Showing posts with label Good Cover Versions That Have Happened. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Good Cover Versions That Have Happened. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

The Next 30 Day Song Challenge - day 06

Day 06 - A song that you didn't initially realise was a cover version

I'm cheating on this because I originally discovered Sloan's cover of Paul McCartney's 'Waterfalls' via a music blog's compilation of covers. Maybe this day's 'Next Day Song Challenge' should be retitled 'A song that you didn't initially realise was the last great song written by Paul McCartney'.


Sloan's great version of a great song:




And McCartney's wonderful original:

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Blogging in the right frame of mind?

A jazz/swing cover version of Aztec Camera's 'Somewhere In My Heart'?

Todd Gordon has done the honours and it's better than the original. First person to mention Mike Flowers in the comments box gets strangled with my loose bow tie.