Under Cover Pop

I like those new Apple ads for its new online music store. The commercials feature regular-looking people singing along to their iPod infront of a white background (in the same style as last year's Apple iPhoto ads). I think it's particularly interesting that the girl singing Pink's "Get the Party Started" is a much better singer than Pink. In fact, a lot of pop singers have voices that aren't as good as the songs that they sing (Madonna and Jennifer Lopez come to mind). Its funny how sometimes you hear a cover of a song by a new artist and it makes you realize that "hey, this is actually a pretty well-written song." I have this reaction whenever the radio plays a Dave Grohl acoustic version of a Foo Fighters song like "Everlong" and "Times Like These."