A Music Question...

[athersgeo]

I was at the gym this morning and playing over the sound system was a danced up version of "It's A Wonderful Life" (as in the 80s song by Black). Anyone know who's done it?

And, while I'm asking, anyone know who did the dance version of "Poison" (original by Alice Cooper)?

I don't normally go for dance versions of stuff that I liked first time round, but these two are actually pretty good - and just the right beat for cross training! (so if anyone has an MP3 of either, I'd love you to bits)

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[lydiasings.livejournal.com]

Bardot did a version, and I can't remember who did other versions... sorry! Wow, you go to the gym every day *dreams*

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

Version of which? Wonderful Life or Poison?

*hasn't kept up with the charts since she switched to classic FM!*

[lydiasings.livejournal.com]

Poison. Which Wonderful Life are you talking about? *thinks*

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

It's the 80s hit for either Black or Talk Talk I can't honestly remember which one of them did the original. The chorus is "No need to run or hide, it's a wonderful wonderful life".

And thanks for the Poison info - it probably is the Bardot version. *off to hunt it up*

[lydiasings.livejournal.com]

Does it go 'it's a wonderful wonderful life for me to live and die' or something like that? I do have a CD of Bardot - Poison that I can give you if you ask nicely :)

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

*bats eyelashes looks cute and askes nicely*
May I borrow the cd? I can let you have it back when I've done?

And the song, full lyrics (thanks to Google cos all I was remembering was that one line from the chorus!):

Here I go out to sea again
The sunshine fills my hair
And dreams hang in the air
Gulls in the sky and in my blue eye
You know it feels unfair
There's magic everywhere

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life

The sun's in your eyes, the heat is in your hair
They seem to hate you
Because you're there
And I need a friend, oh I need a friend
To make me happy
Not stand here on my own

Look at me standing
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life

And I need a friend, oh I need a friend
To make me happy
Not so alone

Look at me here
Here on my own again
Up straight in the sunshine

No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to laugh and cry
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
No need to run and hide
It's a wonderful, wonderful life
A wonderful life, wonderful life

(and the original is by Black - Talk Talk did "It's My Life" *grin*)

[lydiasings.livejournal.com]

Sure you can borrow it - shall I post/ wait for gather/ expect you to drive to London? If you looked the lyrics up on Google wouldn't they tell you which artist did a cover?

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

I'll drop you an email with my address (I'm not going to be at the next big Gather - I'm off to Philadelphia the following week and need that weekend to pack/panic/write an OU essay on pots [don't ask about the latter - I haven't yet found out the explanations...]). Many thank yous :)

As for Google, all googling for the lyrics does is produce a tonne of references to the 80s original - which I already know.