The list of songs where the original recording was so good that you just shouldn't cover it, at all, is pretty short in my view "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire is a slam-dunk entry though
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Replying to @arthur_affect
If Aretha Franklin covered your song, it was Aretha Franklin's song from that point forward. To wit, when you do a search for a song by Otis Redding:pic.twitter.com/OT1M0gO85r
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Replying to @SowaTheArrogant
I wouldn't call myself a "maximalist" when it comes to music generally but I usually respect covers that add more stuff onto the original much more than covers that "strip away", which includes Franklin's famous cover of Redding If only because it requires more work
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It may be unfair but I do see "stripping away" as a cheap trick Anyone who's mildly musically competent knows how to do it and it seems to be so easy for a famous person to get critical praise Ryan Adams' stunt with Taylor Swift made me an enemy of this kind of cover for life
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