Music Monday: Who Did it Better?Don’t you Forget about Me – Cast Your Vote!

 

Hello All!!

Welcome to another Music Monday hosted by Drew @The Tattooed Book Geek, and my twist on it “Who Did it Better?” Where I take different versions of the same song and you get to vote on your favourite!

Last week we had a battle for

Who Did it Better? “Video Killed the Radio Star“

Buggles

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Presidents of the United States

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Walk off the Earth (Featuring Sarah Silverman)

And the Winner is……………………..

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buggles

BUGGLES!!!!

Now, for this weeks vote!

Who Did it Better? “Don’t you Forget about Me”

Wind and the Wave

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Simple Minds

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Cast your vote in the comments below! Or feel free to cast a write in vote for something different if there is a version that you like better. Join me next week to find out who the winner is!

37 thoughts on “Music Monday: Who Did it Better?Don’t you Forget about Me – Cast Your Vote!”

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    1. Isn’t it, though?? I love this song!! Simple Minds is defintitely an amazing classic. I do like the other, as well. It’s fun when a band can take a classic song and give it a completely different sound. 😊

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      9. Ha ha!! Well, I’ll see what I can do. I don’t think there will be any psychoactive drugs in it… I don’t need the cops looking for me for posting illegal substances! 😉🤣🤣

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      11. “After two of those babies, the dullest, most by-the-book Vogon will be up on the bar in stilettos, yodeling mountain shanties and swearing he’s the king of the Gray Binding Fiefdoms of Saxaquine”

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  6. Okey dokey, here we go.

    ‘The Wind and the Wave’ seems like they just added an up-tempo folksy drum track to the song. Kind of a silly cover. Maybe it is slightly charming, if I were being generous.

    I am going to give the win to ‘Simple Minds’. I like his stylish, rolled up sleeves.

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    1. I am so glad you posted that! The wind lots video isn’t available in my country (hello Canada, UK calling.. commonwealth!!! ) and I couldn’t be arsed to find it here. Obviously a wise move on my part. Sounds dreadful.

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    2. Well, I tend to like a cover that can take the song and give it a different sound. You will probably get mad at me in the future because, although I absolutely adore my classics and I love a great song. I can also appreciate an artist who can flip it on its head and do something silly with it! People who won’t even give something different a chance make me angry. I’m not saying that these artists can win against a classic by any means… But, sometimes I feel like they’re not even given a chance and just looked over BECAUSE they’re up against a classic. The point of me starting this was to introduce people to something new that they may enjoy, but most of the time I just feel like it’s “I like this version and didn’t even try something new because…”. I still enjoy putting it out there! But, I wish that others would at least keep an open mind and try something new!

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    3. P. S. It’s funny that I’M the one saying this, because I grew up on music from the 20s-60s mostly and I’m the LAST person to support anything new over a classic…. But, sometimes you need to put aside what you grew up with and look at something different.

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      1. Hi Nicole.
        Sorry I bagged on a song you love.
        I love Fraggle’s irreverent humour.
        I do try to give each version an honest chance, and then I go all ‘Lester Bangs’ on them.
        I often change my mind on which is my fave after your articles.

        I usually go for the original version of a song, but I do have a few surprising exceptions:
        – Jimi Hendrix performing ‘Hey Joe’, is NOT my favorite version.
        -The Rolling Stones performing ‘Satisfaction’ is third on my list..
        -Devo, performing ‘Uncontrollable Urge’ is NOT my favorite version.

        Your Monday morning smarty-pants pal,
        ~Icky. 🙂

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  9. I have found thru the ages that covers are rarely as good as originals. It sometimes happens that a cover can surpass the original but it isn’t that common. Simple Minds has this one by a dozen lengths.

    Here’s a suggestion for a song, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” A number of incredible versions of it out there. It would be a very tough decision for me.

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    1. Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll defintitely put it in the list! 😁
      I agree completely that a lot of the time the original will be best, but sometimes I put things out there just to introduce something new to people. I understand it won’t win, I just hope that people actually listen to it or I’ve pretty much wasted my time! 😉🤣

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