The Ra Ra Riot cover of Kate Bush’s “Suspended In Gaffa” has really got me thinking about what makes a good cover song. Is it the interruption of the track? is it adding something that was missing?
The one thing I do know is what makes a bad cover song, and that is a song that sound just like the original.
So, what’s your favorite cover song?
Mine right now are:
Ra Ra Riot “Suspended In Gaffa” 
Broken Social Scene “Horses”
Sun Kil Moon “Exit Does Not Exist”
Carlos Careqa “Psycho maloca”
Yep, listen. There is something here that is about to break out into brilliance.
If you are from Cape Ann, you should download it, for all the cross references to our lives and the understanding of the underling stories.
Thought the stories were not what caught me, it was the Kate Bush cover of Suspended In Gaffa, it is brilliant. If you are a fan of Vampire Weekend, run, don’t walk and take a listen.
And I leave you with some of the lyrics of “St. Peter’s Day Festival”
If I go to Gloucester you know I will
wait there for you
The Rhumb Line is waiting there too
you know it’s worth the nights we wait there
it all falls apart, apart
come on
come on