We knew Billy Corgan loved ELO, but had no idea Lily would go from covering the Pretenders to the Light Orchestra’s “Mister Blue Sky.”
Very squiggly. We’ve seen folks talking about it as the single from her forthcoming album. Which strikes us as a tad sketchy — we’d heard she wasn’t making any progress recording that follow-up, and didn’t expect it until 2009. Hmm. PopDirt says it was recorded for a French SFR commercial, so maybe she just decided to commit the whole cover to tape, but the impetus was being paid a bajillion dollars by SFR.
Commercial’s here. Anyone wanna translate? If you prefer listening to an MP3 without the picture of Lilly decked in full barbershop gear, you can find it at the Official Lilly Fan Club. Well, thankfully, the picture’s over there, too.
And those retirement-by-25 rumors? “This was the biggest joke in my life and I just cannot believe people would actually believe this junk.” Yup Lily, people are so silly for believing the junk you tell ‘em! When will we learn?
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Eggs.
this is terrible.
i’d rather eat a bag of dicks than listen to this shit once again
Am I not allowed to like this?
Commercial just explains a new offer from “SFR and Lily Allen” called “Revolution on the Cell Phone”. Basically unlimited messaging, internet mail, blah blah blah.
the only thing more annoying than this commercial is an EXPLANATION of this commercial. thanks, shane.
Thanks Lily, you just shit on everything Jeff Lynne ever accomplished.
So where was the glorious part at the end, with the choir and then the robotic voice saying “Please turn me over”? Why am I even asking?
Very cockney, Lily, very cockney.
can’t it just be what it is: a schmalty-fun cover…
LOVE IT! “MR. BLUE SKY” is hard to resist! LILY ALLEN IS GREAT!
LOVE IT! “MR. BLUE SKY” is hard to resist! LILY ALLEN IS GREAT!
She looks great in British GQ
http://thegrumpiest.com/?p=5747
Fantastic. For once a nice cover version .
genius. lily is amazing
hELLO YOU SWEET BRITISH FRESH FLOWER …… I LOVE YOUR STYLE ……. I LOVE YOUR VOICE ESPECIALY THE WAY YOUR BRITISH ACCENT COMES OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT …… BUT MOST OF ALL YOU LOVLY BRITISH ROSE . I LOVE YOUR SWEET SWEET SMILE…. PLEASE STAY THE WAY YOU ARE .
A monkey could sing this song and it would still make me happy every time I heard it. No offense to Lily Allen.