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Picking and Choosing Which Monsters to Forgive

Picking and Choosing Which Monsters to Forgive

The notion of “separating the art from the artist” is a long-running debate. Most of the time, frankly, we should. I first learned this lesson in the ’80s, when I began doing freelance music journalism. I discovered very quickly that some people whose work I admired were utter dickheads. Others,

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Who Did It Better?

Who Did It Better?

Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Niki Hoeky” is a

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Burn” is a song

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Country Comfort” is a

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Only Women Bleed” is

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It’s Been 40 Years and Morrissey Is Still Great

It’s Been 40 Years and Morrissey Is Still Great

At the risk of sounding like a cross between a Monty Python Yorkshireman and one of the dreary boomers still banging on about bloody Woodstock, kids today just don’t understand what it was like being an indie music fan in the ’80s. Back then, for one, ‘independent’ music really

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Born On The Bayou”

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Knock On Wood” is

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Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original. Here are some cover versions of one song along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them. “Roadrunner” is a song

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