My next few Jams are going to be some of my favourite cover versions. Starting with Sonic Youth's version of "Superstar", written by Leon Russell, but made famous by The Carpenters.
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I know this Carpenters' cover divides people, but it's been stuck in my head and I've been singing it all morning, so I thought I'd inflict it upon you... :)
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Sonic Youth have always been high on my list of bands I thought I should like, but just never did. Here's a big exception: their cover of the Delaney and Bonnie jam (made most famous by the Carpenters) is equal parts melody and melancholy... just as a tragicbeauty jam should.
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