They are saying you possibly can’t decide a e book by its cowl, nicely, here is a enjoyable e book with nothing however covers—musical covers, that’s—and the tales behind them. It is “Cover Me” by Ray Padgett.
I loved studying in regards to the massive hit data that had been really follow-up, “cowl” variations of songs beforehand recorded by others. How did Mick Jagger reply to DEVO’s cowl of “satisfaction?” Speaking Heads’ “Take Me To the River” was not the primary model of that track—whose was it? Whitney Houston’s enormous hit ‘” I Will At all times Love You” was really written as goodbye to a country-and-western singing accomplice.
The creators vary from Snoop Canine to Bizarre Al and the songs vary from the 50’s to the 2000’s. The e book despatched me off down a enjoyable rabbit gap of evaluating each variations of the songs.
