All Over You - Pink Grease

Advantages: ska-punk
Disadvantages: price

...There is no doubt that Grease is one of the most successful musical feature films of all time. Over the years many people have covered the songs sung by the cast, including John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. This time it’s the talents of the ska-punkers from Gainesville, Less Than Jake to put their twist on the Grease songs. The songs that are covered are: 1. Summer Nights 2. You’re the one that I want 3. Look at me I’m Sandra Dee 4. Greased Lightening 5. Hopelessly Devoted to you 6. Blue Moon 7. Beauty School Dropout 8. We go Together The CD that I purchased is actually a repress of the original CD and can be bought in the UK for around £15 (as if) or from the States, online, for around $13 or £8. I would try to buy it online from the States, as £15 is quite expensive when the CD is only around 15 minutes long... Read review

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Advantages: Sounds like a fun party in record form
Disadvantages: My head says it's dumb, repetitive, cliched and lacking musical quality...

...When I think of Sheffield, I think of grim northern steel workers and the sounds of Cabaret Voltaire and Human League, which somehow seem to capture the mood perfectly. Pink Grease don’t fit in at all, and threaten to change all that. They could loosely be called ‘electroclash’, with a blend of synths, guitar-driven dance music and shameless enthusiasm for disco and funk. In terms of reference points, think Electric Six, Scissor Sisters and Junior Senior - who scored the surprise hit of last summer with ‘Move Your Feet’. The music business is such that Pink Grease are unlikely to secure a hit single themselves, but they certainly have some potential songs. Second track ‘Fever’ effortlessly melds good-time rock ‘n’ roll with disco abandon to produce an impressive statement of intent, proudly proclaiming “this is for real”. The recent... Read review

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Advantages: Fun score, great performances, surprising arrangements
Disadvantages: BAD version of Beauty School Dropout

.... All Choked Up forms the major part of the Finale track here, and I think it’s a much cleverer song than its movie replacement. This is a highly idiosyncratic recording, but the enthusiasm of the cast is infectious and listening to it is probably the most fun you can have with your CD player, particularly if you skip over Beauty School Dropout. Surprisingly frequently available in the places like HMV (most of whom probably ordered it by accident!) it’s on the RCA Victor label, catalogue number 09026 62703 2 and features a leather-jacketed Greaser on a pink background. The liner notes contain some details of the show’s history and a number of photos from the production. Am I the only person who thinks Jessica Stone (Frenchy) looks disturbingly like Nana Visitor (Kira from Star Trek: DS9)?... Read review

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