There are no in-betweens. You can take a song and make it fly or sink. There are many songs that have pleasantly surprised me. Then there are the songs that they were either bad before and improvements are simply impossible, or the original song was good but the new version stank.
Limahl made a very good song in 1984, though quite frankly, when I first heard it, I thought it was sung by a woman, but a good sounding woman at that.
Although I like Limahl's music, I can't say much about his appearance. He looks okay, but what he might think is a sexy and dreamy look with his eyes half-closed, only worried me that he could not stay awake through his own video. One blink and we could lose him to a coma.
However, he made some cool stuff, and The NeverEnding Story (Written for a film with the same name) is one of my favorites.
Most people who know me know that I don't think very highly about most music made after 1990. I think there is a lot of wasted talent and waste that is considered talent.
But, of course, there are some notable exceptions.
The Birthday Massacre, formed in 1999, is a synthrock band from Canada. They made their own version of The NeverEnding Story and I am rather impressed. They added their modern sound without taking the 80s feeling out of it.
They also manage to look like they could stay awake for a production.
What they have is talent and largely underrated talent at that.
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