Cover songs are more than celebrations of the long, rich history of popular music.
It’s a way for the audience to hear a new twist on an old chestnut. A good cover can say as much about the originator as the imitator because sometimes the lyrics strike home harder when heard from a different voice.
Here are some of the best covers of 2024.
Courtney Love turned 60 years old this summer and was thriving while covering Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” with Billie Joe Armstrong’s The Cover Ups in February (2/27).
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