Time to cover!

Truly,an original is always the best.Apply this to any field of study,including music.Today,as i was going through the lyrics of 'whiskey in the jar',it made a really brilliant story! This rock original is one of those 1st songs of thin lizzy,the irish band.The theme deals with a man who robs a lot of money and later is betrayed by his girlfriend.The song is also backed by strong vocals of phil lynott,one of the finest singers in rock music.Even without strong bass effect like metallica's cover version,this song really stands out.Metallica in their latter days started to cover a lot of songs instead of churning more originals.Turn the page by bob segar is another example on how a country song like that can be turned into rocking thrash metal number.Most modern rock bands cover each other's song.A band very frequent to do that is pearl jam.And everytime eddie vedder sings it out,it becomes a smash hit,no matter what! Another amazing song cover is by guns and roses.Yeah,i know that, even u know wat it is! Knockin on heaven's door became one of the biggest hits of GnR,but even today,i like the dylan version,simply because of its originality and melody.So,we can conclude that song covers are always for the good.
But just think what happens when our popstars try a hand on it! Sample 'american pie' which madonna sang a few yrs back.Well it certainly introduced tht song to a large mass of ppl,but in turn screwed the artist of the song! Every child u ask today knows that its a song by madonna.Well wat happened to mr.mclean,dead eh!
Another finer example is the recent version of iris released by ronan keating of boyzone fame.I still remember when i was playing iris(by goo goo dolls of course) at home during my last holidays.Then my younger bro sitting nearby asked,"Where did u get this song,i think i saw it on tv just 2-3 days back.Its by ronan keating na?" :(
Now that was sth that really disgusted me.Just because pop bands have a larger audience,doesnt mean that they wl go on covering rock originals,stealing the artist's name and attaching their own fuckin name to it.If u would listen to the ronan keating version,u can see that its 99.9% similar to the original by johnny rzenik
of goo goo dolls.Even rock artists dont do that.It should be called a copy then,instead of a cover.So......we see that song covers have all their pros with rock musicians and all cons with pop artists! So,next time,be careful on what u r hearing!
Keep rockin'