A song murdered by someone.

Oh my, this Yoko Ono performance of Someone like you by Adele really gives a full meaning to the title of this thread. Performance itself is electrifying. I looked that way once I accidentally held a wire plugged into the wall.

Aw geez, how could I have forgotten (I should be so lucky) The Who’s version of "Shakin’ All Over"? The Guess Who improved on the Johnny Kidd & The Pirates original, The Who quite the opposite. Daltry’s vocals set a new standard for hoariness. Absolutely unlistenable. I am aware that opinion is not universally shared ;-) .

@mulveling,

Regarding No Doubt's cove of "It's My Life", I guess I have a different take. Frankly, I thought for the time it was released, it fit in very nicely. Certainly, it made younger folks aware of the song. I did not find it offensive in any way myself.

Maybe the difference between your take and mine is I find the positive attributes?

Technically, it's not a cover version since it was the songs first release; but I just heard Nico's version of Jackson Browne's "These Days" on the radio for the first time yesterday. Murdered might have been the literal description, since if that was the first version I ever heard I'd have thought it was a terrible song and made a point to avoid it for the rest of my life. I'm surprised the song survived that vicious attack. YMMV

PS. I know we do have to give Nico some thanks for getting JB some recognition early in his career. I wonder if it helped or hindered.

@2channel8, omg isn’t Nico awful? Just like everything connected with Andy Warhol (yes, including The Velvet Underground ;-), complete and utter bs. Jackson Browne, on the other hand, remains under-appreciated. A great songwriter and a good singer, with superb taste in musicians.