Why Remix that which is great already?

I've never understood why so many people seem compelled to take Yello's work, which is already tight and precise and, well, perfect, why would someone want to try to make it better? Inevitably they fail, and all we are left with is a dumbed-down version of really excellent music.

When Boris Blank remixes his own work, we are certain to get some new music that is a variation on a theme of the original. We get something that is as good and sometimes better than the original. We get something that is worth spending our money. We get complex compositions, a feast for the ears, an exciting and exotic mix of new and unusual sounds, samples, vocals, all wrapped up into enjoyable music.

When anyone else attempts to remix Yello, we get the usual thump, thump, thumping of some ordinary rhythm, and then just before we get too bored, another rhythm comes in, and then sometimes another, and somewhere along the road we get a small snippet of the original song, but truncated and teased, and this goes on for sometimes 3 or 4 minutes, sometimes as much as 7 or 8 minutes. ::yawn::

I used to purchase everything Yello I could get my hands on. Until Boris stopped doing most of his remixes. It's been a few years since I bought one of these worthless Yello singles. I should have remembered how ecstatic I was to hear other trash remixes when I bought Do It, How How, or To The Sea in single format. Not again. Only the authentic Yello is worth my time and money. I have too much respect for Yello to trash the CD, but I will likely never listen to it again. Get the orignial album. Don't waste your time with this single.