Post by Dawn on Feb 23, 2009 11:54:06 GMT -5
Eh. (this is only slightly better than a "meh"
See You in September - Happenings 3.1
I used to hate this cover, and was partial to the original by The Tempos. It was a '50s college preppie sound similar to The Lettermen, Four Preps or Four Lads. I found the Happenings version irreverant and totally unfitting to the song's "message." But this became one of the few songs where "heard it first" got overturned. The Happenings version has become the definitive version, and now I consider the Tempos version much too draggy. What do you think?
Emotion - Samantha Sang (4.1)
Close to 500 territory. Written by The Bee Gees and backed up vocally by Barry Gibbs gives this at least 0.5 extra.
I Missed Again - Phil Collins 3.0
I agree that the horns are great, but Phil Collins is still singing it.
Funky Broadway - Wilson Pickett 2.8
Not my favorite by him
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - George Harrison 3.6
This is a good one, but I like other George songs a lot better. A little to preachy for me.
Mony Mony - Billy Idol 1.7
Billy Idol was never a favorite. The original Mony Mony is a great song. I don't want to listen to this version.
You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore 3.7
Lesley was showing that she was starting to grow up here. She was cute also. (Too bad she "plays for the other team."
)Come Sail Away - Styx 3.5
Eric Cartman's favorite song!
Live to Tell - Madonna 4.2
I guess I wasn't listening to music enough in '86 to get tired of this. It's one of her better ones.
We Can Work It Out - Beatles 3.9
It's the Beatles; how bad can it be?
To Know Him, is to Love Him - Teddy Bears 3.1
A little too bland for my taste. - But how many of you know that one member of this trio was none other than -- Phil Spector!!
Sara - Fleetwood Mac 3.7
Good one.
Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood 3.3
Interesting little factoid here. A lot of one or two hit wonders follow up their original hit with a song that sounds exactly like the first, and the second one goes nowhere. Brenton had a minor hit called "The Oogum Boogum Song" (peaked at #34). Gimme Little Sign was the sound-alike follow up, and it made #9. Go figure.
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 3.5
Good song that gets hit by the "Preach Factor"
I agree with you that the Tempos' version is draggy compared to the remake. I like the arrangement of the Happenings' version better, too.
I'd been thinking that Gimme Little Sign had been released first, but you are correct, it followed Oogum Boogum. Wonder why that one didn't catch on as well as Gimme Little Sign? As you said, usually the first single is the more successful of the two.
