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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 268766" data-attributes="member: 22">I like it, but it doesn't quite hit the spot the way the original does. I never quite understood why, but this really nails it: Most disco cover versions by pop bands lack vocal chops, but more, they lack urgency – any sense that something is at stake, that these three, four or nine minutes are the singer’s only chance to get a feeling over, rather than one of many opportunities to put on some glitter and a wig. I really like all three versions. Take That's is the sexiest, Donna Summer's in the danciest and Barry Manilow's is the most high-up-where-the-stallion-meets-the-sun euphoric. (Or maybe That's is the danciest and Summer's is the sexiest -- I'd have to listen to them back to back to be sure).</blockquote>