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UNDERCOVER - Various
A collection like this was an inevitability. Many younger people who don't
really find it necessary to discover older music often think some of the
songs they hear are originals when in fact they were sampled, stolen and
covered, not always offering up an improvement. This collection contains
22 modern dance cover versions of classic songs as well as the not so
distant past. DJ Sammy has used many a sample of popular songs,
but here his version of The Mamas & The Papas California Dreaming
allows a whole new generation to experience at least part of the original's
greatness. 89ers do Lord Creator's Kingston Town (also covered
by UB40). Milk Inc. takes on A-Ha's The Sun Always
Shines On TV while B80 tries Video Killed The Radio Star.
C+C Music Factory's Make U Sweat is remodeled by Oliver
Moldan who retains a lot of its original flavour. A movie related tune
comes from Murphy Brown vs. Captain Hollywood with Harold Faltermeyer's
Axel F, used in Beverly Hills Cop. Club Robbers mutilate
The White Stripes while K-Line is hard pressed to improve
upon Deee-Lite's Groove Is In The Heart, as is the case
with DJ Alligator (& Dr Alban) with I Like To Move It.
Other covers come from ATB (Seal), R&M, The Party
Boys, Wakkos (Michael Jackson) and Boogie Pimps
who steal a drug drenched speech from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
with the Jefferson Starship tune Somebody To Love - a downer
as opposed to the drugs listed!
2 / C
- PB
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