Justin Townes Earle's cover of Graceland
I'm not a huge Earle fan, but I have appreciated and respected what I've heard of his music. Except his cover of Graceland. Graceland is one of Paul Simon's finest songs, catchy, groovy, emotionally complex, and poignant. Earle's cover is none of that. It diminishes the original in every way. It is middling and insipid. It makes me sad. That is all.