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Take On Me- A-Ha

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As i am too lazy to write so i coped and pasted something for you to read from wikipedia: The Song " Take on Me " is a song by the Norwegian pop band A-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's first studio album Hunting High and Low , released in 1985. The song combines synthpop with a varied instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums. The original "Take on Me" was recorded in 1984, and took three releases to chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1985. In the United States the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1985, due in no small part to the wide exposure of its memorable and cutting-edge music video on MTV, directed by Steve Barron. The video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation called rotoscoping combined with live-action. The video won six awards, and was nominated for two others at the 19

Bizzare Love Triangle - New Order

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This song is great, like a clay, you can shape it whatever shape you like. This song is loved, beautifully covered, and even badly raped! i'll bring you the versions: beautiful version by frente Even As We Speak, Lazy Version :) Stabed by Stabbing westward Destroyed by Sennen Lovely version by 順子 Neatly covered by South Richard X Remix 1994 version- New Order Single Extended Version Brotherhood version God, i'll include my version later :))

Fell In Love With A Boy - Joss Stone

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Just figured out that the song is a cover. haha The song is from Joss Stone first album "The Soul Session", in fact, the whole album is a cover (damn!), i never really read the cassette's sleeve when i bought it almost 8 years ago in 2004. Tonight as i write this post i'm diggin few info from youtube and wiki. So, this song is White Stripes song, with duration less than 2 minutes (1:55 tobe exact), great video there but not really like the White Stripes version, love the Joss version better. here is the White Stripes version

These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra

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I just love the video man, the dancers are sexy. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released in February 1966 and hit #1 in the United States and United Kingdom Pop charts. Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial (see selected list below). Jessica Simpson made #14 in the United States in 2005 with her version based on the movie, The Dukes of Hazzard. Geri Halliwell, Jewel, and KMFDM also released covers of the song. ----- wikipedia

Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

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Below is the video of Joss Stone's cover of Son of A Preacher Man, a song first sung by Dusty Springfield as a single in 1968, later included in the album Dusty in Memphis. The song was written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. it was later covered by many singers includig Aretha Franklin, Peggy Little, Joan Osborne, Skeeter Davis, Tina Turner, Bobbie Gentry, Liza Minnelli, Jan Howard, and Nancy Wilson. Tanya Tucker and many others. The album sold only 100,000 copys in the States (a very small amount for a major artist), but later recieved a Grammy Hall Of Fame award and the album was listed among the one hundred greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone and VH1 artists, New Musical Express readers and the Channel 4 viewers polls. The single was a top ten hit in the UK America, Austria and Switzerland. The vinyl version of Dusty included in the album Dusty in Memphis cold be listened in the video below Dusty sadly succumbed to cancer on March 2, 1999. She died i

Interlude- Morrissey & Siouxsie

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Morrissey could be the King of England and let Siouxsie be the Queen. When They united, let them sing a song that the angels would surely listen. Interlude was sung by Timi Yuro in interlude sondtrack. Later in 1994, after proposed several song to be chosen, Siouxsie agreed to work on the song with Morrissey. Time is like a dream And now, for a time, you are mine Let's hold fast to the dream That tastes and sparkles like wine Who knows (who knows) If it's real Or just something we're both dreaming of What seems like an interlude now Could be the beginning of love Loving you Is a world that's strange So much more than my heart can hold Loving you Makes the whole world change Loving you, I could not grow old No, nobody knows When love will end So till then, sweet friend ... Time is like a dream And now, for a time, you are mine Let's hold fast to the dream That tastes and sparkles like wine Who knows (who knows) If it's real Or