Earlier this week i had the misfortune of seeing The Dream Girls sing song on TV. Then this am I heard them sing another song. Their idea of singing appears to be shouting/screaming at the top of your voice, lengthening the words you sing by twisting the vowels and generally putting on what they think is a barnstorming performance. They cannot sing.
At the other end of the spectrum I was in Jessops yesterday am – they had Radio 1 playing. On came an Ant and Dec song. I had no idea they had recorded a song. It was a fucking godawful attempt at rap without any emotion and frankly was beyond embarrassing.
Both of these incidents have made me think there should be a punishment for this kind of behaviour.
Maybe hanging is too severe but I am not entirely sure.
Boiling in oil perhaps?
Ducking stool would be more humane, possibly. Give them a 50/50 chance to mend their ways.
Hanged, drawn and quartered seems appropriate.
Especially for those two twots and ant fuckin dec.
Ant & Dec are true National Treasures. They annoy the fuck out of me yet at the same time I find myself sniggering and secretly delighted at their carefully scripted but brilliantly written “off-the-cuff” exchanges.
This thread seems, at least to me, the epitomy of cultural
snobishness . Never heard of the Dream Girls but I am 100% certain they fulfil a role which most of us on here cannot begin to comprehend. Sneering just won’t do.
Happy to be considered a snob if it means I don’t have to listen to that shit again
A top tune indeed
Ant & Dec are National Treasures. Would I rather listen to Father John Misty, (gulp) Sufjan I Have No Gonads Stevens, Cilla Black or (bigger gulp) Roy Woods or entering the Charts at No1 the Twins From Byker – it’s no contest shurely?
You OK Lodes old bean? Ant and Dec, you are taking the piss.
Not quite sure if this is going to get me sent to the AW naughty step, but out of your list LoW I would much prefer Roy Wood.
IMHO he has a wonderful body of work & by all accounts he is a top bloke.
I genuinely believe that see my baby jive is better than anything recorded by the legendary Phil (wall of sound) Spector.
As ever, OOAA.
Nice to see you back Jack.
Thanks, appreciate it.
Roy Wood is indeed a lovely person, I can vouch for that.
The way Bill Nighy calls them “Ant or Dec” in Love Actually still makes me smile.
Was it “Let’s get ready to rumble” from about 25 years ago? Released under theyur Bykah Grohv persohnas, PJ & Duncan?
If so, you’re very wrong – because that is a tremendous tune.
This is the correct answer. It was way before Ant and Dec were ‘Ant and Dec’. When they revived it on the first series of ‘…Takeaway’, both way past their physical peak and huffin’ and puffin’ through the performance, and laughing at themselves into the bargain, it was an absolutely joyful TV moment. A pox on anyone who takes all this in dread seriousness.
As for The Dream Girls (actually called The Leading Ladies), I’m with you on that over-emoting, shouty style that has become synonymous with ‘soul’ singing – it’s horrible. In mitigation, it could be argued that they’re singing songs/showstoppers from stage musicals, which some people interpret as ‘belting them out’, but in most cases there’s really no need and it doesn’t do any of them credit. This is a shame for Beverley Knight in particular, as she really can sing very well indeed.