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favourite 80's cover versions ?
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 |
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Much prefer Erasure's original of Oh L'Amour, Dollar were total and utter CRAP
how about Flying Lizards - Money UB40 - Red Red Wine The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter |
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Much prefer Erasure's original of Oh L'Amour, Dollar were total and utter CRAP
how about Flying Lizards - Money UB40 - Red Red Wine The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter And Flying Lizard's version of Money was a hit in August 1979 in the UK . .. but it is a underrated classic. IMO |
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Whoops! I stand corrected, about the date of the Flying Lizards' number
Not about Dollar's shiteness - I stand by that opinion ![]() 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) |
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madness did a good cover of 'it must be love'.... but i still prefer the original
labi siffre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NV5StCLu4 |
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Sturgill Simpsons cover of The Promise by little known 80's band When in Rome shows how the same song can be SO different.
When in Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU Sturgill Simpson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eWJmN8D820 |
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'September Gurls' by the Bangles.
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Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
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Dave Stewart (not the Eurythmic) & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (a number 1, and rightly so).
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind Donna Summer - State Of Independence Good call from the OP, with Blancmange's Abba cover. |
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Am I the only one who's confused as to whether this is covers of 80's songs or Eighties covers? Assuming it's the latter..
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) |
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Paul Young - A Soldier's Things (Tom Waits song)
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) |
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Am I the only one who's confused as to whether this is covers of 80's songs or Eighties covers? Assuming it's the latter..
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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.
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Always On My Mind - PSB
It Must Be Love - Madness Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Jimmy Nail |
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Always On My Mind - PSB
It Must Be Love - Madness Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Jimmy Nail |
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Much prefer Erasure's original of Oh L'Amour, Dollar were total and utter CRAP
how about Flying Lizards - Money UB40 - Red Red Wine The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter |
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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
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Agreed 100%. With any 80's song covered by Atomic Kitten a close 2nd. But that's me getting off topic
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) |
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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) 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 |
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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 Quote:
what's your favourite cover versions of 80's songs
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
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I love to hear my most favorite singer James Otto cover that song named "Purple Rain".
![]() God bless you and him always!!! ![]() Holly |
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First 2 are pure class, but I never really liked Jimmy Nail.
Have you seen Jimmy in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet? He was brilliant in that! |
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A View To A Kill - Shirley Bassey
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I'll throw a bit of a curve ball into the mix.....
Age of Chance doing 'Kiss' (Prince). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVB4dAw6jk |
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Living in a box - living in a box
johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams |
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Not about Dollar's shiteness - I stand by that opinion 
