that new sugababes single

aw it's off the new DJ Spoony Garage Classical comp - basically garage covers with orchestral arrangements.

Lily Allen covering "Sweet Like Chocolate" and Paloma Faith covering "Moving Too Fast" too, among others: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ffDkx9XNvg59sxuWbUNYq?si=yOcJhCLDRV6uzMK-iYICKQ

i saw the advert for this the other night and, well, it's not for me

"Flowers" doesn't sound *too* orchestra-y tho

xp me neither tbh but if it gets people on to the originals then more power to it. none of them are too orchestral-ish to be fair, they're more like orchestral ~flourishes~

yeah i'm just kind of baffled why orchestral versions of stuff has become this minor thing

new twist on touring

these orchestral versions of dance music things always feel like an attempt to force some kind of perceived and unnecessary ~legitimacy~ on to music that doesn't need it

this is nice enough and their voices are always a pleasure to hear but I would never ever want to hear this over the original under any circumstance

In theory I like the idea of playing dance music with physical instruments, but you have to use it to add something, not to make it sound more glossy and, yes, "prestigious" - the grime prom a couple of years back actually worked, as (I think, you may disagree) does this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFbnhcNnjE

Flowers is the only halfway decent one. Sincere, Movin’ Too Fast & Sweet Like Chocolate are all appalling.

anything with Paloma Faith is appalling

What about that MKS album that was supposed to come out years ago?

"In theory I like the idea of playing dance music with physical instruments, but you have to use it to add something, not to make it sound more glossy and, yes, "prestigious" - the grime prom a couple of years back actually worked, as (I think, you may disagree) does this"

It's ancient but Jeremy Deller's Acid Brass had the right tone - it was ludicrous, but it was done with gusto. Here's a live version of "Voodoo Ray", that works because the original track has enough musical material to build an orchestration around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdpwAxkCj7I

https://t.co/lRfgNXe8Fp pic.twitter.com/0sMROlu3hD

— Sugababes (@Sugababes) May 10, 2021

that's what's going on: https://www.nme.com/news/music/sugababes-reunion-interview-one-touch-20-anniversary-new-music-little-mix-2937274

this remix is good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6xERyVsI0
Sugababes • Run For Cover (MNEK Remix)