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What's your favorite remake of a song

I know most remakes fall short of the original, but I suspect that it's usually due to the fact that the original was known and popular. The remake usually pales by comparison, but I've heard a few things lately that I really liked, and wondered what others have enjoyed...
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tomryan
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Oingo Boingo - there's a blast from the past. Kinda remember them for that red haired front man and his threatening punk style attitude. Speaking of punk and remakes - how about Sid Vicious' remake of "My Way"? And Dead Kennedys' "Viva Las Vegas"?
dabairzdavid
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DK'S now your talking. Lets not forget X'S version of breathless from that terrible richard gere movie!!!
dabairzdavid
18 posts
 
also lets not forget agent orange and all there great remake's of all thr great surf classics. Miserlou, mr moto, pipeline. Great band!!
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
How about Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, I'm going to paint our bedroom tomorrow and this one of their cds will be spinning for sure. Nothin but souped up covers of classic oldies.
jazdoc
365 posts
 
Great thread...

Some of my favorite remakes include:

The Bad Plus "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Johnny Cash "Hurt"
Fine Young Cannibals "Suspicious Minds"
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