Alright call me old-fashioned, but I utterly hate this version of a great Beatles song

[Ron Obvious]

Cadbury have inflicted this dreadful version of the Beatles' classic "Do you want to know a secret?" on us for the holiday season through advertisement.

Am I alone in utterly detesting tuneless, shapeless, jazzy remakes of classic songs? I've heard some doozies lately.

She can't sing!! She can't hold a melody!! She has a thin, reedy voice like gas escaping from a pipe!!

What the Fuck?!

And I can't believe the comments on this video! Have they never heard proper music before? Do they really not know any better?

We're boycotting Cadbury in this household this holiday season in protest.

[Croney]

1. I agree with you.

[Skittles]

2. I lasted five seconds

[likesmountains 52]

12. That was plenty,, wasn't it? Yuck!

[Ron Obvious]

16. To be honest, that's about all I lasted too

Maybe the song got great after that to account for all the upvotes on youtube.

But I doubt it.

[hlthe2b]

3. She has no vocal range so is relying on seemingly imitating Marilyn Monroe's "breathy" affectations.

At the risk of pissing a lot of people off, this is why I no longer tend to watch the Grammys and American Music Awards-- so many overly produced, minimally talented, auto-tune-dependent hyped performers. When they destroy classic material, it offends.

And in answer to your question, sadly I think there are a lot of people who really have NOT heard good music and vocalists. Yeah, every generation criticizes those who come later, but damn... we've got two generational cohorts that, by comparison to past decades have sadly had few stand out performers and thus applaud the mediocrity.

[Ron Obvious]

11. Glad to hear it.

I was pretty sure it couldn't just be me!

I'm reminded of those Youtube reaction videos of young people being exposed to our generation's music for the first time. They're generally pretty impressed:

"It's music from when men sang songs to the women they loved rather than call them bitches."

[hlthe2b]

17. Those youtube videos of generational first reaction to tremendous groups and performers of past

are fascinating and only prove our point, IMO.

[ms liberty]

20. This. All day. n/t

[LSFL]

4. Actually

I rather liked it!

[Ron Obvious]

7. You are dead to me. n/t

[LSFL]

14. Lol

[peacebuzzard]

5. kind of depressing.

does nothing for me either.
as far as old classics, that's how they should be heard. in the original format.
this one sounds like elevator music

[catbyte]

6. And at the risk of sounding like an old grouch, I hate "sampling." It's NOT "sampling"

it's ripping off parts of classic songs like vultures picking over a carcass with the usual result being subpar "music" that completely bastardizes the original music.

Rant over. Happy Thanksgiving!

[lapucelle]

8. It reminds me of the pseudo-jazzy, very jokey dance number cover in A Hard Days Night

At 6:19

[Ron Obvious]

9. On the plus side, I just got out our old Please Please Me album

We're in a much happier, festive mood already here at Obvious Manor!

Happy Thanksgiving!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

10. You ain't kidding!

Cute squirrel though...

[lillypaddle]

13. You're right

sucks.

[WyLoochka]

15. Breathy little girl "singing"

Seems to be a fad. Can't stand it.

[The Genealogist]

18. I don't like it

This is my favorite Beatles song. It isn't the jazziness of it that I don't like, rather it feels like it had all its soul sucked out. I hear a lot of singers using this style today. I am not sure what the idea of singing like this is, but it sounds to me like they are all doing bad imitations of Bjork.

[dhill926]

19. well...it is what its is....

a light, jazz waltz version. Not offensive to me....just kind of innocuous....

[Iggo]

21. The singing doesn't bother me.

Generally, I like bored girl covers.

But that keyboard arrangement was caca.

[Dave Starsky]

25. Well, I don't think she found a single note of the actual song.

The shit that passes for "talent" these days. Seriously.

[Iggo]

26. That cover is a train wreck.

I checked out her other stuff on YouTube and she ain't so bad. One-trick pony, vocally, from the four or five songs I sampled. But she can sing.

It remains, though, that everyone involved in that disaster of a Beatles cover should be punished.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Expecting Fred Astaire to start dancing but with no pizazz.

Expecting Fred Astaire to start dancing but with no pizazz.

[Ron Obvious]

23. Very nearly left a comment on the youtube video

Then I noticed that the singer herself is active on the comments.... Ooof!

I wouldn't want to hurt her feelings, but some kind friend should take her aside and suggest either singing lessons or an alternative career.

[3catwoman3]

24. If it ain't broke, don't...

...fix it.