brionyl Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Ken Bruce's record of the week this week on Radio 2 is Renee Fleming's cover of 'Endlessly'. Gave me quite a surprise at work this morning when I heard it. I've seen some adverse comments about it on here but I like it. It's such a beautiful song anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiko Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It's a great cover. A direction you'd have expected Muse to have taken with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoraMuse Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I just heard it on youtube. I was anxious to hear this song when I found out about the album a few months ago. I used to sing opera so I love that Renee is enjoying the modern music. Her version is interesting since her voice is more up front in the production. She has the passion and the enunciation...but then I listened to the Muse one and that is so definitely better. More passion in Matt's voice and the key sounds better with his voice. Muse wins for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowkay Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 They got rid of the reversed bit, the best bit of that song imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Regret Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Listening to it now, and this woman should be locked up for crimes against music IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Loathe it, she just turned it into an Italian, James Bond theme-wannabe POS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29pearls Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Meh. Thoroughly underwhelmed. Not good because: - she took the 'Muse-iness' out of it (well, duh, she's not Matt), but more than that - she took her own 'Renee-ness' out of it (IOW, stick to opera honey). Sorry, I'm in a bad mood due to no Florida fall dates (yet???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyraSilvertongue Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I love Muse's version. Renee Fleming's version is very ordinary. I'd probably like it better if I didn't know how it could sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Somehow I bet the plebs will prefer the Renee version of it and that I'll prefer the Muse version, which is one of my favourite Muse songs. It definetley sounds like the direction that Muse circa 2010 would go for, not Muse 2003 when this was released. The voice is also strikingly similar which is nice. Despite this, in IMO the Muse one is better because of its simplicity. The song feels cluttered with strings and is rather clunkily sung. So I'll keep with the Muse one. Wish my votes for it being played live at Wembley would work though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I do like her version. I think she's got a lovely voice and I think her version has added in a bit of drama in the instrumental side of it, Muse's version is a more laid back (I think both are good) but what is very weird is that her vocal interpretation is virtually an identical match to Matt's. She has copied his timing, his inflections, everything! There is no originality in her vocal interpretation at all! Maybe that has something to do with being a classical singer, I don't know, but it does make me think - what's the point? Surely the skill is in reinterpretation, not in attempting a copycat of the original. Maybe that's why Matt's vocal sounds like it has more emotion as his is an original interpretation of the emotion in the lyrics but her's is a fake copy! BTW her voice doesn't sound more up front to me, well not in comparison to a windows media version of Muse's Endlessly anyway. One thing it made me revisit Endlessly and appreciate how beautiful Matt's voice sounds on this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 She sounds like Cher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinya12 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 she has not done much with it. i dont know her so i was hoping for a bit more epica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrieB Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 It definetley sounds like the direction that Muse circa 2010 would go for, not Muse 2003 when this was released. Yeah I think you maybe right - Endlessly, the Undisclosed Desires version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Yeah I think you maybe right - Endlessly, the Undisclosed Desires version! Nah, Endlessly is like the pre-runner to Undisclosed Desires, only better. I think it's more Endlessly, the Exogenesis remix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Star Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 I think her version sounds better than other covers I've heard of Muse songs. I wonder what it'd sound like if Sarah Brightman covered Endlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattXXI Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 She sounds like Cher. Â She does. Â It's alright though, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*OoS* Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Apologies if I'm late, I knew about it last week but didn't get chance to listen to it! Heard it on Ken Bruce just now, my parents dragged me out of bed for it It's the track of the week apparently! It's not the best arrangement, but I like it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI65rdrVTdg Me and mum agree that sometimes she sounds like a man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMinded Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 haha sounds alright though matts better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipbones Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I don't like it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwallowFHell Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Me and mum agree that sometimes she sounds like a man Maybe. She possesses a deep voice. It is lovely, but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wondervale Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Me and mum agree that sometimes she sounds like a man I agree with you and your mum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-museing Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I don't like it. I was expecting it to be a lot better when I first heard she was covering the song. There's already a thread for this btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*OoS* Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I don't like it. I was expecting it to be a lot better when I first heard she was covering the song. There's already a thread for this btw. Bugger it bit slow today, mods? Yeah it has the possibility of being epic and catchy, but misses out just a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gackt Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I think its cool that somebody with Renee Fleming's background covered a muse a song but i have to say i like the original better. Especially muse's live performance of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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