The Best Cover Songs of All Time
AVClub.com put together a list of the 25 best cover songs of all time. It's hard to argue with #1, but the rest of the list is, of course, endlessly debatable.
Here are the Top 10:
1. "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. Originally by Bob Dylan.
2. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor. Originally by Prince.
3. "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. Originally by Richard Berry.
4. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Originally by Nick Lowe and his band Brinsley Schwarz.
5. "Respect" by Aretha Franklin. Originally by Otis Redding.
6. "Without You" by Harry Nilsson. Originally by Badfinger.
7. "Walk This Way" by Run-DMC. Originally by Aerosmith.
8. "Valerie" by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse. Originally by The Zutons.
9. "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin. Originally by Kris Kristofferson.
10. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Devo. Originally by the Rolling Stones.
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Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Is Starring in a Horror Movie About an ABBA Tribute Band
Bruce Dickinson has a solo album on the way, but that's NOT the most interesting project he's working on outside his day job with Iron Maiden. He's starring in a horror movie about an ABBA tribute band.
It's called "Bjorn of the Dead," and it's about a bunch of tribute bands that get trapped in a nightclub at the start of the zombie apocalypse.
The movie was co-written by Bruce's son Austin, and it'll include cameos from, quote, "the world of rock and heavy metal." Production begins in 2024.
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