Today’s been one of those days where I’ve had music on almost constantly, and as most of you know by now, one of my favorite genres of music is Cover Songs. It’s always a treat when I hear new-to-me covers, and so I invite you to find a tasty beverage, step below our Story Break, and dive into some favorite music reimagined by other artists...
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To make comparing a bit easier, I’ll give both the original and the cover version. I know that for every original there often are many excellent covers, so please share your personal favorites in the comments!
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun — original by Cyndi Lauper, covered by STRFKR.
In The End — original by Linkin Park, covered by Tommee Profitt (feat. Jung Youth & Fleurie).
I’m On Fire — original by Bruce Springsteen, covered by Soccer Mommy.
Save Tonight — original by Eagle Eye Cherry, covered by Calvi (feat. Yo Preston)
Stand By Me — original by Ben E. King, covered by Florence + The Machine
And lastly, not quite a cover but it’s how I started my day and if you haven’t seen the “reboot” version, you should. [PLEASE NO SPOILERS SINCE I HAVEN’T SEEN CAPTAIN MARVEL].
I hope you’ve enjoyed some of these tunes and will share some of your own! Please enjoy our offering of Top Comments, Mojo and Pictures, brought tonight by the ORIGINAL BeninSC!
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From Youffraita:
I am submitting this thoughtful top-worthy comment by cinepost, in ChescoRes's diary, about the whole Kate Smith thing.
From inkstainedwretch:
Bob Johnson has a diary making fun of a REC list diary about a single poll in which a significant minority of Bernie voters would supposedly vote Trump in 2020 if Bernie doesn't get the nomination. The prospect of the Bernie-HRC style pie-fights coming back is very irritating.
MargaretPOA's slightly off topic comment about Lindsey Graham is funny but so true.
From ZenTrainer:
This is from late last night but was just a cool, funny comment, I wanted to try running it by you.
It's
this comment from
DogDawg in my diary about Dems getting grief and audi for large numbers of small money contributions from all 50 states. I laugh every time I read it! (Good, ZT! Here it is again, thanks to you!)
TOP MOJO
Top Mojo for yesterday, April 23rd, 2019, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
TOP PICTURES
Top Pictures for April 23, 2019. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment or picture. Thank you jotter!