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From: strock@fortune.UUCP (Gregory Strockbine)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re:  Yeah, but what about ... [cover versions]
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 12:25:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 12:25:39 1984
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>I like cover versions when they're substantially different from the
>original version.  Covers which do their utmost to sound just like the
>original group are simply boring.  Some good/unusual covers I've heard
>in the last few months:
>
>Red Rockers--Eve of Destruction
>
>??--One Tin Soldier
>
>Aztec Camera(?)--Jump
>
>Frankie Goes to Hollywood--Born to Run


other covers:

Dickies -- Paranoid
	The Dickies speed this Black Sabbath song up and its sounds
	better than the original.

Dickies -- Sounds of Silence
	Once again the Dickies add life to an old classic, originally
	by Simon and Garfunkel (may they rest in peace).