I think this should be my new anthem...
Showing posts with label Song. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Song. Show all posts
Monday, 16 July 2012
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Friday, 18 May 2012
Gary Barlow & Andrew Lloyd Webber's official Jubilee song
It's a dream pairing: top songwriters Gary Barlow and Andre Lloyd Webber combining to write a song together. Whatever they produce is almost certainly guaranteed to be a number one hit.
But...
Isn't it awful?
Click here to watch the video.
The lyrics aren't that bad but the hook? "SI-I-I-I-NG" Is it a hook? It's a sort of collective whine.
It's even got the ghastly "Army Wives" on it. *shudder*
It takes bland to a new low.
And no, it's not because I'm opposed to the monarchy and won't be celebrating the jubilee that I dislike it. It's just a bad song.
If there was to be a communal sing song of it the chorus is more likely to sound like a herd if sick cows.
A disappointing song to mark a disappointing and idiotic institution. Maybe it is a match made in heaven?
But...
Isn't it awful?
Click here to watch the video.
The lyrics aren't that bad but the hook? "SI-I-I-I-NG" Is it a hook? It's a sort of collective whine.
It's even got the ghastly "Army Wives" on it. *shudder*
It takes bland to a new low.
And no, it's not because I'm opposed to the monarchy and won't be celebrating the jubilee that I dislike it. It's just a bad song.
If there was to be a communal sing song of it the chorus is more likely to sound like a herd if sick cows.
A disappointing song to mark a disappointing and idiotic institution. Maybe it is a match made in heaven?
Saturday, 5 May 2012
"One vision" - Team GB's official Olympic & Paralympic song
It was, of course, somehow inevitable that there would be an "official" Team GB for the forthcoming Olympics and Paralympics. There's a long tradition of good and bad sporting songs that have been produced over the years but this is just awful.
Alfie Boe (of "Les Mis") fame and Kimberley Walsh (a sometime member of Girls Aloud) have recorded a version of the Queen classic, One Vision.
It's a great song and it is a classic, but this cover version is simply appalling.
They've tweaked a few words to fit the purpose so "one man" becomes "one team", etc. Not in itself a hanging offence, but it all goes wrong when Alfie Boe opens his mouth.
Mr. Boe's faux-operatic vocal performance just sounds idiotic on this rock song, with it's short phrases and earthiness. It's like when Pavarotti recorded Miserere with Zucchero - the palid Italian pop singer sounded better. Here it is Kimberley Walsh who benefits from the pomposity of Boe's performance which makes Freddie Mercury sound shy.
I also struggle to understand why they're recycling songs from 30 years ago instead of celebrating the current crop of British songwriters by having a new, specially written song.
My final gripe isn't about the song but about "Team GB" - a cringeworthy epithet that manages to ignore the fact that it a UK team that includes Northern Ireland as well as the three Great British nations.
Awful, awful, awful.
Let's hope the opening and closing ceremonies are better than this rubbish.
Alfie Boe (of "Les Mis") fame and Kimberley Walsh (a sometime member of Girls Aloud) have recorded a version of the Queen classic, One Vision.
It's a great song and it is a classic, but this cover version is simply appalling.
They've tweaked a few words to fit the purpose so "one man" becomes "one team", etc. Not in itself a hanging offence, but it all goes wrong when Alfie Boe opens his mouth.
Mr. Boe's faux-operatic vocal performance just sounds idiotic on this rock song, with it's short phrases and earthiness. It's like when Pavarotti recorded Miserere with Zucchero - the palid Italian pop singer sounded better. Here it is Kimberley Walsh who benefits from the pomposity of Boe's performance which makes Freddie Mercury sound shy.
I also struggle to understand why they're recycling songs from 30 years ago instead of celebrating the current crop of British songwriters by having a new, specially written song.
My final gripe isn't about the song but about "Team GB" - a cringeworthy epithet that manages to ignore the fact that it a UK team that includes Northern Ireland as well as the three Great British nations.
Awful, awful, awful.
Let's hope the opening and closing ceremonies are better than this rubbish.
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
The Lord's Prayer - baritone & vibraphone
This is a demo version of a setting of The Lord's Prayer for baritone voice and vibraphone that I wrote for a friend of mine.
On this recording the voice part is played on a cor anglais (english horn).
If you'd like a copy of the music do message me.
On this recording the voice part is played on a cor anglais (english horn).
If you'd like a copy of the music do message me.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Children of the Rainbow - singing to oppose terrorism
Earlier today around 40,000 people gathered in an Oslo square to sing Children of the Rainbow , a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Breivik has condemned during his trial.
Breivik had accused Lillebjoern Nilsen, the singer of Children of the Rainbow, of being a Marxist intent on brainwashing children with his music.
Breivik had accused Lillebjoern Nilsen, the singer of Children of the Rainbow, of being a Marxist intent on brainwashing children with his music.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit (How I Met Your Mother)
I really like this surprise song at the end of the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother...
Saturday, 26 November 2011
10-Day Music Challenge: Day Three - the first 8 songs to come on shuffle
Day Three of my 10-Day Music Challenge and I may have to bend the rules slightly as I have a fair bit of instrumental music on my iPhone - so, despite regularly having to correct students who refer to a symphony or an overture as a song, I'm going to do the first 8 pieces of music that come on shuffle, whether they be a song or instrumental.
Unlike Days One and Two, at least Day Three involves no thinking!
Here goes..... SHUFFLE!!
1. Up! with end credits (Michael Giacchino)
2. Secret World (live) (Peter Gabriel)
3. Amigos Para Siempre (Friends Forever)(Sarah Brightman & Jose Carreras)
4. Hand Covers Bruise (from "The Social Network") by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
5. In Pursuit of Happiness (The Divine Comedy)
6. Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat (from "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
7. The Grid (from "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass)
8. Les piqûres d'araignées (Vincent Delerm)
What comes up on your shuffle list?
This is the plan of my 10-Day Music Challenge - I'm currently on Day Three:
Day 1 - My 10 favourite albums
Day 2 - My 9 favourite songs
Day 3 - The first 8 songs to come on shuffle
Day 4 - My 7 favourite bands
Day 5 - My 6 favourite song covers
Day 6 - 5 Bands for my dream gig line up
Day 7 - My 4 guilty pleasures (artists or songs)
Day 8 - My 3 favourite vocalists
Day 9 - My 2 favourite music videos
Day 10 - My all time favourite gig
Unlike Days One and Two, at least Day Three involves no thinking!
Here goes..... SHUFFLE!!
1. Up! with end credits (Michael Giacchino)
2. Secret World (live) (Peter Gabriel)
3. Amigos Para Siempre (Friends Forever)(Sarah Brightman & Jose Carreras)
4. Hand Covers Bruise (from "The Social Network") by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
5. In Pursuit of Happiness (The Divine Comedy)
6. Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat (from "Cats" by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
7. The Grid (from "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass)
8. Les piqûres d'araignées (Vincent Delerm)
What comes up on your shuffle list?
This is the plan of my 10-Day Music Challenge - I'm currently on Day Three:
Day 1 - My 10 favourite albums
Day 2 - My 9 favourite songs
Day 3 - The first 8 songs to come on shuffle
Day 4 - My 7 favourite bands
Day 5 - My 6 favourite song covers
Day 6 - 5 Bands for my dream gig line up
Day 7 - My 4 guilty pleasures (artists or songs)
Day 8 - My 3 favourite vocalists
Day 9 - My 2 favourite music videos
Day 10 - My all time favourite gig
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