It’s been a while since we had a full-fledged Dish reader bonanza, and, if you’re like me, one mental health break a day is not quite hacking it this July, given the depressing news out of Gaza and Ukraine. So here’s an idea: nominate your favorite ever cover version of a previous hit song. The cover should supplant the original in its arrangement or performance or ingenuity. And it shouldn’t be too obscure. Bodenner offered up the following as a starter:
I’m pondering mine .. and trying mightily not to be a self-parody. You can all do much better – email your Youtubes with “Cover Contest” in the header to this address: contest@andrewsullivan.com
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