{"id":425,"date":"2009-06-06T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/06\/06\/cover-meme\/"},"modified":"2009-06-06T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T02:08:00","slug":"cover-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/06\/06\/cover-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover meme"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was tagged for the cover meme by Mrs Comet Hunter<\/a>. Naturally I had to give the matter some serious consideration, at the risk of various other bloggers stealing<\/s> choosing my picks, which they went ahead and did. So no Britney Spears<\/a>, Celine Dion<\/a>, or Sheryl Crow* <\/a>here.<\/p>\n

(Those were my picks for worst cover, just in case there was any doubt).<\/div>\n

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I discussed my picks with Mr E Man over dinner the other night, and he wanted to play too, so I’ve included his choices as well as my own.<\/div>\n

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Best cover<\/strong><\/div>\n

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My pick: Muse (responsible for my best ever live music experience<\/a>) doing “Feeling Good”, originally recorded by Nina Simone.<\/div>\n
Mr E Man’s pick: Eric Clapton’s version of JJ Cale’s “After Midnight” (we saw JJ Cale a couple of months ago and he was simply amazing<\/em>).<\/div>\n

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My runners up: Alien Ant Farm’s version of “Smooth Criminal”<\/a>, the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout”<\/a>, Guns’n’Roses doing “Live and Let Die”<\/a>, and of course <\/a>“Gin and Juice”<\/a> by the Gourds.<\/div>\n
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Worst cover<\/strong><\/div>\n

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My pick: Candy Flip doing “Strawberry Fields”. I was 13 when this came out and I still knew it was just wrong<\/em>. <\/div>\n
Mr E Man’s pick: “Kiss” by Tom Jones. I protested this one strongly as I love <\/em>Tom Jones (I’m still British after all, I think it’s compulsory) and much prefer this version to the original by Prince, who I find creepy.<\/div>\n

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I tag: anyone else who will admit to liking Tom Jones!<\/div>\n
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*I usually like Sheryl, but that cover was not. cool.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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