Simon Dillon
Dec 29, 2022

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Cover versions are fine, provided the artists in question make it their own, and it isn't just some karaoke cash-in.

The ultimate example: My all time favourite cover version by Pet Shop Boys, of Always on My Mind. They made the song 100 percent their own. This is a Pet Shop Boys record through and through (and was rewarded by being at number one for four weeks throughout Christmas 1987/8 in the UK).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-E5Z6tnX8

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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