I was playing The Beatles – Hey Jude on Winamp (which then shows on MSN 7.0 or later) when this conversation ensued:
Hey Jude!!
I like Sun Yan Zhi’s version
I heard hers as well, but I prefer the Beatles version… hers is a bit too angelic and pure voiced
Nice maaa
She doesn’t have the part where they go Yeah yeah yaaah yeaahaa WHHOOOOOO! And those intricate harmonies!
ergh
I dunno how to explain.. but I prefer Yan Zhi’s version
Haha okay
I like that particular bit (3:00 onwards) where they go all spazzy and rock and roll-ish
It’s very expressive
ergh
You don’t like that part?
Nope
Painful to the ears
Makes me cringe
*picks you up and puts you on the side of the line of people who don’t like that part*
Aiyo!
I LOVE IT
The fact that the Beatles have a lot of these cuckoo moments is what makes me love them
And the jude-a-jude-a-waaah-aaa-AOOOWWW!
Why do you think Michael Jackson bought the rights to them Beatles songs maaan
coz he got the AOWWW from them, he might be scared that they would sue him
I mean, I like the beginning and the chords and all, but the second half really defines the song for me
At the same time, I think Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma is a &@!#*&@!# annoying song
Especially the high-pitched AUUUW part at the end of each sentence
Kalau takde benda itu, sure orait punya
You can figure that those in italics are what I said.
But seriously man, the fact that they go cuckoo and just lose it makes the Beatles’ version better. Better. Better better better better OH!!!
Which is why I don’t like Mariah Carey. She’s a tonally perfect pitched multi-octaved super singer singing robot. She’s got no SOUL!
I m no big fan of the Beatles but Stephanie Sun totally murdered the song. She’s from Singapore btw =P
HK artists copy cat too much. Dun like ’em.
Copy cat version dun have experession and soul, man. Just like you said.
yea baby… 😛 the beatles rox.
steph sun’s version is .. erm.. not calm la.!! i prefer the beatles wan
you have just incureed the wrath of countless young and hopeful college girls who happen to fans on Ms. Carey. You’re gonna get pwned, man.
I found that her vocals followed all of Paul’s melodic inflections, down to his little off-tuneness. The difference is in her vocal timbre (it’s not fair, Paul has an earnest voice) and the super-clean production ("f***ing hell", among other vocal leaks, can be heard at 2:58 in The Beatles version). Heck, The Beatles have a lot of slipups on record.
I wonder if she was told to cut out the James-Brown-ish improvisation section at the end. Modern audiences wouldn’t care for that.
Syefri: I don’t know about you but I dig the violin bass tone!