Lil Wayne "On Fire"

The Art of the cover...

The highest form of flatery for an artist is to have one of their songs covered by another artist. That is unless it is Weird Al Yankovic. More times than not, the cover never stands up to the brilliance of the original and you're left saying "some songs are just not meant to be touched".  However there are some instances where an artist forms a bond with the music and lyrics that where written by or for somebody else and gives the song a new life. Two really great examples of this are Otis Redding's version of "Try a little Tenderness" (recorded in 1966). This song was originally recorded in 1933 and covered a number of times by several recording artists but when Otis Redding sang that song it forever became his. Another example would be Luther Vandross' cover of  "A House is not a home" which was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1964. This song is and will forever be Luther's. The most recent instance of somebody completely taking  ownership of a song is The Noisettes cover of The Killers "When we where young". The Noisetts absolutely got everything right about thier version. Definitely check out the Noisettes. They are a indie rock band out of London. This is one of many dope things that my father in law turned me on to


The Killers


Noisettes