Utterly pointless

Ellie Goulding’s (pretty much) carbon karaoke copy of Joni’s original River is at number one in the charts

 

She’s very pouty.

 

Is the charts still going?

And who is this Ellie you speak of?

 

She sells shampoo in a gym, and sings...

 

Why do we need new music? Everyone knows it attained perfection in 1973.

 

I totally agree!

"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released as a non-album single in 1973. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler.

 

Anyone can do any song, it doesn't bother me, but do something different with it, make it your own....but to basically copy the original wholesale, the vocal, the arrangement, everything, makes me cross frankly. Talk about standing on the shoulders of giants

 

Herbert von Karajan was a fraud, Luciano Pavarotti ..



all cover versions I believe..


People will buy what is promoted to them.

 

I thought it was something to do with sausage rolls

 

Now I fancy a sausage roll ................ damn you Bern.

 

I didn't say there was anything wrong in cover versions and the classical orchestral world works by different parameters than the pop world does. I agree people will buy what is promoted even if, imo, it has zero artistic merit other than to remind you how brilliant the original was

 

Who is this Joni you speak of?

 

Just listened to both....Ellie's version much clearer and tuneful.
Nostalgia...it isn't what it used to be!

 

... and goes to her wedding in a planet killing headline grabbing electric type 2 conversion

 

Let’s hope you take some cheery pills in the new year

 

The question is, what on earth did you tune in to that had the charts on. I am very disappointed.

 

I was checking out the headlines, as you do, on the Beeb website, and came across it, I wasn’t checking the charts as such as that is filled with young people’s music. It’s all Somebody Or Other (feat) Somebody Or Other, and I just can’t be doing with it