**New GRB Tourney: Best Covered Song - Rules/Regulations**

[Swirls]

I struggle in coming up with "bests" on a dime. Surely am not alone in this.

There's a podcast that I listen to often , one of the last questions to the interviewees is "favorite beer?" -and I end up working that over in my head to frustration.

Hope the muse pays me a visit by tourney tip-off.

I figure all of the popular ones are taken, plus I don't give a [expletive] about winning. My plan is to nominate a couple that I enjoy and take my defeat in style.

Actually I think that's the stance a lot of people are taking/assuming, as most of the biggest/most popular covers are still available...

[Radbird]

I struggle in coming up with "bests" on a dime. Surely am not alone in this.

There's a podcast that I listen to often , one of the last questions to the interviewees is "favorite beer?" -and I end up working that over in my head to frustration.

Hope the muse pays me a visit by tourney tip-off.

Since only 3 entries were allowed, you can have my 4th choice which I already regret not using (it's a sure Final Four song):

Paul Anka: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM_xvTaYavw

You're welcome. Move fast before somebody else grabs it.

[Swirls]

I hope the results of our tournie don't just match, like, the top 10 Rolling Stone listicle of all time greatest covers. Yes, we all know that Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower" are masterpieces. I for one am going to be voting for the interesting gems, bizarre re-interpretations, and rethought versions that make you reconsider something about the original that you may have missed before.

FYI one of those two is actually still available...

[cardsfansince82]

File this under sentences you never thought you would read: I have an irrational, passionate hatred for Paul Anka.

[wart57]

Here is a free be for anyone...

[go birds]

I wanna nominate all the ones i put in the other topic

[Michael]

Madonna's American Pie has this thing on lock down.

[heyzeus]

Madonna's American Pie has this thing on lock down.

Not kidding, I thought of that cover while on the can today. Specifically, "Man, remember that time Madonna did a dance-pop cover of, like, half of American Pie? That would kill in this tournament."

[lukethedrifter]

I think I would have eliminated All Along The Watchtower -and Hey Joe for that matter- by ruling out covers that were far bigger hits than the originals.


That's how I'm going to vote anyway.

[Tambourine Man]

I hope the results of our tournie don't just match, like, the top 10 Rolling Stone listicle of all time greatest covers. Yes, we all know that Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and Jimi's "All Along the Watchtower" are masterpieces. I for one am going to be voting for the interesting gems, bizarre re-interpretations, and rethought versions that make you reconsider something about the original that you may have missed before.

Yeah, I will vote for a good cover I've never heard over anything well-known. I'm having trouble pulling official recordings.