Thursday, May 10, 2007

You're Just Too Good To Be True

This song is 40 years old, and it has probably been covered in every thinkable way. And a few more. It has also been used films on more than one occasion. Wikipedia can tell you a lot more about "Cant take my eyes off of you", but here follows a small selection from YouTube:

First the original with Frank Valli. Only the music though, the actual movie has nothing to do with the song itself. "Standard" YouTube method so to speak...



Next is a upbeat disco version. Say no more...



Are you ready for Japanese Idol? (Or whatever this is)



In the movie Conspiracy Theory Julia Roberts sings along to Lauryn Hill's cover of the song while Mel Gibson watches her through binoculars from a taxi cab. Here we'll see the original scene from the movie, while the cover is Morten Harket's. Odd really, but just the sort of thing you'd find on YouTube.



And can you possibly imagine what a Japanese boy band can do to the piece?




At last you can see what a poor soul with a crush on soap star Josh Casaubon (or rather his character Hugh Hughes in One Life to Live) has put together - Lauryn Hill's earlier mentioned cover version together with clips from the show.




Shirley Bassey made a quite acceptable cover in 1976, but for that one you have to visit YouTube directly. My guess though, is that you probably had enough already. Especially if you endured both the disco and the Japanese Idol versions...

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