hype!

[chirpychirpy]

I just seen a TV ad for Imelda May's new album which declares her 'the undisputed queen of rock n roll'. Excuse me???? I can't even name one of her songs, let alone hum them. Earlier this year a TV ad for Alfie Boe's debut CD described him as 'the nation's favourite tenor', when I doubnt many peole had even heard of him. What do you make of such hype and who do you think are truly deserving of those descriptions?

[jackthehat]

Imelda May and Alfie Boe will, themselves, have had very little to do with the way in which their record companies market them.

[Milvus]

Imelda May is worth a listen. Great live act, been around for a few years, 3 albums, been on Jools Holland shows a few times, not mainstream pop or chart stuff though

[B00]

She could be the queen of rock n roll, as off the top of my head, i cant think of anyone else who'd fit that bill.

[emmie]

actually she's great, I did buy her album a few months back, though i wouldn't go so far as to say she's the undisputed queen of rock and roll,
as to Alfie Boe, he has a great voice, and i have seen him in concert.

[emmie]

It's the usual hype from the record companies, nothing im sure to do with the artist as such

[Gromit]

Imelda May is brilliant, and I can think of no one who does what she does better.

Do you have a preferred female rock n' roller, or is it a genre you are totally ignorant of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMOgSdc8OAI&feature=fvsr

[emmie]

I love Adele, she has a great voice. And have seen Imelda May in concert at the Albert Hall alongside Jools Hollands and his R&B band

[emmie]

though i prefer Colm Wilkison, original Jean Valjean in Les Miserable, this
is Alfie Boe's version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QLocIcPCE

[emmie]

sorry stick keyboard, Colm Wilkinson.

[chirpychirpy]

providing an example of Imelda May doing a very poor cover of an old 80s classic is not going to convince me she's the queen of anything

[jackthehat]

But 'others' are giving her that title.......not she herself.

[jackthehat]

I thought she was more Rock-a-billy than Rock 'n' Roll, anyway.......

[Bobbisox]

Tainted Love..60?????


Tainted Love" was relesed on July 7, 1981

[jackthehat]

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U

[cazzz1975]

I think its done to subliminally make you believe that these people are as good at they are claiming, despite the fact that a lot of people would not have heard of them.

a bit like simon cowell's attempts at selling cher lloyd as "groundbreaking and unique" and hoping the huddled masses would pick up the phone and vote.

[Bobbisox]

Well done JTH, didn't know of her?
Imelda May's got a brilliant voice

[jackthehat]

Gloria Jones has a few 'noteworthy' entries on her CV.
1. Tainted Love;
2. She was the girlfriend of Marc Bolan and driving the Mini when it crashed and he died.