Last week's request for favourite cover versions brought an astounding response. As you know, this column is more of a benevolent dictatorship than a democracy, so the final playlist doesn't slavishly reflect the balance of votes, but there were so many entries that I thought it would be interesting, just this once, to list the 10 most popular choices below. Can't say I understand the love for China Drum, but there you go. Anyway, anybody planning to make their own compilation of cover versions won't be stuck for ideas.
Hurt - Johnny Cash All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Slits Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne Respect - Aretha Franklin Jolene - The White Stripes Wuthering Heights - China Drum Hallelujah - John Cale Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
This week, I'd like you to recommend great songs about crime, from murder ballads to gangsta rap dramas, shouts of defiance to tears of regret, Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues to The Clash's Bankrobber. As Andre 3000 sang, I want you on your baddest behaviour.
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