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Weezer's cover album: Is the rock band honoring or exploiting the originals?

  • Written by Ryan Raul Bañagale, Crown Family Professor for Innovation in the Arts, Colorado College
Weezer's cover album: Is the rock band honoring or exploiting the originals?A cover song can both enhance and diminish the legacy of the original artist.PrinceOfLove/Shutterstock.com

If you’ve noticed the 1980s hit “Africa” playing on the radio more than usual, you likely weren’t listening to the original version by Toto. Instead, it was probably the recently released cover by Weezer, which has...

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