Covers That Are Better Than the Original...

Cover versions, a constant source of debate which rears its head every now and again. Recently, her from X-factor covering Run by Snow Patrol, a high regarded song in my opinion, brutally re-hashed. However, each to their own.

Another one is David Watts, JC likes the Kinks version, I prefer The Jam. Somebody to Love, a Jefferson Airplane hit from 1967 which is one of many to have a dance remix, this time by the Boogie Pimps. We've all seen the video, and I think it is absolutely fantastic. Time and time again we see scale models of landscapes which are pieces of cut up sponge, green paint and a few fences. However, the director has taken time to re-create what is clearly a post-WW2 agricultural landscape displaying properties of arable and pastoral farming. These are represented by the variety of mosaics we are familiar with whenever we take to the skies on a clear day, developed due to the requirement of large scale machinery which took over from tractors. It is not just the field mosaic, but we also see a detailed township and also what looks like deciduous managed woodland possibly used for coppicing or pollarding in bygone years. Shame the CGI's a bit crap but the girl's not too bad!