[Cover] "Time After Time" feat. Aliciya Angel

It would be a very nice rendition of one of my favourite songs. BUT! What is that constant thud?! What ever it is, I suggest you get rid of it or tone it way down. It totally detracts from Alicya's fine singing and your orchestration which I very much like.

I'm not really a Cindy Lauper fan, I think Alycia did a better version of the song on the verses. The synths sound perfect. Great recording.

This is a refreshing song , vocals sounded great !!  Nice job , I enjoyed listening to you sing this song .

Cheers! Radio

Interesting to read the comments that follow mine and clearly the fault is not yours but my antiquated sound system. I apologise unreservedly. Looks like the Black Hole in my bank account is about to get larger!

Best Regards
Malcolm

It's OK, your never going to be better than the original. And you should have given props to the original.

It was ok. Especially consider I haven't seen anyone involved posting replies to anyone here in a while. Just my opinion.

Best of luck.

Good production and singing. Not a song/era i'm hugely familiar with or excited about, but as ever you add a little airy sparkle. Not quite sure how you're gonna get a house beat on this and make it gel though!!!

Thanks for the replies and I apologize for taking so long to return to the crime scene.  Every time I finish a song, it leaves me a day or two behind in my family/career commitments, so I hope you guys understand.  Anyway, I have to say that I'm very pleasantly surprised at the reactions to this song.  I've always loved it and I think it's a classic, but I was a bit uncertain if others would feel the same.

@malcomb - uh oh, you're gonna hate the house remix!   But, yeah the kick drum is kicking a little more in our version, so take that into account before you go overboard buying new monitors!


@timidi - thanks!  I'm hoping to finish the house version this weekend.


@Robby - I think you really are a Cyndi Lauper fan.  :P  But, yeah, I agree that Aliciya really did a stellar job.


@Wookiee - thanks for the FB comment and I'm glad to hear that it sounds good on several systems.


@radio - Thanks for listening and glad you enjoyed it!


@Warren - You're far too kind and thanks for the comment on the kick - it's always good to have 2nd, 3rd, 4th,....opinions!


@Tap - I agree that Aliciya's voice does sound a bit mellower and, yeah, she really does steal the show.


@Serious Noize - thanks for listening.  Just to be clear, the point wasn't to try and outdo the original, just to have a little fun on a rainy Sunday.


@Dan - thanks, and yeah, Aliciya is quite a treasure and I'm fortunate to have worked with her all these years!


@mgh - glad you enjoyed it.  TBH, I was sorta surprised at how well the house beat works behind it.  The song is 124 BPM, which is a perfect classic house tempo.  So, I threw a loop behind it just to hear what it would sound like and we looked at each other and said, "ooohhh yeah!"


@thepogue - definitely a classic track and it was a fun side project.  Thanks for listening!

Great tune and really nice version of it. Lauper takes the credit but it was really written by one of the guys from the Hooters. She stole the credit in return for getting him his first song covered by someone big (big ego I guess). The Hooters version is great. Good choice of material to cover and I like your version more than Laupers.

Serious Noize!


It's OK, your never going to be better than the original. And you should have given props to the original.

It was ok. Especially consider I haven't seen anyone involved posting replies to anyone here in a while. Just my opinion.

Best of luck.

I disagree with everything said here ^

I've heard several covers of this song that are better than Lauper's.

This is a really fine version, and the mix sounds gorgeous. Excellent.

Finally a cover I know!  lol  And you both did a wonderful job of it. I love it!

Gotta agree with Bobby's (Serious Noize!) original post. It's ok.

It's a very nice rendition but it's missing some key things. You gotta be careful when doing covers of mega hits like this.

The bass is a backing melody line going in to the chorus but it's not here on this version.

Also, there is a guitar part that carries the entire song that's completely missing.

Your version would work with a nice acoustic guitar accompaniment, nothing says you have to be identical to the original, but this is a little empty.

I'm a big fan of this song.  This version is well done but quite similar to the original.  It will be interesting to hear a house version.
 
Keep us posted!

really good performance, dave & alicia!  I have heard several of your songs with Alicia and she has a fantastic voice and you bring out the best of it in the mix.  this is no different!  great version!

Ha!!!!

What a difficult and wonderful emulation of this magical song.  Bravos+++++

Covers are my worst nightmare (on so many levels)

IMHO, to accomplish such a beauty is a rare victory, no matter how many helps are available.

... I think, perhaps, my Lauper's version has slightly excess saturation on the lead and keyboard ... and/or excess crispness (5khz+).  Your mix is more real, IOWs.

Nice....