Ian M. also submitted Built to Spill’s epic cover of “Freebird”; I’m nominating Beirut’s cover of Ary Barroso’s “Brazil” (Sinatra’s version also makes the cut). Again, my musical biases are pretty obvious, so if you want to avoid a list dominated by skinny white boys, vote early and vote often.
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I’m on the fence about that one, sidereal. It might be a little too obvious for my jaundiced tastes. Then again, it is really catchy.Report
Read the site daily, but never felt I had much to contibute until this set of threads. Here is one of my favorites.
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