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NOOOOO!! I absolutly, completly and totally hate their re-make. I think that about sums it up. They have crucified one of my all-time favourite songs :(

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On another thread, people are mentioning songs that they hate that are now stuck in their heads.  I've been humming one under my breath all day and I HATE it. >:(  >:(  >:(

The original, which I liked, was "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. 8)

The new one, sung by a very young person (not sure who, I keep wanting to say Lil' Bow Wow, but I know that is wrong) is getting alot of airplay on Nickelodeon. :-/

Not only has he changed the tune, but the words have been changed in such a major way that it's barely recognizable.  In fact I had to hear it about ten times before I was sure.

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It's L'il Romeo and some other kid.  One funny part is in the video Whoopie Goldberg plays the mom and is on screen yelling at the kid that takes the car.  You're right, shouldn't have been remade.

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Morella's Forest and No Secrets each remade Kim Wilde's "Kids In America".
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So did The Muffs, and I still swear I heard an all-male band of some sort do it during the '80's. It might've been an Oi! band, but it sounded like the male backup singers in Kim Wilde's band. I wish I could remember who this band was.

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Friends forgive me, but I have a whole collection of remakes from "Careless Whispers" by Sarah Washington and "Stand by Your Man" by Queen of Scots (Pride 1988) to Kevorkian Death Cycle doing "Never Say Never" and Battery's version of "The Chauffeur."

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Ooh! OOH!!  Sarah Washington, as in "Heaven" and "Everything"?  That Sarah Washington?   :D

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Ooh! OOH!!  Sarah Washington, as in "Heaven" and "Everything"?  That Sarah Washington?   :D
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Yup-er. I knew you wouldn't let me down, Mr. DJ. It's off the Pride 1988 (not 198 smiley in sunglasses as I formerly seem to have posted) CD put out by Centaur Records. Mama Cass' "Make Your Own Kind of Music" is on it too. Let me know if you want their phone #.

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... Okay, how about the Depeche Mode tribute CD. It had some pretty phenomenal remakes...
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I was never worried about tribute remakes.  Those are usually (but not always, I know), done with the utmost respect for the original artist's work.  I have heard covers of Beatles tunes for instance that, while not as good as the originals, still manage to convey the love and respect the cover artist has for the original work.


Also, I remember a song by Aerosmith, sometime in the late 70's or early 80's that I thought was really, really good.  It was called "Remember-(Walkin' In The Sand)."  Some years after, I heard it sung by a female singer and hated it.  Much to my chagrin, I found out her version was the original. :-[  :-[

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And how about that chick's remake of Jack and Diane by John Mellancamp....that didn't do much for me either!!
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Oh yes...Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm In Love With You"..sure, she (or whoever her WRITER is) changed all the words, but the first time I heard the song, with that oh-so-obvious  "bump--buda bum---buh-bump"  (okay, that doesn't sound exactly right, but you know the part I mean!  LOL!  ;D ) I about drove off the road! LOL!  I mean, I'm used to hearing the darned rap artists doing it, it's "expected" (nonetheless annoying, however!)...but to hear it on just a plain old pop song by ANOTHER one of those little blonde teenagers ..(okay, in truth, I don't know how old she is--but she can't be too far over 18 !)  it was almost too much to bear!  I mean, sure, I suppose it's kind of catchy--but why did she have to use THAT music??  
I'm sorry, but to a point, as bad as it may be, redoing most of the 80's songs is just WRONG to me!  :-X  But, in fairness, I suppose that every generation has thought the same thing when their generation's music starts being remade.  Sure I've heard a FEW that are tolerable--but VERY few.  Besides, when did our music become old enough to be remade anyway??  I though that was just done with old songs... ;)

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What about *A-Teen's remakes of the old ABBA songs?  I personally prefer the old ABBA songs then the new songs.
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Oh yes...they used to play that group constantly during free dance time at my daughter's dance school.  And the darned thing is, she would hear me play my ABBA Gold  cd at home and say "That's the song from my dance class!!"  She was only 4, so I guessed that she was too young to understand what the whole remake thing is all about, but I'd hate to think those poor kids could grow up thinking that remakes like that ARE the originals!  LOL!    ::)

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What about *A-Teen's remakes of the old ABBA songs?  I personally prefer the old ABBA songs then the new songs.
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In fact, as much as I do hate to burst the bubble on the greatest pop group of all time (notice I didnt say rock - The Beatles - or country - The Jayhawks) - The A*Teens' music has done, in their home country of Sweden - much better, chartwise, than the music of ABBA.

And the point that Marci made (I don't seem to be able to Reply With Quote for two or more messages, for one reason or t'other)... that makes me very annoyed when people are now singing Hey Baby by DJ Otzi, as opposed to Hey Baby by Bruce Chanel and DJ Otzi (I know there's been more versions, but these were the first and most recent)

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Also, I remember a song by Aerosmith, sometime in the late 70's or early 80's that I thought was really, really good.  It was called "Remember-(Walkin' In The Sand)."  Some years after, I heard it sung by a female singer and hated it.  Much to my chagrin, I found out her version was the original. :-[  :-[End Quote

That was by the 1960's girl group The Shangri-Las.

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I heard one today that uses a soap opera sample in the back....maybe the theme for As the World Turns or Days of our Lives.....go find your own tunes!!!
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I think you are referring to Mary J. Blige's song "No More Drama", which samples "Nadia's Theme", which is the opening music to the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

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That was Robert Palmer, believe it or not. :P  BTW, is anybody familiar with a reggae remake of The Police's "Spirits in the Material World?"

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I hate to say it but I like Marilyn Mansons version of "Sweet Dreams" better than the original by the Eurythmics.  ;)

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I hate to say it but I like Marilyn Mansons version of "Sweet Dreams" better than the original by the Eurythmics.  ;)
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I just can't imagine Brian singing that...

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Just remembered, Will Smith remake of Patrice Rushen's 80's awesome hit Forget Me Nots. The title of his remake was Men In Black.

His version absolutely SUCKED!  HORRIBLE!  Just pure CRAP!
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I liked it.  In fact, I heard the other version on 70's Saturday Night on our local station a couple of weeks ago.  COuldn't stand it in comparison, but then, Will Smith is one of the few rap artists I can stand...

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I hate to say it but I like Marilyn Mansons version of "Sweet Dreams" better than the original by the Eurythmics.  ;)
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While I can't stand Marilyn Manson, at all, this one is kinda catchy.  I heard it for the first time in the closing credits of a movie (I think it was House on Haunted Hill).  But I don't like it over the Eurythmics version.  No comparison in my mind...

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I liked it.  In fact, I heard the other version on 70's Saturday Night on our local station a couple of weeks ago.  COuldn't stand it in comparison, but then, Will Smith is one of the few rap artists I can stand...
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Indeed, despite the number of Rap and Electronica CD singles and albums I've got, I'm probably going to pull out Will Smith more than any other.

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I hate to say it but I like Marilyn Mansons version of "Sweet Dreams" better than the original by the Eurythmics.  ;)
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*gasps*  uh....no.  Manson may be a "talented" artist in his own right, but I thought he butchered this song.  

Oh.... and I liked Men In Black.....more for the dance sequence in the video.  

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While I can't stand Marilyn Manson, at all, this one is kinda catchy.  I heard it for the first time in the closing credits of a movie (I think it was House on Haunted Hill).  But I don't like it over the Eurythmics version.  No comparison in my mind...
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That was where I had first heard the song also...I don't personally care for Marilyn Manson myself.  That just isn't my type of music.  This is the only song that I like from him really.  I know it is horrible and most won't agree with me.  ;)

Oh, just thought I would share.  Would you believe that I had a hard time convincing my 9 year old daughter that Britney Spears isn't the original singer for the song "I love Rock-n-Roll".  She even refuses to listen to the original version.  

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You're KIDDING?  My daughter loves Britney Spears, but I've made sure both her and my son have had a very steady diet of 80's music, so they know what's what at least.  In fact, my son prefers my music over today's pop music...  And is starting to be able to identify Def Leppard songs just by the intro music of each one...

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Let me know if this works, my biggest fear in 10 years would be a little Britney Spears alike (or whoever is big then) running around my house. :o

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Let me know if this works, my biggest fear in 10 years would be a little Britney Spears alike (or whoever is big then) running around my house. :o
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Ah, but wasn't that what you were in the 80's with whoever you were into at the time??Think how your poor parents 'suffered 'your music then.I can kind of see your point though.I really dislike rap and hiphop and I would hate to have that blaring out all day long   :)

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Ah, but wasn't that what you were in the 80's with whoever you were into at the time??Think how your poor parents 'suffered 'your music then.
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*grin* Not in my house.  My mom is actually a fairly big fan of 80s music, and she likes Duran Duran a lot because they remind her of the Moody Blues.  

Course, I don't have any kids in my house yet, but when I do they're probably going to hear a lot more 80s music than modern music.

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Let me know if this works, my biggest fear in 10 years would be a little Britney Spears alike (or whoever is big then) running around my house. :o
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Aaaacckkkk! Is that what I have to look forward to? ???  All I have to deal with right now is explaining to my daughter why it's not ok to play "Captain Underpants" outdoors.  :o  :o

It seems my multi-colored hair stage has achieved the status of "normal" in comparison. ::)

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My daughter loves Britney Spears, but I've made sure both her and my son have had a very steady diet of 80's music, so they know what's what at least.  In fact, my son prefers my music over today's pop music...  And is starting to be able to identify Def Leppard songs just by the intro music of each one...

I'm training him well, and with luck, he won't fall to the Dark Side...
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My daughter is also into the music I play....i.e. older 70's and 80's tunes.  She absolutelyloves Juice Newton's "Angel Of The Morning" and often requests that when we're driving in the car.  Another of her favorites is The Bee Gees....whom (like many of us) she can identify when she first hears their voices!  LOL!  My son is very young right but I have no doubt that he will also follow in my taste for music!   ;D

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Ah, but wasn't that what you were in the 80's with whoever you were into at the time??Think how your poor parents 'suffered 'your music then.I can kind of see your point though.I really dislike rap and hiphop and I would hate to have that blaring out all day long   :)
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Not at my house either, my parents were just glad that I didn't listen to the stereo at top volume like my sister.  Also, I was into "hair" metal and wore jeans and tshirts.

Kat:  I hope not, my daughter is just 4 and I am still trying to convince her that clothes are a good thing. :)

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My son is very young right but I have no doubt that he will also follow in my taste for music!   ;D
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So is that a good thing or not?  :P

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I know of a song that sampled an 80s song. Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love" borrowed a riff from "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar (Mellencamp).
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I can't stand how much 'sampling' there is in music these days.  I mean, come on!  Either remake the song or come up with your own damn music for your crappy lyrics!  It pisses me off to start hearing a good tune like Jack & Diane starting up, just to suddenly hear a woman singing some totally different lyrics to it.

And as much as I liked MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This", I even felt the same about him sampling the music.  Bottom line is this:  Unless you're doing a parody, write your own damn music!

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Or a cover version, obviously. But then, there's still, in effect, got to be a different arrangement of instrumentation, I suppose.
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Well, a cover is a remake, which I already stated is OK.  But sampling is another thing entirely...

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I just heard Coal Chamber's version of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey". It's okay, I suppose, but I still prefer Peter's version way better!!!  :)
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Oh, what a shame!  That song just wouldn't be the same without Peter Gabriel's voice in it!!!  :-/

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So is that a good thing or not?  :P
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You bet it is!!!  ;)

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I can't stand how much 'sampling' there is in music these days.  I mean, come on!  Either remake the song or come up with your own damn music for your crappy lyrics!....
 
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I agree totally.  If I had a nickel for everytime I started singing the original words when a song started up, only to have it be a "sample" starting out a different song.... :P

Not only would I be wealthy, my co-workers would not think I was some kind of weirdo. :-[   ;D

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someone mentioned "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox on another thread.  insane Clown Posse remade that song recently (blah!!)
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Can I just say YUCK to insane clown posse period. :P

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Completely off-topic:

It's been a looooong time! This is one slippery penguin to catch!

Tarzan Boy

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Covers of 80's tunes that I really like...

'Smooth Criminal' - Alien Ant Farm (original: M. Jackson)
'The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead' - CrashTestDummies (original: XTC)
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I like that cover too, although as good as Ellen Reid was on this, she left out a verse.




' Kiss' - Tom Jones with Art of Noise (original: Prince)
'Train in Vain' - Annie Lennox (original: The Clash)
'Kids in America' - Len (original: Kim Wilde)

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I thought I heard Dwight Yokam do a cover of "Train in Vain" once on some college radio station. As for "Kids in America," one of my favorite versions is by The Muffs.

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I like that cover too, although as good as Ellen Reid was on this, she left out a verse.

I thought I heard Dwight Yokam do a cover of "Train in Vain" once on some college radio station. As for "Kids in America," one of my favorite versions is by The Muffs.


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'Pumpkinhead' is a great song.  I think I prefer the Dummies cover slightly over the XTC original... Ellen Reid is a hellava vocalist!  And I'm gonna have to listen to the original for the 'missing verse'.

It's hard to imagine 'train in vain' as a country song.  Lennox gave the song kind of a "R n' B" feel.

I doubt any cover will top Kim Wilde's sex appeal on "Kids in America"  but Len's version is OK.  Now I'm very curious about the Muffs.  

Thx
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I doubt any cover will top Kim Wilde's sex appeal on "Kids in America"  but Len's version is OK.  

Now I'm very curious about the Muffs.  

Thx
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Do you have the soundtrack to the 1995 movie "Clueless?" You'll find it there.


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