Valerie (The Zutons cover)

Zutons cover--yes, yes, we know, but the more important point is what happens to the song and to the audience when Amy W. sings it. This is a woman who is singing about the yearning and need of her old lover (who just happens to be another woman, think crimson and clover sung by joan jett and the blackhearts). The passion and desperation in her voice when singing this song is so convincing and palpable that you can feel her heart bleeding when she pushes out, "come on over, stop making a fool out of me..." and I love to think that she would feel like a fool if valerie doesn't come over...because if she doesn't she's been a fool to be in this kind of pain and torture for so long while they have been apart. She's just come back to her old town and she wants her life to go back to how it was, which will only be the same when Valerie re-appears and stops playin like she has this complicated life and another man to find and "fix it". I love this song sung by Amy W. It is rare that I like a remake more than the original--but she didn't just stand up and sing it, she owns it and now, I believe its hers.