i'm sure there're more, but here are some covers i like [SaturdayDec620082352] Aerosmith - Come Together (The Beatles) Smashing Pumpkins - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac) Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) Ryan Adams - Wonderwall (Oasis) Chris Alvarado - Wonderwall (Oasis) * Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (The Bee Gees) Beach Boys - California Dreamin' (The Mamas & the Papas) ** Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion (Metallica) *** Mat Weddle - Hey Ya (Outkast) Depeche Mode - Dirt (The Stooges) José González - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) Muse - Feeling Good (Nina Simone) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard) Huey Lewis and the News - Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) Aerosmith with Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way (Aerosmith) **** Lenny Kravitz - American Woman (The Guess Who) ***** Jerry C - Canon Rock (Johann Pachelbel) ****** Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks) Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie (The Zutons) Spiderbait - Black Betty (Ram Jam) Eva Cassidy - Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper) Dropkick Murphys - Fields of Athenry (Paddy Reilly) * - found him on YouTube one day whilst looking for an acoustic version of the song. ** - because how cool is that roll of thunder at the beginning. *** - okay, not strictly a cover since there're no vocals, but still awesome. **** - okay, so this only half counts, but it's worth mentioning ***** - I'm not a Lenny Kravitz fan, but I liked his version too ****** - Another YouTube find. They say classical and heavy metal fans are closer in taste than you'd think. Names in brackets are either the original artists/composers or the first artist who popularised the song. $2 : *#&!

open letter [FridayNov2820080006] Dear Katy Perry, Big deal. Who hasn't? Now please go away. Love, Rest of the World. *#&!

overheard [WednesdayNov1220082249] If I ever think being a law student is bad, I will remember the discussion I overheard in the ladies changing room today. Random person: "How was your day?" Medical student: "I had to spread someone's butt cheeks today - a man's - while someone else burnt off his warts." $5 : *#&!

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