View Full Version : Wilson Phillips "Go Your Own Way"
Lauren
06-02-2004, 09:49 AM
has anyone heard this? It's on a new album by Wilson Phillips called "California" - it's all California remakes (including some Beach Boys and Mama's and Papas). The version of GYOW is slow, not what I expected and while the album got a decent review I am not too thrilled with the album (I had to buy it to hear GYOW of course). When they released their first album in the early 90s I loved it - maybe I am too old now or my tastes have changed but I was a bit disappointed with this.
Interested if anyone else heard it? and thoughts? I remember on the Rumours tribue GYOW was also slowed down.
Lauren
Violet
06-02-2004, 09:52 AM
I heard it on the radio the other day...didn't like it at all. I did like Wilson Phillips' first album, but this version of GYOW was just too mellow and "sweet" for me. Haven't heard any of their other songs on the new album. How are they?
Carol
Vianna
06-02-2004, 09:59 AM
I've hear mention of it but haven't heard the actual songs. I did read another comment by someone that it was slowed down and not as good as Lindsey's version.Personally I don't like covers of Mac songs but that is just me=:-)I would like to hear the rest of the album, because I was a fan of Wilson Phillips when they had their first couple of albums.
worldturning75
06-02-2004, 10:00 AM
It almost makes my ears bleed. :eek:
MSN has a link for the streaming video.
http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=101397
It almost makes my ears bleed
LOL! That definitely sums it up. It's really pathetic and I can't believe the amount of press and airplay they're getting with this song. Drives it home how screwed up the music business is right now.
MacMan
06-02-2004, 10:17 AM
I actually don't mind this version... I'm not a WP fan but other then the original, this isn't too bad - nice change to the song. Wouldn't want to hear someone TRY to be like Lindsey and FM, that would be pathetic, so to change it up to make it there own is taking a chance... but they didn't do so bad - They do have nice harmonies...
shackin'up
06-02-2004, 10:25 AM
[QUOTE=MacMan] so to change it up to make it there own is taking a chance... [QUOTE]
As a principle, I agree, but changing it into elevatormuzak is plain unforgivable.
Aisling
06-02-2004, 10:30 AM
It almost makes my ears bleed. :eek:
MSN has a link for the streaming video.
http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=101397
HAHAHAHAAAAAA! mine too. i almost intentionally drove my car into a barrier when i heard it on the radio for the first time. . .just so i could escape the misery and torture of having to hear it.
but that's just my opinion!
Carlene
06-02-2004, 11:09 AM
has anyone heard this? It's on a new album by Wilson Phillips called "California" - it's all California remakes (including some Beach Boys and Mama's and Papas). The version of GYOW is slow, not what I expected and while the album got a decent review I am not too thrilled with the album (I had to buy it to hear GYOW of course). When they released their first album in the early 90s I loved it - maybe I am too old now or my tastes have changed but I was a bit disappointed with this.
Interested if anyone else heard it? and thoughts? I remember on the Rumours tribue GYOW was also slowed down.
Lauren
Yes, Lauren! I agree -- I bought the album just to hear GYOW, and was disappointed in the entire album. GYOW was mediocre at best (!), and the rest just didn't sound too inspired to me.
This CD will be going to a buy/trade store in the near future...
Siri Ruane
06-02-2004, 11:11 AM
Oh man, it was sickening....
golddust
06-02-2004, 11:32 AM
~~~I read somewhere that WP pretty much stuck to the original recorded interpretation, except for GYOW.~~~
golden braid
06-02-2004, 12:32 PM
I think it's sappy and it sucks. They sang it this morning on Regis and Kelly and when they were done Kelly didn't even say anything. :nod:
earthdreamer
06-02-2004, 12:38 PM
Oh man I missed Regi's and Kelly! I would have loved to have seen Kelly's speechlessness :laugh:
worldturning75
06-02-2004, 12:56 PM
I actually don't mind this version... I'm not a WP fan but other then the original, this isn't too bad - nice change to the song. Wouldn't want to hear someone TRY to be like Lindsey and FM, that would be pathetic, so to change it up to make it there own is taking a chance... but they didn't do so bad - They do have nice harmonies...
At least the Cranberries did a decent cover of GYOW that stayed true to the original. WP took all the anger and force from the song and made it as someone said, "elevator music."
Violet
06-02-2004, 12:57 PM
I think it's sappy and it sucks. They sang it this morning on Regis and Kelly and when they were done Kelly didn't even say anything. :nod:
Too funny....I love her!
Carol
darklinensuit
06-02-2004, 01:17 PM
I haven't heard it.
I love the Mamas & the Papas. What songs of theirs did they re-make?
- Jake
earthdreamer
06-02-2004, 01:43 PM
I haven't heard it.
I love the Mamas & the Papas. What songs of theirs did they re-make?
- Jake
I wouldn't reccommend their remakes, they might make you hate them :laugh:
JamieSPC
06-02-2004, 02:23 PM
Being a singer (and someone who really LOVES vocal harmony), I've always enjoyed Wilson Phillips. They're an update of what their parents used to do, for sure... sugary pop that sounds like the time it came from. That can be said of the first two WP records; they are definitely time-stamped late-80s/early 90s. Not that that's bad... in fact, the first record was quite good and the second had a few decent songs (one in particular was an excellent pop song and a huge hit: "You Won't See My Cry").
As for the remake album, I kinda liked their take on "Already Gone," which is a good song for them vocally. "GYOW" didn't suck like people had told me, and I agree with whoever said earlier that taking chances is cool in my book. It's not FM's version, and it shouldn't be.
I'm pulling for this to be a big hit... more exposure for Lindsey and the band is a good thing. Remakes typically shed more light on the original, and on the general (and fairly infallible) truth that the original is always better. :nod:
~Jamie
ryan8472
06-02-2004, 02:26 PM
...and it was horrifying. This was the first time I'd heard the cover of GYOW, and I was NOT impressed at all. I almost wanted to cry it was so bad. Painful to listen to and see. To their credit, they do have very nice voices.
sodascouts
06-02-2004, 02:50 PM
This cover is absolutely wretched. GYOW is NOT some kind of mellow ballad. This even makes the Dixie Chicks' Landslide sound good!
Mad4stevie
06-02-2004, 02:53 PM
EEK!!!
I just heard it today - way, way too slow and sugary for this song. I can't imagine LB would approve of this arrangement.
All I was thinking was that this is supposed to be an ANGRY song, dammit! Not a ballad!
What's the World Coming To? :distress:
dissention
06-02-2004, 03:23 PM
All I was thinking was that this is supposed to be an ANGRY song, dammit!
Well, it's gotten some of us angry. :lol: :xoxo:
earthdreamer
06-02-2004, 03:41 PM
I don't honestly think anyone should attempt to do a remake of a FM song, they always seem to fall on their faces! FM cannot be copied people!
sparky
06-02-2004, 04:24 PM
I don't think it was awful. DIFFERENT, but not awful. I like the fact that they changed the instrumental into something 180 degrees to the right, and sang it with sadness instead of anger. I am not a big fan of their music, but it takes guts to do this. Of course it's elevator. WP has always been elevator. Could have been worse. Could have been Celine Dion (I mean, Screechine Screechon).
Funny sidenote : a friend of mine got two promotional beachballs for this record that say Wilson Phillips - California on them. They are in my pool right now. Very funny. I ought to post a photo.
chiliD
06-02-2004, 05:12 PM
I don't honestly think anyone should attempt to do a remake of a FM song, they always seem to fall on their faces! FM cannot be copied people!
{sigh} Obviously, never heard Eva Cassidy's version of "Songbird". Or, Chaka Khan's version of "Everywhere". Or, Leo Kottke's version of "World Turning". And, Santana's cover of "Black Magic Woman" isn't too shabby, either.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"...cover away folks, at least, I'LL listen with an open mind.
I actually heard this cover song on the radio yesterday. It was appropriately being played on a light rock station. It was one of the worst covers I've ever heard of a FM song. Right up there with Elton John's version of "Don't Stop" from the Legacy tribute album. I could barely take this marshmellowed rendition of one of Fleetwood Mac's greatest rock songs of all time. I'd give it a 1 on a scale of 10. It made more than my ears hurt, it made my whole body ache, and I don't want to hear it again, EVER!
chiliD
06-02-2004, 05:54 PM
Right up there with Elton John's version of "Don't Stop" from the Legacy tribute album.
Which is Grammy worthy compared to Duncan Sheik's appalling version of "Songbird". Why, oh why didn't they use Eva Cassidy's instead? :shrug:
earthdreamer
06-02-2004, 05:57 PM
{sigh} Obviously, never heard Eva Cassidy's version of "Songbird". Or, Chaka Khan's version of "Everywhere". Or, Leo Kottke's version of "World Turning". And, Santana's cover of "Black Magic Woman" isn't too shabby, either.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"...cover away folks, at least, I'LL listen with an open mind.
I've heard several remakes, and most of them verily do the originals justice, just because I don't like the covers doesn't mean I don't have an open mind, just differ tastes.
Carlene
06-02-2004, 06:01 PM
I haven't heard it.
I love the Mamas & the Papas. What songs of theirs did they re-make?
- Jake
"Monday Monday."
They also did the Beach Boys' "Dance Dance Dance" and "In My Room" (the latter with Brian Wilson on piano and vocals).
None of these tracks blew me away -- very disappointed with this CD.
darklinensuit
06-02-2004, 06:13 PM
I actually heard this cover song on the radio yesterday. It was appropriately being played on a light rock station. It was one of the worst covers I've ever heard of a FM song. Right up there with Elton John's version of "Don't Stop" from the Legacy tribute album. I could barely take this marshmellowed rendition of one of Fleetwood Mac's greatest rock songs of all time. I'd give it a 1 on a scale of 10. It made more than my ears hurt, it made my whole body ache, and I don't want to hear it again, EVER!
But did you like it? ;)
- Jake
darklinensuit
06-02-2004, 06:14 PM
"Monday Monday."
They also did the Beach Boys' "Dance Dance Dance" and "In My Room" (the latter with Brian Wilson on piano and vocals).
None of these tracks blew me away -- very disappointed with this CD.
Yuck. Monday Monday is one of their worst.
- Jake
chiliD
06-02-2004, 06:15 PM
WP also covered Joni Mitchell's "California", too. Not too bad, either.
I mean c'mon...it's Wilson Phillips...what kind of expectation do you people HAVE?? :shrug:
chiliD:
I mean c'mon...it's Wilson Phillips...what kind of expectation do you people HAVE??
I'D EXPECT THEM NEVER TO COVER A FM SONG AGAIN! :lol: :p
GypsySorcerer
06-02-2004, 06:55 PM
I mean c'mon...it's Wilson Phillips...what kind of expectation do you people HAVE?? :shrug:
:lol: Very true.
sparky
06-02-2004, 07:18 PM
I bet they would have better luck with a Christine song - Little Lies or maybe
Say You Love Me. I am sure everyone is horrified at the thought ! :lol:
Mad4stevie
06-02-2004, 07:40 PM
Well, it's gotten some of us angry. :lol: :xoxo:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
:wavey:
Lauren
06-02-2004, 08:34 PM
"Monday Monday."
They also did the Beach Boys' "Dance Dance Dance" and "In My Room" (the latter with Brian Wilson on piano and vocals).
None of these tracks blew me away -- very disappointed with this CD.
I agree with the disappointement and I was so excited when I went to get it -not sure I can even listen to it anymore as it's pretty bad. I am also suprised they didn't do "Ca Dreamin"? Esp with the name of the album!!!
BTW, Carlene - hi - email me if you get a chance - I wanted to ask you something!
Lauren
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