Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 8, 2007 18:28:52 GMT 2
The soundtrack to dancing on Freddie's grave.
Well, if this isn't quite the worst thing you'll hear all year. It's all the standard Queen songs (would it have killed any of these acts to have maybe covered something that wasn't on the Hits albums? An album track? A B-Side? No, wait - that would be challenging the dullards who'll want to buy this) sung by a variety of acts. I will admit they do cover the spectrum somewhat - from Joss Stone to Sum 41 to Flaming Lips, it's certainly a varied cast. If only the songs had been so inventive.
But they're not - in the slightest. This is pretty much a Queen Kareoke CD just with poorer vocals. You don't enjoy it, you end up
a)angry at the tacky quality of it all
b)scratching your head wondering what the point of this entire CD is
c)wanting to hear the original songs
All in all then? Terrible. A CD for Pop Idol fans to hear Songs They Know sang by Artists They've Never Heard Of. You'd think with such a great band and such a wide category of classic songs they could have drummed up some decent performers. But, hey, who needs that when you've got "We Are The Champions" murdered by Gavin DeGraw? I mean, that guys name alone is money. Who needs great bands when you've got, er, Breaking Benjamin. Which kinda sounds like a gay porno.
This is just another shameless attempt to scrape some more cash out of the gullible. Don't let it be you.
