And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn

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    Eric Clapton — I Shot the Sheriff (original by Bob Marley)
    Disturbed — Sound of Silence (original by Simon & Garfunkel)
    Manfred Mann — Blinded By the Light (original by Bruce Springsteen)

    I love all of the original artists, but someone else did the definitive version of all of these. Disturbed is probably debatable, but I do think it’s better.

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      I’m baffled by how much people like the Disturbed version. I find it to be considerably worse than the original.

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        I enjoy the rock-opera quality. The way it goes from soft and gentle to powerful and intense. It reminds me of Phantom of the Opera, which I quite enjoy. Now, Meatloaf probably would’ve done it much better, but to my knowledge he never did.