I can think of a number of songs that I loved until I heard some very bad renditions. Again and again and again and....

One is Dougie MacLean's "Caledonia". I have always loved that song until I heard it repeatedly rendered quite awfully. Still have not heard a version that pleased me except by Dougie.

The other is "Sonny's Dream" by the same method. I first heard Mary Black's version which is wonderful.

Both of these songs are excellent songs with well-written lyrics and wonderful melodies, IMO. But my experience has been that I have heard so many bad renditions of these songs that I cringe when I am about to hear them again.

On the other hand, I have never been that fond of "Leaving of Liverpool" for the same reasons as above until I heard Lou Killen sing it at the Lancaster Maritime Festival a couple of years ago. It was like hearing that song for the first time.

Deb