"Car Wash" covered

[Marcio**]

Another disco classic - now "Car Wash" sung by group Rose Royce - is covered by Christina Aguilera:


"The song Car Wash, which Christina Aguilera worked on with producer Missy Elliott is sheduled to be released to radio station nation wide sometime in August, with a video to accompany it not long after it hits radio station. The song is slated to apear on the Shake Tale soundtrack as well Christina new album"



from Cristinazone.com






X-Tina in brunette






X-Tina in blonde



:D

[Bernie]

Well, we had Gloria Estefan do a bad cover of Vicki Sue Robinson's "Turn the Beat Around" and Madonna commit the biggest act of sacrilege by covering Don McLean's "American Pie" so this doesn't surprise me that much.

[DiscoMan]

The state of the music industry is one collective TURD.
So I'm not surprised.

They can't write their own music, record companies marketing "wizards" don't give a shit about talent (Christina can "sing" so...) so when you can't write a song the next best thing to do is to steal an old song. Again the modern pop music scene is almost totally devoid of talent.

On the other hand; " R. Kelly's new "Happy People" is a great Hustle song. :D

[judydoggie]

I'll start by qualifying that I haven't much experience with the music of Ms. Aguilera. I have, however, been entertained by some of Ms. Elliott's work, however repulsive and counter-productive her nickname "misdemeanor" may be. I guess I'll just have to get a peek at the movie the tune's being used in.

The Rose Royce edition, a great, old-school, beginnings-of-funk-disco tune (with a very, very good female lead) was an innocent, enjoyable romp as cheesy but as sincere as the movie from which it came. It seems that there was a common thread that tied together a lot of disco from the mid-'70s: "I'm workin' hard and as soon as I finish my day's work I'm going to get changed and go see my girl (or get a girl) at the disco, have a drink and relax." An anthem I find supports the work ethic, and is certainly harmless, in light of some of the music that's being aimed at the same demographic these days ("ha-ha, you fool, that McJob ain't going to get you all the bling-bling and the cars and the girls [the subliminal message being, "become a gang-banger and go out and sell drugs"])

On a more optimistic note, as an amateur student of the cycles of popular culture and style, it appears to me as if this might just be the tip of a retro iceberg that could prove to be very very interesting and quite enjoyable for us disco enthusiasts.

I just fear that serious, serious disco purists will be nauseated by what the modern music biz does to the great, old, small-label disco hits. (Refer to the two images of Ms. Aguilera provided for our reference above; and then try to imagine her dressed like that, mincing carefully around in a pair of the latest strappy Manolo Blahniks, singing the the female vocal tag to the tune's bridge: "fill-up and ya don't have to pa-ay" as the L.A. heat bakes what little bits of the pavement aren't covered with filthy, foamy effluent from soiled cars, or worse, motor oil or some other sort of automotive by-product.)

As an avid jazz fan also, occasionally a new singer will take on a very, very difficult song and drown in it, instead of just doing it straight. Just like Rod Stewart's recent effort at doing an album of standards -- nice try but off by a bit. He will no more be a jazz singer than Eartha Kitt will be a rocker.

Whilst on the subject -- an approximately four-minute lesson in how to cover a song perfectly is contained in Aretha Franklin's Atlantic album Hey Now Hey and re-issued in the must-have "Musical Autobiography of Quincy Jones" Rhino 4-CD Box Set. It's "Somewhere," music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (from the musical production "West Side Story"; Aretha's version arranged and produced by Quincy Jones. This tune was screamed by Streisand in "The Broadway Album," tittered by Lady Kiri Te Kanawa operatically with the New York Philharmonic, and done by artists as diverse as Andy Williams, Lou Rawls, and the Supremes (according to ASCAP, 44 different artists beside the ones who performed it on Broadway and in the movies). Of all of these artists, many of them with far more gold and platinum albums than Ms. Franklin, Aretha's was composer Bernstein's favorite.

The liner notes describe Q meeting with Bernstein in New York and putting on the recording in a studio and Bernstein weeping openly during and after the playback, so moved was he that the artist was so "in synch" with his meaning.

Now, let's see what the younglings have in store for us when it comes to the music that we cut our teeth on, grew on and, at least in my case, means so much more than just music but the soundtrack to a coming of age.

[K-Bee]

Another disco classic - now "Car Wash" sung by group Rose Royce - is covered by Christina Aguilera:

Oh my.....yet another classic is gonna be murdered by oversinging then! :x

[efunk_adelic]

I haven't heard the version yet.... could you get any worse than covering LADY MARMALADE ???? :roll:

[DiscoMan]

Mya's version of "Lady Marmalade" is fucking terrible!
When I go out that's all I hear. Makes me want to bitch slap the DJ for being ignorant.

Mya can't even wash Ms. LaBelle's panties.

[neonlights]

Originally Posted by K-Bee

Oh my.....yet another classic is gonna be murdered by oversinging then! :x

uh huh.. I think i'm gonna puke when I hear Christina murder this one with her oversinging ass.. not to mention having Missy on there rapping and namechecking every other second.. god I can just hear it now.. :x :roll:

[Videoskooter]

Originally Posted by efunk_adelic

I haven't heard the version yet.... could you get any worse than covering LADY MARMALADE ???? :roll:

And that's the truth! The only more or less "acceptable" version was from All Saints thought even that one wasn't very good.

I'm sorry but I'm rarely impressed by a cover from a classic hit. It usually is irritating me!

What's the matter with some artists (or recordfirms) nowadays? Aren't they able to write decent songs anymore? Recycling is a must but does it have to be done with music? George Michael is doing the same thing and that guy has such a beautiful voice and has written so many good songs. Why?

Britney is doing "My prerogative". I haven't heard it yet but I'm no that convinced it will be a good version.

"Car wash" is a classic, a perfect one. Bring the original version on the market but don't destroy it by making a quick-easy-selling "unit" please!

[efunk_adelic]

[quote="neonlights"]

Originally Posted by K-Bee

Oh my.....yet another classic is gonna be murdered by oversinging then! :x

you couldn't have stated that better..... that's what I mean... bitch...!!!!! shut the hell and sing for christ sakes..... :roll:

[DiscoMan]

The music industry has no fucking talent!
That's why they pull this shit!
If you can't write something new then fuck up something old!

[Studio74]

Another Classic Disco Song murdered...And it angers me a bit when i go to nightclubs and instead of playing the originals they play these horrible cover versions...Shame on you music biz fatcats.I think there still are a lot talented people in the music biz,but the big corporates don´t let them shine...

[Marcio**]

Christina in black



I didn't listen to new "Car Wash" version by Christina Aguilera, but I also think she destroyed the original version :evil: .

[K-Bee]

This thread suddenly made me fear something. This christina version isn't gonna be part of a Car Wash movie remake is it?
I checked IMDB but thankfully there's no info about a remake. However, I could imagine how it would turn out: All hip hop cast and with Martin Lawrence taking the part Richard Pryor had. The pointer sisters would probably be replaced by Destiny's Child too! :x

Here's hoping they'll never make that one.

[QUINNY]

I dunno, I reckon it could be fun.

I watched Saturday Night Fever the other night and couldn't fully understand how it ever spawned such a huge following. If we're being honest, it weren't exactly a true masterpiece, were it?

I've rather enjoyed the remake of Lady Marmalade and even Turn The Beat Around. At least the latter brought that great, relatively unknown disco toon, to a hell of a lot more people's attention. I still have the originals if I wanna listen to 'em.