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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Cover version of "I got you babe"
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 22:18:48 EDT
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> 	Chryssie Hynde of the Pretenders and UB40 have released
> a new version of the Sonny and Cher classic(?) "I got you babe."
> I happen to really like the new version. It has a distinct
> reggae beat and it certainly benefits from not having Sonny's whiny
> voice singing the male lead.
> 	Some friends of mine have also heard the new version and
> really find it obnoxious. Anyone else find that this cover version
> breathes some new life into an old, pop tune?  [Sharon Badian]

Hear, hear!  It's one of the few covers I prefer to the original.  "Breathes
new life into an old tune" describes it exactly.  Who would have thought
this was a great candidate for covering?  It is fresh and original, unlike
certain covers by a Ms. Patty Andrewski (sp) aka Benatar...

(If you need yet another example of how pathetic Pat Benatar is as an
interpretive artist, compare her "cover" (i.e., exact copy) of "Helter
Skelter" with the one done by Siouxsie & the Banshees...  But I digress.)
-- 
Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen.
					Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr