When a Cover Song Makes You Hear the Original Differently
When does a cover song make you hear the original for the first time?
This week, we’re talking about covers that don’t just recreate a song — they take it somewhere completely different.
*Content note:* We briefly discuss themes of domestic violence and murder while talking about Eminem’s “’97 Bonnie & Clyde” and Tori Amos’s reinterpretation.
Beyoncé turns Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” from a plea into something closer to a warning. Sturgill Simpson transforms an ’80s synth-pop hit into a devastating country ballad. Tori Amos changes the entire perspective of an Eminem song without changing the…
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