Vinou's song

Really lovely!

Dreadful, i think i've just heard Freddie turning in his grave, shame on you for ruining one of the most beautiful songs ever written, some songs should never be tampered with, this is one of them.

This was Awesome.. I LOVE IT.. brings a tear to my eye..

Not bad... not bad at all.

I seem to think the opposite of some of you.

I think the strings were very well arranged and a very interesting take on this song. But I found the vocals to be just not that good. Great quality recording, though.

Wonderful arrangement, very creative and original. Awesome performance too

I agree with all who complemented the professionalism of the recording and production as a whole, and also I agree that it's a brave arrangement and a nice one at that.

Constructive critcism would be that there are a few 'timing issues', which I personally think are more down to the singer than the string players. It seems that at times Vinou is singing things too rubato, and therefore losing the beat somewhat.

I also thought Vinou was a girl. Oops.

Plus, as good a voice as Vinou has got, the foreign accent unfortunately grates a bit on my English ears.

But all in all, VERY good.

"I also thought Vinou was a girl. Oops."

I thought the same thing Bohardy! lol

You should know that the song was performed live (November 24th, 2001 on a tribute show for Feddie in Paris), so minor timing errors are most natural for a non-professional singer. If you ever performed in front of an audience you know how hard it is to make no mistakes when you are not used to it. Actually, Steve, I cannot believe that you bring up the accent, I did not expect that from you. You should hear me speak English...

"If you ever performed in front of an audience you know how hard it is to make no mistakes when you are not used to it."

That it is! Anyway, I like it even more now knowing it was for a tribute to Freddie! Great going Vinou! :D

So all those strings as well as piano and vocal were recorded live? Hmm...

Yes, it was all live

Oh, I understand Barb. As I said, all in all I was very impressed, and given that it was recorded live (which was pretty obvious given the applause at the end ;)) mistakes are fairly inevitable.

I was only trying to be objective and give some constructive criticism.

And I've got nothing against foreign accents when spoken; (I'm sure your accent is fine Barb - cut the modesty - and regardless, your command of the language is what matters, and you've certainly got that down a hell of a lot better than a lot of English people) indeed, in females it's generally incredibly sexy, but I can't help the sensation I get when I hear that hint of accent in songs such as Vinou's.

Come on, think of a ballad type song you really love that's sung in German, and imagine it sung by someone English, in German. I bet you'd feel the same.

"Come on, think of a ballad type song you really love that's sung in German, and imagine it sung by someone English, in German. I bet you'd feel the same"
True but I would not admit it:))

I certainly understand that thing about accents. I'm Scottish. Not a thick sounding accent, but I don't retain the accent when singing at all.
I was recording this guy a couple of weeks ago and his pronunciation of "Sugar" and "Honey" were quite bad. It was like "shuuugah" and "Hun-eh."

So I understand what you mean, Bo.

Peace,
Adam.