Robin Hilton

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3,641 appearances 50 recordings 11 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Sep

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NPR Music · More cover songs that are better than the originals · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

Neil Young-esque is a feature, not a not a bug.

Right.

Yeah.

We do I mean we kind of kicked this whole thing off a few episodes back.

Even before we did this cover song episode Dora You were on, we did the King Princess cover of the song Helpless, which uh is part of a Neil Young tribute that's coming up.

I love lots of Neil Young covers.

I'm not sure I think that one is working for me as much as the original.

But I appreciate you and Thanks, Robin.

And that is just your opinion and my opinion and nothing more.

Okay, Lars, uh

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And but I think Frotis is much more obscure than it's a little bit.

Well here's

that's awesome.

I love that.

So on the previous episode we talked a lot about how there are cover songs that are so good they not only eclipse the original version, but they end up becoming a defining song from that artist's entire career, the artist who covers the song for for their career.

And I want to play one of those, another example of one of those.

The song is me and Bobby McGee.

Here is the original version.

It was written and performed by Chris Christofferson from his self-titled album in 1970.

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