I love cover versions, and the Telegraph have just put up a list of their critics' 50 favourites:
http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/20/bmcovercont20.xml
Obviously there loads of gaps, so here's the thread to post your favourite covers that should have been included.
Kicking things off, the Carpenters' 'Ticket to Ride'. Lightweight pop transformed into heartbreaking epic with just a single chord change and a little orchestration.
http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/11/20/bmcovercont20.xml
Obviously there loads of gaps, so here's the thread to post your favourite covers that should have been included.
Kicking things off, the Carpenters' 'Ticket to Ride'. Lightweight pop transformed into heartbreaking epic with just a single chord change and a little orchestration.