Also skillful is Jason Mraz's "I Melt With You." This too rises to the level, if not higher, of the original as sung by Modern English. I would go so far to say that I like Marley's cover over the original. Regarding this Roxy track, I offer up two notes of some minor relevance: Bill Murray covered Roxy Music's "More Than This" within Lost in Translation and the No Doubt cover (fronted, of course, by Gwen Stefani) of Talk Talk's "It's My Life" is getting deserved radio play these days.Īlso outstanding is Ziggy Marley's performance of the Cars' classic "Drive." This is romantic and clear, but in no way cheesy. Does this mean I don't like "real reggae"? I'm not sure.Įlan Atias, who fronted the Wailers from 1997 to 1999, contributes Roxy Music's "Slave to Love" with the backing vocals of Gwen Stefani. The result, to me, seems lifeless and mechanistic. Seal collaborated with Wonder's fellow West Indies native Mikey Dread on "Lips Like Sugar" (goth antecedents Echo and the Bunnymen first did this one). Wonder, a dancehall giant in his native Jamaica, turns out such a great number that I expected all the rest of the tracks to be up to par.
The CD begins with Wayne Wonder's gorgeous cover of "Hold Me Now," first recorded by the Thompson Twins. However, though I have extremely limited experience with world music, some of the "reggae" treatments made me suspicious that a producer just hit the "reggae" button on the rhythm panel of a $99.95 Casio keyboard. After listening, I agree that many of these tracks are great cover songs. According to the over-the-top press release accompanying this album, the soundtrack's "twist" is that its contents aren't just a compendium of 80s covers, but rather 80s covers with a reggae inflection. They worked well enough together for The Wedding Singer, and we're asked to enjoy the combination again on 50 First Dates. 80s music, Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore.
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