Popular Post Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2014 I'm not married 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 While I pretty much despise anything else AI-musical-related, I much prefer the version of 21 Guns that features both Green Day and the AI cast to the studio version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 My first dance is going to be When It's Time, much better than Last Night On Earth. "So tell me when it's time to say I love you." If you've just got married I would have hoped it'd already happened Gonna sic Alissa on your ass, nomnom LNOE is a song that I initially thought I hated, but then I realized that it's quite beautiful; it's a grower. But I think the musical version blows it out of the water. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green day is Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 But I think the musical version blows it out of the water. I wanted to say this but I don't remember what the version on the cast album sounded like. The version that they showed Billie Joe in Broadway Idiot, with the choir-type thing, was phenomenal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 People actually like Last Night On Earth? Yes. We do. The unabashed sappiness is what does it for me. But I think the musical version blows it out of the water. ALL OF THE YES TO THIS. The harmonies (esp. the female harmonies) just take it to another level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 Gonna sic Alissa on your ass, nomnom LNOE is a song that I initially thought I hated, but then I realized that it's quite beautiful; it's a grower. But I think the musical version blows it out of the water. Oh shit. Have I dun goofed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Have I dun goofed? SO hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grene cniht Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 When It's Time is way better than Last Night on Earth! I think it's their best love song so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Not really a shocker given my age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Not really a shocker given my age. Ola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmemoryserves Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 i honestly prefer last night on earth to the static age. lnoe isn't a favorite by any standards, but i prefer it. although i think the ai musical version made me enjoy the original more.While I pretty much despise anything else AI-musical-relatedwhy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 why Because it's just Kidz Bop trying to hide behind "punk?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Because it's just Kidz Bop trying to hide behind "punk?" Your opinion is wrong and I HATE IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmemoryserves Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Because it's just Kidz Bop trying to hide behind "punk?"are you serious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 are you serious... Entirely. I haven't actually had chance to see the musical, for all I know it's the best thing in the world. But the cast recording album is just pure cringe from start to finish and I honestly don't understand how people who like the originals like it. It's just the same thing as if One Direction or Bieber or someone covered a Green Day song, if they haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The only credit I'll give the musical versions is that they made Know Your Enemy slightly more listenable, and the version of 21 Guns is pretty decent, but other than that? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmemoryserves Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Entirely. I haven't actually had chance to see the musical, for all I know it's the best thing in the world. But the cast recording album is just pure cringe from start to finish and I honestly don't understand how people who like the originals like it. It's just the same thing as if One Direction or Bieber or someone covered a Green Day song, if they haven't already.ok well i've seen the (original) musical multiple times and i can tell you that it is amazing. i will admit that the studio recordings are less so, but the songs are honestly amazing live. they tend to lose some of the magic when recorded, but that doesn't mean the cast is any less talented or that the musical versions are absolutely trash or "pure cringe". i'm fucking sick of everyone on this forum acting like one direction and justin bieber aren't talented musicians, and throwing "kidz bop" towards anything that doesn't have electric guitars or whatever. this isn't directed towards you specifically but everyone needs to stop being so fucking stuck up. i hate justin bieber as a person but that doesn't mean he isn't talented or that i don't enjoy his music. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Entirely. I haven't actually had chance to see the musical, for all I know it's the best thing in the world. But the cast recording album is just pure cringe from start to finish and I honestly don't understand how people who like the originals like it. It's just the same thing as if One Direction or Bieber or someone covered a Green Day song, if they haven't already. I'm with Jill, You HAVE to see the musical to appreciate the album. I despised the musical versions prior to seeing the musical, but once you see it it changes your whole perspective on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 What did you guys think when you first heard Avril do that terrible cover of Basket Case? Because to me it's the same thing. I'm not anti anyone who isn't Billie singing Green Day songs, and the new versions are actually a pretty cool concept. I just don't think the vast majority of the singers on the cast recording have suitable voices. I'd like to hear someone like Amy Lee give them a go actually. But as it stands it just feels karaoke, to be brutally honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifmemoryserves Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 What did you guys think when you first heard Avril do that terrible cover of Basket Case? Because to me it's the same thing. I'm not anti anyone who isn't Billie singing Green Day songs, and the new versions are actually a pretty cool concept. I just don't think the vast majority of the singers on the cast recording have suitable voices. I'd like to hear someone like Amy Lee give them a go actually. But as it stands it just feels karaoke, to be brutally honest."suitable" meaning...? it's broadway. they're going to have those kinds of voices. they're broadway performers. i don't see how it's at all karaoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Disappearing Boy Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I actually didn't mind Avril's version of basket case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy. Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 What did you guys think when you first heard Avril do that terrible cover of Basket Case? Because to me it's the same thing. I'm not anti anyone who isn't Billie singing Green Day songs, and the new versions are actually a pretty cool concept. I just don't think the vast majority of the singers on the cast recording have suitable voices. I'd like to hear someone like Amy Lee give them a go actually. But as it stands it just feels karaoke, to be brutally honest. How is one artist covering a song considered "karaoke" and another artist covering the same song isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatteredminority Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) I think Restless Heart Syndrome is by far the worst song on 21stCB. Though I have to admit the ending is pretty epic. Edited May 23, 2014 by scatteredminority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 "suitable" meaning...? it's broadway. they're going to have those kinds of voices. they're broadway performers. i don't see how it's at all karaoke. Well some versions are better than others, and admittedly I do quite like the odd one. But take Letterbomb for example. It's just the same as the original except with inferior singers with no edge. Therefore it sounds karaoke. If the song had been arranged differently and made a ballad or something it could have been fantastic. But it's not, so it sounds karaoke and I don't know why people would choose to listen to it over the original. How is one artist covering a song considered "karaoke" and another artist covering the same song isn't? Because perceived authenticity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 The way I see it the musical versions of the songs do sound like they're supposed to sound - like musical songs. I just happen to hate the way musical songs sound (so horribly melodramatic and cheesy that I cringe every moment I'm listening to them) , so I don't like them. Doesn't mean they shouldn't exist or that they're "wrong" in any way or that the performers aren't talented, it's just a style that isn't to my taste. Well some versions are better than others, and admittedly I do quite like the odd one. But take Letterbomb for example. It's just the same as the original except with inferior singers with no edge. Therefore it sounds karaoke. If the song had been arranged differently and made a ballad or something it could have been fantastic. But it's not, so it sounds karaoke and I don't know why people would choose to listen to it over the original. Because perceived authenticity. I agree with you on how it sounds, but that's just how musical singing is as far as I can see. I think they hit the mark as far as making musical versions of the songs, it's just a case of whether you like that kind of song or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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