Okay ... glad I'm not the only one with a soft spot for "Torn."
I prefer the Imbruglia version to Ednaswaps.
And I'll also make the radical proposal that Ms. Imbruglia's recorded output 
is full of under-appreciated pop gems.

As for covers, well, I know this is sick, but I've always been a sucker for 
Paul Young's version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," and "Wherever I Lay My 
Hat" (in particular).

See the thread about 1983-84 being a big musical year for me for further 
illumination.

john micek.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Covers


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
>> This thread actually commenced as a discussion of the "best cover version 
>> of all time to reach the American Top 40", which is why the first three 
>> suggestions were "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk, "You Really Got Me" by 
>> Van Halen, and "All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. The Ramones 
>> and Wilson Pickett obviously didn't qualify with their covers.
>
> Tell that to Joel Whitburn: Pickett's "Sugar Sugar" hit #25 in 1970, and I 
> still hear it on oldies satellite radio stations today.
>
> And if that's your criterion, give it up for the Beatles' version of the 
> Isleys' "Twist and Shout," which hit the charts TWICE, in '64 and '86!
>
> And in the category of "hit covers that only pop geeks knew were covers in 
> the first place," I nominate Natalie Imbruglia's cover of Ednaswap's 
> "Torn," which hit the charts mostly because it was so much better than the 
> original, which was only a couple years old at the time.
>
> S
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