Songbird: Original and Cover-which is better?

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Originally Posted by macfan 57

I like Eva's version, but I LOVE Christine's orginal version of Songbird. I generally don't care for covers of Christine McVie songs, but Eva's "Songbird" is an exception. As David said, no one sounds like Christine. She's totally unique. For what it's worth, a few years back Mick mentioned in an online chat that Chris liked Eva's "Songbird".

Did you ever read this Mary Anne?

http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/artic...rt_arc008.html


But I agree with David, nothing matches Christine's version IMO, and I've never really understood the Eva Cassidy thing. I did however really enjoy Willie Nelson's take on the song, I thought at the very least he gave a different spin on it.