BILL POSTERS Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Cairobill' timestamp='1412774382' post='2571884'] 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] What I dont like is the thought that this version may well become the one that anyone under 40 will remember. As has happened with so many classic tracks in the past. Edited October 8, 2014 by BILL POSTERS Quote
Cairobill Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Any generation that sees this stale musical fart as the definitive recording of this song deserves armageddon Quote
PlungerModerno Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1412713563' post='2571341'] 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. [/quote] +1 He was, like his late brother Carl, one of the sweetest singers in the sweetest band of the 60's. AFAIK heavy smoking ruined the timbre in his voice in the 70's . Listen to this, with Brian on lead vox: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YIaXYrCGys"]https://www.youtube....h?v=_YIaXYrCGys[/url] And the perfectly gorgeous original release: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn3El5WPiLc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=cn3El5WPiLc[/url] EDIT: Carl Wilson sings lead on the original release. Deeply moving... Here's a doc on the making of: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUBpzlELOg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUBpzlELOg[/url] & [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTVcNsJGX0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTVcNsJGX0[/url] Edited October 8, 2014 by PlungerModerno Quote
BetaFunk Posted October 8, 2014 Author Posted October 8, 2014 This says it all for me........... http://youtu.be/_pO1xeRh0Ro Quote
flyfisher Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Blimey Any cover of any song is bound to upset some people, but it's hardly the end of the world is it? Quote
paul_5 Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Dunno. I LOVED the first 23 seconds, then it was OK until Brian May done his bit. Bit of a hatchet job on the arrangement too if you ask me (shuffles off to catalogue slippers etc…) Quote
PlungerModerno Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1412779983' post='2571962'] Blimey Any cover of any song is bound to upset some people, but it's hardly the end of the world is it? [/quote] It's a very special song - It's as if someone covered Let It Be - Oh wait: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGERoFtQoM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGERoFtQoM[/url] Quote
timmo Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 It isn`t perfect, but i don`t know why it gets that much vitriol. Granted, it isn`t a patch on the original, but i am happy for these songs to make an appearance if it gets kids to know about the song, and discover the original. Quote
BetaFunk Posted October 8, 2014 Author Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1412779983' post='2571962'] Any cover of any song is bound to upset some people, but it's hardly the end of the world is it? [/quote] No, but this is............ http://youtu.be/Qgcy-V6YIuI Quote
Cairobill Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Being really nasty about terrible cover versions is excellent fun in my book…it's a huge, slow moving target... Edited October 8, 2014 by Cairobill Quote
cytania Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 What happened to the harmonies? It doesn't work because the five part lines are greatly reduced 😞 Quote
UglyDog Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1412772034' post='2571835'] Just trying to recapture the "Perfect Day" moment again… and this time failing.[/quote] This. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1412772034' post='2571835']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.[/quote] And these. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1412772034' post='2571835']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] And that. Quote
ras52 Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1412780439' post='2571971'] No, but this is............ [/quote] I especially liked the end of The End of the World. But back to God Only Knows... there was something niggling me about that version, and know I've hit on it: WHERE'S BONO?!? Quote
xilddx Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 What's the problem? You hate hate hate it, but it's alright, it's has no musical integrity but that's not what it's about is it. Jesus! Peeps! Get a grip! Quote
lonestar Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1412771166' post='2571812'] You beat me, I only lasted about 5 seconds and had to stop and go out for a fag. [/quote] If I'd watched any longer I would have probably started smoking again Quote
SteveK Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 As a charity record, appealing to as wide a market as possible, therefore raising the most cash possible, then it's absolutely fine. As a piece of music, to be judged as such, the phrase, [i]"Square pegs, round hole"[/i] springs to mind. Quote
Cairobill Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Yes, proceeds to Children in Need. On that note, excellent stuff BBC. It's got huge stars in it and Mr Wonder is a major coup... Quote
Norris Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1412784935' post='2572037'] ... there was something niggling me about that version, and know I've hit on it: WHERE'S BONO?!? [/quote] That made me laugh, followed by a cold-based coughing fit Quote
lojo Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1412780157' post='2571965'] Dunno. I LOVED the first 23 seconds, then it was OK until Brian May done his bit. [/quote] I was trying to give it a chance until I saw Chris Martin laying on the floor , at least I think thats what I saw I've not gone back over it Heard it 3-4 times on the radio today though, I suppose if it is the best way to raise money through a song then thats that, we are a minority and they are not aiming it at us. Perhaps they should have us ring up and pledge in order to stop it playing. Quote
thisnameistaken Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 I did like the barbershop cover from Bioshock Infinite. I stopped and listened to the whole thing in the game. :-) Quote
0175westwood29 Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 its not that bad, bit of a shame that rock didnt have more of a showing, sadly it was to be expected that radio 1 would shy away from that. andy Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='Cairobill' timestamp='1412774382' post='2571884'] 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] Put in a very different style than I would have done but I can't believe how close you have got to how I felt about this, right down to the visual. What a waste of some enormous talent Quote
Mykesbass Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1412785738' post='2572052'] What's the problem? You hate hate hate it, but it's alright, it's has no musical integrity but that's not what it's about is it. Jesus! Peeps! Get a grip! [/quote] No hate from me just a huge feeling of disappointment that an enormous amount of talent has been wasted by poor treatment of said talent and a great song. Quote
xilddx Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1412796354' post='2572223'] No hate from me just a huge feeling of disappointment that an enormous amount of talent has been wasted by poor treatment of said talent and a great song. [/quote] Rather sanctimonious and judgemental if I may say Quote
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