ORIGINAL VERSUS COVER: PART THREE, VALERIE
The Zutons: Two blog posts, https://bowandarrowman. blogspot.com/2024/05/original- versus-cover-part-one-hotel. html and https:// bowandarrowman.blogspot.com/ 2024/05/original-versus-cover- part-two-sound-of.html compared the original and cover versions of Hotel California and The Sound of Silence respectively. Here is my next post in the series in which I'll argue that the cover is better than the original version of the song. Obviously these posts are just my opinions. Third up in this original vs cover series is Valerie . The Zutons are an English indie band from Liverpool. They took their name from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band's guitarist, Zoot Horn Rollo - weird?! Below is The Zutons' original version of Valerie . The Zutons' Valerie : The Zutons' version is good but Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse did a cover that made the song special. I'm interested in how that song was chosen to be covered and presumably bettered. Here's the cover versi...