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    Adamski vs Seal's version of Killer

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6j40DtZP4

    the video alone is an awesome find. its interesting to see how the original Adamski version is different from Seal's version on Seal(I).

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    Quote Originally Posted by xtristessax
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt6j40DtZP4

    the video alone is an awesome find. its interesting to see how the original Adamski version is different from Seal's version on Seal(I).
    Considering that Seal's lyrics rarely make a whole lot of sense to me anyway, I don't really notice much difference the two versions. However, it did explain something; I have a CD of George Michael at some benefit (Five Live, I think) where he performed some kind of amalgam of Killer and Papa Was a Rolling Stone. Before I knew about Adamski's Killer, I wondered why George Michael changed the words.
    I found a hi-quality version of the Adamski video a couple of years ago. I'm sure that I have it around here somewhere. Would you like to have it?
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    sure!

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    Alright, when I get a chance, I'll look for it.
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    Personally I was done when Alanis covered "Crazy" That was one of my favorites.
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    i hated alanis' cover of crazy. some songs you just can't transpose because it changes the mood. PLUS alanis and her yodeling vocals!

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    Quote Originally Posted by xtristessax
    i hated alanis' cover of crazy. some songs you just can't transpose because it changes the mood. PLUS alanis and her yodeling vocals!
    Seeing as how I'm a huge fan of Seal, combined with the fact that I don't even like it when Alanis does her own songs-- I know I would really hate to hear her cover the one song that instantly got me hooked on Seal's music way back in my college days.

    Speaking of crazy, did anyone hear Nelly Furtado's cover of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy?

    I like some of Nelly Furtado's songs, but the Crazy cover was just plain horrible. I haven't heard a song so thoroughly drained of its vitality since Pat Boone covered Tutti Frutti.
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    these are the times in which I wish I had working computer speakers...

    generally speaking I hate all remakes of songs, but there are some exceptions. Alanis's was not an exception. Crazy is awesome so I am forcefully abstaining from Nelly Furtado's version (she is someone I like a lot - but she looks trashy in that last video and I don't like the song and I know she probably f'ed up crazy...).

    About adamski's version, I am not sure, but I doubt if I would like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by justafan
    About adamski's version, I am not sure, but I doubt if I would like it.
    If you like the one on the Seal album, you'll like the Adamski version; they are, for all intents and purposes, the exact same song.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeljak
    I like some of Nelly Furtado's songs, but the Crazy cover was just plain horrible. I haven't heard a song so thoroughly drained of its vitality since Pat Boone covered Tutti Frutti.
    Oh, yeah-- and James Taylor's version of Marvin Gaye's How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You.
    It doesn't get much duller than that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeljak
    Seeing as how I'm a huge fan of Seal...
    Same here! I was really mad that I missed his show in Santa Barbara, but I had to work.

    Quote Originally Posted by justafan
    ...generally speaking I hate all remakes of songs, but there are some exceptions...
    P.M. Dawn being one of those exceptions, right?!
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    P.M. Dawn being one of those exceptions, right?!
    obv... but there is a caveat... What is a remix? To me its when you know of a song and someone else performs it in a different way. Well if PM Dawn samples songs and does remixes or previously made songs and I have never heard the song before then to me it isn't a remix, its a new creation (with no baggage associated with it - which is one of the reasons remixes don't usually sit well with me).

    It's crazy how many PM Dawn fans are seal fans...

    It's like the IQ test question...

    If all seal fans are PM Dawn fans
    And half the PM Dawn fans are manic depressants
    Then how many Seal fans are "manic depressant"(A seal song - a remix in fact - one that I like, lol)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeljak
    Oh, yeah-- and James Taylor's version of Marvin Gaye's How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You.
    It doesn't get much duller than that.
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    If you like the one on the Seal album, you'll like the Adamski version; they are, for all intents and purposes, the exact same song.
    What was the purpose of the remake then? I am confused on that... I have to listen to the song though, hopefully this thursday or sunday I will remember when I am at my friends house to check it out then.
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    That's the way I feel about covers. If you're not going to do something different with the song, why bother? And why should I listen to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by justafan
    What was the purpose of the remake then? I am confused on that... I have to listen to the song though, hopefully this thursday or sunday I will remember when I am at my friends house to check it out then.
    It's not a remake; it's two versions of the same song. Killer was a collaborative effort between Adamski (who was a hot British producer at the time) and Seal (who was not very well-known yet). Adamski released Killer and it became a hit, possibly giving Seal the boost that made him a star in his own right. When Seal got the opportunity to do his own album, he tweaked Killer a tiny bit and re-released it on Seal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeljak
    It's not a remake; it's two versions of the same song. Killer was a collaborative effort between Adamski (who was a hot British producer at the time) and Seal (who was not very well-known yet). Adamski released Killer and it became a hit, possibly giving Seal the boost that made him a star in his own right. When Seal got the opportunity to do his own album, he tweaked Killer a tiny bit and re-released it on Seal.

    ah, this explains it, I was under the assumption that Trevor Horn was his producer throughout(even though the broke up for awhile recently). I wasn't a seal fan until his second album, heck I was only 10 when the first one came out. Thanks for clarifying.
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