I am not normally a man who delves very deeply into the world of modern-day soul, it's not normally on my musical radar. I was surprised - I'm not sure why - to hear that U2 had recorded a version of their song 'One' with Mary J Blige. Then I heard it in Vancouver and it absolutely blew me away. Got straight on the net and downloaded it from iTunes. If you haven't heard it...boy...the girl can sing. It's even brought a tear to my eye. So...there's no accounting for taste...maybe I should explore further (and while I'm at it I could go the whole hog and 'pimp my ride' - can you do that to a Honda Civic?!).
Thursday, May 11, 2006
wasn't expecting to like this...
I am not normally a man who delves very deeply into the world of modern-day soul, it's not normally on my musical radar. I was surprised - I'm not sure why - to hear that U2 had recorded a version of their song 'One' with Mary J Blige. Then I heard it in Vancouver and it absolutely blew me away. Got straight on the net and downloaded it from iTunes. If you haven't heard it...boy...the girl can sing. It's even brought a tear to my eye. So...there's no accounting for taste...maybe I should explore further (and while I'm at it I could go the whole hog and 'pimp my ride' - can you do that to a Honda Civic?!).
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heh, its funny because my reaction was the EXACT OPPOSITE! I felt like they took a song which was originally written and sang with such passion by Bono, and tarted it up to the point where it lost all meaning. Sure she can sing, but does she care about the content? Does she even know what shes singing? Maybe she does, but it doesnt sound like it too me...it feels like a lot of style over substance.
All that said, having recently attended an emerging church conference, I am able to live with the tension of our divergent views, and we can remain friends in spite of it ;)
what makes you think she is not singing it with passion? could your reaction be something to do with the fact that you are not a big fan of Blige's genre? are you being prejudiced?
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