I´m not a big fan of the "recycled pop trash" mania that has been going on for the past 2 decades. It has reached a point where you realy have to wonder "is there ANYBODY left in popular chart music industry that can write a song on their own?¿"
Its ok if you have your own band and you decide to do a coverversion to make the album a bit longer. A cover versino where you actually make your OWN version of the song - not just adding some technobeats and a plastic-barbie voice. Check out Rage´s (no - not RATM) coverversion of "Paint it black" - the only thing that is realy the same are the lyrics - the rest is totally different.