Its all covered.

Usually, I hate covers, they ruin songs and take out all the meaning, they become lifeless, boring and just a ploy to get money as most audiences are too naive to realise the song is covered. Yet, there are a few fine gems out there which I think deserve a mention:

1) Hounds of Love by Kate Bush- Covered by The Futureheads

(Note- just because this piece actually works, this does not mean that under any circumstances anyone should cover "Wuthering Heights")

2) Dear Prudence by the Beatles- Covered by Siouxie and the Banshees

Perhaps my fascination with this song is that Robert Smith is in fact, featured in the song, yet also the video, before he went and stole Siouxie hairstyle.


3) What You Waiting for by Gwen Stefani- Covered by Franz Ferdinand

Their funny Scottish accents articulating the words, "ohhh ohh" to then jump into the chorus sort of causes you to punch drunk dance, stumbling around and hitting the sky, to then giggle stupidly at Alex Kapranos telling those Harajuko girls that they have wicked style, is ace. Plus an added bonus of hinting towards a "White Wedding".

4) Tainted Love by Gloria Jones- Covered by Soft Cell

To then, ultimately, be axed to death by Marilyn Manson. Hey buddy! Just go kill my favorite childhood movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Oh right, you already did.

5) Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol- Covered by Nouvelle Vague

Making a song about jacking off sound rather classy.

6) Try a Little Tenderness by the Ray Noble Orchestra (done by many others before being..)- Covered by Otis Redding

This songs done its rounds, each time impressing to no end, for another great cover try The Commitments version or Duckies dancing in Pretty in Pink, which doesn't count as a cover, as much as just being damn cool.

7) Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen- Covered by Jeff Buckley

Its rather sad as this is a song that no one actually knows its a cover, perhaps due to Shrek, who knows, but everyone just assumes its Buckley's original song, I guess he owns it though, he sort of has to.

8)I Fought the Law by Sonny Curtis and the Crickets- Covered by The Clash

Case in point again, The Clash so truly made this their song, its hard to believe it actually isn't theirs and in fact a song from the 1950's that despite the lyric content, listening to it makes you feel rather happy or with the temptation to hit the beach.

9) Sea of Love by Phill Phillips- Covered by Cat Power

Cat Power restored my faith in love thanks to this amazing cover, check it out in Juno.

10) 2000 Miles by The Pretenders- Covered by Coldplay

I remember reading that Chirs Martin thought this was one of those beautiful Christmas songs, and his version, unlike the Pretenders (thats is still utterly one of the most beautiful songs recorded, that creates myself to a teary mess on a number of ocasssions) has a more Christmas like feel, which I guess he intended to do.

And that about wraps it up, I'd state the worst cover ever, but that would mean having to mention the name of the devil woman, so no thanks.