I recently heard a bootleg/remake/remix/whatever of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit - called Smells Like Freeland...

The thing I liked about it was it mostly stayed true to the original song... along with Kurt's singing, original drum beat, guitar & bass riffs etc. which made it a lot less "cheesy" and... well..."disrespectful"... but it still had some really good arrangement and processing work in it...

What I'm trying to say is that if a remake of a certain song is done with taste it can be used to "revive" a feeling that the original had...

I'm really sorry for wasting your time with this... :(