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[russellbfarr]

Top 5 cover versions by women of songs originally done by men.

5. Gloria, Patti Smith
4. Wheels on Fire, Siouxsie and the Banshees
3. Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
2. You Just Haven't Earned it yet Baby, Kirsty Maccoll
1. Song to the Siren, This Mortal Coil

Comments

[_bigjobbies_]

*TICK* (esp #1)
I'd choose New England for my Kirsty Maccoll and make space for 'Hard Times' by Emmy Lou Harris and one of Jennifer Warne's Leonard Cohen covers

[russellbfarr]

it's a tough call -- I think because I remain sufficiently traumatised by the 12" version of New England I went with the Smiths' cover (and the kudos of having Johnny Marr play on it).

I could have taken the list to 10, easily, but that's the challenge of the top 5...