Customer Reviews

Remix Hits Collection

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this is unfortunately the only falco cd readily available in the u.s. the remixers butcher falco's greatest songs until they are unrecognizable and unlistenable. i love falco and i love techno but the two just don't mix. falco's 80s hits are ready-made dance tracks and the added club effects do nothing for them. and the fact that most of the tracks are seven or eight minutes makes for tedious listening. plus the version of rock me amadeus is just wrong!! all it does is slow down the beat and replace the chorus with a monotone "sugar's sweet" ad infinitum. it removes all the novelty and charm out of the song. i simply can't imagine who the remixers thought this album would appeal to. it's heresy to falco fans and not a particularly good album in general. please don't make my mistake and waste three hours of work on this album. yes i get paid minimum wage!

The version of Junge Romer is outstanding, actually much better than the original. It's a very subtle sleaze or at least low-tempo house version at around 120bpm with nice warm pads and a very nice arrangement all around. Other remixes may fall short of originals, but are still interesting to listen to. There is a hi-nrg version of Vienna Calling, a hip-housy version of Der Kommissar and a down-beat version of Rock Me Amadeus, among other "hits". If you like Falco and you like dance music, then you will like this. Otherwise, you probably will not.

I'm a big Falco fan from the early 80s, from the minute I saw videos for Der Komissar and Zuviel Hitze on MTV. This remix CD will disappoint if you are looking for the "Salieri" version of Rock Me Amadeus or the extended American remix of Vienna Calling. They are all new 1990s "club versions" and, while not as good, are mostly still enjoyable in their own right... Well, tracks 1-7 are all good but the rest are awful, IMO. Get this album if you are a die-hard Falco fan and not just a fan of his American hits because most of the songs are in German language only.

If you never heard Falco before you gotta buy this CD...I'ts a essential stuff of Falco,even if it's remixed and it's better then any compilation 0f him.There's "Vienna Calling" should not be remixed but rest of all is truly great.

How smart do you have to be to buy a CD called REMIX Hit Collection then complain about it having remixes? LOL

I AM a Falco fan! Have been since 1985! I did NOT buy this because it is readily available here in the states. I did NOT buy this because I wanted Rock Me Amadeus on cd. (I already own all his music on cd.) I DID buy this to hear REMIXES of some of his best stuff! I DID buy this to hear Rock Me Amadeus sound completely different from the original I so loved! (And still do!) I can't believe all the fuss over this! NOTE: If you prefer the originals (and yes I do too) then BUY them! (as I did.) If you wish to hear Falco remixed and updated then buy this! And Jeanny is in fact excellent here- very epic! 5 stars for a change of pace! Falco Forever-R.I.P

Falco had some good songs, but his label that came out with this remix collection- what were they thinking!...First "Rock Me Amadeus" - there are so many remix versions, and they put the lamest one on, it is so remixed you wonder if you are even listening to the song., "Vienna Calling", great remix song too, but not on this CD, they use the weaker, shorter version, and "Jeanny", oh my GOD! they ruined this song. They only bright spot actually is the song I liked the least from Falco "Der Kommisar" which shows brilliance, otherwise this CD is a bust. The label should of paid great homage to the Late Falco, instead they wanted to make a fast buck. Shame on you Warner Bros. records, shame on you!

This CD is simply the best I've ever heard. The music is fabulous, and the remix is better than the original version. I have listened to Falco since the 80's, and this CD is still intoxicating. Thank you, Amazon.com, for making Falco available to his fans!

All I can say is this CD does NOT pay homage to the late Falco.

The remixes are a mess, and don't even resemble most of the songs...especially "Rock Me Amadeus".

This CD is a disaster.

I'm frankly disgusted at all the crybabies moaning about how these are not the original songs or the extended versions. I bought Falco 3 when it first came out in Germany because I had seen the videos for Rock Me Amadeus and Jeanny, and no doubt this was his best cd. I loved the entire album and also bought Emotional when it was released. After that I came back to America and all anyone knew about Falco was RMA. Everyone is correct when they complain about how difficult it used to be to find his music until internet shopping arrived (thanks Amazon.com).
As for the songs on the Remix cd, granted most are not as good as the originals, but they are still good Falco songs. I have come to enjoy these versions almost as much as the originals and to me they are just as much a part of my Falco collection. I would recommend this collection of songs to any real fan of Falco. To everyone else they should just buy the greatest hits of Falco or any group who is popular at the moment if all they want to listen to is the popular "radio" songs.
Not all Falco songs are classics or terrific, however, he is much more than just the song RMA. I believe if he had sung more in English he would have been more popular in America, but then he wouldn't have been the Falco that his real fans love. For those of us real Falco fans, part of what makes our love for his style and his music so wonderful is knowing that we are part of a small, select group who really know how great he was. Rest in peace Falco. You left your mark on this world. Wunderbar!