RE: The Power Of Love
Being worthy of educational tag perhaps would require one of the biggest singers also to be mentioned. Celine Dion. But for me YouTubes first suggestions were all Celine Dions versions of Jennifer Rushes The Power Of Love song or covers or Celine Dions version of... So I just couldn't obey. I just couldn't. :D And because her version isn't in my opinion that much different than the original.
I am a fan of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Most of their songs (or covers) are weird, but I really like 'em. Most of their songs. Maybe because they are weird. One of the first songs I heard from them was War. That really hit me hard.
But the best of the best Frankies songs are:
Born To Run
And after you've listened that about a million times volume cranked up way over max:
Ferry Cross The Mersey
Oh, I just found our that this song isn't their originally. I like Frankies version more than Gerry & The Pacemakers (1965).
And of course Relax. We don't want to forget that one. :)
Nothing like a good dose of weird! It somewhat feels like the 80's New Wave bands tried to test the limits of what they could get away with (see also Oingo Boingo) -- turns out Relax was in fact banned on BBC in 1984 :) Not that surprising, considering how forward the song is.
Note: Born To Run link got replaced with the cover of Edwin Starr's "War" in the links there, but I tracked it down.
Oh! Oingo Boingo and Weird Science! I've heard this before but forgotten it totally. Thanks for the weird suggestion. Man, Little Girls - Oingo boingo is creepy. :D
And now we just shroud our shoulders to that. Although we may shroud our shoulders to that because they tested everyone's limits. Relax could still be banned in some parallel universe.
A copypaste fail. :D I had a long text about the song War but decided to delete it but the link remained. And I forgot what I had copypasted. It's like the reverse version of trying to save different kind of plants to my fingertips when playing Plants VS Zombies in a tablet. And if I want to go and get some coffee, I have to hold my forefinger up and be careful not to touch anything with it because I could accidentally plant a pea shooting plant in the middle of my coffee maker. :D