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15/04/2007, 7:29 PM
BohsPartisan

Ballygowan Ad

Version of Bowie's Lets Dance. Anyone know who it is?
16/04/2007, 8:59 AM
Lionel Ritchie

Sounds a bit like that wan who used sing with Damien Rice. Always looked like she'd just been speared to a tree.
16/04/2007, 9:54 AM
MojoPin

is that the

i was dancing when i was five???? tune?
16/04/2007, 10:54 AM
Schumi

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Originally Posted by MojoPin

is that the

i was dancing when i was five???? tune?

Haven't seen the ad the first post is talking about but that's by T-Rex. Cosmic Dancer I think it's called.
16/04/2007, 11:16 AM
BohsPartisan

No its Lets Dance, Put on your red shoes and dance the blues...
16/04/2007, 3:54 PM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by BohsPartisan

No its Lets Dance, Put on your red shoes and dance the blues...

It's a lot more chilled out. I hate it. :mad:
16/04/2007, 4:03 PM
gustavo

Would be it be something like Nouvelle Vague?
19/04/2007, 3:59 AM
stann

Haven't heard the ad but that was my first thought too on reading the thread, although I don't remember hearing of them doing that cover.
19/04/2007, 10:52 AM
Risteard

Only heard it while switching through but i though it was Bjork
19/04/2007, 11:05 AM
the 12 th man

Its an Irish singer called Paula Flynn- not currently available but EMI are thinking of releasing it.
19/04/2007, 11:13 AM
BohsPartisan

Quote:

Originally Posted by the 12 th man

Its an Irish singer called Paula Flynn- not currently available but EMI are thinking of releasing it.

Cheers!
19/04/2007, 11:19 AM
Jerry The Saint

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Originally Posted by the 12 th man

Its an Irish singer called Paula Flynn- not currently available but EMI are thinking of releasing it.

Out of a cannon:confused: Directly into the sun:confused:
19/04/2007, 11:43 AM
the 12 th man

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Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

Out of a cannon:confused: Directly into the sun

I take it you'll be first in the Q when its unleashed on the public?:rolleyes: :D
26/04/2007, 9:18 AM
BohsPartisan

It was played on the radio this morning.
26/04/2007, 10:46 AM
Neish

Great wee cover of the song. I thought it was Ceryes Matthews untill I heard it on the wireless this morning. Ya can check out her myspace site at
http://www.myspace.com/misspaulaflynn
26/04/2007, 12:20 PM
Wolfie

I HATE that bloody version !!!!!!!!! :mad:
26/04/2007, 12:27 PM
SaucyJack

I prefer M.Ward's cover version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XIiS2WfwZA
26/04/2007, 2:37 PM
John83

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Originally Posted by Neish

Great wee cover of the song. I thought it was Ceryes Matthews untill I heard it on the wireless this morning. Ya can check out her myspace site at
http://wwww.myspace.com/misspaulaflynn

Dempsey or D'Arcy played it this morning (I wasn't awake enough to recall which side of 9 it was). I like it.
12/05/2007, 3:17 PM
tetsujin1979

According to her MySpace, the single will be released on May 18th
12/05/2007, 5:18 PM
Risteard

She's in DCU or UCD apparently.
12/05/2007, 5:21 PM
Lionel Ritchie

I'm delighted for Paula ...though I'll never be a fan of Bowies 'Lets' Dance' era. Til now she's been more frequently seen singing live with the awesome Jinx Lennon. Looks like she'll have her hands full with this for a while though.
13/05/2007, 5:12 PM
superfrank

I can't stand this version. She butchered a great song.
19/05/2007, 9:47 AM
Lev Yashin

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Originally Posted by superfrank

I can't stand this version. She butchered a great song.

what exactly did she do that constitutes butchery?
19/05/2007, 5:25 PM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by shannonman

what exactly did she do that constitutes butchery?

Changing the entire sound of the song. Slowing it down, removing the horns and the guitar.

Imo, the songs a classic. Why did she have to change? On that point why did she have to cover it at all?
21/05/2007, 12:24 AM
Risteard

:confused:
To bring herself the recognition that would propel her in to the music industry professionally?
21/05/2007, 8:44 AM
superfrank

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Originally Posted by Risteard

:confused:
To bring herself the recognition that would propel her in to the music industry professionally?

So she's just a pretty face with a good voice then?
21/05/2007, 10:15 AM
gustavo

worked for Elvis.
21/05/2007, 11:45 AM
BohsPartisan

She was on Xpose on TV 3 on saturday.
21/05/2007, 11:49 AM
Dodge

Prefer her version to the original. Very sultry voice. Only heard it a couple of times on the radio so kinda going on first impressions...
21/05/2007, 11:55 AM
BohsPartisan

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Prefer her version to the original. Very sultry voice. Only heard it a couple of times on the radio so kinda going on first impressions...

I like both versions. I always say though, if you are going to cover a song do something different with it. Its pointless doing a faithfull to the original version. If you make it sound different and its good, I think you've done something creative. Thats what I love about Weller's Studio 150 album.
21/05/2007, 7:24 PM
superfrank

She has a great voice but I really don't like the sound of the music. It just didn't sound good to me at all. And Let's Dance is such a classic, sure I heard the original today in a pub out in Bray, 24 years later.
22/05/2007, 10:49 AM
Lionel Ritchie

Quote:

Originally Posted by superfrank

Changing the entire sound of the song. Slowing it down, removing the horns and the guitar.

Imo, the songs a classic. Why did she have to change? On that point why did she have to cover it at all?

Well -we're now into the subjectivity of taste ...I'd probably prefer Paulas version on the basis that she discards that stuff ...the "faux Chic" guitar, Chicken-necking bassline, the life-less "power" drumkit and plasticky brass and keys.

It's entirely arguable that Bowies Let's Dance marks the beginning of the end of the mans time as a driving force in new music. Up until about then people followed his style and looked to ape what he was doing ...here we have him attempting to ape Duran Duran and general new romantic pish ...possibly in an attempt to stay "relevant". But again ...that's all just taste.