Simon cheated last night

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MRS LAWSON

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by lulu g:
“For my money, k d lang's is the definitive version, even bettering Roy Orbison's. Face like the back end of a bus, voice of an angel. The Mulholland Drive version is great too, in a very different way.”

Yes it is very haunting, I love it and no music, just her voice...lovely. My favourite version.

silentNate

08-11-2009

Gummo is a tremendous movie but very difficult to watch due to Korine's choice of non-actors in the roles and lack of narrative-

Originally Posted by wikipedia:
“Korine encouraged improvisation and spontaneity. To achieve this, Korine had to establish a mode of trust. "If an actor is a crack smoker, let him go out between takes, smoke crack, and then come back and throw his refrigerator out the window! Let people feel they can do whatever they want with no consequence."”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummo

Jamie's version of the song was awful- J&E, Danyl or Stacey should win this on talent or entertainment value

http://www.votefortheworst.com/ You Know it makes sense

jacqui.b

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by Unigal07:
“I like Louis. He was just Simon-baiting that's all. I didn't like it when he turned on Dermot though, very uncalled for.”

I didnt like that either. Was no need for it at all. He just came across as very petty and nasty by shouting out im a judge and ur just a presenter. Louis needs to stop acting like a pratt

ffawkes

08-11-2009

also noticed Louis' comment to Lloyd - 'there are four better singers than you in this competition' . I presume he wasn't including his own act there then! Oops.

Fhionnuisce

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by Stewing:
“A more recent and famous it was in, brilliantly too, was Mulholland Drive, but Walsh is obviously a cultural philistine who only watches B Grade rubbish movies.”

It was in the background of Mulholland Drive, rather than a theme song and was not what Jamie sang anyway. That's why it wasn't originally stated as being from that film. Anyway, do people actually still think that the judges make these comments off the cuff. The whole thing is scripted but Cheryl usually can't even remember the couple of sentences she has to say without reading it. Louis and Simon have to have a spat ruining through the shows. The only one who probably goes genuinely 'off message' is Danni

dome

08-11-2009

It was just scripted banter.

Fhionnuisce

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by ffawkes:
“also noticed Louis' comment to Lloyd - 'there are four better singers than you in this competition' . I presume he wasn't including his own act there then! Oops.”

Of course he wasn't that was why he made a point of repeating it. Louis has never claimed they are the best singers. It is not him or Simon that is keeping them in - somebody must be voting for them.

nickynoodle167

08-11-2009

I thought the songs had to be written specifically for movies

But the actual theme songs from movies was good as it's pretty broad, because shedloads of songs are used in most movies, even if they aren't originally for a movie.

pregnantflossie

08-11-2009

Utter garbage. It's all scripted (badly).

Geelong Cat

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by Fhionnuisce:
“It was in the background of Mulholland Drive, rather than a theme song and was not what Jamie sang anyway. That's why it wasn't originally stated as being from that film. Anyway, do people actually still think that the judges make these comments off the cuff. The whole thing is scripted but Cheryl usually can't even remember the couple of sentences she has to say without reading it. Louis and Simon have to have a spat ruining through the shows. The only one who probably goes genuinely 'off message' is Danni”

I agree - you can tell, because she sometimes accidentally gives them constructive criticism.

Bet she gets rapped on the knuckle for it after the show, though.

jon_ellacott

08-11-2009

I looked up on the song on wikipedia and it actually appears in three different movies.

Geelong Cat

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by lulu g:
“What's more interesting to me is why Simon Cowell chose to say it was from a film called Gummo that very few people have ever heard of instead of saying it features in Mulholland Drive. Hmm.”

Yes, it's almost like the whole thing was set up just so's Louis could make that comment or something.

sHaK

08-11-2009

I want Louis off that show. Had enough of him.

SteveOwen

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by Fhionnuisce:
“It was in the background of Mulholland Drive, rather than a theme song and was not what Jamie sang anyway. That's why it wasn't originally stated as being from that film. Anyway, do people actually still think that the judges make these comments off the cuff. The whole thing is scripted but Cheryl usually can't even remember the couple of sentences she has to say without reading it. Louis and Simon have to have a spat ruining through the shows. The only one who probably goes genuinely 'off message' is Danni”

It was hardly a background song in MD. The whole song was featured and in a pivotal scene too.

LaurieMarlow

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by jon_ellacott:
“I looked up on the song on wikipedia and it actually appears in three different movies.”

But are they in Louis Walsh's DVD collection?

jon_ellacott

08-11-2009

The version from Mullholland Drive is by another act and is sung in Spanish. Jamie was doing was by Roy Orbison which featured in the cult movie Gummo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying_(song)

samthemainman

08-11-2009

The movie that should have been quoted is Hiding Out - the film in which KD Lang duetted with Roy Orbison.

actually

08-11-2009

I 100% agree with louis

but tbh am glad jamie did that song - as it was very poor and showed him out to be dreadfull and kareoke like he is

ffawkes

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by actually:
“I 100% agree with louis
”

What - that because he hadn't seen the movie it should not have been allowed? How do you justify it then?

grimtales1

08-11-2009

I thought Jamie gave a really good, moving performance

I don't remember Crying from Gummo (though I have seen it)

Slick Nick

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by ffawkes:
“... or so claimed Louis Walsh, on the basis that he has never seen the movie that Jamie afro's song came from.

Did anyone else think that this, among the rest of the tosh spouted by the judges, was one of the most ridiculous, irrational statements to date. Should anyone coming out with nonsense like that really be in the position of judge/mentor/guru ?”

It was done on purpose to heighten the 'rivalry' but it doesn't even make sense because the challenge is it's 'not a film the whole world and their dog has seen', whereas you can classify songs into rock or non-rock.

BigBitch

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by samthemainman:
“The movie that should have been quoted is Hiding Out - the film in which KD Lang duetted with Roy Orbison.”

I bet that's good!

gwazi

08-11-2009

I saw kd lang sing it in concert a few years back and nobody sings it as good as her except Roy Orbison

Slick Nick

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by gwazi:
“I can't understand why 4 people who make their livings in the music business seem to have such a small choice of songs for their artists. I used to work in a music shop (in the olden days it was called a record shop) but even now keep up with music and charts ( but are so manipulated means nothing these days) and a collector of music. But the songs are the same year in year out with X Factor, American Idol etc. The song choices yesterday were totally underwhelming.
It really is time someone told the judges to use some imagination instead of using the same themes and the same songs.”

You can't just use any song ever in the world when you want to. They only have the rights to a few songs and unfortunately 99.5% of them seem to be arse.

lulu g

08-11-2009

Originally Posted by nickynoodle167:
“I thought the songs had to be written specifically for movies But the actual theme songs from movies was good as it's pretty broad, because shedloads of songs are used in most movies, even if they aren't originally for a movie.”

'Stand By Me' was around long before the film of the same name, and 'Beautiful Girls' was certainly not included. Likewise, 'Twist and Shout' was around long before Ferris Bueller's Day Off and 'Son of Preacher Man' long before Pulp Fiction.

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