Today, the charts are mainly consisting of cover versions (be it Techno or Rap/Hip Hop) which makes me sometimes think that music has come to an end... <img src="mad.gif" border="0">

But this is no novelty...some of the greatest hits of the 80s were actually cover versions from the 60s or 70s, like Soft Cells "Tainted Love". This is a cover version I would absolutely rate as a "good" one...vice versa, the version of Status Quo "In The Army Now" which was originally performed by Bolland&Bolland just give me the creeps.

Now...what are your favourite or most disliked cover tunes?
To draw a line, all more or less "current" tracks are taken out of this survey, e.g. DJ Pulsedrivers "Cambodia" or all Rap/HipHop basing on 80s tracks or using samples like "Rolling On Chrome" by the Aphrodelics. Otherwise, such tracks done in the 80s like Africa Bambaataas "Planet Rock" are welcome...
It´s not meant as an offense to all Techno and Black Music fans, but IMHO it doesn´t take much to knit a tune around a "classic" today.

Okay...let´s go!

Let's see, some of this is repeated from another topic I think so apologies if everyone gets a feeling of deja vu.

Favourite covers in the 80s:
Gimme Shelter - Sisters of Mercy
That's the Way (I Like It) - Dead or Alive
Ziggy Stardust and Third Uncle - Bauhaus

I can't think of any that I really didn't like - probably because I've shut them out. I'll have to think about that one.

Oh s**t...Bogie, really?
Damn...I haven´t found a similar topic when I´ve posted mine.

Sorry to all...if this is fact, I will remove it soon.

No sweat Wavemaster (how do we shorten that? Wavie or Master? <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> )

We probably switched into it half-way through another topic anyway. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Ah, found it. Check "80s Remakes" in "The 80s List". Some very interesting stuff.

<FONT COLOR="#6699cc" SIZE="1">[ July 09, 2001 10:00 AM: Message edited by: Bogie ]</font>

Do as you like... <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Good...I hate being rebuked for my stupidity *lol*