Cover Story

There are a lot of good songs. This is nothing new. However, there are a lot of good songs that are copies of good songs.

In my opinion, a band covering a song does not take away from the original-the original can still be good. However, it's always nice to see other people's interpretations of the song, too. So, I'd like to share a few of my favorite cover-songs, if I can find any good videos for them. There are probably a lot more that I've missed, but these are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

One of my favorite covers is the Shinedown version of "Simple Man," originally by Lynyrd Skynyrd. There are a lot of people that like Shinedown, and many who don't, but for me, I personally fall in the middle. The song, though, is good. I like the original song a lot, but I like the Shinedown one because it has a more acoustic feel to it.


Another favorite cover of mine is the VersaEmerge cover of Brittney Spears' "Toxic." I first saw VersaEmerge at Van's Warped Tour this past year, and found this cover when searching their videos on youtube. I personally don't care for Brittney Spears, but I won't hold it against people who do. I think this was an interesting way to re-do this song.


There is a series of CD's that has come out called the "Punk Goes..." series. The titles range from "Punk Goes Pop" to "Punk Goes Metal" and even "Punk Goes Crunk." I found my first CD from this series, "Punk Goes Pop 2" at Hot Topic. The series is, essentially, a bunch of bands covering an assortment of songs.

I honestly prefer this version of "Straight Up" over the Paula Abdul version, but that's just a personal opinion. I think it was an interesting way to change up the song.





The Silverstein cover stole the video from OneRepublic's version of "Apologize," but the song, overall, is good. The other two didn't have music videos. "Apologize" is my favorite of the ones I posted, but the other ones are good, too.


It's definitely a series I would recommend, but that's definitely a matter of personal taste in music. I posted a lot of videos about it, and I don't expect them all to be played. They just make me happy.

A very popular cover song that most people don't know is a cover is Reba McEntire's "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia." She covered another song, "Fancy" as well, which I posted in a previous post.

There are probably a lot more cover songs that I've missed, but I've posted a lot of videos right now. I just wanted to share a few. I'm open to suggestions about others that I've missed, and I might add them at a later date. But now, I must quit procrastinating and get back to the paper that I've been putting off. I'll leave with this: