favourite 80's cover versions ?
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what's your favourite cover versions of 80's songs ? right now i'm loving
Blancmange - The Day Before You Came
Dollar - Oh L'amour
Together In Electric Dreams - Kish Mauve
Blancmange - The Day Before You Came
Dollar - Oh L'amour
Together In Electric Dreams - Kish Mauve
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how about
Flying Lizards - Money
UB40 - Red Red Wine
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Oh i gotta disagree about Dollar !
And Flying Lizard's version of Money was a hit in August 1979 in the UK . .. but it is a underrated classic. IMO
Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth was a cover of a reggae song song originally called Pass The Kutchie (meaning a joint) changed to Pass the Dutchie (meaning a cooking pot)
labi siffre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NV5StCLu4
When in Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU
Sturgill Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eWJmN8D820
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Donna Summer - State Of Independence
Good call from the OP, with Blancmange's Abba cover.
Grace Jones - Pars (Jacques Higelin)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Gloria Jones)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (Beatles)
Blondie - The Tide Is High (The Paragons)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Surfin' USA
Kirsty MacColl - A New England (Billy Bragg song)
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind (a bit of a cheeky inclusion. Originally appeared on the Station To Station album in '76 but was released as a single in '81)
I'm confused as well. I think it's covers of 80s songs as the OP has mentioned Kish Mauve (who I had to google as I've never heard of them) and they were formed in 2005 which would suggest it's covers of 80s songs.
Ok .. it was supposed to be covers of 80's songs .. but the first 2 i picked were 80s songs covered in the 80s ... was i trying to be too clever !?
It Must Be Love - Madness
Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Jimmy Nail
First 2 are pure class, but I never really liked Jimmy Nail.
IMO, a contestant for worst cover version of all time. They absolutely butchered the song and ripped the heart and soul out of a song that was absolute perfection in it's original form. Replacing Teddys beautiful soulful vocal masterclass with Jimmys high-pitched caterwauling shouldn't have been allowed
Agreed 100%. With any 80's song covered by Atomic Kitten a close 2nd. But that's me getting off topic
But you're not going off topic as the thread is about covers of 80s songs (see post numbers 12 & 13)
Regarding Atomic Kittens atrocious 80s covers. Out of: -
The Tide Is High
Ladies Night
Eternal Flame
Eternal Flame was marginally the best (but not better than the original)
I thought it was about cover versions that were done in the 80's (as the Don't leave me this way cover was)
Probably agree with your order of Atomic Kitten's covers. Their version of Eternal Flame is still quite moving but not to the same effect as the original
The OP says
So your AK ones fit whereas Don't Leave Me This Way is the one that is off topic. But then it's DSn going off topic is the order of the day
God bless you and him always!!!
Holly
Aw!
Have you seen Jimmy in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet?
He was brilliant in that!
Age of Chance doing 'Kiss' (Prince).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVB4dAw6jk
johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams
as far as I know neither of these are cover versions