The Best (and Worst) Covers
The U.K.'s BBC Radio 6 has a weekly show called Cover Lovers that features covers of songs made famous by others. Recently, the show conducted a survey to find out the best (and worst) cover songs. The Top 10 (with original artist):
Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)- Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan)
- Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
- Futureheads - Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
- This Mortal Coil - Song of the Siren (Tim Buckley)
- Stranglers - Walk on By (Dionne Warwick)
- Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)
- Clash - Police and Thieves (Junior Mervin)
- White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (Dusty Springfield)
- Fall - Lost in Magic (Sister Sledge)
At the other end of the list, the voters chose Madonna's American Pie as the worst remake. Also on the list were William Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Rolf Harris' Stairway to Heaven.
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has confirmed that the Police will open the 49th Grammy Awards on February 11th.
Tommy Dee, who reached number 11 in 1959 with Three Stars, passed away on Friday after a long illness. The song wia a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper who had been killed in a plane crash earlier in the year. Ironically, the hit was supposed to belong to Eddie Cochran who was unable to complete the recording from emotion over the death of his friends. Dee was 70.Koral Karsan, accused of blackmailing and threatening to kill Yoko Ono, remains in jail after the New York State Supreme Court once again upheld the denial of bail. Lawyers for Ono contend that Karsan is a flight risk and would return to Turkey if released.
Rock and religion. They don't always go hand-in-hand. The Church of England is having its first U2-charist communion service with songs by U2 instead of hymns. A band will play the songs while the words are flashed on a screen at the front of the church.
Meanwhile, Jermaine Jackson wants his brother Michael to convert to the Islam faith. Per Jermaine, "Michael, I feel, needs to become a Muslim because I think it's a great protection for him from all the things that he's been attacked with, which are false. There's a strength and protection there."
Jermaine has also announced plans to produce a musical based on the lives of the Jackson 5. All of the brothers are on board with the project and plans are being put in place to have a TV production company film the "making of" process for a documentary.
Oh, yeah, and Jermaine came in second in the U.K.'s latest Celebrity Big Brother.
Notable Link:
New York Magazine talks with David Byrne.
Clive Davis and American Idol from the Monterey Herald.
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