Subj : 80's To : Thorsten Krampe From : August Abolins Date : Wed Jul 23 2003 11:29 am Hi Thorsten (of 2:2433/601.38), On , in a message to Bo Simonsen you wrote: TK> Well, I think often some techon-remakes are very poor. They take the TK> hook- line of a well-known song and use it for their purposes. That's TK> what I hate about that. The don't have the ideas to make whole song by TK> themself. It's only the idea of making money, not of making a song or TK> music. :-( Exactly. I hate Madonna's "remake" of American Pie. Her version is geared for a dance crowd, but then who really pays attention to the lyrics when they dance!?? So.. her strategy was clearly just to cash in on a market. There is also a remake version of Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Again.. the "new" version is dance-oriented. The original so much more passionate. ....August --- FMail/Win32 1.60 * Origin: http://www3.sympatico.ca/abo/yourstruly ! (1:229/390) .