greyfur : He always makes me think of 'Space:1999'
grasshopper rex : How did that get three seasons?
roystervi : As soon as I seen the ep I said that look like the species from deep space 9 I had to goog...
grasshopper rex : A great watch. It seemed to lose focus towards the end, but it made me think a lot about m...
Birdsforme : This is a long way from Mission impossible for Martin Landau. It`s a made for tv movie, w...
darthdirk : Awesome Movie for Fans of Upgrade etc. Hardcore Action meets Comedy meets Drama. The choic...
tyetoes : Such an amazing love story.
pellerman : bad acting, weird storylines, yet still watchable. kind of like a ghetto soap opera meets...
AmieWarren : Just started watching it, but I like more detecting and less sexing. It's o.k., but the on...
greyfur : He always makes me think of 'Space:1999'
Smash hits from 60 years of great cover versions in performance from the BBC TV archive. Reinterpretations, tributes and acts of subversion from the British invasion to noughties X Factor finalist Alexandra Burke. Artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Mariah Carey and UB40 with their ‘retake’ on someone else’s song - ultimate chart hits that are, in some cases, perhaps even better than the original.
Arguably The Beatles, alongside Bob Dylan and The Beach Boys, introduced the notion of ‘originality’ and self-generating artists writing their songs into the pop lexicon in the 60s. One of the most fascinating consequences of this has been the ‘original’ cover version, a reinterpretation of someone else’s song that has transformed it into pop gold with a shift of rhythm, intent and context. The pop cover has proved a remarkably imaginative and durable form and this compilation tracks this pop alchemy at its finest and most intriguing.