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Frankie Valli and Boys Town Gang with Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You;





Frankie Valli version is excellent but the Boys Town Gang version adds a bit more pep to the song but holy crap, the video is as cheesy as it gets

This song was used to great effect in The Deer Hunter

 
Another tough one with three fantastic singers, Ketty Lester, Alison Moyet and The Kin, Elvis Presley







All three versions are great and I would call it a tie but Alison Moyet wins it for me because I love Alison Moyet's work.
 
I think the Ketty Lester one does it for me. The voice control is really good and adds a uniqeness to it for me.

Never heard KL before. That's for posting it, Swizz. (y)
 
A very different interpretation of Motorhead's Ace of Spades;



Eli Paperboy Reed goes to town on his version


Aside from the lyrics, the versions are completely different. Eli injects a lot James Brown like funk into it and it is a great song but the Motorhead version stil wins it.

Which reminds me of the time Motorhead appeared on The Young Ones



RIP Rik Mayall
 
UK - In the Dead of Night

Cover by Yngwie Malmsteen.

Never been too interested in Malmsteen and so didn't have high expectations for this cover, but I thought it was fantastic. He didn't copy the solo, he did his own thing on it, but it was great. The whole band was. I have no notes.



 
Mad World by Tears for Fears





The song was adapted for the movie Donnie Darko by Gary Jules. I haven't seen the movie but the Jules version probably fits with the theme of the movie but on its own, it is not a patch on the original Tears For Fears version. If the Jules version came on the radio, I would switch station but if the Tears For Fears version came on he radio, I'd turn up the volume!!
 
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