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Far better than the original in every way. I listened to yours and said, "I was there, I would have remembered something this good."

I went back and listened to the original. Im sure I deleted the memory of that song during one of the times I was rebooted because the original is crap. His voice is weak, irritatingly whiny, and begging "please, slap me to death". That incessant KMart keyboard looping would have made me want to smash the TV.

Your vocals are better for this type of song. Youve changed the whole tone not just with the visuals but the character and emotion conveyed. That alt/pop sound that you removed was terribly cringy at the time, Im pretty sure it will go down in history as a similar auditory disaster to whatever this 60s experimental sound was supposed to be (Yeah, whose baby are you?).

Finally adding the guitar solo that should have always been there is a huge improvement. Giving it that little injection of hard rock testosterone really butches the whole thing up and puts it way over the top.

This version I deffinitely could have on my playlist. Did you have much to do with the prompts used to make the video? Im only asking because a couple of the characters look rather close to some real actors. The image of post debauchery despair is so realistic compared to what Ive seen and experienced along with the similarity of that character with one of those in HARDCORE SUPERSTAR - Into Debauchery (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) makes me wonder if it was intentional?

Thanks for having taken the time to write such a well thought out comment!

The original was reflective of the '80s British synth-pop genre. Very typical for back then with its wall of cheesy analog synth sounds.

I liked the song itself but wasn't crazy about the arrangement of the original. We've recently decided to do one cover per album, a practice which started with the last one on which we did a cover of a Bowie tune. I'd originally picked Steely Dan's "Do It Again," but then decided on this one because I felt it would be a better fit for the upcoming album. And I thought it would be cool to turn it into a no bullshit rocker.

As far as the vid goes no AI was used to produce it. Those clips are generic stock videos that I selected and then arranged for effect. The video end of things always takes a lot of thought, time and effort to pull off.

I love the whole process, whether it's the production planning, songwriting, tracking, mixing and mastering and everything else that goes into the enitre endeavor. It's a blast!