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February 04, 2007

COVER ME PART II

Many of you emailed to let me know you liked the playlist of cover versions I posted last month so I put together another one. Just more of the same -- R&B/Soul versions of classic songs you can sing along to. I suppose that, since they're all love songs, this is one for Valentine's Day as well. (For this reason I didn't include Nouvelle Vague's remake of Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To F**k" -- oh well, for another day, I guess.)

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Hello It's Me - Groove Theory
(Sweetest) Tabou - Les Nubians
Lovin' You - Shanice
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - S-Connection
Free/Sail On - Chanté Moore
If I Ever Lose This Heaven - Will Downing
Your Love Is King - Will Young
Until You Come Back To Me - Hil St. Soul
If This World Were Mine - Grenique & Tony Rich
Wishing On A Star - Maysa

Posted at 05:52 PM in Music |

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Jeg

Nice.
You should also listen to Paul Weller's version of Wishing on a Star. I figure you'd get a kick out of hearing a guy doing the pleading. :-D

Posted by: Jeg | February 04, 2007 at 07:31 PM

Gigi

Hi Jeg - Yes, I actually have heard it -- in fact I featured the exact song in my "Soundtrack" sideblog same time last year! And you're right -- I did get a kick out of hearing a guy do all that fervent pleading. :)

Posted by: Gigi | February 04, 2007 at 08:10 PM

K

I kinda dig "Until You Come Back To Me". I have few versions from Basia, Katharine McPhee & Phil-Am's Camile Velasco.

Nice lists as always Gigi.

Posted by: K | February 05, 2007 at 10:08 AM

Gigi

Thanks K! Gung Hay Fat Choy (just in case I forget to greet you then) by the way.

Posted by: Gigi | February 07, 2007 at 11:30 PM

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    I don't have to understand Korean to love this song, although I think it's about a person who was in a rocky relationship that ended but still feels deeply for her former lover and is feeling lonely tonight. "You're like a little star that's far away from me and keeps disappearing." I suppose the title -- Pluto used to be known as the ninth planet from the sun but now isn't even considered one -- might provide a bit more context to the song's meaning. Spotify
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