cover up

This is required reading: Part 1, Part 2, and today we get Part 3. Will the saga continue? Please?

Its time for this week's music post, but I'll admit that there are lots of things I've got going on at the moment, so I'll try to keep this short.

I appreciate a good cover of a good song. A while back I made a playlist which consisted of several sets of 3 songs each. The first song was an original song by an artist. The next two songs were covers of that artist, but they had to be two different songs covered by two different artists. For example:

1. The Beatles "Let It Be"
2. Fiona Apple "Across the Universe"
3. Brad Mehldau "She's Leaving Home"

The exercise was pretty interesting, and made for an enjoyable playlist even apart from the "novelty" factor. For an artist to have had two different songs covered by two different artists usually means they were a pretty significant songwriting force in pop music. The covered artists on the list include Bob Dylan, Prince, Sting, Leonard Cohen, etc. Here's a PDF of the whole list. Some of my favorites? Aimee Mann's cover of "One", Johnny Cash's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Etta James "You Can Leave Your Hat On." I think Sinead O'Conner covering Nirvana and Sophie B. Hawkins covering Bob Dylan are two of the more amusing combinations on the list.

If you think I've left any out, or have made an egregious oversight in my selection of the cover versions, let me know. I'm always looking to add to/improve on this playlist.