As I mentioned in my recent post about the re-recording of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, I tend to dislike cover songs initially, although I do have to admit that some cover versions have won me over. UK’s Telegraph has compiled its list of the 50 best cover songs, and it seems like they did a decent job. I didn’t recognize some songs at all, though, and I was actually surprised to find that some songs I thought were originals were actually cover versions. Now I need to find some of the covers (and originals) to hear them for myself… 🙂
For a great reference on cover songs, check out The Covers Project, a comprehensive “database of cover songs (songs performed by an artist other than the original performer) with the intention of creating cover ‘chains.’” Very cool…
