There must be some kind of way out of here

[venta]

Well, today NME has published a chart of the "best cover versions of all time".

It's here: http://www.nme.com/news/muse/53090

Virtually none of them meet my criteria for a good cover. In particular, I don't believe that most people will have had any idea that the songs were covers when they first heard them. If someone had to tell you the song you know is a cover, it doesn't count.


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Other reasons why the NME is wrong: in their corresponding chart of the worst cover versions ever, Madonna's American Pie only makes #8.

Edit The Beatles' song should of course be Twist and Shout. Search and replace error :)

Comments

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

The White Stripes one is a tricky one for me to answer, as I haven't heard either version, but I have the piano music and a CD with generic recordings of Bacharach :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I knew I should have included a "I'm a unique and special snowflake" button ;)

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

I think anything by Bacharach/David is bound to lead to special snowflakes :P

Their songs are ones I associate more with the composers than the 'original' artists, so I find the concept of a cover odd in this case.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd agree about things like Bacharach songs.

It's the converse of Manic Monday (by the Bangles) which is occasionally claimed as a cover because Prince wrote it.

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Aha! I was going to make that point, but couldn't remember which song or band I was thinking of - only that Prince wrote something that was relevant to this discussion. Thanks for being psychic and having a greater retention of music trivia ;)

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

He did however record it with Apollonia 6 two full years before it was offered to the Bangles. So it is a cover, just not of a released track. :)

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

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