Wednesday, August 03, 2005  

Joyeux Anniversaire a Moi

Alphaville
"Forever Young (FAF Mix)"
Forever Pop
(WEA, 2001)
"Forever Young (Live)"
Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
(SPV, 2000)
"Forever Young (Live)"
"Forever Young (Unplugged)"
"Forever Young (Demo 2)"
"Forever Young (Demo Remix)"
Dreamscapes
(A Different Drum, 1999)

Wayne Wonder
"Forever"
You, Me & She
(Prestige, 2003; rec. late 1980s?)

Born Jamericans
"Boom Shak-A-Tak"
"Boom Shak-A-Tak" (Dancehall Remix)
Kids From Foreign
(Delicious Vinyl, 1994)

Lester Sterling & Stranger Cole
"Bangarang"
Trojan Jamaican Hits Box Set
(Trojan 2000; rec. 1968)

Sound Dimension
"Real Rock"
"Real Rock Version"
7-inch
(Studio 1, 1967)

For the great "Boom Shak-a-Tak" the Born Jamerican fellas steal "Forever Young" by Alphaville, "Bangarang" by Stranger Cole and Lester Sterling, and the Sound Dimension's 1967 song "Real Rock," the last of which has accounted for at least 268 tunes on its own. (As the G-D-C chord progression is to indie rock, "Real Rock" is to Jamaica.)

And Wayne Wonder covers "Forever Young" like a young soul robot. So much for the feeling---well, as much feeling as a song by a 1980s German synth-pop band can muster. But as a pasty lad, I felt the Teutonic soul of the 'ville, brah. 4real.

I liked when the hi-larious Napoleon Dynamite used "Forever Young" at the high-school dance---sweet, yesssssss---because I voted for "Forever Young" as my class theme song in 1987. Glass Tiger's "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone" won. Phhhhtttttt!!!

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