When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Richard Thompson takes on Britney Spears’ “Oops! … I Did It Again.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover!
The former Fairport Convention member and godfather of folk rock gives this performance with such a straight face, you question if his tongue is in his cheek or not. The jazz hands at the end might give him away.
The Cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAS4ltt7DzI
The Original:
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Keep in mind, this was part of his “Thousand Years of Popular Music” gig. He never said whether a medieval air or a 20s blues song or a Spears cover was good or bad, he was just chronicling the landscape.
I got nuttin’.
Oops…I mean, Hi Loring!
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