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Manchester based original indie band Random White:
https://www.facebook.com/RandomWhite
https://twitter.com/randomwhite1
Treat the original just like any other song -- check to see that it works or not with the punters -- don't get emotionally attached to any song.
Your audience will let you know if it's any good. If it's a hit with them, you win. If not, it probably has to go. (Unless you don't mind alienating your audience which, to be fair, many bands don't give a shit about.)
I saw a covers band a month ago who were new to the circuit but they were of a certain age and could obviously play. In the break I got chatting and they'd been an originals band for years and years, toured all over but never made it (I heard the standard, "We came so close" story too). Think of a version of "Anvil." After decades of this they decided to do the covers thing and see if they could get regular work, and they loved playing live, and earn a bit of lunch money too.
In the second set they added in a few of their original songs:
1) It was really quite interesting to see these guys totally come to life -- they were rocking out on these songs and loving it. They were a good covers band and had the banter and the chops but THIS is clearly what they loved.
2) The songs were instantly forgettable. They just were not that well written. (Harsh but true.) My only interest in them was seeing how much they loved playing them.