to think that the new Lily Allen record is bloody awful `

[ChristmasCareeristBitchNigel]

and sums up everything I hate about current female singers

1. Cover of good song turned into hideous twangly, twee poncy crappness. I feel offended for Keane, they come from my neck of the woods.
   
2. Breathy, fake "cockney" pronouncation makes me want to rip my ears off. I absolutely loathe this style of singing
   
3. The pronunciation of the word "getting" made me rant at the radio.
   
   That's the end of any December radio for me

[shadylane]

Keane are even worse than lily allen. Her accent is strange as when she talks its so posh but her dad and brother are also mockneys.

[Fairyloo]

I love it you are bring unreasonable!!

[CremeEggThief]

Ooh, her pronunciation of getting really gives me the rage too!

[Tuhlulah]

Christmas, you are far from being unreasonable.

It's shite.

[loveliesbleeding1]

Yanbu, esp on the mockney accent comment.yuck.

[Bowlersarm]

I like both versions. But then I'm fairly tone deaf.

[waikikamookau]

plus will they get huge royalties?

[waikikamookau]

i think it must be good news for keane as their song is getting plenty of airplay now.

[SirChenjin]

Love the original, hate this cover. This whole mockney thing really gets on my wick.

[TheSmallPrint]

Yes lilola, several times a day.

[BackforGood]

I like it, which is quite unusual when someone does a new version of a song I already know - almost always dislike the remake, but this is nice.
Shows what a quality song it is I suppose.

[lilola]

does radio 1 really play it uncensored?! During the day? (the bitch one, not the keane cover)

[Buttercup4]

I really like the JL

[BlingBang]

I really like her Keane cover - think it's lovely.

[JeanSeberg]

Keane - music for people who don't like music.

[olidusUrsus]

She did it to sell records I think. Her whole breakout album was a big PR move to get her down with da kidz, innit.

[wintersdawn]

she was on the radio the other day and admitted she can't stand listening to the jl one either.

[TheSmallPrint]

I don't mind that one but I can't believe Radio 1 are playing the other one in all it's 'glory' with a message to turn it down if you have children with you. How bloody hypocritical, they bleep out loads of other songs which have the same word in (think Will I Am and Britney) but yet play this which repeats it over and over. Is this favouritism or some new line they are taking on swearing?

[squoosh]

She went to Bedales, the accent is a joke.

[squoosh]

The original song was twee and shit, the cover is just as twee and shit.

[Gutted123]

I like her but I don't understand the mockney affectation.

She was on a TV ad for something like sky+ a while back and sounded incredibly posh. Like cut glass Roedean posh.

[ShirakawaKaede]

Yep, it's twee & awful & she is annoying. Wonder if she'd have got a record deal if it wasn't for her father...?

[zatyaballerina]

I wonder if she fake talks all the time, even at home. What a strange thing to do!!!!

[olidusUrsus]

Yes it's a fake accent.

[KellyElly]

Is that the one from the JL ad? I like it!