Pop/Rock You Would Like To Hear Covered In Eurobeat

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Post by drnrg » 16 Apr 2008, 05:17

JasonMath
Talking about italo-disco, though, I listened to "Don't Stop" by Digital Emotion (from their self-titled 1984 album). There are a lot of arpeggiated synths between the 2:06-2:18 mark on the original, and that got me thinking: this would be a great song to remix for SEB. In fact, I did a little experiment where I increased the tempo by 15% to a more typical eurobeat tempo (from 130.1 BPM to 149.6 BPM). By changing it to a faster tempo, the total time was cut from 4:40 to 4:03, which means it would fit perfectly as an edit on an 18-track SEB compilation. In the speeded up version, that arpeggiated section is from 1:49-2:00.

The only problem with this song (for it to be on a eurobeat compilation) is that there is a long section in the middle (1:36-3:09) with no vocals. Nonetheless, this can easily be remixed and have more vocals added. I think that Delta, HI-NRG Attack, or Time would be the best at remixing this. If we want duets, the only ones that I can think of off the top of my head in those companies are Kevin & Cherry (Delta) and Franz Tornado & Bazooka Girl (HI-NRG Attack).
Not bad Jason. I actually perfer thier other mega classic, Go Go Yellow Screen. Again it has a long instrumental in the beggining, but the melody could easily be revamped to Eurobeat style and the female singer ,who is allready really high pitched aslo fits the style perfect.

I don't know if TIME could pull it off vocally,(maybe Susan Key) but HRG Attack and DELTA definately could.

wolftickets1969
Speaking of Dead or Alive, there's an unreleased HRG song called Fesutaru - Dead Or Alive(Festari, I presume). I wonder if this will be released on a future iTunes album
Concidering that most HRG Attack songs follow a DOA melody-wise beat; it should definately live up to it's name.


zoupzuop2
Lebon14 wrote:
JasonMath wrote:

Actually, the Speedycake remix is a little bit more Eurobeat-ish.


I know because the BPM is way higher (it's 160 BPM I think and the original is ~135 BPM). I know I have that version myself.

Anyway, one way or another, I want that song produced into Eurobeat so badly
I heard this and I'm pretty sure you all know what I think and that youtube video only made things worse. I kept hoping they would all turn on each other with guns and blow themselves away, much like they do in "Battle Royal". :P

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 15 May 2008, 03:01

:idea: OMD - Enola Gay(Cristian DeLeo, would fit the TIME/Dallora instrumentation style)
Robert Miles & Maria Nayler - One and One(Kelly T)
Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try(Daniel & Cherry)
Netzwerk - Memories(?)(Eurodance, but has a Eurobeat vibe)
Mike Mareen - Agent Of Liberty(HRG?)(good old Italo)

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Post by drnrg » 15 May 2008, 06:10

wolftickets1969
Mike Mareen - Agent Of Liberty(HRG?)(good old Italo)
Great song! Anyone in particular for the vocals? Fedderico could do a great job, but I would love a duet style with Ciao Caio or Alice In Paraparaland

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Dan Hill & Vonda Shepard - Can't We Try(Daniel & Cherry)
I prefer Relight my Fire. Saifam allready did it once and it sounded great.

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 21 May 2008, 21:43

Sabrina - Boys Boys Boys(Baby Bazooka, or Nikita Jr)
Aqua - My Oh My(Alice in ParaParaLand featuring Garcon)
Darude - Out of Control(Dhany, or better yet, Trancey Pamsy)
Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams(another Italo/Hi-NRG classic, you may remember the cover by the Canadian Eurodance group Outta Control)
Limahl - The Neverending Story(Dave & Kelly T or Annalise)
Forgot A-ha - Take On me. What male Eurobeat vocalists have this vocal range?
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Post by drnrg » 22 May 2008, 02:48

wolftickets1969
Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams(another Italo/Hi-NRG classic, you may remember the cover by the Canadian Eurodance group Outta Control)
I have no idea who that Outta Control is or why they remade that classic. You forgt Giorgio Moroder and Philip is frim Human League 8)

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 22 May 2008, 04:40

Yes, Giorgio, one of the founding fathers of ItaloDisco.

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Post by para_rigby » 22 May 2008, 08:44

I'm still would love if one of the labels did "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. What female in eurobeat has a large enough vocal range though...

And yes, not surprising, Saifam did a eurodance cover of the song already, but I'd like to hear a euro version too.

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 24 May 2008, 19:34

Speaking of the Human League: Don't You Want Me(many possibilities)

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Post by drnrg » 24 May 2008, 20:27

I can definately see the synthesizer riff reworked into Eurobeat with a nice couplet verse exchange between male & female, but who would do it? Duets are not used too much. Daniel & Cherry? Dave & Nuage? ...and it wouldn't work unless it was duet, beacuse of the lyrical work.

anotherone would be Fascination or Mirror Man.

A few new wave classics that would like to hear in Eurobeat fasion.

Flock Of Seagulls- Telecomunicatin
OMD- Electricity
Depeche Mode-Master & Servant
Soft Cell- Sex Dwarf
Spandau Ballet- To Make A Long Story Short
...and of course Trans -X- Living On Video, though the lyrical work would have to be very imaginative to sound appropriate.

All have continuous bass line dance beat, so they would workout fine.

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 25 May 2008, 00:16

Speaking of Living on Video, the riff of Rick Castle - Happy Generation liberally borrows from it. You forgot that Nuage has left the building(left the Eurobeat scene) for now at least.
Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat(Go Go girls)
Vicky Sue Robinson/Gloria Estefan - Turn the beat around(?)
Plumb - In My Arms(Domino)(i take it back, she doesn't have the voice, maybe Helena, or Dhany?)
many of the songs you mentioned are rather obscure, how about tainted love, for a more famous song?
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Post by drnrg » 25 May 2008, 03:26

wolftickets1969
many of the songs you mentioned are rather obscure, how about tainted love, for a more famous song?


That depends on who you ask. A big 80's fans knows those songs like the back of his hand.

I know Vicky Sue Robinson, but I never heard of Dr. Beat and I have no idea who Plumb is?

Tainted Love good for me from Marilyn Manson, but was completely ruined when Rhianna covered it. :-x

I have never heard that Rick Castle song, but it certainly makes me curious.

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 25 May 2008, 15:22

Plumb was the artist who sang "Cut"(originally ballads), and both that and the aformentioned recieved trance remixes.

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Post by drnrg » 25 May 2008, 23:09

wolftickets1969
Plumb was the artist who sang "Cut"(originally ballads), and both that and the aformentioned recieved trance remixes.
That is why I don't know them. I avoid trance like the Black plague :P

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 28 May 2008, 01:43

A-Teens - Upside Down (Kiki & Fancy + male SCP singer)(once saw a parapara team on my college campus dancing to the original song)
Rihanna - Unfaithful(Sara)

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Post by wolftickets1969 » 30 May 2008, 02:48

Patti Labelle - Lady Marmalade(not that this has been covered countless times in other styles, there is also a Macho Gang song with the same name)

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