I love Joni, at least I can rely on her being the only famous Canadian singer that isn't a national embarrassment. 9/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFUXH4PP5c
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I love Joni, at least I can rely on her being the only famous Canadian singer that isn't a national embarrassment. 9/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFUXH4PP5c
Don't know what to make of that really: 3/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
I need to cheer up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05H...eature=related
Love it! I've always had a soft spot for ABBA. 9/10
Well, everyone knows Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah, but I actually think this is at least as good, if not actually better...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpVq4rPfQg
Seek professional help, I implore you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
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Originally Posted by Lokasenna
I think she lacks the necessary weary gravitas. She makes it anguished when it ought to be resigned. 5/10
I'm fond of Cale's version - though even he says the 'yous' as 'you' most of the time, and half the trick of this song is to get away with 'yer' without sounding mannered.
Why would anyone seek professional help for having great taste in music???Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
They should only offer help for those who cannot appreciate ABBA!You know when I clicked on the link, I went off to another page without watching the video and I thought, "Hey, this is good..." Then, I went back to the youtube page and saw the haircut.Quote:
I'm fond of Cale's version - though even he says the 'yous' as 'you' most of the time, and half the trick of this song is to get away with 'yer' without sounding mannered.
He looks like Gary Oldman in "Fifth Element":
http://www.vgvisionary.com/wp-conten...lfenstein3.jpg
5/10
Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0skjm-uJSs
Blondie had their moments, and this is not one of them. There are few musical genres more limp than white kids poppifying bad reggae. 2/10
This is rather better.
That sounds like out of a bad musical: 1/10!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWu-Q...feature=avmsc2
Po-faced, self-regarding, melodramatic tossers whose every breath is a waste of oxygen that could be better used lighting a cigarette. Not that I've given it much thought. 1/10
Uncharacteristically poppy song from under the Westway.
Well, they should keep away from poppy songs. They sound like highschool bands: 2/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OSz4uK7yQ&feature=fvst
Can't deny the guy's influence, but my feeling is that he didn't do anything worthwhile after 1958. The whole Vegas period, quite apart from being the antithesis of everything rock'n'roll was about, would have been an embarrassment except for the fact that it revealed him for what he really was: a corporate entertainer whose natural consistuency was trade conventions and tupperware parties. 2/10
Who can watch this without dying a little inside?
Unlike you, I was not around till much later so cannot compare his work before and after 1958 but I love his voice; would be happy to listen to him if he sang out the MacDonald's menu: 6/10!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGXYA...feature=avmsc2
I shall take that into account next time we discuss a book published before 1980.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I think he'd be more likely to order it than sing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Lavigne: not sufficiently significant to merit a lot of thought. Perfectly good teen pop. 5/10
One for boysenberry jam fans....
Not sure to be flattered or offended but I will go with the realistic option: I am offended!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Like it... I think: 7/10.Quote:
Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdgSRzv8wE
Sigh... there is a definite tendency among some modern musicians to think that wittering into a microphone in a bored fashion is somehow more 'significant' than actually singing. I love voices: be they big, sorrowful, energetic, or whatever... this just lacks anything. 2/10.
Something a little out of my usual comfort zone, but that I rather like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw
All sound and fury signifying nothing whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
Why doesn't somebody post a song with great lyrics and a melodious voice to go with it? Take this one for example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYA0w4cWiE