Leona Lewis Butchering Snow Patrol's "Run"

Green Hornet

Not a big fan of Snow Patrol although I did really like "Final Straw". I thought "Run" was a great song.

However, I see Leona Lewis has released a butchered version. I think it's terrible and Lightbody brought a lot more depth and feeling to the song.

Just wondering if I'm being harsh on her or if what anybody elses thoughts are?

Nightwish

I didnt like it when Snow Patrol sang it. Its even worse with the Mariah Carey-like warbling.

Basq

To be frank and honest, I think her cover is pretty damn decent.. well, as far as "mongoloid warbling R'n'B reality-TV singers" go.

It's certainly different.. and I respect the cover for being just that.

I would never buy it, or listen to it but I wouldn't be too quick in criticizing it either. We're heard a helluva lot worse covers lately.

ShawnRaven

The song wasn't great to begin with to be honest, i thought it was one of the weaker songs on Final Straw, commercial overexposure was the final nail in the coffin for that tune.

It does annoy me though that people are covering songs that are just barely past their "play by" date now though.

Leona Lewis just annoys me, period!

xOxSinéadxOx

thought leona's cover was quite good. don't really like the song anyway though

Zaph

Just listened to it. I expect the bleeding from my ears to stop anyday now.

DarkJager

Its ****ing awful like all of her songs. That other new one she has is so irritating its unbelievable. Somebody please put this horse back in the stable...

CountryGirl1

I think she does a great version of it!
She really makes it her own :cool:

11811

havnt heard it, dont want to by the sounds of it...

11811

Oh fudge ...Just heard it...

TERRIBLE.

DarkJager

CountryGirl1 wrote: »

I think she does a great version of it!
She really makes it her own :cool:

Yes she really makes it her own, and an absolute mess at that. She has another song out at the moment that is possibly even a bigger pile of ****e than this one.

super_furry

'Making a bad song worse, cheers Simon Cowell.

JP Liz

I cant even make out what she singing - its a terrible version

MagicMarker

I've only heard snippits of this in the office and I have to say, I find it to be an excellent version.

There is only so much you can do with something that is already a load of pretentious ****.

Emilioooooo

ah this is a lil harsh on leona, she does a great version of the song, but its jus not as good as snow patrol's FACT!!!!!!

xOxSinéadxOx

there's a lot of leona negativity here!

DarkJager

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

there's a lot of leona negativity here!

That's because she's ****!

Kold

Emilioooooo wrote: »

ah this is a lil harsh on leona, she does a great version of the song, but its jus not as good as snow patrol's FACT!!!!!!

I would've thought harsh would be telling her that she could make a living in the music industry but apparently people love crap.

DarkJager

I suppose as long as the karaoke disaster that is X-Factor exists, we'll never be rid of old horseface and the likes.....

LadyMayBelle

You either love it or hate it...I love it. Never really liked Snow Patrol all that much, I will acknowledge they have some good songs but I'd never buy an album...leona's version I thought was really great. Thumbs up:)

Wertz

Nothing aginst the artist but it's a sh*te cover; her voice doesn't suit it and I found it painful to listen to...
No huge fan of SP either but this was their tune and it suited their style and the lead singer's voice.

1966

almost afraid to admit liking it !!

Green Hornet

1966 wrote: »

almost afraid to admit liking it !!

:eek:

Love the snow patrol original; think leona has an amazing voice, HATE this cover version. "warbling" is a good description

CyberDave

+1 for the title of this thread. i will tolerate most of the ****e on the radio, but I actually switch stations when I hear this version of a great song.

reverandkenjami

DarkJager wrote: »

Its ****ing awful like all of her songs. That other new one she has is so irritating its unbelievable. Somebody please put this horse back in the stable...

+1

I hate leona's version, she ruined a fairly ok song!!

JP Liz

Leona Lewis has knocked Take That off the top of the UK singles chart.

Her version of Snow Patrol's 'Run', which became available to download seven days ago, debuts at number one this week.

It becomes her third chart-topper - following her X Factor winner's song 'A Moment Like This' in 2006 and 'Bleeding Love' last year.

Love it or hate it - its No. 1

ShawnRaven

JP Liz wrote: »

Love it or hate it - its No. 1

Crappy cover versions usually make it to #1 in the UK charts at christmas time, Gary Jules - Mad World anyone?

Hey wait, isn't it Christmas in 3 weeks?!

unreggd

Ugh, more retarded SP fanboys

I'm sorry, but her version is clearly 10 times better than the original

Its a very emotional song, that Gary couldnt portray as well as Leona


so there

Drummerboy08

Oh God its Horrible!!

Make it stop, make it stop!!!

humberklog

It a very smart recording of what was a best a reasonable song by an overly indulged band.
Go Leona! I wouldn't eat the yellow snow in a fit.
Good xmas No.1.

DamienH

jesus I heard this today , that original was ok but this is total ****e tbh

drumdrum

Rarely are covers better than the originals anyways, though there are a few exceptions (such as Jeff Buckleys "Halleluiaj" (sorry...cant spell!)


Not my cup of tea personally, though it could of been a whole lot worse.


Could of gone the way of the oul genre-switchin-cover such as New Found Glorys cover of "Kiss me". Utter sonic-diarrhoea IMO!!!

HPT

CountryGirl1 wrote: »

I think she does a great version of it!
She really makes it her own :cool:

I'm neither a Snow Patrol or a Leona fan but I couldn't agree more.

I can never understand why some people seem to totally reject covers of Indie, Alternative or Rock music. :rolleyes:
Sometimes there IS room for improvement as is evident in the case of Leona's version.

Vegeta

Didn't Leanne Moore sing this one quite a bit of Your-A-Star

Maybe that's where they got the idea

Redpunto

Its a fantastic song to start with, suppose snow patrol will get loyalties from it. Not a fan of Leona anyway, its just warbling.

Bingles

that woma ruins any song she sings imo

Sangre

Zaph wrote: »

Just listened to it. I expect the bleeding from my ears to stop anyday now.

but they just keep, keep bleeding...

Rodent Queen

Zaph wrote: »

Just listened to it. I expect the bleeding from my ears to stop anyday now.

ha ha ha

HouseHippo

Don't get me started...please

Xavi6

unreggd wrote: »

Ugh, more retarded SP fanboys

Lol so anyone who criticises the song is a Snow Patrol fanboy? :rolleyes:

I'm sorry, but her version is clearly 10 times better than the original

Its a very emotional song, that Gary couldnt portray as well as Leona


so there

You're talking a load of shite.

HPT wrote: »

I can never understand why some people seem to totally reject covers of Indie, Alternative or Rock music. :rolleyes:

Because butchering a song is not a good thing.

A singer is in a certain mindset when they write a song and for some pop 'star' clown to come along and think they can do it justice is just wrong. All the initial feeling Lightbody had when penning the lyrics cannot be recipricated by Lewis, no matter how much the Pop Stars posse want her to.

That version is class A murder. It actually reminds me of Father Dick Byrne's Eurovision entry with overblown vocals, soaring strings and an unecessary choir in the background.

Dudess

Xavi6 wrote: »

It actually reminds me of Father Dick Byrne's Eurovision entry with overblown vocals, soaring strings and an unecessary choir in the background.

LOL - so true!

However I really can't see how she's "butchered" it. Great voice, song totally suited to the power ballad treatment, very good musical arrangement (if overblown )... actually quite good for what it is.

vibe666

meh, big snow patrol fan but never been a fan of leona lewis tbh, till i hard her cover on the latest bbc live lounge album (volume 3 afaik) and took quite a shine to it. that was probably a couple of months ago now, before it was ever played on the radio or on tv. thought she did a grand job, very toni braxton.

BUT, if you don't like that sort of music anyway, are a fan of the original and are allergic to the reality tv poison that is x factor et al then i guess you're never going to like something like that whoever sings it.

mind you, i know where everyone is coming from, I was planning on putting a hit out on paddy casey when i heard he did a cover of john lennon's imagine. some things should just never be touched.

GavRedKing

to say i didnt like the original SP version would be putting it mildly but this version is just utter crap.:mad:

yes she made it her own,well done to everyone who pointed out that a woman can sound totally different to a man acrooss a vocal range, i would have thought that to be rather easy.

If i was SP id be quite pissed off, but i supose they themselves are the one to blame, they would have to have given Leona permission to use this song so well done to both for annoying me coming up to X-mas

Wertz

Sangre wrote: »

but they just keep, keep bleeding...

lmao

sceptre

vibe666 wrote: »

meh, big snow patrol fan but never been a fan of leona lewis tbh, till i hard her cover on the latest bbc live lounge album (volume 3 afaik) and took quite a shine to it. that was probably a couple of months ago now, before it was ever played on the radio or on tv.

It wasn't on the last live lounge CD. The version you downloaded was the version where the guy took "the liberty of adding Leona Lewis' performance of Snow Patrol's 'Run' as [he thought] it is an absolute travesty that the track wasn't included on the CD." Presumably recorded from the radio. Shhhhh

Ah, maybe I'm assuming but it definitely wasn't on it:)

slipss

Heard it for the first time when I was out yesterday, couldn't agree more (with the OP) terrible terrible mutilation of the song. At first I thought it was a busker outside trying to mangle it untill I looked up at the big screen and realised it was coming from the speakers. Atrocious.

Green Hornet

And it's everywhere now!

Notorious

Its not very good at all, but its much better than the original.

abouttobebanned

She is a talented singer and she's beautiful. Personally, I'm not a fan of her music but I heard this version a few months ago and thought it was fine. Some people just try so hard to be cool and have cool taste in music, which includes slagging off the "uncool" music.

Kold

abouttobebanned wrote: »

She is a talented singer and she's beautiful. Personally, I'm not a fan of her music but I heard this version a few months ago and thought it was fine. Some people just try so hard to be cool and have cool taste in music, which includes slagging off the "uncool" music.

This may be true but sometimes people attribute this generalisation to people who actually think the song is awful and that she should die in a traffic accident.