Back in the days of Maxell, I used to make mix-tapes of songs and their cover versions that I'd call "Containers and Their Drivers" -- sort of randomly altering and appropriating the name of the (so far as I know) un-covered Fall song. It was fun to find and collect songs covered by bands I wouldn't have thought would necessarily fit the material. The format was rigid: original version & my favorite cover. Here's one I never got around to doing:
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" made famous by Nancy Sinatra but also well done by,
among others:
- Megadeath (My favorite of Megadeath's covers.)
- Operation Ivy (Excellent.)
- Jessica Simpson (Actually, horrible ["Can I get a soo-eee!"], but included for the fun of seeing ol' Willie in the video.)
- Boy George (Well, it's better than Jessica's.)
- Symarip (Oi. I might actually prefer the Bad Manners version for moonstompin' but this feels a little more rootsy.)
- KMFDM (It's got a certain charm. Not enough to compete with Operation Ivy and Megadeath though.)
I'm leaning towards Operation Ivy's version as being the one I would choose to go alongside Nancy's original on the mix-tape.
