The horror! The horror! As if a movie version of The Dukes of
Hazzard wasn't terrifying enough, the world has to
endure gets the pleasure of
Jessica
Simpson's remarkable rendition of
These
Boots Are Made for Walkin', proof as if we needed it that
Ms. Simpson's singing is every bit as special as her other performing
skills. It's enough to make me swear off covers for good.
Okay, not really. Because, with certain exceptions, even bad covers
have their moments. Like
The
Box Tops' version of
Blondie's
classic
Call
Me, which I first heard a few weeks ago on
Coverville,
Brian Ibbott's twice-weekly cover music podcast. You may remember
The Box Tops from their 60s hit,
The
Letter. And you'll be as surprised as I at their cover
effort. Or at
Roy
Clark's take on
What
a Wonderful World. There's even a cover of
These
Boots Are Made For Walkin', mercifully done by someone who
isn't
named Simpson.
Yeah, there are misses as well as hits here.
(Don
Ho?
Ani
Difranco and Jackie Chan? Oy.) But they're fun too. In their
fashion.
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