Many moons ago, back in the sixteenth Century, Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer released a pseudo disco record called No More Tears (Enough Is Enough). It was fabulous and was top of the charts for over eighty years.Moving on a few millennia, Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown decide to do a cover version of said classic.
It's more disco than the original and as camp as knickers.
But is it better than the original? Please, dear reader, let me know in the comments section.
I believe it is better. A million times better...
The thunderous, pulsing disco would have anyone believe the up-coming lyrics are going to be trite and uttered with no meaning or feeling whatsoever. Personally, I believe Kym and Jocelyn sing it with more heart-felt emotion than Babs and Donna ever did. And that's realy the crux of it, why it's better.
You can just picture Kym giving Jocelyn a high five in the studio when they were done and saying, "Men!"
Dealing with the negative, I always felt that Babs did this record, using modern-street talk, to give herself street-cred. I don't think it worked. I don't think anyone actually laughed at her, but, I'm sure, no-one took it seriously, especially as it was a one off. I know Guilty was pop, but it wasn't disco.
Did Donna feel used?
Are there other cover version that are better than the original? Sure! Some that spring to mind:
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You - Boystown Gang
Everlasting Love - Sandra
Everlasting Love - Gloria Estefan
Losing My Mind - Liza Minnelli
That Ol' Devil Called Love - Alison Moyet
Can you think of any others?
bugger... I've just searched iTunes for the Kym and Jocelyn version and can't find it! I really want to hear it now
ReplyDeleteI'll email it to you. I have that Dannii thing you were looking for, too, somewhere, but can't find it!
ReplyDeleteOMG - I can remember being a little girl and begging my parents for that Streisand & Summer record, which I did get and still have somewhere in my collection... I love their version, but I haven't heard Kym & Jocelyn's yet. Will have to do a search and give it a try. :)
ReplyDeletenobody out does Babs. nobody.
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ReplyDeleteI suspect this is my age talking, but I don't know ANY of those songs, let alone their cover versions.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I went to the same school as Alison Moyet but she's an oldie too and was gone before I started there.
i didn't delete that comment, it wasn't me! I'm SO over that childish behaviour now!
ReplyDeletedid you email it yet? haven't received nuffink
ReplyDeleteThat was me - the comments thingie seems to be screwing around - poor Blogger is swamped of late, and I was getting error messages all over the place!
ReplyDeleteEr, I mean, Alan made a dirty post so I deleted it. Bad Alan.
do you want to spank me?
ReplyDeleteminge, can you email me that song from "Priscilla"... the opening number (forgot what it's called) do you know the one I'm talking about? It's where she's singing about having to get an abortion.
ReplyDeleteNot overly but thanks anyway - the armpit of Russia is a bit of a walk from here!
ReplyDeleteFor all your downloading needs, use LimeWire. If you don't know the song, go to Amazon, check the CD track list, and download from there :)
ReplyDeleteI'd rather minge emailed it to me, for two reasons:
ReplyDeletea) I'm lazy
b) I'm cheap
So telling you limewire is free would be..... bad?
ReplyDeleteI'm now going out for dinner, so you boys will have to play with yourselves.
ReplyDeleteLike that's a chore ;)
wow... limewire is, like, kewl!
ReplyDelete(how annoying is that sentence?)
I've downloaded it and I like what I see... way easier to use than WinMX (when it existed). Thanks, Dan!
I use Acquisition because I'm an awkward bastard with an iMac.
ReplyDeleteSee, Limewire kicks arse. Or ass, if you want to be Yankified. I got the entire Season 2 of Lost from Limewire over the course of a few days.
ReplyDeleteBack to dinner :D
I'm afraid to download things in case I get caught.
ReplyDeleteWell there is that - but I'm pushing 2000 mp3s, over a dozen movies, the entire Lost Season 2...
ReplyDeleteOf course, I don't share my stuff - I'm a selfish bar steward that downloads and moves it so others can't download it ;)
is Barbra Streisand still alive?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/
ReplyDeleteBabs will live for ever!
ReplyDeletenothing to add to this... I just wanted to make it up to 25 comments.
ReplyDeleteYay! But now it's 26!
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