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Mad World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVevvbFNKiY
I like this new version. What are / were your thoughts on the original? Isn't it the last number one that wasn't X Factor? |
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The original criminally never made no1.
The Gary Jules/Michael Andrews cover did. This new version is just another slow rehash. |
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Christ on a bike...... isn't bad enough that adverts are fcuking with the music from my formative years without some other no talent dirging it up as well.
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Definitely the Gary Jules version for me. This new one is a bit shit.
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I never liked the original. Gary Jules did a great cover of it but personally my favourite is by The Red Paintings
Studio version: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UkH9aZWv5Zc I prefer the live version myself but I can't find a good video other than their singer Trash McSweeney performing it with The Dresden Dolls: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tU5K_ZDnYyM |
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Definitely the Gary Jules version for me. This new one is a bit shit.
I like PostmodernJukebox though as they do some interesting spins on well known tunes. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVevvbFNKiY
I like this new version. What are / were your thoughts on the original? Isn't it the last number one that wasn't X Factor?
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tears for fears for me.... dont like dirges.
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Loved the original. It was the uptempo beat, juxtaposed with the serious lyrics that made it particularly poignant and haunting.
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For me, the Gary Jules version is the definitive version. It easily surpasses the original.
I like PostmodernJukebox though as they do some interesting spins on well known tunes. |
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The original in 1982 from Tears For Fears was the best. The Gary Jules one was okay. This latest one is utter shite.
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The original in 1982 from Tears For Fears was the best. The Gary Jules one was okay. This latest one is utter shite.
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The original in 1982 from Tears For Fears was the best. The Gary Jules one was shite. This latest one is utter shite.
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Couldn't have put it better myself!
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The Gary Jules version works best when heard in the film itself, though it's great on its own obviously. It brings out the emotion of the lyrics, unlike most of the more recent 'let's make it slow with piano' covers which are fake and don't do much for the song. The Gary Jules Mad World is one of the only times that technique actually worked!
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The Tears For Fears original is the only version I love. I still listen to The Hurting album a lot (that Mad World is from), it sounds as good as ever.
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The Gary Jules version works best when heard in the film itself, though it's great on its own obviously. It brings out the emotion of the lyrics, unlike most of the more recent 'let's make it slow with piano' covers which are fake and don't do much for the song. The Gary Jules Mad World is one of the only times that technique actually worked!
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Hard to see how a copy (a bad one at that) can "define" something. You may prefer the dirge of the covers but the definitive version is the original.
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Agree with the general sentiment that the tears for fears version was the best. The Hurting was a brilliant debut album. Pale Shelter another brilliant tune.
Gary Jules version OK a popular cover but not the kind of sound I can listen to. Too slow and depressing. Not the sound intended by the original I think. This latest cover I haven't even listened to as I know i'll hate it
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This new version tries to do something different, but the Gary Jules version is the best imo as it really brings out the haunting emotion and loneliness of the lyrics. Doing the song in a 1930's cabaret style sounds a bit weird imo. Then again it's a mad world, so maybe they're focusing on the "unconventional" aspect.
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![]() The midget has a good voice though. |
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The new version is awful! I like the Gary Jules version.
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Christ on a bike...... isn't bad enough that adverts are fcuking with the music from my formative years without some other no talent dirging it up as well.
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I think Tears For Fears peaked with their first album so my vote goes to the original.
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FTFY
![]() I believe I may have improved upon it..... ![]() ![]() Oh....just realised....
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