Horrible Remakes of Disco Songs

[Bernie]

Was just listening to a CD compilation that I haven't heard in ages. One of the songs was "Kung Fu Fighting" by Patti Rothberg. Why was this even done?

Other sorry remakes includes Shreikback's cover of a KC and the Sunshine Band song (Get Down Tonight?). Sold that CD real fast!

[nrgbeat]

I always hated Pandella's version of "This Time Baby".

[Forrrce]

The Con(dom)unards' mutilation of 'Don't Leave This Way' wasn't in the least bit funny.

[BrunoRepublic]

ANY disco cover that involves Jimmy Sommerville is enough to send me screaming from the room.

[Forrrce]

Pseudo Echo's 'Funky Town' was a cover without a point.

[Forrrce]

Originally Posted by Graham_Start

ANY disco cover that involves Jimmy Sommerville is enough to send me screaming from the room.

The mere thought of him makes my brain want to shut down!

[born2disco]

Pseudo Echo's 'Funky Town' was a cover without a point.

:lol: :lol:

[K-Bee]

Some rock band made a version of Cameo's Word Up that I really didn't like a few years ago. I just can't remember the name of them :-?

[vodkatonique]

I've just read about some cover of "Cherchez la femme "by Gloria Estefan ! Anybody ever heard it ? :o

[Marcio**]

Originally Posted by vodkatonique

I've just read about some cover of "Cherchez la femme "by Gloria Estefan ! Anybody ever heard it ? :o

Hi Vodkatonique,
"Cherchez La Femme" by Gloria Estefan is just a homenage to Tommy Mottola on the "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" LP (1994) :D . Miss Gloria Estefan writes: To Tommy Mottola, I loved singing your name on Cherchez La Femme. Thank you from the bottom of my heart :D :-? :) .

[Nano]

Yes, Mr. Sommerville certainly hit a nerve! :evil: I also remember a house version of "I feel love" which was really awful, with some shrieking high-note bending with a sample-like effect ("I feel lo--o-o-o-o-o-o-o--o-o-o-o-o-ov!") at the end of the chorus... Terrible! :x Don't remember who that female singer was.

[born2disco]

I think 'I Feel Love' was a collaboration between Mr Somerville and Marc Almond and they got the lyrics wrong.

Yes, it was shite. Marc Almond hated it at the time and didn't want to do it. (It was a charity record).

Speaking of covers and Marc Almond, has anyone heard Soft Cell's 'Hendrix Medley' from 1983? It was a bonus 12" which came with an album and was a medley of three Hendrix tracks - 'Hey Joe', 'Purple Haze' and 'Voodoo Chile'. I love playing it to a die-hard Hendrix fan and observing the look of distaste appear on their face as this 10-minute synth epic unfolds.... :lol:

[BrunoRepublic]

I've heard that wretched cover of "I Feel Love" and man, was it ever baaaaad!

I have always said that if you're going to cover a song, you must either do it better than the original, present the material differently, or both. The resulting sonic holocausts from Jimmy Sommerville's shrill, whiny falsetto and anemic synth productions are so very, very far from either of those goals.

[Forrrce]

For the bloodthirsty - a colleague of mine's ex-flatmate (a kick-boxing instructor) once saw Sommerville with his minder in the Old Kent Road, one of London's "pit bull terrier and Lonsdale hoody'' areas - and quite inebriated, floored both said minder and warbling potato head!

[efunk_adelic]

Because I am forced to listen to a particular MOR radio station..... this remake comes to mind

Turn The Beat Around - Gloria Estefan...


she just doesn't have the vocal range that Vicki Sue
Robinson did.