Toploader - Not that original really (Onka's Big Monka - Toploader)

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Product:	Onka's Big Monka - Toploader
Date:	10/08/01 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to listen to

Disadvantages: Are not original

Toploader at first glance seem an original band with a different style of music, but this sadly is not the case. Toploader are most widely known for their single "Dancing in the Moonlight". At first this is seems a decent song with a catchy melody and chorus but does get a bit tedious over time.

But to the point, Toploader did not write "Dancing in the Moonlight" and in fact it was first a single in the 1970s. I found this out by searching on the internet (Napster) for the song and coming up with some surprising results. The original version of this song was sung by a band called King Harvest. After listening to this song, I found that it sounded a lot better than Toploader's version and this prompted me to do some more searching around on the Internet.

From their new album, many of the Toploader songs are not original and are covers, which immeadiatly puts them down in my opinion. There are so many bands about today I would much prefer to listen and support a band who have written their own music rather than just being able to play instruments / sing.

I do not think Toploader are altogether a bad band, but I would not buy their album out of choice (I borrowed the album off a friend to listen to!!).

Whether, in the competitive music industry, they can survive for much longer from covering one song remains to be seen

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