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I went on a mad downloading spree of cover songs today. Good gosh I love cover songs (and good golly gumdrops too). There is just something entirely satisfying about a good band taking another good band’s art and paying homage to it. Sometimes they bomb, but that’s usually when the band’s intention is to improve on something that is already proven to be wonderful (like Coke, you just can’t improve on Coke no matter how hard they try).

The best cover songs are tributes; paying your respects in a sense. Anyways, here’s some of my favourites from my growing collection. Check ‘em out.

Anberlin – “There is a Light That Never Goes Out” (The Smiths)

Aswad – “Roxanne” (The Police)

Braid – “There is a Light That Never Goes Out” (The Smiths)

Cake – “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath)

Cartel – “Wonderwall” (Oasis)

Copeland – “Another Day In Paradise” (Phil Collins)

Everything But The Girl – “Alison” (Elvis Costello)

The Get Up Kids – “Close To Me” (The Cure)

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – “The Redemption Song” (Bob Marley)

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – “Rudie Can’t Fail” (The Clash)

Norah Jones – “More Than This” (Roxy Music)

Saul Williams – “Sunday Bloody Sunday” (U2)

Smashing Pumpkins – “Landslide” (Fleetwood Mac)

Stereophonics -“Angie” (Rolling Stones)

Trust Company – “Rock The Casbah” (The Clash)