Cover Me, Baby

sure, michele may be a week behind the times on the daily telegraph’s list of the 50 best cover songs, but i’m a week and a small victory behind the times. i would never have even known about this otherwise. i’m not going to weigh in on the list, per se. but it did start me thinking about certain covers that i like better than the original versions. most of the time, i prefer the original, even when i really like the cover. there are those rare occasions, though, when the cover is even better. in no particular order: flying lizards - “money (that’s what i want)”. to be honest, i don’t know who first recorded this song. i do know that the beatles version of it is a cover. however, of all the versions of this song i’ve heard, hands down the fly...