Cover Charge #28 - Patti Smith to U2

Cover Charge is simple: A covers B, B covers C, C covers D and so on, until I loop back to where I started, Ouroboros-style.

Last time: Morrissey to Patti Smith

I know there are plenty of people out there in the world (and an even higher percentage in this corner of the blogosphere) with little time for today's covered artist, and even less for their sanctimony-prone frontman. I can only apologise, and say that we'll (probably) be on safer ground tomorrow. But until then, here's Patti Smith covering Until The End of the World and, as you might expect, it's very much an Own Stamp. Bloody good, too.

I hadn't joined the dots before hearing this version, but I wonder if the lyrics about "drowning sorrows" and "sorrows learning to swim" inspired The Connor Brothers? Anyway, notwithstanding that, here's the U2 original, from 1991's Achtung Baby. It's a very different animal.

Next time: we head in the direction of a large vowel...

The Cover Charge "chain" to date.