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Copycat's Valentine

Happy. Sad. Bittersweet. Bad. Dark. Tragic. Lovely. Magic!

1. Fly me to the moon - Frank Sinatra
2. See you - Depeche Mode
3. Bury me deep in love - The Triffids
4. A perfect sonnet - Bright Eyes
5. Postcards From Italy - Beirut
6. First day of my life - Bright Eyes
7. Dark of my moon - Gene Clark
8. In a manner of speaking - Tuxedomoon
9. You belong to me - Bob Dylan
10. Your song - Elton John
11. You and your sister - This Mortal Coil/Chris Bell
12. Precious - Depeche Mode
13. Goodbye - Emmylou Harris & Steve Earle
14. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen
15. Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks
16. Marble House - The Knife
17. Rent - Pet Shop Boys
18. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
19. This one's for you - Ed Harcourt
20. Don't flake out on me - Hefner
21. Waltz #2 - Elliot Smith
22. Forest fire - Lloyd Cole
23. One - U2
24. If you leave - OMD
25. Need you around - Smoking Popes
26. The Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
27. Something Changed - Pulp
28. A man is in love - Waterboys
29. I want you to want me - Cheap Trick
30. The things you said - Depeche Mode

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Blind Esmeralda (A Copycat Mash)

One of my absolute favorite musical moments was catching Antony and his Johnsons on their world tour following the breathtakingly wonderful "I'm a bird now" a few years back. Rarely has a piece of music touched me the way/their performance did that night. The devastatingly beautiful "You are my sister" in particular had me bawling my eyes out for quite a while after the show. Needless to say, Antony has entered a select circle of artists I hold very close to my heart.

And knowing my penchant for classic disco, you can imagine the joy I felt last year, when Antony hooked up with NYC disco phenomenon Hercules and Love Affair to front their glorious disco banger "Blind". A match made in heaven, if you ask me. Especially the Frankie Knuckles remix. One of the best tunes of 2008 - without a shadow of a doubt.

However, there always was a tiny little thing that disturbed me with that track - the stupid phony horns. I always felt that the song deserved a proper, fully-fledged horn section to take it all the way to the top. So when Chris over at Culture Bully asked me to contribute to their "2008 Mashed" compilation, I saw my chance to give "Blind" the appropriation and musical company I felt it deserved... Yup, very modest, I know...

Therfore, here's Hercules & Love Affair ft Antony Hegarty "Blind" vs Santa Esmeralda's breathtaking, horn-packed, over-the-top, 70s epic cover "Don't let me be misunderstood" in "Blind Esmeralda (A Copycat Mash)".

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Blind Esmeralda (A Copycat Mash) [Download]
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