Is Anyone Writing New Music?
Friday, October 24, 2003
There are lots of remakes on the radio these days - Uncle Kracker and Dobie Gray?s ”Drift Away”; Sugar Ray?s remake of the Joe Jackson 1980s hit ”Is She Really Going Out With Him?”; No Doubt and the remake of ”It’s My Life” by Talk Talk; Counting Crows doing Joni Mitchell?s ”Big Yellow Taxi”. The radio is flooded with remakes. Most of them just aren?t that good ? note to Sugar Ray, don?t mess with a classic Joe Jackson song.
The worst remake I heard the other day was Barenaked Ladies doing Wham’s, ”Careless Whisper”. I like Barenaked Ladies, but this version sounds like a bad night at a karaoke bar. Leave it alone!
Let?s keep some of the remakes for the fans at your concerts, it will be fun I promise. They will cheer wildly like they really loved the song back in the day.
I have added some new lyrics ?
The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
Talk Talk - It’s My Life
Paul Van Dyk - Time of Our Lives
The Waterboys- Whole of the Moon
The Waterboys - Glastonbury Song