When it comes to covers, some artists just pair up like peanut butter and jelly (see:Johnny Cashs devastating versionof Nine Inch Nails masochist masterpiece Hurt, orthe White Stripes transforming Dolly Partons heart-plucking plea Joleneinto a bluesy, gender-baiting dirge).
Some, sadly, come off more like peanut butter and pickles (Pat Boone + Judas Priest leather chaps = oh noes!).
This past week alone, weve seen a glut of covers of varying quality, includingLady GaGas Liza-with-a-Z piss-take on Coldplays Viva La Vida,Sara Bareilles half-caf, no-foam versionof Bruce Springsteensoftcoveredburner Im on Fire, andCanadian folkie Serena Ryders spare, Cat Power-y riff on Band of Horses The Funeral.
We could, of course, spend all afternoon trolling through YouTube for more new ones, and tripping down the shady lanes of cover memories UB40s Red Red Wine (shine on, you crazy reggae Neil Diamond!
), the Fugees Killing Me Softly with His Song (Roberta Flack wasnot mad at it), Jessica Simpsons These Boots Are Made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra, you should sue) but instead, we turn to you, readers, to give us your own personal list of the best, worst and weirdest.
To get the ball rolling, we leave you with Celine Dion, doing irreparable French-Canadian damage to AC/DCs You Shook Me All Night Long:
