Just thought a few of you might like to have a listen to the new Cee Lo Green single as a few of you showed a bit of interest in his current novelty single F**k You.

Must admit it is quite a nice ballad (go on, shoot me down in flames!).

I'd just like to adopt a self-righteous tone and suggest that this post is immedaitely moved to the Freebasing section. I've not bothered listening to the file but its clearly not northern, modern or rare soul so why should I waste my time?

Actually, my cursor lingered over it for just a short while, the file opened and it doesn't sound too bad at all!!

Steve.

I liked this when I saw this on Jools Holland. Personally, I rate quite a lot of stuff he's done in his various colaberations

I liked this when I saw this on Jools Holland. Personally, I rate quite a lot of stuff he's done in his various colaberations

You might like this then John.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUpbor_Teps&feature=related

well i think he is soul-full and just because he was part of some rap group dosen't mean he is bad, I like him and the single is great

this man is the shit and sounds even better live witch is a rare trait these days anyone moanin that its new or he raps then there bitter old bastards oh and this is as soulfull as it gets steve so so lets not freebase it

I never realised until now that that this guy and Gnarls Barkley are the same person.

For me this is like a lot like a back in the day Stax tune thats been released on it's Gospel in-print, and if someone had played it to me blind that is exactly what I would have thought it was.

Instantly dismissing all new music as rubbish is ridiculous because the music we listen to today was once new music and were the new stuff always wins out over the old is in the sound quality department.

However, I'm not a great fan of that gospel/stax sound, so from me it's only a

***

That's 3 out of 5 on John Abbeys old rating system

Edited January 2, 201114 yr by Hunnymon

just get his latest "the ladykiller" cd... they are all on there..fucking amazin ... love his voice...

not to mention his pink suit...

gasher

Love him! Excellent on Jools Holland..how can anyone say he aint soulful?

Get an earful of his The Ladykiller album..as Gasher says..fkn amazin!

Remember Paul Sutton playing Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' few years ago Prestatyn Modern room?

I know it all comes down to taste, opinion etc etc but I was saying to my girlfriend when we were watching JH's Hootenanay how nauseous I find this bloke's voice. I don't think he's anything special - I find his voice very unappealing and that Gnarls Barkley thing ('Crazy'?), to me at least was an irritating pain in the backside not to mention the song itself. Just my humble opinion.

This year will see a rarity from me... the purchase of a modern music CD! Excellent stuff.

I know it all comes down to taste, opinion etc etc but I was saying to my girlfriend when we were watching JH's Hootenanay how nauseous I find this bloke's voice. I don't think he's anything special - I find his voice very unappealing and that Gnarls Barkley thing ('Crazy'?), to me at least was an irritating pain in the backside not to mention the song itself. Just my humble opinion.

Couldnt agree more ......we have a radio on t he scaffold at work ...and when his song comes on i just wanna throw a brick at the radio

That part of the song where he starts begging his bird has to be the most irritating and saddo plea i have ever heard

Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh!

Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh!

I still love you. Oooh!

And you've also reminded me ........someone i know ,who used to run a venue ,actually played "CRAZY" by Gnarls Barkley in his set FFS!

P.S

Admittedly im talking about his chart hit's but 1st impressions sometimes do last

Edited January 2, 201114 yr by NEV

I like his voice,bit concerned about his F U track etc but hey its 2011 and if there's a Demand then who knows..

I like his voice,bit concerned about his F U track etc but hey its 2011 and if there's a Demand then who knows..

biggray1 there is a clean version,great tune imo, :thumbsup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7oeOCnuScQ

Just thought a few of you might like to have a listen to the new Cee Lo Green single as a few of you showed a bit of interest in his current novelty single F**k You.

Must admit it is quite a nice ballad (go on, shoot me down in flames!).

Actually, the new single from thye album is "Its Ok"... but "oild Fashioned" is kin brilliant and as far as the PA goes, not set for releaswe as a 45/cd single

Got to respect a guy who has Jackie Wilson has his inspiration and hero

Not to keen he isnt doing anything that hasnt been done before and better , Cant take the guy seriosley with his comedy teeth

Just thought a few of you might like to have a listen to the new Cee Lo Green single as a few of you showed a bit of interest in his current novelty single F**k You.

Must admit it is quite a nice ballad (go on, shoot me down in flames!).

I saw him on new years eve on Jools Hollands show

He was ok

but Roger Daltrey was outstanding !

Edited January 3, 201114 yr by mossy

Couldnt agree more ......we have a radio on t he scaffold at work ...and when his song comes on i just wanna throw a brick at the radio

That part of the song where he starts begging his bird has to be the most irritating and saddo plea i have ever heard

Uh! Whhhy? Uh! Whhhy? Uh!

Whhhy lady? Oh! I love you oh!

I still love you. Oooh!

And you've also reminded me ........someone i know ,who used to run a venue ,actually played "CRAZY" by Gnarls Barkley in his set FFS!

P.S

Admittedly im talking about his chart hit's but 1st impressions sometimes do last

i know what your saying nev. certainly about the radio at work. when you have to endure radio 1 or magic fm , heart, real radio all day. and we have dancin queen , bon fuckin jovi, scissor sisters, kylie all day over and over. this tho makes me appreciate the likes of gnarls and celo green even more and yes gnarls barkley was the name of a band. mind you my wife is off to see biffy clyro soon and she thought that that was their lead vocalists name lol

dave

biggray1 there is a clean version,great tune imo,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7oeOCnuScQ

YeP I Know it thanx.

Just thought a few of you might like to have a listen to the new Cee Lo Green single as a few of you showed a bit of interest in his current novelty single F**k You.

Must admit it is quite a nice ballad (go on, shoot me down in flames!).

Gotta say his other single released mid December will defo blow em away in the modern rooms this year. It's titled ' IT'S O.K. ' Tap it into you tube and have a listen, i think most folk will be impressed. Not sure it's available on vinyl tho.

Brilliant! Don't care what anyone else says. My son bought me the iTunes download of the full album 'Lady Killer' for Xmas

at my request, and the whole album is just superb. There is more than 1 excellent track on there and the guy has a voice to die for.

A+++++

Edited January 4, 201114 yr by steveluigi

Honestly guys have you never heard an actual soul singer! the guy is wors than Nasal Barclay. I mean Niles, LOL.

Honestly guys have you never heard an actual soul singer! the guy is wors than Nasal Barclay. I mean Niles, LOL.

Somebody please tell me this post is in jest

Brilliant! Don't care what anyone else says. My son bought me the iTunes download of the full album 'Lady Killer' for Xmas

at my request, and the whole album is just superb. There is more than 1 excellent track on there and the guy has a voice to die for.

A+++++

Karen bought me the CD for Xmas. And I have played it loads. lots of nice tracks on there. One sounds right out of a Blaxploitation movie.

If you dont like it, I guess he'd tell you to - forget right off

Somebody please tell me this post is in jest

I'll confirm its dead serious, this guy cant sing mate, nor can niles barclay, to these ears they both sing in a soul style, or an aproximation of one, rather than actually singing with soul, just my honest opinion. Both are diffucult to listen to for any length of time, not something I could accuse Marvin or Otis of. and dont start me on that bleeding paper lad only got 5 tracks into the CD before it whent through the window.

Gnarls Barkley was the name of the collaberation of Brian Burton and Cee Lo Green (on vocals)

Gnarls Barkley was the name of the collaberation of Brian Burton and Cee Lo Green (on vocals)

oh sorry that would explain why they both sound bleedin awful then, thanks John. Appologies folk for my ignorance, I tend to be pretty niave about contempory music. I tend to listen with anticpation to the next big thing, and then get sadly deflated once I've heard them.

Edited January 7, 201114 yr by geeselad

I'll confirm its dead serious, this guy cant sing mate, nor can niles barclay, to these ears they both sing in a soul style, or an aproximation of one, rather than actually singing with soul, just my honest opinion. Both are diffucult to listen to for any length of time, not something I could accuse Marvin or Otis of. and dont start me on that bleeding paper lad only got 5 tracks into the CD before it whent through the window.

Just found it funny that you compared Cee Lo to Gnarls Barkley. Show's that you were listening if nothing else.

IMO it's just good to see that people are going into the studio & recording Soul music & the masses are buying it. Kinda gives hope to all the other people out there doing something similar.

Also pretty sure Mr Green would not compere himself to the great Marvin or Otis as he's more of a Jackie Wilson fan (fact) :-)))

Agreed on the paper boy though as it did nothing for me either but like I said earlier at least there's still folks out there doing it.

PS, hope you opened the window first

The Stray Bullets mixtape seems to be getting a lot of attention, available freely over the internet, here's one spot

https://www.soulculture.co.uk/blogs/music-blog/newmusic/free-downloads/cee-lo-green-stray-bullets-mixtape-freeload/

won't appeal to all of course, maybe You dont shock me any more more likely to than most