Eighties Cover Songs, Songs Beginning with U
Thanks to Warren Bakay for suggesting this page to me, I hadn't even
realized until he mentioned it, the music industry is dredging up big
hits from the last decade due to a not-so-surprising lack of imagination by
the current stars. This should of course come to no suprise to
most people, some big hits of the eighties were covers
as well ("Mickey", "Der Kommisar", "You Keep Me Hanging On" (which was remade into a
hit four times so far)). So far though, most covers have been pretty
hideous. We only list songs that are originally from the eighties and are now being made
into covers. We also only list a band if they're already well known
or the group is making a lot of radio play with the remake.
Oh and to clear up a misconception a few people out there seem to be having
about this page (and sending me very nasty letters). I have no problem with
artists who do a cover of a song in concert, or because they are just
starting out and don't have enough original material of their own for a full
set of songs. As a matter of fact, cover bands can be great fun to
go and see. All groups in modern history start out this way, I own a lot of
The Beatles albums and they were the original cover group. A lot of
early rock songs were covers of old R&B tunes. It's a fact of life.
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, Originally by
Erasure, Remade by
Ataque 77
This is a great spanish cover of this song!! If you like ska, you've got to listen to it!! The artist is from Argentina, and i love it.
, Originally by
EMF, Remade by
Thousand Foot Crutch
The remake was awesome the first time sucked big time!
, Originally by
Cyndi Lauper, Remade by
Susanna Hoffs
It is a shame but Hoffs' version is even more boring than Cyndi's.
, Originally by
Queen/ David Bowie, Remade by
My Chemical Romance
Amazing. Simply Amazing.
, Originally by
David Bowie/Queen, Remade by
My Chemical Romance/The Used
I was honestly blown away by this cover. In my opinion, it's amazing. However, I'm a big fan ofMy Chemical Romance and the Used. So I have a bias and was wondering what your opinion of it is? It is fairly new, came out some time this month. It may be a little too punk rock for a fan of the originial. Please let me know, thanks.
, Originally by
Queen, Remade by
The Blood Brothers
Unbelievable.
, Originally by
Queen and David Bowie, Remade by
The Used
awesome cover!
, Originally by
Diana Ross, Remade by
MC Lyte
Cold rock a party,and it sux!
, Originally by
Billy Joel, Remade by
Me First And My Gimme Gimmes Vs Weezer
There's a cover on the net identified weezer - uptown girl, but weezer never did that song. Thats just a misnamed file. The more often it's the cover from Me first and my gimme gimmes. It would be nice that you correct your site, thanks.
, Originally by
Billy Joel, Remade by
Westlife
Billy Joel's version is much more involved. Westlife have virtually copied this note for note which makes you wonder why they bothered.
, Originally by
Billy Joel, Remade by
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
I love these guys! They are a punk cover band and have a lot of great songs. I own five of their cds.
, Originally by
Billiy Joel, Remade by
Weezer
Although I like the original, weezer gives it that extra edge, sounds great!
, Originally by
Billy Joel, Remade by
Westlife
Westlife's Version is much more better. It's the best Cover of Uptown Girl I ever heard!!!!!
, Originally by
Billy Joel, Remade by
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
From their Have a Ball CD, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes makes another great fast paced cover of an already cool song.
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