Cover Versions of Songs

[aquarius1984]

I can just predict Paris Hiltons next cover

Sam Fox's "touch me'
PMPL

But check this out...... I certainly have been doing LOL

Nick

 

[aquarius1984]

Steve

Found Some!!!! check my link above

 

[aquarius1984]

Strawberry Switchblade

Ive watched it 5 times so far LOL

one of my favourite songs and i cant believe i have found a video of them....

Nick

 

[carlstock]

Strawberry Switchblade?!

Nick,

We need to have a chat about that! I have a secret liking for one of their tracks from 1985!

Carl

 

[Versatronic]

Heaven my ass

I was sitting in a dentist chair today and heard a female singing Heaven with mostly just a piano as accompanyment. It was horrendous. Out of tune. They used a vocoder on her voice and every time she hit a sour note you could hear it modulate her pitch back into key. My God. I was happy to hear the dentist drill drown it out. Just horrible.

Anyway, How Soon Is Now by Love Spit Love. My Boyfriend's Back by the Raveonettes.

 

[Versatronic]

Please tell me that's a cover

That Strawberry Switchblade song is a cover, isn't it? I have a version of that in my CD collection somewhere. A much better version. Tears For Fears or someone? I can't remember.

 

[aquarius1984]

Im not sure now

Versatronic,

It was never Tears for Fears thats for sure.

This website with its wording aboout Since Yesterday implies it was definitely written for them so maybe someone covered it at a later date? glad ive not heard it LOL

Carl - Its a top chooon! Of course I would only have been 7 months old when it came out but the local radio station ("Signal 1" 102.6fm) occasionally plays it once in a blue moon, and thus everytime it comes on the radio gets turned up!

We also have another not too local but local enough radio station Century FM 105.6 fm that on a friday night has a Schooldays slot where only 80s music is played between the hours of 7pm and 1am. I make sure to tune into that sometimes.
In this slot Strawberry Switchblade is weekly requested by someone and played YAY!!!!

and also Century FM insist that for all other broadcast times, everyother song they play is from the 80's!

http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/archive/main/switchblade.html

 

[aquarius1984]

The Strawbs

There is one thing missing.....

To fully appreciate the qulity of this song I think you need a 95 Series Hottie with a chrome door and the clear programme dial, on a 40*c Non Colourfast Cotton cycle in the background.

Just to set the scene if you like...

LOL

Nick

 

[peterh770]

Phil Collins doing "Groovy Kind Of Love"
Boy George doing "I Would Give"
Bananarama doing "Venus"

 

[frigilux]

Mike---When you say 'Heaven', do you mean the Psychedelic Furs song? I noticed you referenced Love Spit Love's cover of The Smiths......

 

[carlstock]

Yay, Nick! You were right about the track – it was Since Yesterday!

I even have it on a near-perfect vinyl record of 1985 music. Now, Nick – do you know what vinyl is? ;-) Are you old enough-----? *CHOKE* Can’t breathe! Nick’s… strangling me… with cold water inlet pipe… and an empty bottle of Jon’s Bold liquid… *THUMP*

*Smacks Nick with a Miele door*

Nick, you need to enjoy that track with a Hotpoint Microtronic L.E. – we did in the 1980s! Trouble is, you would not be able to hear the track over the din of the machine, god rest its soul! ;-)

 

[aquarius1984]

slaps Carl

but not very hard.

Its pretty cool up here today and my hands have just gone numb.....

Maybe one day I will have the central heating on when Im in the house during the day. Just cant stand it. but then I usually keep busy, its only when you sit down.

Well anyway yeah, I laways thought S/S were a one hit wonder band but it seems they had some stuff out previously. although not very popular.

For the life of me I cant remeber what a Microtronic looks like but I have seen one im sure.

hehe I have a load in the Hottie now.

A good old boil at 95*c

LOL

Nick

 

[carlstock]

OUCH!

Nick, that hurt! LOL

;-)

My Miele is quiet at the moment, and Mum is reading the newspaper. I will go and check if it is going on…

“I am just going upstairs to see what’s in the laundry basket,” she says.

hehe

 

[Versatronic]

Heaven

Mr. Frigilux, no it was a cover of the Bryan Adams song. It was horrendous. Did you ever hear that cover of the Smith's song? It's on The Craft soundtrack. Whew. I have to turn it up to 10 every time I hear it. And I generally hate cover songs.

I never heard of Strawberry Switchblade, which is a stroke of fortune. Apparently that is not one of the millions of English new wave bands that had big songs in the 80s over here in the states. But I know that song. I can hear it plain as day in my head and I just can't put my finger on the artist. It's driving me crazy, actually. But it's a much much much better rendition of the song. A guy sings it.

 

[Versatronic]

Revolver

Revolver covered that song. Man, that was driving me nuts! The Revolver version is far superior, trust me.

 

[dascot]

Someone has had the bright idea for Girls Aloud to cover "I Think We're Alone Now", this is not good. I just heard it on the radio and it's rubbish... Well, maybe that was a given.

 

[aquarius1984]

Oh Dear when I hear that I will no dounbt have something to say.
That song will always be Tiffanys.

Im also going to confess to liking Tracy Ullman......

and

Adding to the Did it better Covers I also believe UB40 did Many Rivers to Cross better than Jimmy Cliff

OUCH

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

Not trying to be controversial, but...

I actually like both versions of Heaven, both the Bryan Adams and DJ Sammy one. In fact the DJ Sammy verison is one of my favourite all time songs... is one of my "happy" songs.

Jon

 

[aquarius1984]

Carl get that drainhose back out.

I can feel some strangulation coming on for a certain Bold user LOL

I had pretty much decided that Bryan Adams did it better....

Nick

 

[lavamat_jon]

True, but seeming both versions are in different genres then you really can't compare them.