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Gear Daddies used to do a nice cover of Little Red Corvette on occasion. That'd be my pick.

I still think Sinead O'Connor did the best cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U."

Oh, and "Kiss" by Tom Jones.
Cheesy, but I like cheese.

The Tom Jones version of "Kiss" is the best.

The worst? My version of the same song.

I once saw Tom Jones perform "Kiss" at an outdoor rock'n'roll fest in Chippewa Falls ca. 1992. (David Clayton-Thomas was also on the bill.) Tom has the moves and, yes, a pantie or two were flung Tom's way & did find their way to the stage ... in broad daylight! I did not dare to look, however, given his popularity among a certain demo. That, and I was married at the time.

I interviewed Dan Wilson from Semisonic years ago, and the interview was something of a non-started, as sometimes interviews are, even after I reminded him that he and Dan Wilson used to babysit me back in St. Louis Park. But then we got onto the topic of Prince, and the interview took off.

Dan Wilson has a lot to say about Prince.

The U of Maryland a capella group Faux Paz did a great cover of When Doves Cry.

I just wish someone would cover Prince's only good song, Batdance.

Anonymous...get the funk out.

NBC has a project tentatively slated for either the summer or fall season called The Sing-Off -- an a capella version of American Idol.

If you like a capella doo-wop (what other kind is there?), I highly recommend anything by The Persuasions. They go back to the dawning of doo-wop.

That link was messed up. This is better:

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (live) - The Replacements