1. Peter Frampton & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps. A somewhat unexpected take on this classic. Airy vocals, with which Frampton takes ownership of the song. And a tight, wiry and fiery dialogue of guitar solos.
2. New Kids On The Block - Bring Back The Time (Ft Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, En Vogue). A funny yet somewhat misfiring attempt at '80s nostalgia, as it never succeeds in fully utilizing its potential - and I am referring here to, for example, En Vogue's vocal skills, or simply to being a more memorable song, musically speaking. However, the video is funny (as it mimics some iconic 80s music videos), and the song, albeit fairly mediocre, is nevertheless somewhat of an earworm (despite it all) - and, of course, '80s nostalgia remains a fun thing to do.
3. Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart). One of the music videos replicated in the NKOTB video; but what a great song - and video! A song that begins with a "hard guitar," and then morphs into a rhythmic piece about... love relationships, and survival. All of this carried forth by Steve Perry's transcendent vocals. And a quintessential '80s vamp, strutting about throughout the vid.
4. King's Singers - And So It Goes. And now for something completely different: a sublime take by the masterful chamber group, on one of Billy Joel's most memorable songs. The musical peak of this here mixtape.
5. Wolf Kati - Szerelem miért múlsz. One of Hungary's top (two) entries ever at the Eurovision Song Contest (next to the one from AWS). A very Celine Dion-like dance piece - in its fully produced, "radio edit" version; which would have finished much higher in the final rankings, if the live performance would have lived up to the quality of the recorded version. But the studio version remains a bop.
