Comments | jlh: Oh, lists, how I love to hate you

jlh

Oh, lists, how I love to hate you

Sep 28, 2007 14:59

Through a string of circumstances I won't go into, I found a list of top 20 cover songs compiled by our Canadian friends at MuchMoreMusic. And honestly? What the shit is this?

bold=I love it too; plain=good but not this good; ital=what the shit is this?

( The list )

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Comments 5

chromodynamics September 28 2007, 19:23:37 UTC

I agree with most of your comments, but I like the Fugees cover of "Killing Me Softly". And Madonna did "American Pie"? SRSLY?

Where is "Mrs. Robinson" by the Lemonheads? "Bizarre Love Triangle" by Frente? There are so many other good covers out there, so I am right there with you.

jlh September 28 2007, 20:53:29 UTC

Madge released the cover to tie in with that really dumb movie she made with Rupert Everett, The Next Best Thing. But she didn't put it on the next album she released, Music.

SO MANY good covers. And with "Dancing in the Streets" on there, I can't even give them the "maybe they only were doing the last 10 years" gimme.

alissomora September 28 2007, 20:24:58 UTC

I assume they're talking about the Marilyn Manson cover of "Sweet Dreams", which I actually liked. Tom Jones's version of "Kiss" is awesome, and as much as I like Celine Dion, Cyndi Lauper did "I Drove All Night" so much better :D

lillijulianne September 28 2007, 21:27:42 UTC

i honestly have nothing to add, because i agree with everything. and really, without "all along the watchtower," you do not have a definitive list, ever.

heidi8 September 29 2007, 02:12:43 UTC

I have this Hue & Cry cover of tempted....

Seriously, at least they left off Corey Hart's I Can't Help Falling in Love with You, but they should have included both the Duran cover of White Lines and the George Michael version of Somebody to Love, imho.