100 songs that would sound FANTASTIC if re-contextualised as cheesy Hi-NRG/Eurotrance cover versions.

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1. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill.

2. Sweet Lovin' Man - Magnetic Fields.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

3. T'Pau - China In Your Hands

― (jg) ((jg)), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

There was one-time, a load of these came out the same month.

I got one, a half hearted version of "Oh Lucky You" b/w "Wake Up Boo"

Guess it didn't catch on.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:15 (twenty years ago)

The real question is: "what songs wouldn't sound FANTASTIC if re-contextualised as cheesy Hi-NRG/Eurotrance cover versions?"

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:15 (twenty years ago)

4. strange fruit - billie holiday

5. holocaust - big star

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:16 (twenty years ago)

michael, i wrote the exact same thing you did, and then decided to think of a few.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

Mike D OTM.

JG I have a "China In Your Hands", it's good.

From personal experience -

MAGNIFICENT: "Life On Mars?", "Winds Of Change", "A Whiter Shade Of Pale", "Mr Tambourine Man" (this last one more a filter-house thing than a full cover), many others.

RUBBISH: "Smoke On The Water", though I still think this is do-able.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

I've been wondering whether VH's 'Jump' would work in this genre or not.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

no, really, everything works.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

i have a great italo-disco version of smoke on the water.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

Scott: The Stooges' 'We Will Fall' - yay or nay?

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

I've heard about 5 attempts at "Mad World" and none of them have quite worked but I don't see a reason why they shouldn't.

Also surprisingly classic - "In The Army Now".

"El Condor Pasa" by DISCOCONDOR!

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Then there's the Senor Coconut version.

Land of confusion. If that's not already been done.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

Scott: The Stooges' 'We Will Fall' - yay or nay?

Ohmigod, the gauntlet has been thrown. I'm revving up my Reason tihs weekend...

― Fish is Biodegradable! (That Means It Rots) (kate), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:24 (twenty years ago)

More classics (searching ipod here)

"Ca Plane Pour Moi" (which changes the entire tune!)
"Auld Lang Syne" (on the outer limits of toleration TBH)
"It Must Have Been Love"
"Sweet Home Alabama"

There's a weird hi-NRG/electroclash crossover version of "American Pie" which I'm never sure if I like or not.

Happy hardcore versions - "Rush Hour", "Never Ending Story", "99 Red Balloons" - all great.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:25 (twenty years ago)

"Scott: The Stooges' 'We Will Fall' - yay or nay?"

haha, it would be interesting at least. i thought of another that might not work: "Southern Man"!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

I've danced to Hi-NRG cover versions of Layla, Wonderwall and Down Under... they all worked.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

I can confirm that 'Moonlight Shadow' takes on new levels of excellence in this mode.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:29 (twenty years ago)

who does the drippy singer/songwriter solo piano version of "Mad World" that I hear on the radio? That one doesn't work either.

i think i'm just a sucker for all dance covers. even the Dutch gabber version of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" that I have.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:36 (twenty years ago)

Gary Jules.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

Wait, could "Shake Ya Ass" work?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

"Thinking of you" - The Colour Field

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:42 (twenty years ago)

Are there any good Hi-NRG medleys? I love a good medley.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

the laughing gnome would be fantastic if scooter would make it.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

Once heard at a gay bar and could barely tolerate: a Hi-NRG version of "The Trolley Song."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

"Clang, clang, clang," indeed.

A couple more:

Sergio Mendes, "Never Gonna Let You Go"

Stevie Wonder, "I Believe When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:03 (twenty years ago)

We always thought we could take over the world with a eurotrance version of "Freebird".

― myopic_void (myopic_void), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:52 (twenty years ago)

Sex Pistols 'Anarcy In The UK' (actually most of their songs could do with the amphetaBOSH treatment)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:56 (twenty years ago)

"Sweet Home Alabama"

That sounds fun.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 10 March 2006 13:57 (twenty years ago)

I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) has AMAZING bosh potential. Not as great as Total Eclipse of the Heart though (this MUST exist).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh it does.

― Raw, Uncompromising, and Noodly (noodle vague), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:02 (twenty years ago)

DC I have an "anything for love".

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:09 (twenty years ago)

You know what to do.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

more than a feeling by Boston

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

5 Nicki French Total Eclipse Of The Heart Jan 1995

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:19 (twenty years ago)

smiths - panic

― grady (grady), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

the Nicki French version of Total Eclipse isn't really bosh, it's nowhere near fast or mental enough.

― permanent revolution (cis), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

Well you try and sing "everynowandthenIgetalittlebitterrifiedandthenIseethelookinyereyes" faster than our Nik.

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

Nothing boshes quite like a big soppy ballad. Leave Right Now!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

I actually found a pile of about 15 twelve inches mostly of this variety stacked up next to the garbage cans behind my apartment building. "Bittersweet Symphony" is terrible. I might put them on eBay.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:28 (twenty years ago)

Outside a couple downloads, my only reference for this sort of thing is this comp:

http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/460/461674.jpg

about half of which I like a lot. I wonder why they wanted the cover to look like a box of Tide? Is this just a crappy knock-off of this genre or is that even possible? Track listing:

1. Heaven - DJ Sammy & Yanou/Do
2. Here Comes The Rain Again - Akyra/Maria Rubia
3. True Love Never Dies - Flip N Fill/Kelly Llorena
4. Careless Whisper - Collage
5. Separate Ways - Dee Robert
6. Tainted Love - Hi-Speed
7. Always On My Mind - DJ Quicksilver/Base Unique
8. Died In Your Arms, (I Just) - Resource
9. Don't You Want Me - Goldfinger/Paul Mahos/Kim Sozzi
10. Time After Time - Novaspace
11. Sun Always Shines On T.V., The - Mario Lopez
12. I Would Die 4 U - The Here & Now Boys
13. Talking In Your Sleep - 1AM
14. China Girl - Moogue
15. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Jan Wayne/Lena
16. Into The Groove - Blackjack

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 10 March 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

"Tonight" by Ken Laszlo. Great song, and like most Italo Disco would sound great in an Eurodance cover version.

Also, "The Visitors" by K.O.T.O.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:07 (twenty years ago)

DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:33 (twenty years ago)

amazingly i don't think i've heard the 'Total Eclipse...' one. T Ewing to thread.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

although i am probably being optimistic as well as presumptuous in thinking it may be over 160bpm as it clearly should be.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:51 (twenty years ago)

'Fuck And Run'

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

"wave of mutilation"

― Knute Rockne, All American (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

someone could easily get a minor college radio hit with a comp of Hi-NRG pixies, nirvana, white stripes & arcade fire covers

(cf Mike Flowers Pops, Senor Coconut, Diff'rent Strokes, those 90's moog & muzak comps)

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

TM Fritz Wollner Enterptrises, March 10 2006.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

swans need some sort of hi-nrg/stars on 45 medley, but i'll take an over-the-top version of God Loves America anyday!

And All Across America
The Poison Fires Glow
And In The Blood Of Our Procreation
Annihilation Grows
Yes Love Was Made For Slaves Like Us
Designed To Fetishize
Consumption, Waste And An Identity
Based On A Dying Lie
So God Forgive America
The End Of History Is Now
And God May Save The Victim
But Only The Murderer Holds Real Power
We Came Across The Seas
We'd Fill With Offal And Disgust
And Any Object Industry Required
We Bought, Enslaved, Or We Crushed
And Now Our Minds Are As Naked As The Paradise We
Stripped
And Our Reward Is Our Entropy
Our Emptiness Is Our Gift
So God Forgive America
And Every Human On This Earth
And God Forgive The Ruined Lives
And Nothing Is What It's Worth

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

I've got the Died in yr Arms one, or a happy hardcore version of same.

I don't have Nikki French, amazingly.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Good Vibrations obv.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:41 (twenty years ago)

i once did a happy hardcore version of "he ain't heavy, he's my brother" and we used it to close the end of every show when we played live.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Funny, I've been hired to produce more than one cheesy Euro cover version in my day.

But my personal vote would be:

"Every Heartbeat" - Amy Grant

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Have there been any bosh Keane covers yet?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Sex Pistols 'Anarcy In The UK'

that "black arabs" medley on Great Rock n roll swindle does the cheesy disco thing with a handful of pistols tunes ----

― reacher, Friday, 10 March 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

Have there been any bosh Keane covers yet?

I haven't got round to nicking the drums from the Jagz Kooner remix of The Charlatans 'My Beautiful Friend' and sticking them under 'Somewhere Only We Know' yet...maybe this weekend :)

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Check out (or rather 'fear') this gem.

― Herr Fahrstuhl, Friday, 10 March 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

"Wave of Mutilation" and "Where Is My Mind?" and maybe even "Gigantic" would be glorious.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

PLANET OF SOUND

― Dan (Obvious) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

either happiness is a warm gun or mull of kintyre would be great

― winter testing (winter testing), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Satan is alive and walks among us and has become a trance producer

I can't believe I thought a trance remix of We Built This City was a bad idea.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 11 March 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

does anyone want to ysi more of these?? that tambourine man tom talks about upthread is unimaginable!

― dave k, Sunday, 12 March 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

'higher' - creed

― gear (gear), Sunday, 12 March 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

"You're So Vain"-Carly Simon
"You're Gonna Miss Me"-13th Floor Elevators
A "Dark Lady"/"Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"/"Half Breed" Medley-Cher
"Joan Crawford"-Blue Oyster Cult
"Big Brother"-David Bowie

Yeah, MIchael's first post says it all, I guess.

― LaTuna Canyon (Arthur), Sunday, 12 March 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

8. Died In Your Arms, (I Just) - Resource
love it

is there jermaine stewart "we don't have to take our clothes off" ?

― retroboy, Sunday, 12 March 2006 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Baker street.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Sunday, 12 March 2006 03:27 (twenty years ago)

I want a hardcore remake of Lindsay Lohan's "Confessions of a Broken Heart".

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 12 March 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

There hasn't been a bosh Keane cover yet, but Gigi D'Agostino does a good version of "Everybody's Changing", which is a really good song sung by someone that's not Keane blokey.

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:24 (twenty years ago)

No wait, Gigi just did the remix... must track...

― edward o (edwardo), Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:25 (twenty years ago)

America- Horse With No Name

Chirping 303s in place of clangy acoustics would sound good with this one.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:32 (twenty years ago)

Neil Young - Like a Hurricane

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Sunday, 12 March 2006 06:58 (twenty years ago)

I thought I had that Mr Tambourine Man bosh lying around somewhere but it appears to have fallen down the back of the digital sofa. It's much better than you expect it to be, actually.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 12 March 2006 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Found it!

Hey Mr Mental Dutchman, play a song for me

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 12 March 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)

"Hollywood Nights" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

― Eazy (Eazy), Sunday, 12 March 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Steely Dan's entire "Gaucho" album. Some songs are fairly easy to imagine musically ("Hey 19" and "Glamour Profession," for example). I'm having a harder time figuring out what the title track would sound like, but the subject matter (homosexual cowboys -- a quarter century before "Brokeback Mountain") seems well-suited to the genre.

― John Fredland (jfredland), Monday, 13 March 2006 00:56 (twenty years ago)

Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes"

― cnwb (cnwb), Monday, 13 March 2006 01:38 (twenty years ago)

"Chelsea Girls" by Nico would make a nice degenerate disco-comedown epic, redone in sweeping Pet Shop Boys-meets-Jim Steinman, eight-minute crests-and-ebbs style...

...Or maybe not.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 13 March 2006 03:37 (twenty years ago)

COS I'VE GOT 1 2 3 4 5 SENSES WORKIN OOOOOVEERRRRTIIIIME

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

'You're So Good to Me' Beach Boys

― bham, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:38 (twenty years ago)

Thanks to this thread, I had full-on bosh-bosh versions of 'Solsbury Hill' and, um, 'In A Big Country'(!?) running through my head all day Sunday.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)

"Pass The Dutchie"?

Dis generation, rulesss de nashun...

― tommytannoy, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

"Twist In My Sobriety"
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"

― Eazy, Thursday, 20 September 2007 04:39 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

From Wonderwall to Donald, Where's Your Troosers?, there's barely a song in existence that hasn't had a Hi-NRG dance cover. But who records them – and, more importantly, why?

Credit due to this thread, for research purposes!

― mike t-diva, Friday, 26 November 2010 10:27 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIpwHS5j0lE

It's not just the song, it's the Windows Media Player default video that makes it. Our Niks looks like she's had a hard life.

― o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Monday, 29 November 2010 10:29 (fifteen years ago)

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