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

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

4.)This is an odd one and the origional doesn't really exist. I knew it wasn't actualy credited as Hendrix though.

6.) I fought the law....I knew *A* cover before the clash version as it was one of those songs that had almost permiated into folk song like status, but i couldn't have told you who did it....I'm also guessing (after wiki) that most people wouldn't know the origional version, just an earlier famous cover

7.) Don't know the cover. But i'm presuming it is a version of the Leonard Cohen trac, which is awesome. I'm now hunting the cover version.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I think Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah is great - though in that case I knew it before I knew the Leonard Cohen song. I presume you found it quickly, it's not exactly obscure :)

(If you missed the Alexandra Burke cover of the song a couple of Christmasses ago, I advise you to keep it that way.)

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Youtube. Seems good if a little drawn out. I love Cohens voice though so prefare the origional in this case. Though i often find you tend to prefare the version you first hear and like, though i can think of a few exceptions (Oysterbands' road to nowhere)