited to hear the final product to give permission to use their guitar part.  I doubt they would have given it after they heard the lyric, "Maybe we'll meet in a bar, he'll drive a funky car...".  Now that's brilliant...

#6 Pretty Woman 
Roy Orbison

Ruined by: 2 Live Crew's
Pretty Woman

What a complete display of filth and a total waste of time & money.  With lyrics that could have been written by a fourth grader, Luke & his losers managed to destroy an American classic.  Unfortunately, they got away with using the song without permission, labeling it a parody and taking advantage of the fair use doctrine.

#5 Rock The Casbah 
The Clash

Ruined by: Will Smith's
Will 2K

Wil Smith is out of control.  Not only does his music suck, so does his movies.  How in the hell he ever got the rights to rape The Clash like this I'll never understand.  I heard this song once (probably the only time it was ever shown on MTV) and now when I hear Rock The Casbah, all I think about is his jumping around saying, "Parents just don't understand".  Thanks Wil, YOU SUCK!!

#4 Under Pressure 
Bowie/Queen

Ruined by: Vanilla Ice's
Ice Ice Baby

I bet that when Bowie was bending over Freddie Mercury, they never imagined that their song would be sampled and used by a white rapper.  Word to your mother's uncle's dog.

#3 Every Breathe You Take 
The Police

Ruined by: Puff Daddy & Faith Evan's
I'll Be Missing You

No disrespect to Biggie, but what a shame that Puffy had to rip Sting's song to shreds.  I mean it's not like P-Diddy isn't talented enough to write his own song right?  HA HA HA!!

#2 Dream On 
Aerosmith

Ruined by: Eminem's
Sing For The Moment

When I first heard this shit, it broke my heart.  Dream On was one of my favorite songs OF ALL TIME.  I hear that it was Marshall's dream since he was 16 to sample this particular song.  Well his dream has become my nightmare. Thanks a lot wigger boy.

#1 Kashmir
Led Zeppelin

Ruined by: Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page's
Come With Me

By far the most horrible misuse of a classic song was when Puff Daddy bitch slapped Robert Plant in the face for a retarded song for the Godzilla soundtrack.  I remember the moment I heard it.  There I was on a Saturday night, minding my own buds, when upon my screen I heard the pounding guitar sounds of Kashmir.  Then I saw guitar God Jimmy Page.  Then I looked to his left and saw Puff Daddy saying some stupid shit about, "Hear my cries/Hear my call/Lend me your ears/See my fall/ See my error/ Know my faults".  Isn't rap supposed to rhyme? 

• Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple
  Ruined by BDP's You're Slippin'
• Let's Dance by David Bowie
  Ruined by Puff Daddy's Been Around The World
• The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby
  Ruined by Tupac's Changes
• Africa by Toto
  Ruined by Nas' New World