Six degrees of lyrical separation

I stumbled onto a cool site that takes six degrees of separation to a different level, applying it to songs and artists who are linked by cover songs — those songs that are sung by an artist who didn't originally write it.

The Covers Project uses a nice drop down interface to allow you to see where you have been and where you are going in their extensive listing of cover songs. For example: Pearl Jam covered "Rockin' in the Free World" by Neil Young, who covered "Imagine" by John Lennon, who covered "I'm a Man" by Bo Diddley, and so it goes on...

There are a number of icons that link to both iTunes and Amazon for song purchasing. They get in the way of the readability of the entire thing, but I suppose you have to pay for bandwidth somehow. There also isn't an easy way to create a chain without remembering it all yourself. (At the time I discovered the site, they seemed to be making updates, so this may be available when you read this post.)

Overall, I think it is an interesting idea. Take a ride on the cover song train and see where you end up.