Waiting For That Rate- The George Michael/Wham! Singles Discography Rate- The Winner Is....
- Thread starter gezza76
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We gotta have True Faith.
If True Faith ISN'T out first, than I'll be very surprised.
Looking forward to the results of this. Am I really the only one that likes GM’s version of True Faith though?!
Could well be, although nothing wrong with that of course. Each to their own!
Yes (George used to be the other one).
I used to think this day would never come....
I do believe that we are practicing the same religion!
(ok, different song but it’s the best I could come up with lol)
Let's go outside into the sunshine...I know you want to but can't say yes....I'm not saying anymore about "True faith" until it's revealed in the countdown!
Ooooh. Imagine this being last.
so.....two bits of info- firstly I accepted a ballot overnight so we have 37 voters in all:
they are
@Remorque
@br0dy
@Eric Generic
@Sideout
@MilesAngel
@phoenix123
@letuinmybackdoor
@Hairycub1969
@WhatKindOfKylie?
@Baby Clyde
@paullypaul
@Filippa
@berserkboi
@Cowboystyle
@Epic Chocolat
@Untouchable Ace
@Scoundrel_Days
@CorgiCorgiCorgi
@Aester
@POPGASM
@Rooneyboy
@Ana Raquel
@pranavc
@Gnuh Gnuh
@rawkey
@marie_05
@abael
@Ray
@m_dimitrov
@nanafan
@mrdonut
@Auntie Beryl
@Cotton Park
@Sprockrooster
@Vasilios
@Blaahh
and my good self
they are
@Remorque
@br0dy
@Eric Generic
@Sideout
@MilesAngel
@phoenix123
@letuinmybackdoor
@Hairycub1969
@WhatKindOfKylie?
@Baby Clyde
@paullypaul
@Filippa
@berserkboi
@Cowboystyle
@Epic Chocolat
@Untouchable Ace
@Scoundrel_Days
@CorgiCorgiCorgi
@Aester
@POPGASM
@Rooneyboy
@Ana Raquel
@pranavc
@Gnuh Gnuh
@rawkey
@marie_05
@abael
@Ray
@m_dimitrov
@nanafan
@mrdonut
@Auntie Beryl
@Cotton Park
@Sprockrooster
@Vasilios
@Blaahh
and my good self
Secondly some info on the elimination posts:
Info will include (where i can)
reviews of the single from the time (using "Smash Hits" and "Record Mirror")
sales to date estimated of each track
a voting history of the track by position in the rate after 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 votes
and quotes from George where I could find them about the songs themselves.
Info will include (where i can)
reviews of the single from the time (using "Smash Hits" and "Record Mirror")
sales to date estimated of each track
a voting history of the track by position in the rate after 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 votes
and quotes from George where I could find them about the songs themselves.
From Memory both "Wake me up..." and "Freedom" got terrible reviews in Smash Hits back in 1984...I think it was Dave "Rimmer" who was reviewing them...oh the irony!
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Messy!
Ha! How apt indeed.
TRUE FAITH
HIGHEST SCORER: 9.5 X 1 @Hairycub1969
LOWEST SCORER: 0 x 7 @phoenix123 @Sideout @rawkey @Baby Clyde @Ray @letuinmybackdoor @WhatKindOfKylie?
AVERAGE SCORE: 3.202
RELEASED: MARCH 2011
PEAK POSITION: 27
UK SALES: 30,000+
VOTING HISTORY:
After 5 votes: #65
After 10 votes: #65
After 15 votes: #65
After 20 votes: #65
After 25 votes: #65
After 30 votes: #65
After 35 votes: #65
George: “I’d just come out of prison and was sitting around chatting with mates and watching VH-1 and “True Faith” came on and I suddenly heard the words for the first time, what a fantastic lyric it was about addiction and thought I’d love to do that. I recorded the vocal within the next 24 hours, almost all of it is one take, a vocal I did at home”
A Single for Comic Relief and premiered on the night of the show, this met widespread criticism when released and spent just a fortnight in the charts evidencing the point.
Popjustice said: There were 16 zero’s given in this rate and 7 of them headed this way!
@Hairycub1969 (9.5) “This is a very underrated cover. It’s very different to the original and for me that’s the whole point! I love the vocoder vocals and chilled out vibes of the track! The fact is New Order wrote the words but George Michael really lived them…”
@Untouchable Ace (6) “It has modern elements thankfully as it was released last decade. But the slow tempo metronome beat is so old fashioned and something I can't stand in music as it reminds me of karaoke.”
@nanafan (5.5) “A shame there isn’t a club version of this as it would be good, as it is the track plods”
@Eric Generic (5) “You can't destroy a classic. But hey, you can try!”
@Rooneyboy (3) “I just don't get it”
@br0dy (3) “My brain can't even process this.”
@mrdonut (2.5) “Such a great song did not deserve this treatment”
@Epic Chocolat (2) “The worst cover. The vocoder. Ouch!”
@gezza76 (1) “Jesus this is as bad as I recalled- no tune, autotuned vocals, and it drifts aimlessly- all the vital directness of the original is gone and lost in a meandering blur of nothingness”
@Sprockrooster (1) “Honestly a ruination”
@Blaahh (1) “just plain strange and why treat his beautiful voice like this”
@letuinmybackdoor (0) “DELETE!”
@Ray (0) “Before this came out I joked that he'll take the song and turn it into smooth jazz. He did. Then dipped it in horrid autotune-vocoder mix. 'True Faith' is one of the most incredible songs ever, GM is one of the most impressive singers ever. This is sonic poison. I hope it gets an average below 2.”
@rawkey (0) “I can only assume that when asked to do a song for Comic Relief he thought he was to turn in a piss-take as well.”
@Baby Clyde (0) “Just no. There should be laws”
@nanafan (5.5) “A shame there isn’t a club version of this as it would be good, as it is the track plods”
@Eric Generic (5) “You can't destroy a classic. But hey, you can try!”
@Rooneyboy (3) “I just don't get it”
@br0dy (3) “My brain can't even process this.”
@mrdonut (2.5) “Such a great song did not deserve this treatment”
@Epic Chocolat (2) “The worst cover. The vocoder. Ouch!”
@gezza76 (1) “Jesus this is as bad as I recalled- no tune, autotuned vocals, and it drifts aimlessly- all the vital directness of the original is gone and lost in a meandering blur of nothingness”
@Sprockrooster (1) “Honestly a ruination”
@Blaahh (1) “just plain strange and why treat his beautiful voice like this”
@letuinmybackdoor (0) “DELETE!”
@Ray (0) “Before this came out I joked that he'll take the song and turn it into smooth jazz. He did. Then dipped it in horrid autotune-vocoder mix. 'True Faith' is one of the most incredible songs ever, GM is one of the most impressive singers ever. This is sonic poison. I hope it gets an average below 2.”
@rawkey (0) “I can only assume that when asked to do a song for Comic Relief he thought he was to turn in a piss-take as well.”
@Baby Clyde (0) “Just no. There should be laws”
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Wow, the single actually charted? And as high as #27!
I stand by my score and like for GM's "True Faith" - I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but - hey if Robbie Williams can "cover" Freedom 90, then GM can cover "True Faith" differently in my eyes....
Well, True Faith never had a chance it would seem.
There are worse tracks in this rate. Oi gave this five.