Normally, I disapprove of both remakes of movies (Stallone's festering turd of a remake of 'Get Carter', 'The Italian Job', et. al.) and also cover songs as well. (Sheryl Crow doing 'Sweet Child of Mine', The Counting Crows butchering Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi.') But I heard this on the radio and it kind of blew my mind:
Fans of George Michael and Wham! might find this to be the most evil, festering turd of a song they've ever heard. But strangely, this works on all levels for me. And it does what to me, a cover song is supposed to do- namely take the original great song and make it greater. Every band and artist alive indulges in the occasional cover song, but Seether scores a solid win with this one.
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