New 'Rant and' Rule.

You are not allowed to call any cover performance your "favorite song" by that band/artist.
Disclaimers/exceptions:
- They wrote the song for someone else and then cover it.
- E.g., If Prince wanted to cover "Manic Monday", that would be a valid favorite Prince song. Stupid, but valid.
- Or if the artist/band primarily performs covers as part of their act. (Like Richard Cheese or that other band whose name escapes me.)
- It's Johnny Cash covering 'Hurt'. Just cause I said so.

Oh, and if the cover is a commonly covered singer/songwriter standard (Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright or a slew of others doing Leonard Cohen's  'Hallelujah') - that is your favorite rendition of THAT SONG. (Pick ANYTHING else from 'Grace', will ya? It's amazing. The other Buckley fans don't even want to play with you.)

- Don't even get me started on manufactured acts or "artists" who don't write their own shit.
- Oh, and while I like some of it, I'm also not really talking about dancey dance house trance techno...or sampled things. What you gyrate to while you're high is not my number one issue, here. Pick whatever you want by DJ Rocksyerballzoff.