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LILY ALLEN COVERS ELO'S CLASSIC TRACK HAVE YOU HEARD IT
Avatar: iansabo iansabo - 25 April 2008 4:33pm

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ellie_elaine said:
Don't think I want to, James, I can't stand her and it will probably ruin a brilliant track, best leave well alone, xxxx
25 April 2008 5:48pm


ULTIMATE1 said:
Totaly agree,she as not got the voice to cover a classic of that calibar of song.Classics like that should only be consided by artist with a long history behind them.Even then they are best left be.
25 April 2008 7:19pm


robms said:
not sure i want to hear it either. On the subject, does anyone know any good covers of ELO songs (or any covers at all). Beautiful South did a reasonable version of llvin' thing on their excellent covers album but cant think of many others
25 April 2008 7:44pm


ELObsessive said:
I agree with all the comments so far - have heard it, and it really is naff ... like a tone-deaf 5-year-old singing, only without the charm ;-) Rob - yes, I agree the Beautiful South version of Livin' Thing was good. There is a double CD of ELO cover versions called "Lynne Me Your Ears", but to be honest I don't think any of the covers (and there are 32 of them) match up to the originals, even though some of them are by artists I respect (unlike Ms. Allen), e.g. Earl Slick, Todd Rundgren, Carl Wayne and Tony Visconti.
26 April 2008 12:38pm


bootsybigfin said:
sorry High I really do think there is "One" any ideas of the connection ??????? answers to Bootsy's Blog Cheese Toastie BBF ;-)_,
26 April 2008 1:00pm


dontknowthen said:
No I havent heard it, but I have a feeling that she might not do it justice. I do like some of Lily Allens music but I would rather she left ELO alone
30 April 2008 11:12am


lrenom said:
Quoting: ellie_elaine Don't think I want to, James, I can't stand her and it will probably ruin a brilliant track, best leave well alone, xxxx
I sooooo agree with you.. cant stand her either!
30 April 2008 1:15pm

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