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... sometimes an imitation is better than the original.
For example I have been mining the iTunes song library for interesting covers recently. I think it takes some skill to put your own personal spin on an accepted standard.
Here is just a small sampling of some the gems that I found:
1) "Everybody Hurts" - This was originally done by REM, but I really enjoy the Dashboard Confessional version, especially towards the end of the song.
2) "Jolene" - the White Stripes rendition is very stripped down and haunting and raw. I don't think Dolly Parton had this in mind when she penned this song for her bleating-sheep style of singing.
3) "Somewhere over the Rainbow" - it takes a 500-pound Hawaiian man to sing this song correctly. Long live Iz. Judy Garland, who?
4) "MMM - bop" - continuing on the Hawaiian sound, this Hanson song was best done by a group of guys from Hawaii who do a lounge act.
5) "Come Sail Away" - this will probably out me as a geek, but I found a college Acapella group that does an incredible version of the song. Search for Boca Acapella on iTunes and the title the song to find it. The end will blow you away.
peace.
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I went on a cover kick last year... I discovered pretty great band called Cat Power, with a whole big CD of covers "Jukebox"--the two best being
1. House of the Rising Sun
2. (Can't Get No)Satisfaction
Both pretty creepy, good autumn music. Strange to hear without the uber-testosterone that usually backs the songs.
Also Rise Against (a bit of a poncy band) has a good cover of Any Way You Want it, which is just fun.
And the less-known-but-none-the-less-more-awesome Better than Ezra covers James's Laid. Much fun to be had.
Sometimes covers can go horribly wrong though. Like the Gym Class Heroes perversion of Supertramp's "Logical Song," or the Miley Cyrus cover of McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time," or the very worst, Snoop Dogg's "Riders on the Storm." (and don't get me started on that bull crap cover of the Police's coolly creepy "Every Move You Make" as a tribute to some dumb dead rapper. Blasphemy!)
I enjoyed your skeleton pic.
~haa. (the cool adams)
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