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awardinary
post Sep 20 2016, 03:29 PM
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This thread is designed to highlight current dance trends in the world of music when it comes to heavily sampling or covering older songs, some from the 80's, but the majority from the 90's and early 00's eras (with one exeption from the 70's). It's happening on a larger scale in 2016 than ever before, and this is mainly down to the tropical house craze thats still not going away.

What are your thoughts to the following songs which have made some impact in the last 12 months, be that great or small;

Sigala – Easy Love [a cover of the 70's classic by The Jackson 5]
Felix Jaehn feat. Jasmine Thompson – Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) [a cover of the 80's hit by Chaka Khan]
Joe Stone feat. Montell Jordan – The Party (This Is How We Do It) [a cover of the 90's hit by Montell Jordan]
Philip George feat. Anton Powers – Alone No More [a cover of the 90's hit by Another Level]
99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine [a cover of the 00's hit Girl by Destiny's Child and the 90's hit The Boy Is Mine by Brandy & Monica]
Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car [a cover of the 80's hit by Tracy Chapman]
Cheat Codes x Kris Kros Amsterdam – Sex [a cover of the 90's hit Let's Talk About Sex by Salt-N-Pepa]
Cheat Codes & Dante Klein – Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) [a cover of the 00's hit by Kevin Lyttle]
Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl [a remix of the 00's single by Cookin' On 3 Burners]
Zac Samuel & Moon Willis feat. Tayá – Never Letting Go [a cover of the 90's single Never Gonna Let You Go by Tina Moore]
Gareth Maher – Ride On Time [a cover of the 80's classic by Black Box]
John Gibbons – Would I Lie To You [a cover of the 90's reggae classic by Charles & Eddie]
Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap – The Mack [a remix of the 90's hit by Mark Morrison]

There may indeed be others I omitted, but I thought of these, and as you can see there's quite a lot more than usual. huh.gif

What are your thoughts? Is it a bad idea to try and redo an older classic and give it a current sound, or is it, in most cases, actually a stroke of genius? thinking.gif


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post Sep 20 2016, 03:48 PM
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I do like a good dance remake, some of the above songs are seriously good! (I wouldn't put 'This Girl' in there though, as the original was barely known by anyone).

If the sample is too known or familiar then that does sometimes detract from it (see the endless amount of 'Ride On Time' covers and samples) but if it puts a new spin on it then that's great ('Easy Love', 'The Girl Is Mine' and 'Sex' do this particularly well)
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post Sep 20 2016, 04:00 PM
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How could you forget Show Me Love ohmy.gif laugh.gif
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QUOTE(Spandora @ Sep 20 2016, 05:00 PM) *
How could you forget Show Me Love ohmy.gif laugh.gif

"in the last 12 months"

the Show Me Love cover is a bit older than 12 months tongue.gif
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post Sep 20 2016, 08:11 PM
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'Fraid so Adam! Good shout though. smile.gif
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post Sep 21 2016, 05:48 PM
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IMHO one of the best old song remix.
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post Sep 23 2016, 11:01 AM
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The current ones are not as good as the 2004 to 2006 ones imo, because those were much more retro sounding and nostalgic. The only ones I like from your list are The Girl Is Mine and Would I Lie To You.
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post Sep 24 2016, 06:22 AM
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Added to the list;

Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap – The Mack [a remix of the 90's hit by Mark Morrison]

Although I don't think it will chart.
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post Sep 24 2016, 11:53 AM
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I hate these, they seem so lazy and I'd rather they just made a new song laugh.gif I especially begrudge The Girl Is Mine, it makes me wince that people love that and don'teven know The Boy Is Mine :/
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post Nov 2 2016, 02:41 PM
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The latest song to get a tropical house infusion;

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post Nov 2 2016, 03:40 PM
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well you seem to have been proved wrong about The Mack as that's already climbing the chart laugh.gif

quite like this new 'Why' too, a lot better than the SoundGirl (WHOOOOO) reworking of it from 5 years ago that was a big chart flop.
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post Nov 2 2016, 03:59 PM
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Isn't Sigala's "Say You Do" also a rework of some 90's Mariah song?
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post Nov 2 2016, 04:02 PM
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I think a tropical house cover of “Playing With Knives” could really work, just replace the piano with steel drums and whack Kiesza on the vocals and BOOM instant Top 75 hit right there.

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post Nov 2 2016, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE(Danvember @ Nov 2 2016, 03:40 PM) *
well you seem to have been proved wrong about The Mack as that's already climbing the chart laugh.gif

quite like this new 'Why' too, a lot better than the SoundGirl (WHOOOOO) reworking of it from 5 years ago that was a big chart flop.

I'm yet to be proven wrong! laugh.gif

What I don't really like is how someone managed to get away with entering the latter in this months BJSC as it basically is a cover of a hit single by another artist, so surely that gives that country an unfair advantage? huh.gif
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post Nov 2 2016, 05:06 PM
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Because Carly Simon’s original (#10 in 1982) is not that well known around here, especially as it was a hit long before most people (even me!) were born.

I only know it because of Glamma Kid and even that is 1999!


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post Nov 2 2016, 05:14 PM
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1982 dates me by 15 years and I'm familiar with the original! I'd say 'Why' is fairly well known*, it sometimes gets recurrent play on radio 2 as well as her other (probably more well-known) hit 'You're So Vain'.

*not known enough to warrant a veto in BJSC though!
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post Nov 2 2016, 05:49 PM
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QUOTE(awardinary @ Nov 2 2016, 04:34 PM) *
I'm yet to be proven wrong! laugh.gif

I might have to eat my own words seeing that The Mack has made it into the tracklist for Now 95! ohmy.gif
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post Nov 2 2016, 06:06 PM
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I'll express how I feel about them with emoticons

Sigala – Easy Love wub.gif
Felix Jaehn feat. Jasmine Thompson – Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) biggrin.gif
Joe Stone feat. Montell Jordan – The Party (This Is How We Do It) wub.gif wub.gif
Philip George feat. Anton Powers – Alone No More dry.gif
99 Souls feat. Destiny's Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine wub.gif
Jonas Blue feat. Dakota – Fast Car sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif (one of the worst things ever)
Cheat Codes x Kris Kros Amsterdam – Sex sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif
Cheat Codes & Dante Klein – Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) sick2.gif sick2.gif
Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl wub.gif wub.gif
Zac Samuel & Moon Willis feat. Tayá – Never Letting Go dry.gif
Gareth Maher – Ride On Time **not heard this yet**
John Gibbons – Would I Lie To You smile.gif
Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap – The Mack sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif sick2.gif
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Keep seeing these two advertised on Spotify:



(The chorus a reworking of Phil Collins - 'In The Air Tonight')



(Reworking of Tina Moore - 'Never Gonna Let You Go')
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