Save me from this melodrama sung from center stage

Most remixes of a song add layers of sound to the originals. A stripped down number might get a horn section, added vocals and lots of new percussion sounds to make an extended version more suitable to the dance floor or headphones. (Or if you’re the Soup Dragons in their later period you just made every song sound like it had already been remixed to death. Seriously, I don’t think you could anything else into the kitchen-sink approach that was Hotwired.)

However, some remixes pleasantly do the opposite. The Waterlillies were a dance-pop duo who liked thicker sounds and dance grooves but were prone to missteps every now and then. The song “Sunshine Like You” from their debut Envoluptuousity led off the album with a shuffling drumbeat that always seemed like a bad decision. I always felt the sweeping vocals and simple song structure felt pummeled by the beat. I have an inkling someone close to the band felt the same because when their first EP rolled out (for the track “Tired of You”) it contained a remix of “Sunshine Like You” that essentially removed the drum track and a few other sounds. The song now sounds much more majestic and while the lyrics are a little over the top (”I’d tear off each limb and love you limb-lessly”) it’s still light years better than the original. (NOTE: The track listing on Amazon makes the mistake of thinking track 5 is the Limb-Less mix of “Tired of You” when in fact it’s “Sunshine Like You.”)

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DOWNLOAD: Waterlillies - Sunshine Like You (Limb less Mix)