#greatcovers

Great Covers.

Dwight Yoakam - Train In Vain (The Clash).

What makes a great cover? Hard to describe, but easy to spot when you hear it. A delicate combination of respect for the original but with something added. Sometimes it could be tiny details, sometimes a whole new perspective. I hate lazy covers, the tv-competition kind when a moderately talented artist makes a dutiful, boring and ultimately unnecessary version of a famous song. Equally bad are those that try too hard and end up with something that has lost everything that was interesting and great about the original.

Great Covers.

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)

What makes a great cover? Hard to describe, but easy to spot when you hear it. A delicate combination of respect for the original but with something added. Sometimes it could be tiny details, sometimes a whole new perspective. I hate lazy covers, the tv-competition kind when a moderately talented artist makes a dutiful, boring and ultimately unnecessary version of a famous song. Equally bad are those that try too hard and end up with something that has lost everything that was interesting and great about the original.

Great Covers.

Iron & Wine - Such Great Heights (The Postal Service).

What makes a great cover? Hard to describe, but easy to spot when you hear it. A delicate combination of respect for the original but with something added. Sometimes it could be tiny details, sometimes a whole new perspective. I hate lazy covers, the tv-competition kind when a moderately talented artist makes a dutiful, boring and ultimately unnecessary version of a famous song. Equally bad are those that try too hard and end up with something that has lost everything that was interesting and great about the original.

Great Covers.

Devo - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. 

What makes a great cover? Hard to describe, but easy to spot when you hear it. A delicate combination of respect for the original but with something added. Sometimes it could be tiny details, sometimes a whole new perspective. I hate lazy covers, the tv-competition kind when a moderately talented artist makes a dutiful, boring and ultimately unnecessary version of a famous song. Equally bad are those that try too hard and end up with something that has lost everything that was interesting and great about the original.

Great Covers.

Peter Tosh - Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry).

What makes a great cover? Hard to describe, but easy to spot when you hear it. A delicate combination of respect for the original but with something added. Sometimes it could be tiny details, sometimes a whole new perspective. I hate lazy covers, the tv-competition kind when a moderately talented artist makes a dutiful, boring and ultimately unnecessary version of a famous song. Equally bad are those that try too hard and end up with something that has lost everything that was interesting and great about the original.