Covers That Are Better
Than the Original Songs
January 13, 2006 Blog Column
Writer: Dorian Lynskey
Song
Artist
Recommended by
1
Gloria
Patti Smith
Will
2
Black Steel
Tricky
Dcowie
3
Only Love Can Break Your
Heart
Saint Etienne
Alison
4
Your Song
Billy Paul
Moma
5
By the Time I Get to
Phoenix
Isaac Hayes
jasona parkes
6
My Favourite Things
John Coltrane
WKB
7
Song to the Siren
This Mortal Coil
alexkintner
8
Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley
Luke the Drifter
9
Hurt
Johnny Cash
Luke the Drifter
10
Heartbeats
Jose Gonzalez
Alex Little
Favorite Picks
Below are the most
popular picks for this category, some of which (four
of them) made Dorian's final playlist above. As
Dorian explained, the RR playlist is not a
popularity contest but a compilation of reader
recommended songs that he thinks work well together.
But he thought it would be interesting to list the
most popular suggestions as there was such a large
response to the topic. This was the first time
Dorian offered an alternative playlist. Later a B
List became a regular feature in the blog.