Floy Joy – Weak in the presence of beauty
“Weak in the presence of beauty” has a strange story, for a song. This is the story of a song that someone loved, someone not, and the story of a cheat with time. Generally when we talk about covers, there are many years between a version and another.
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Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody
“I wanna dance with somebody” is a sort of sequel to “How will I know”. In fact, among all her changes, in her long and glittering career, maybe this was the Whitney I liked most. She was so light, funny,
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Jody Watley – Looking for a new love
The singer of “Looking for a new love” looked very aggressive, very engaging, and also very funky. A bit of Tina Turner and a bit of Diana Ross, a bit of Whitney and a bit of Flashdance. Jody Watley was born and raised in music,
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Midnight’s Moskow – Tovarisc Gorbaciov
“Tovarisc Gorbaciov” is an anthem to humour. The 80s were years full of humour, at moment with pure genius. So, to celebrate Workers’ Day 1987, we need to fly beyond the Iron Curtain with the genius of Midnight’s Moscow, actually pure Italians, a litle bit of Pavarotti and a little bit of Brezhnev,
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Club Nouveau – Lean on me
“Lean on me” sounds immediately familiar when we hear it for the first time. It was not so uncommon, in late 80s, to see some group coming out with a cover of a more or less famous song of the 50s or the 60s,
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Europe – Carrie
“Carrie” talks once again about space and astronauts. Maybe Europe really wanted to be space travelers. After all, their whole album is about this: the countdown, the excitement for the departure in “Rock the night”, and even the moment of fear and upset in the crying farewells of this song.
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The Cure – Why can’t I be you?
“Why cant I be you” is one of the most popular songs by The Cure and Robert Smith. I said it. In 1987 the Cure were at the top of their pop phase, and some say in the full of their maturity phase.
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Caroline Loeb – C’est la ouate
“Cest la ouate” is a piece of art. And born and grown in the world of art, in the wide sense. Caroline Loeb has been and still is a bit of everything in her life: scene designer, actress, director, writer. Always teasing with her texts,
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“Meet El presidente” reminds of important political figures, of course. A President is always some sort of mythological figure. May be the President of the United States or of a great Republic, the President of a football team or the President of a big society. The President is the President.
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