There are competing opinions among music connoisseurs about cover songs. There’s the purist camp who say to leave well enough ...
Featuring a videogame commercial song, a Janet Jackson interpolation, one beloved indie-rock guy covering another, and a ...
What’s the difference between a great cover song and a banal cover song that brings little or nothing to the table? One is like tasting a delicious, unexpectedly creative version of your favorite dish ...
Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...
Take a moment, click on this video link and listen to the song. Try not to read the title or the video description, but listen and feel the music. It’s very good. It is one of my favorite cover songs.
Guns N’ Roses delivered a cover version they’d never played live before during their 31-song show at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi Tuesday night. Later, Axl Rose and company presented the tour debut ...
What are the greatest cover songs? That was the question posed in my Oct. 15 Sunday Arts+Culture article, “Can a cover song be better than the original version? Absolutely! Here are six of the ...
The second group of the Top 9 artists hit the stage in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on the Sunday, November 16, episode of The Road. This week, five singers performed a cover song and an original song ...
Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...