Have you ever heard a good cover of an AV song ?

[poul e]

Maybe it´s just me, but I have as of yet never heard a good cover of an Alphaville song! DJ Space, Karel Gott and Guano Apes is not worth anything in my opinion. Maybe it´s because I see it as some kind of "blasphemy" if someone dare to cover a song by Alphaville. If they decide to do it, the version has to be extremely good. But anyway I doubt anyone can make an Alphaville song better than AV!!!

[Adiville]

you're right poul,
this exactly why there will never be a good cover version to alphaville - because they are the best !!!
:-)
Adi.

@ville - forever and ever.

[joachim]

quote:
Maybe it´s just me, but I have as of yet never heard a good cover of an Alphaville song! DJ Space, Karel Gott and Guano Apes is not worth anything in my opinion. Maybe it´s because I see it as some kind of "blasphemy" if someone dare to cover a song by Alphaville. If they decide to do it, the version has to be extremely good. But anyway I doubt anyone can make an Alphaville song better than AV!!!

[joachim]

Think i made som mistake...Infact I have heard a good coverversion of an alphaville song. It´s a swedish band called "artwork". They are really big here in Sweden.

[poul e]

Ha ha Joachim (of Artwork)

Good one!

I look very much forward to hearing "We heard the call" and hope that I afterwards can change my opinion. I´m sure that all of you have tried to do the covers in the "AV spirit".

[joachim]

You did understand my joke :-) I hope and believe you will enjoy "we heard the call". Sad you wont join to Hamburg...

[poul e]

I´ll try to be there for a chat some time during the evening.

And Joachim, I really like the sound of the 2 Artwork songs that I have downloaded. Will there be more? Perhaps full versions?

[FallenAngel]

Wow, last post was made in 2000.

I have heard a lot of AV covers, in the best case it was 'nice song' but never better than the real stuff.... Maybe AV should made the covers themself... [smile2]

[poul e]

"Japan is weit" by Sandra is probably my favourite AV cover.

[FallenAngel]

True, that is a very good cover. One of the few...

[Krapplund]

But you haven´t heard my drunk version of AVOL [wink][laugh][laugh]....or maybe you have?

[FallenAngel]

Hmmm... I think I have heard it once.... Maybe I was to drunk to remember it?[laugh]

[Trond]

I think both Laura Branigans and Tiffanys version of Forever Young is amazing.

[Avil]

Youth Group's cover of Forever Young is really, really, REALLY good.

[wii]

My favorite is Laura Branigan Forever Young - she was so beautiful and she sang it so well, I still miss her....

[jetset]

I love Randy Bush's voice on SLAM, and some tracks from We Heard The Call are very, very good, like Moonbeam, Go! or Antilles.

[russharvey]

I have always liked the B-Charme cover of Forever Young. There are a few others but I don't remember them at the moment.

An interesting, technically good but not emotionally good cover is the Marshall and Alexander cover of The Impossible Dream.

[Trond]

I miss Laura B too

[MalilaM]

But you haven´t heard my drunk version of AVOL [wink][laugh][laugh]....or maybe you have?


I also remember having heard sometime Willy and someone else's version of FY. [smile2]

[Foolship1077]

When it comes to FY covers, Branigan could not be beat.

One thing, though. I wish I could have caught who had redone it recently. There was an ad for a series of shows on E!--one of our cable networks--and another band covered it for the occasion. And a fine time it was for me not to have my glasses on so I could see it...

Maybe I'd better do a search. Excuse me a moment...

[russharvey]

That was probably the Australian band Youth Group who took the cover to Number 1 in Australia - though I could be mistaken. Its probably the cover that has done the best and it was the most recent that I have heard.

[Foolship1077]

^ Eh, maybe. I'd never really heard YG's version, so I'd believe it.

[*ariAna*]

I've never heard a convincing cover of Alphaville and that's due to Marian's voice which simply cannot be topped.

[Pandora]

Hello everybody, I'm the new one :)

Actually I don't like covers. I even didn't like an AV cover, BUT... there is this one remix which is really mind-blowing.

I'm talking about the Victory of Love 2players remix by Sebastian Komor.
God, I'm truly loving it, although I don't like techno at all! But this remix is different... I like the rhythm and the fact he kept the original song and Marian's voice.

I have a question... does anybody know where I can listen to the song on the net? I don't want to download it, I just want to listen to it online and show some friends... they have samples on amazon but only short snips, 30 seconds, you know!

Anyway, this seems to be a nice board... think I'll stay a little bit :)

[Krapplund]

Take a look at my homepage [wink]

[jetset]

Peter, the new design is really, really excellent. I love it.

[russharvey]

I still maintain that a good rock band should cover the song Days Full of Wonder.....

[lorenzo]

hello fans and greetings, one specially to wii for give me the opportunity to participate of this forum. Well , i think that the best cover version of one song of alphaville is the version of big in japan , in the voice of SANDRA CRETU , is wonderfull listen to her , for me is the best singer of the last 20 years and your voice is very sweet . I have a lot of songs of her and i listen your songs all days like alphaville. they are the best apportation of germany to the music. Greetings and good luck to all.[smile]

[Adiville]

Sandra's version is also my fave BIJ cover (not remix) [beer]

[jetset]

Crossing topics, the worst AV cover I heard so far is Peter's [drink] [smile2]
http://www.alphaville.org/showthread.php?t=2205&page=3

[FallenAngel]

mmmmmmm..... Peter's version bad??? No way! Very original!! [laugh]

[Krapplund]

[laugh] So you think it´s a bad cover???

Ohhhh....i did put so mutch spirit and work into it to get it good [wink]

[*ariAna*]

i did put so mutch spirit and work into it to get it good [wink]
Seems to be a false friend from Swedish: don't you mean you put so much sprit into it? [wink][smile2]

[russharvey]

no I think he meant spirits.... as in alcohol or in Peter's case...... BEER!

[*ariAna*]

So we meant the same [smile] : Sprit is the colloquial term for alcohol. [drink]

[russharvey]

hehe...... yes we did!

[FallenAngel]

Getting drunk is the same in every language... It sounds like a drunk..... [laugh]

[Krapplund]

That´s the question now again [wink]

[Mateusz]

Dune & Session London Orchestra - FY

[babble]

That´s the question now again [wink]

Yeah, I know what you mean [wink]

Now we do have two more great covers! Chinese Theatre has made an absolutely wonderful job with the covers of SLAM and UNIDAD! Cheers! [smile]

[TheBlue]

Yeah, I know what you mean [wink]

Now we do have two more great covers! Chinese Theatre has made an absolutely wonderful job with the covers of SLAM and UNIDAD! Cheers! [smile]

I was just about to say the same! [tonque] awesome!

Laura Branigan is good, Youth group sucks hard! Youth groups version kinda rapes whole forever young in my opinion. Okay, maybe that was little strong expression, but anyway.

[Mateusz]

I was writting in this topic, but now I will show my COVERS-LIST:
- Laura Branigan - ''Forever Young''
- Dune & London Session Orchestra - ''Forever Young''
- Sandra - ''Japan Ist Weit'' (''Big In Japan'')
- Chinese Theatre - ''Universal Daddy'' (2 versions)
- Chinese Theatre - ''Sounds Like A Melody'' (2 versions)
- Artwork - ''Point Of Know Return''
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and... not covers... but original tracks:

- Furniture - ''One Step Behind You'' (it's cool... from Marian too)
- The Headboys - "The Shape Of Things To Come''

...i don't know more good... so i didn't write about there ;

[Mateusz]

i lost the one:
Antilles - ''Big In Japan''

[Mateusz]

end.. i very like the background from Artwork - ''Life Is King''.. Vocal is good but to silent ;)

[Leningrad]

how many versions/covers of slam are there??