i can’t do the talk, like the talk on the tv

I heard on the radio an old favourite the other day. Romeo and Juliet. But not the Dire Straights’ original; this was The Killers’ version. Brandon Flowers gets me every time.  He has me thinking that this version is better than the original. I know there will be some very protective Dire Straights fans out there, but this version is the one I flick to time and time again on my iPod. Obviously it is nothing without the original’s popularity etc, but sometimes it’s just better the second time around. Mark Ronson made a whole record hoping to achieve this. He got pretty close with Valerie! Most people wouldn’t know who sang the original to Florence and the Machine’s You Got The Love, she’s made it her own. How about Johnny Cash and Hurt? Below are my pick. What are yours?