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Best cover of a song

To answer this song you must first come up with a good song that was skilfully and creatively covered by a second, equally good band.

Jolene-White Stripes.

Origionally by Dolly Parton, the entire song tugs on the ol' heart strings. Unusually, it is sung from the victim-of-the-Pussycatdoll's"Doncha'-wish-your-girlfriend-was-hot-like-me"-'s perspective.

Dolly is that girlfriend. 

So what makes the white stripes cover so good?

Well, it's accurate. All too many covers rape the song of what made it great in the first place. The familiar string picking in the intro keeps the country feel while the grumble of the drums and guitar keeps it modern. Yes, White goes a little off pitch at times, but that's what makes it great. This man is screaming his passion; He adds the punctuation to the sentance "Please don't take my man!"

A song that you always hear but you're not sure where from.
Catchy riffs that are lodged somewhere in the back of your brain, and lyrics that seem tattooed on your tongue; you know every word, but how??

"I like you, yeah i like you, and i'm feeling so bohemian like you, and i feel woo ho, woo!"
Sound familiar?
Dandy Warhols-Bohemian like you.
Reaching Platinum status in the year 2000, It's one of those songs that's just legendary. It's upbeat, fun and prods that "get up and dance" lobe in all of us.
Oh and the keyboardist is a girl. That's cool.
Her name is Zia, even more cool.

Song with the best opening line.
The Libertines...."What waster, what a f*king waster"

Music, anyone?

It's past midnight and I'm on babysitting duty for my little sister. Apart from the inane ramblings of southpark i can just about make out from the lounge, all is quiet...
TIME FOR A BLOG!
The veggie thing done with, i shall now turn my fingertips to the infamous 30 DAY MUSIC CHALLENGE. (I like my challenges, noticed?) However, I am not just impatient, but bored (And hate South Park with every fibre in my body.) Go gear up for a musical feast.

"Your least favourite song."

I bet alot of people went for the easy targets for this one. You know who i mean; Rebecca Black, Bieber... Glee. However once you actually listen to these songs from any of the above (I will defend Glee to my death) then it is easy to see why so many pre-teens enjoy this soft-pop music. Cast your mind back to when you were a eleven-and-a-half year old kid just about growing into your pristine high-school blazer, when most of your free time was spent sketching the cutest boys' names into your sketchpad with an array of coloured gel pens. Yes, Bieber is cheesy, but when you base your expecations of love on what appeared on the Disney Channel, then it fits the bill EXACTLY. So bravo Bieber, bravo.

"Your favourite song."
Tricky...Okay, at the moment i can't stop listening to jazz, so i will have to say It's "Put a lid on it" By Squirrel Nut Zippers. (The genius and quirky band name was inspired by a newspaper headline about a highly intoxicated man stuck in a tree. Make of that as you will.)
From the very first second, you are sucked into the catchy melody. This is a song that allows the singer to echo the conversation between the saxophone and trumpet. It's not exactly what the lyrics are, but rather how they are sung; you can't help but adopt an exaggerated American accent. (At one point i was also kind of Wah-Wah-ing along with the trumpets.) That it is sung by a woman makes it just that bit sexier, as though she sings "Gonna get what's mine" in a flirtatious way that it would be difficult for a male singer to achieve. I guess that's the charm of this song, you find yourself not only appreciating the flirtation of the instruments in their back-and-forth duplication of each other, but also that of the singer with the audience. And hell, this song does not simply flirt, it seduces...

                                           
                                                 Katherine Whalen-S.N.Z