Song of the Day: Brazen - "What's Love Got To Do With It"

A dance cover of an 80s pop song - sounds almost trite at this point, yet there is something to be said for a good quality update of a classic. The catalogs of Madonna, Prince, Cyndi Lauper, and Michael Jackson have all been pillaged by dance covers, so it was only a matter of time that someone would take on Tina Turner. Producer Brazen (aka Fonzerelli, Yer Man, etc) is probably best known for his Basshunter remixes. For this track, he found a vocalist, American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert, who would do it justice by not imitating Tina Turner but modernizing the vocal stylings to fit a 00's europop context - powerful and clean yet not overdone or overprocessed. The original mix is popdance with electro elements and a nice guitar-centric breakdown while remixes by Filip Le Frick and Love Assassins take it in different direction (tribal/latin house and discohouse.) Let's face it, this comeback anthem by Tina Turner will not be recognized by the majority of clubbers right now - so to them its a new song. Is this the dance song that will cross over to major market success? Who knows. Is it a song that clubbers and their parents can both enjoy? Definitely.
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