BetaFunk Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Just one question. Why? Warning: Those with a love for the 1960s and good music please turn off now. http://youtu.be/XqLTe8h0-jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Just seen it on BBC2. Until then it had been a perfect day. However the hoards will no doubt go out (or stay in) and buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Before anyone mentions it, yes i know it's for Children In Need but it's still really awful and an assault on my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Horrid. Who are most of these people? *mumbles into ovaltine* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Le Cragg Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I liked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Well, I've heard a lot worse. Seemed pretty innocuous to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Bloody awful, even worse than the Bowie desecration of it. Edited October 7, 2014 by RhysP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1412710868' post='2571277'] Before anyone mentions it, yes i know it's for Children In Need but it's still really awful and an assault on my ears. [/quote] I agree it was awful but i thought it was an advert for BBC Music; how is it for Children in Need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1412712908' post='2571326'] I agree it was awful but i thought it was an advert for BBC Music; how is it for Children in Need? [/quote] It's being released as the Children in Need single for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Should have used Auto-Tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I suppose it's so bad because you can't help but compare it to the sublime original. Brian Wilson seems to have that multi-voice thing going on like the lady on the thread the other day :-D I don't know why, but I found Dave Grohl's presence especially cringeworthy. Edited October 7, 2014 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1412713051' post='2571328'] It's being released as the Children in Need single for this year. [/quote] Ah, OK. Well not OK, but thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 What did they do to Brian Wilson's voice? Weird. I love that song and they are bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 God above, that was just awful. Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 [quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1412718600' post='2571421'] God above, that was just awful. Awful. [/quote] This is a much better version........... http://youtu.be/O-VgALpc96o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Well, if you're going to cover one of the most perfect pop songs ever recorded, there's high probability that flack will come your way. That said... I've heard worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I hate all these reproductions of old classics. I particularly hate when the do a teibute night to the Beatles or led zeppelin. The enthusiasm makes me wanna hurl. I was really hoping Jamie Callum would fall to his death from that balloon basket. It wasn't very good but I'm guessing it's hard not to take part in something like this when you are asked. In fact I'm guessing it must be a real honour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 I wonder if they really think the words are 'God only knows what i'd be without choo'......... http://youtu.be/oHu8qXgm1ss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestar Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Somebody just sent me a link to this awful piece of cheesy crap. I want the part of my licence fee spent on this latest BBC sub strictly calumny refunded. I only lasted as long as the bit where The Anita Dobson look a like that used to be in Queen appeared and had to stop. Why oh why as they say on points of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Stevie Wonder? They got actual STEVIE WONDER on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1412767385' post='2571759'] I only lasted as long as the bit where The Anita Dobson look a like that used to be in Queen appeared and had to stop. [/quote] You beat me, I only lasted about 5 seconds and had to stop and go out for a fag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1412770728' post='2571800'] Stevie Wonder? They got actual STEVIE WONDER on it? [/quote] I wonder how? God only knows... Loving the kazoo version btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Just trying to recapture the "Perfect Day" moment again… and this time failing. BBC's Perfect Day worked because it was something new, the song itself was good and not particularly well known, and the original version with Lou Reed's "singing" wouldn't have appealed to a lot of people. This time, the original was pretty much perfect to begin with, almost everyone knows it. The only fun part was trying to recognise the different performers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 I'm beginning to think that someone has slipped something in the water at the Beeb since they relocated to Salford. What with this and the awful Symphony of Medinah programme it looks like Auntie has to justify the expense of this orchestra and trawl it out at every opportunity. The Beeb seem to be taking music to another level. Just a shame that level isn't up. Sadly i expect them to balls up Radio 3 sooner than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairobill Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 It's one of my favourite songs begin rant... I watched this BBC auto-tribute earlier...Thankfully, lining up these blink and you'll miss them popstars alongside the venerable greats and getting them to sp**k up the odd line against a horrific, fat headed abortion of a backing track is so anathema to what makes the original a beautiful, delicate, artful thing, it thankfully hasn't tarnished my love of Beach Boys version. But f***ing hell…this is so horrifically overproduced, over thought, over peer-group-researched and broadly inoffensive it makes me ill. And I get the point - It's [i]meant[/i] to be a tribute to music and specifically the music that is recorded for and by the BBC, but really, the deficiencies of this recording are so stark when you compare this banal, please-everyone, rendition against the stellar original. I mean…. how can a song so gloriously personal and affecting be sung by different people, line after line…it's such a STUPID idea. Arrrrgh!!! And really, there are hundreds of other songs that would have been more suitable and less annoying. God Only Knows is one of the few songs that never needs to be recorded ever, ever, repeat ever again because the original is PERFECT. rant over Saying that, it's a very pretty visual treatment. But that doesn't make the choice of song any less ball-achingly annoying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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