2010: Best Of Cover Songs
This is Part 5 of The Tale of The Tape's Year End Best of Series : Covers I almost didn't bother making an entire list, as this Kills cover slays the competition. Somehow almost completely swept under the rug, Alison Mosshart & Jamie Hince's take on the Velvet Underground classic captures everything you could ask for in a cover song. Familiar and faithful without becoming a replica, "Pale Blue Eyes" borrows the best parts from the original (Reed's eternal melody, Morrison's delicate guitar) while Hince's dirty distortion and Mosshart's faraway delivery help make this [...]
- Crocodiles - Groove Is In The Heart / California Girls
- Kyp Malone & Harsh Toke - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover)
- Lissie - Pursuit Of Happiness (Kid Cudi Cover)
- Record Club - Never Tear Us Apart
- The Tallest Man On Earth - Graceland (Paul Simon Cover)
- Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
- Various Artists - 2010: Best Of Cover Songs




















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