I know it’s been a while since you’ve gotten some good cover tunes so I tried to come up with a little something special. I know I have some 80’s music fans out there (namely my wife) so I thought I’d share some of the better 80’s covers out there (that I could find).
We’ll go in chronological order…
1983:Girls Just Wanna Have Fun made popular by Cindy Lauper. Covered by Greg Laswell. (Live Fan Vid. – It’s the best I could find)
1984: Against All Odds by Phil Collins. Covered by The Postal Service for the movie Wicker Park. Here’s the video.
1985: Careless Whisper by George Michael (while with WHAM!) Covered by Ben Folds and Rufus Wainright. (poor video quality – please stick out to the end)
1986: Take My Breath Away by Berlin. Covered by Copeland (no, not Jessica Simpson).
Did I miss your favorite? Do you have a cover that you think should be featured here? Please let me know – I’ll get it in.
I think you might like this one…my old friend from nashville…
not sure if it’s an 80s or 90s cover, but pretty good…
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