Re: under the covers

Jim Westrich (westrich@uic.edu)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:18:52 -0500

At 12:19 AM 8/1/97 +0800, you wrote:
>On a cassette tape of Gilles Petterson's set in Singapore last December, he
>dropped a succession of cover tunes which rocked the floor. The first was a
>Latinesque/Salsa-ish cover of "Fever" complete with female vocals, then
>came a killer cha-cha rendition of The James Bond theme which was quite
>groovy and to top it off was a funky version of "Venus".

I have never seen Gilles P. DJ so the following are guesses. Well, I'm
sure "Fever" has been covered many times so who knows. I play La Lupe's
"Fever" which is the "classic" salsa/camp version. Pascal Bongo Massive
released an excellent and funky version of "Venus" in the late 80's. It
was a big club hit at the time and is something I still play.

>On the subject of cover-versions...I'm just curious to know what's everyone
>all-time monster cover....the sort that brings a naturalsmile to your face
>everytime you put it on.
>Mine's Shirley Bassey's Spinning Wheel (Liberty)/Light My Fire (Blue Note)
>+ Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 's "For What It's Worth"

Excellent choices.

Peace,

Jim

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