Eureka! I Have Found the Coolest Covers in the History of the World! - Volume 2: Victory at Sina!

 WELCOME TO 

 VOL. 2 OF MY SERIES 

 EUREKA! 

 I HAVE FOUND THE 

 COOLEST COVERS IN THE 

 HISTORY OF THE WORLD! 

Each volume of  EUREKA!  brings you great original recordings

along with cover versions that are good, great or even better

than the originals. It's up to you to decide. I know what
you're thinking. You're thinking this series sounds
exactly like other series I have run over the years:
Battle of the Bands, Battle of the Banned,
Version Sacrifice, WWF Grudge Match
and Winning Hand. Well, you're wrong.
This isn't exactly the same. Those series
 didn't include a picture of Peter Griffin!

Listen now to these confirmed classics and cool covers
and let me know which ones (if any!) you prefer.

Remember, ladies and gentlemen...

This is only an exhibition...
This is not a competition...
Please... no wagering.

 BANANARAMA 

In 1976, "More, More, More," recorded by Andrea True, became one of the

best known disco hits of the decade. In 1993, those lovable banana girls,

the English dance-pop act Bananarama, once a trio, now a duo, covered

"More, More, More," and released it as a single from their album

Please Yourself. The ABBA-like, Europop single went top 25

at home in the UK and reached the top 10 in Portugal.

"More, More, More" - Bananarama

(Apr. 1993, highest chart pos. #8 Portugal/#24 UK)

 ANDREA TRUE 

 CONNECTION 

Nashville native Andrea True performed in dozens of adult films in Scandinavia

and New York before becoming a disco queen thanks to her international hit

"More, More, More" released under the stage name Andrea True Connection.

Initially the recording was released only to discos in the winter of 1975-76

but, when it exploded in popularity, Andrea's label, Buddah, released the

single to the public in the spring of '76. The record reached the top 3 in

the U.S. and in the UK. Here's Andrea performing her signature song

on the West German television music show Musikladen.

"More, More, More (pt. 1)" - Andrea True Connection

(June/July 1976, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box,

#4 Hot 100, #3 UK, perf. on 1976 ep. of Musikladen)

 TRAKS 

Trax, a band based in Rome, is credited with giving birth to a new musical

genre called Italo-Disco. They did so in 1982 with their disco funk cover of

"Long Train Runnin'," the 1973 country rock hit by The Doobie Brothers.

"Long Train Runnin'" - Traks

(January 1982)

 DOOBIE BROTHERS 

Now here's the original version of "Long Train Runnin'" recorded

by The Doobies, a top 10 hit for the band in the summer of '73.

"Long Train Runnin'" - The Doobie Brothers

(June/July 1973, highest chart position

#8 Hot 100/#9 Cash Box)

 SINA FEAT. 

 VICTORY 

 VIZHANSKA 

Indeep was a New York based electro funk dance group. Their claim to fame

is the 1983 club classic and top 10 R&B hit "Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life,"

a song that acknowledged the emerging New York DJ scene of the early 80s.

On the last day of 2019, German drummer girl Sina, along with our good

friend, Ukrainian singing sensation Victory Vizhanska,

released this cool cover of the song.

"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep cover

by Sina feat. Victory Vizhanska (Dec. 2019)

 INDEEP 

Along with its success in the states, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"

was a top 3 hit in The Netherlands and performed well in the UK and

France. Indeep consisted of songwriter/producer Michael Cleveland

and sassy singing ladies Reggie Megliore and Rose Marie Ramsey.

Here now is Indeep doing their original version of "Last Night

a D.J. Saved My Life!"

"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" - Indeep

(Feb./Mar. 1983, highest chart pos.

#10 R&B, #101 Bubbling Under)

 STAY TUNED FOR MORE 

 TUNEFUL TAKEDOWNS, 

 MELODIOUS MAT MATCHES 

 AND BOFFO BEAT BOUTS 

 IN THE NEXT VOLUME OF 

 EUREKA! 

Have a Shady day!

B in 23 + S & Z = !!!!!

BREAKING NEWS:

THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Dear friend, this post was completed

more than a year ago and scheduled

to run sometime in 2022. I decided

to publish it today because I found

a time sensitive message directly

related to the current crisis in

Ukraine. It was placed on

 YouTube and Facebook by

the Ukranian rock duo Sergey

Sershen and Daria Zaritskaya,

the featured artists in this post.

Their message to concerned

fans reads as follows:

This video was supposed to be released on feb 24, but the war had other plans

for us. It’s been 13 days since we’ve been living in fear, (Editor's Note: 21 days

as of today's publication date), not knowing if there will be tomorrow. But even

in the darkest days, music has always been our salvation. We simply refuse to

  give up on our dreams, we refuse to stop fighting, refuse to abandon things

we love to do. We refuse to lay down our arms- guitars, mics and drumsticks.

We will clench our teeth and cling to our hopes with every fiber of being.

With life being so unpredictable today - at any moment we can lose this

connection, or they’ll shut down YouTube, we decided to share this

video now. We’ve had such a massive support from you guys.

We are so thankful to have such an amazing community!

Together We Stand!

- Sershen & Zarítskaya, March 8, 2022 

NOW, HERE BELOW IS THE POST

AS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED:

WASSUP,

U PARTY

MONSTER?

I'm Chloe, the titular

(don't you just love

that word?) "B-----

in Apartment 23" on

the television sitcom

Don't Trust the B-----

in Apartment 23.

I'm a hard-partying,

irresponsible, free-

loading, sexually

adventurous con

artist described as

having "the morals

of a pirate" - and

those are my

good qualities!

I love rock & roll,

so put another dime

in the jukebox, baby.

I'm revved up and

ready to rock your

world with totally

awesome sights

and sounds.

Consider this a sneak preview

of what I hope will someday

become my very own radio

show here on S-P-M-M.

I was thinking of calling

it "Whiskers on Kittens"

but I decided to go with

BLUNT

FORCE

TRAUMA.

In this sneak preview, I am excited

to present Sershen & Zaritskaya,

the Ukranian duo made up of

guitarist Sergey Sershen and

singer Daria Zaritskaya (right).

S&Z are shaking up the rock

world with their cover videos,

and I'm going to play a few

of their best. Are you ready

to par-tay down with Chloe,

the B---- in 23? Let's rock!

In 1990, Alannah Myles scored a chart-

topping hit with "Black Velvet," a song

that in 1991 won the Canadian singer

and songwriter the Grammy for Best

Female Rock Vocal Performance. 

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!

Thirty years later, Daria Zaritskaya

sizzled and smoked as she and her

band performed a cover that will

stand the test of time as a

classic in its own right! 

"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles cover

by Sershen & Zaritskaya (Nov. 2020) 

Sershen & Zaritskaya have the knack

of authentically performing songs in

various genres and styles, from

mellow, laid-back, unplugged 

soft rock to hard rock and metal.

The dynamic duo's metal cred

 is proudly on display as they

blaze through this medley +

mashup of songs by Metallica

which includes "Wherever I

May Roam," "Sad But True,"

"Master Of Puppets," "Fuel,"

"Enter Sandman"  and

"So What." 

"Metallica Medley + Mashup ("Wherever I May Roam,"

"Sad But True," "Master Of Puppets, "Fuel," "Enter Sandman"

and "So What") by Sershen & Zaritskaya (Feb. 2019)

START VIDEO NOW!

If you're just tuning in I'm Chloe,
the B----- in 23 and your new

BFF, and this is a sneak peek

at my upcoming radio show

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

(or something like that) on

S-P-M-M... the station that

rocks harder. Continuing

now with my salute to

Sershen & Zaritskaya, the
exciting duo from Ukraine,

here they covering Skid Row's

"Youth Gone Wild," a single

that brushed the UK top 20

in the summer of '92. Hell,

S & Z don't just tackle

this rock classic...

they wrestle it to

the ground, babe!

"Youth Gone Wild" - Skid Row cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya

feat. Kim and Shturmak (Aug. 2019)

START VIDEO NOW!

In case you're experiencing sensory

overload by now and can't even think

straight, I will remind you that you're

hard wired to a sneak preview of

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

(or something equally shocking)

with little old me, Chloe, the B

in 23, apprentice Shady Bunch

deejay in training, right here at

your home for rock... S-P-M-M.

We're plowing thru a 7-in-a-row

rave party... running down the

 hard and heavy sound of the

fabulous Ukrainian duo

Sergey Sershen and Daria

Zaritskaya. In Nov., 2019,

S & Z took the frequently

recorded AC/DC hit

"Back In Black" and

made it their very own!

"Back in Black" AC/DC cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya

feat. Kim and Shturmak (Nov. 2019)

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Moving ahead to December,

2019, we find our featured

artists Sershen & Zaritskaya

doing justice to one of the best

known Kiss songs. It's shock

and awe time as S & Z prove

they're for real covering--

"Detroit Rock City!"

"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya

ft. Kim and Shturmak (Dec. 2019)

I hope you had a blast getting it on with guitarist Sergey Sershen

and vivacious vixen Daria Zaritskaya, a duo from Ukraine

that really knows how to rock.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Stick around because I'll be back someday, hopefully sooner rather than later,
with more top shelf party sounds to rock you around the clock. To play us off,
here again are my featured artists S & Z, covering glam rocker Billy Idol's

hit "Rebel Yell." Now this is Chloe, the B in 23, reminding all my party

peeps to keep on rockin', and when you do, be sure to rock hard!

"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya

feat. Kim and Shturmak (Mar. 2020)

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA

(OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)

STARRING CHLOE, THE B----- IN 23

COMING SOON TO SHADY'S PLACE!

Together we stand.

“Are you ok?” are more than just 3 words today. It’s “I care for you”,

“I’m here for you”, “I love you”. So I just wanted to let you guys know

that me and the guys are safe, we are in Kyiv and we’re not gonna run.

Thank you for showing that you care - as I’ve said million times before.

“Together We Stand” - like this picture says. - Daria Zaritskaya

Singer Victory Vizhanska is another Ukrainian

artist that I have featured in Shady's Place posts.

Please take a couple of minutes to read Victory's

words and watch her two latest videos. They tell

the heartrending story of her plight as the war

drove her and her mother and their cats from

their home and turned them into refugees. 

VICTORY

VIZHANSKA

FEBRUARY 27, 2022 

I am a simple Ukrainian girl, I am 17 years old, I live in Kyiv. I had many

goals and dreams! But there was a war. Russia attacked my country. 4 days

we sit in fear. Outside the window, explosions, automatic bursts, it's very

scary. I planned to move to America in the future. Or to Europe to become

a world star. But this is in the future, these were plans, get a visa, get on a

plane and start a new life. But now I'm crying, out of fear, my mother reads

a prayer all the time. In the early days, we were unable to leave on the

evacuation train to the border, now we have a curfew, if in the coming

days I manage to survive, I'm afraid every night, maybe my mom and

my cats, we can get on at least some train, and we can survive. I pray

for it. This cover, I recorded it in my favorite room, which I dreamed

of since childhood, and which I will have to leave so quickly, fleeing

the bombs of Russia. If I stay alive, I will continue to sing, and I will

try to achieve my goal! Thank you all for your support! I don't say

goodbye! I believe and pray🙏 And I love you all❤❤❤ 

- Victory Vizhanska 

"Hallelujah" - Cover by Victory Vizhanska (Feb. 22, 2022) 

MARCH 13, 2022 

Putin's troops attacked Ukraine. The war began on February 24, 2022, at 5 o'clock

in the morning. Until that time, we lived, practiced beauty, sang, loved! But at once

it all ended and it was necessary to choose the risk of life under the sound of siren

explosions, or escape and look for ways to survive, but go through the evacuation.

Mom and I decided to take one suitcase in which we put only two favorite dresses

and sneakers. Tears tears tears. We left everything we had. My brother stayed

in Kyiv with his family.  In this video that I want to show, not even half of what I

had to go through. What will happen next, I don't know. We are with my mother

and cats in Poland, have not yet moved away from all this terrible. Thank you

for staying with me! Thanks for being so kind! I wish you all never go

through what I went through! I wish you all peace!

- Victory Vizhanska 

"Memories. Sweet Home" - Victory Vizhanska (March 13, 2022) 

Hashtag Rick-Rolled! Alternate Title: "If You're Becoming Your Parents... You Should Be Coming To Me."

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"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac cover

by Lanie Gardner (Oct. 2020) 

You just witnessed the turning point in a young

woman's life... the moment a star was born. 

Posted on YouTube last fall, Lanie Gardner's seemingly casual cover

of the 1977 Fleetwood Mac hit "Dreams" blew up, went viral, and has

since been viewed more than 50 million times across social media.

The performance landed the 21 year old Nashville-based artist a

recording contract, placing her on the verge of super stardom.

Upon seeing Lanie's video for the first time, Fleetwood Mac

leader and co-founder Mick Fleetwood exclaimed that he

was “absolutely blown away."  So am I. Remember her

name - Lanie Gardner - because she's going places.

Some say Lanie's awesome cover of "Rumors"

is the greatest cover of that or any other

song ever made!

Hi, I'm Dr. Rick, the Dr. Phil-type tough-love mentor from the

Progressive Insurance commercials. Thanks for attending my

"Un-Become Your Parents" seminar here at Shady's Place. 

 

Copies of my book are available for purchase at the back of the room. 

As an author, lecturer and self-help guru, I will teach you about

parentamorphosis - the phenomenon of turning into your parents

when you reach a certain age. You find yourself talking like them,

acting like them and adopting their old fashioned values and attitudes. 

My job is to educate and empower you, to support you in

overcoming the aging process. One way is to bring you up

to speed so that you can function in today's high-tech world. 

You're at the movies and need to silence your phone.

Can't find that button? It's right up here. Everybody has one. 

Another thing. When we're texting, we don't hunt

and peck with our index finger. It's all in the thumbs.  

And your

computer mouse?

Guess what ---

You don't need

to name it. 

In my course you will learn the latest words

and terms commonly used on social media.

Nope. Nope. Nope. Not even close. It's pronounced "QAnon." 

Say it with me: "Q-an-on." It's a thing. Look it up. 

I will also help save you from becoming your parents by

playing modern covers of boomer era hits like the one

you just listened to-- "Rumors" by Lanie Gardner. 

  

You've heard of TED Talks. By the time you leave this room today,

you'll be "Rick-Rolled" - confident, bursting with energy,

vigor and vitality and feeling like a kid again. 

Are you ready to get Rick-Rolled?

I can't hear you!

I  CAN'T  HEAR  YOU! 

Yeah - okay, that's more like it. Let's do this!

You met Ukrainian zinger Victory Vizhanska last year

doing a song in Shady's Best of the Quarantunes.  

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

Today the scarlet-haired YouTube star is back, covering an oldie but goody

reminiscent of the Swing Era of the 1930s and 40s. Here's Vicky V retro-

rockin' her version of Christina Aquilera's "Candyman!" 

"Candyman" - Christina Aguilera cover

by Victory Vizhanska (June 2021) 

Putting a fresh spin on "Candyman," the 2007 hit by Christina Aguilera,

that was Ukraine's singing sweetheart Victory Vizhanska starring in a

video released this month. Listen up. If you want to avoid becoming

your parents, you need to remember that when young people today

refer to old school recording artists, they're talking about Britney

Spears, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, J-Lo

and Christina Aguilera -- not Perry Como. 

Dr. Rick with a reminder that

you are not your parents...

and getting Rick-Rolled

in my musical seminar is

how you can stay young.

Written by Bruce Springsteen and

Patti Smith, "Because The Night"

by The Patti Smith Group went

top 10 in the states and hit the

top 5 in the UK in June of 1978.

Forty years later, a performance

of the rock nugget was recorded

live on stage in England by an

ensemble that has earned a

reputation as one of the

world's best cover bands. 

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Watch and listen as the UK-based Classic Rock Show, featuring

Jess Harwood, breathes new life into-- "Because The Night!" 

"Because the Night" - Patti Smith Group cover

by The Classic Rock Show feat. Jess Harwood

(Sept. 2018) 

On lead vocals for The Classic Rock Show in England, that was

the outstanding songstress Jess Harwood delivering a version

of Patti Smith's "Because The Night" that rivals the original.

We're Rick-Rolling right along here on S-P-M-M...

the station that's #1 for music and fun. 

In June, 1966, a song written by

John Sebastian and waxed by

his band The Lovin' Spoonful

reached #2 on the pop chart.

In 2019 Sebastian was back

singing his well known ditty

as featured artist on a cover

by the Austrian pop rock

duo the MonaLisa Twins

now based in Liverpool.

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In this surreal video, John asks twin sisters Mona and Lisa Wagner

the musical question "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" 

"Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind"

- Lovin' Spoonful cover by MonaLisa Twins

feat. John Sebastian (Mar. 2019) 

The definition of cool - boomer John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful

joining the MonaLisa Twins and putting a fresh coat of Day-Glo paint

on his 60s hit "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?"

If you're just tuning in,

I'm Dr. Rick and you're

listening to my seminar

aimed at helping prevent

you from becoming your

parents. One of the keys

is groovin' to new cover

versions of old classics.

The tunes I play and the

principles I teach will

reprogram your brain

and help you to think,

feel and act younger. 

In seminar speak, it's called being Rick-Rolled. 

In 1958 when your parents (or grandparents) were young,

the Sheboygan, Wisconsin, female quartet The Chordettes

scored a #2 charting hit with "Lollipop." The song was

covered in 2017 by the vocal trio The Candy Girls.

Determined not to be licked by those versions of

"Lollipop," Andrei Cerbu's Shut Up & Kiss Me

band recently released their own sweet cover. 

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Lead zinger, Beatrice Florea is beside herself...

forming a Bea-times-three trio to sing "Lollipop!" 

"Lollipop" - Chordettes/Candy Girls cover

by Shut Up & Kiss Me! feat. Beatrice Florea

(Apr. 2021) 

I'm a sucker for that version of "Lollipop" sung

so sweetly by "Bea-X-3" fronting Andrei Cerbu's

Romanian band Shut Up & Kiss Me! 

S-P-M-M radio personality

Robert W. Morgan gets you

Morganized, and I'm here to

make sure you you get Rick-

Rolled with cool covers of

rusty relics. I'm your host

and motivational speaker

Dr. Rick. Now, on with

the show. In late 1977

and the early weeks of

1978, the English rock 

band Electric Light

Orchestra had a hit

single on both sides

of the pond with

"Turn To Stone." 

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Check out this fine rendition of the song laid down in the

new millennium by rock vocalist Royston Calder and the

talented gang at the Deesound Recording Studio in the UK. 

"Turn To Stone" - ELO cover

by Royston Calder and Dee (Apr. 2015) 

Not your granddaddy's ELO - that was a great cover

of "Turn To Stone" recorded at a studio in the UK

by British rock veteran Royston Calder. 

Time's up and I need to clear the conference room to make way for

Tony Robbins and his NLP seminar and firewalk. I hope you found

value in my musical motivational workshop. Thanks for attending.

Stay tuned. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news,

meet Bud's Budding Blossoms, the new girls on the block,

exclusively here at Shady's Place, and I'll be back soon

to get you Rick-Rolled with another edition of my

Bloggy Award winning seminar series. 

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To play us off, here's Nashville singer Allison Young with

Dusty Springfield's cover of "Spooky" by the Classics IV.

I'm Dr. Rick reminding you that I can help save you from

becoming your parents, but the rest is up to you. So long!

"Spooky" - Dusty Springfield/Classics IV cover

by Allison Young (Oct. 2020) 

#Rick-Rolled