Musicians often do covers. The best are the ones that bring something new to the song, beyond the original. The worst are those that add nothing and subtract the greatness of the original. That poor schmuck covering "Alluelia" for example. That's one that rarely gets any better.
There are good covers, bad covers, and many mediocre ones.
We'll start with Aztec Camera and Van Halen's "Jump". I heard this on holiday recently, and thought it was Lou Reed. It probably should be, but as a friend remarked, it sounds more like an invitation to top yourself than the mad, lycra hugging, masturbatory original. You might as well jump, you know.
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