Radio Ga Ga [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Product Description
UK single from the Detroit indie rock outfit, a cover of the Queen classic. Four tracks, 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Radio Edit), 'Vibrator' (Download Mix), 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Vertigo Mix & Video). Warner. 2004.

Radio Ga Ga,Electric Six,Wea International,5"CD Singles,Dance Music,Garage Rock Revival,Indie Rock,Pop,United States of America

Average customer rating: Not their best but good. THE CHILD DEVIANT ....TURN THIS ONE UP TO ELEVEN Nowhere near as good as Fire! Danger! Low Voltage!

Señor Smoke Electric Six Manufacturer: Metropolis Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Monument to the Masses Danger! High Voltage Show Your Bones Wolfmother Broken Boy Soldiers ASIN: B000E11590 Release Date: 2006-02-07

Tracks:

1. Rock And Roll Evacuation
2. Devil Nights
3. Bite Me
4. Jimmy Carter
5. (Pleasing Interlude I)
6. Dance Epidemic
7. Future Boys
8. Dance-A-Thon 2005
9. Be My Dark Angel
10. Vibrator
11. Boy Or Girl?
12. (Pleasing Interlude II)
13. Radio Ga Ga
14. Taxi To Nowhere
15. The Future Is In The Future

Amazon.com

There are times when descriptive adjectives such as "dumb" are not meant in the least bit as negatives. In pop music, these tend to be some of the best times you can have, of course: big, dumb, fun times. Throwing garage rock, metal, and new wave riffs together with disco beats and ironic lyrics, the Detroit-based Electric 6 made a pretty big splash with incredibly stupid and fun songs such as "Gay Bar" and "Danger! High Voltage." Nothing on here quite hits with the force of those hits, and the cover of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" is so obvious it misses the mark entirely. But by no means have this act gotten serious or boring: like Urge Overkill before them, E6 know incredibly well how to have rock & roll fun with tongue planted firmly in cheek. If you do as well, you could do far worse than Señor Smoke. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Detroit's Electric Six quickly made a name for themselves in the UK and US with hit singles "Gay Bar" and "Danger! High Voltage". "Senor Smoke" was released in the UK in early 2005 to much acclaim. Metropolis, interested in broadening the scope of music they released, signed the band and is proud to now bring them back to their native soil. "Senor Smoke" blends a mixture of disco, garage, punk, and indie rock with clever (but sincere) tongue in cheek one liners. Electric Six will change the way you perceive rock in 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Not their best but good........2007-07-21

I like Senor Smoke, though it isn't my favorite of Electric Six's recordings. However, it still has that funk/rock thing going and the twisted lyrics that drew me to the band from the beginning, so I'm glad I added it to the collection.

THE CHILD DEVIANT.......2006-12-04

This is my first Electric Six album, and I must say....I Love the hell out of it!!!! How to describe the style of music...err, ...umm....I guess it's kinda disco-metal, or something wiered like that. It's truly a hilarious album that makes you giggle your a** off, and yet, it's not cheesey or un-talented. The music is actually verry good. All in all....Wow! What a fun record!

....TURN THIS ONE UP TO ELEVEN.......2006-09-09

I bought Fire about a year ago and played the s!*t out it!. Amazing feaux-dace/rock/a little metal. Q: What was it? A: Awesome.

I saw them live in Chicago. They played a small venue and melted my face off. Very Fun!

Bought Senor Smoke, got it home any ran through it a couple of times. My initial review would be not as consistent as Fire, but the highs are higher. That highest point would be "Be My Dark Angel". While a little clumsy ("I was walkin' down the street, you were walking down the street, so I had to cross the street to get to your side of the street") has a great "build-up" intro and crushing guitar chord that would make Aldo Nova or Bon Jovi say "Why didn't I think of that?". It crescendos nicely into a bouncy, bititng chorus.

The album also opens with the anthemic Rock and Roll Evacuation that has a fist pumping chorus. Dance Epidemic rocks with a more.....well...dance/disco sound.

Bite Me and Vibrator are twisted, funny, uncomfortable and rockin' all at the same time somehow.

I'm a little dismayed by the more socially reflective tracks, Jimmy Carter, Future Boys, Taxi to Nowhere. They sound outdated, but have some melodic hooks as a saving grace. I do occasionally find myself skipping them to get to the meaty stuff on the CD.

This collection of songs come off a little disjointed on the same album, but that actually detracts very little from the fact that this album has some amazing, silly, wild stuff on it. It's a very fun album.

My advice would be to buy Fire and then Senor Smoke. Put them on the good stereo in the den and tell the wife and kids to "go outside, daddy's gonna' rock now." I pre-ordered Switzerland, their forthcoming album and have high hopes and new speakers. Can't wait.

Best small venue show I ever saw, too. Check and see if there coming to your town and get a ticket to see Dick Valentine and the wild ride that is E6.

Nowhere near as good as Fire!.......2006-06-06

Senor Smoke lacks the consistency of their debut Fire. Every track on Fire was classic but this album has hits and misses. The highlights are Dance Epidemic, Rock And Roll Evacuation and Be My Dark Angel, in that order. I don't know why Radio Ga Ga was released. This is one of the weakest tracks on the album. No question Dance Epidemic should have been the first single. It has the fun, edgy, decadent disco-rock energy that characterised Fire. What's with the Pleasing Interludes? Pointless and not even funny "she don't like it too hot, she don't like it too cold, rooooom temparature....roooom temperature...". They've truly lost their way. Taxi to nowhere is utter bollocks. Rock and Roll Evacuation is a very catchy song about "evil boys eating evil hamburgers...", it tries to pack the word evil (pronounced "ee-ville" as opposed to the Aussie pronunciation "e-vl") as many times as possible. Be My Dark Angel has a wierd riff that sticks in your head and lead singer Dick Valentine does what he does best- singing in his sexy, over-the-top, decadent, immoral way. That's it folks. Check my review for Fire and why it's a much superior album.

Danger! Low Voltage!.......2006-03-13

When Danger! High Voltage began seeping into the public consciousness in early 2003, many wondered a) who the hell was behind this catchy and gimmicky tune and b) how much of their 15 minutes was left on the clock. Defying the well-trod path of one hit wonder luminaries such as Sir Mixalot, Afroman and Grandmaster Chicken & DJ Duck, Electric Six proceeded to preposterously deliver one of the albums of 2003 when Fire dropped mid-year. Deftly managing to sing even with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, Dick Valentine and his roster of musicians not only delivered fun music in Gay Bar, Synthesizer and Dance Commander, they also left a legacy of excellent video clips in their wake. Continuing the tradition of deranged and hilarious promos, Senor Smoke's initial single Radio Ga Ga has already appalled Queen fans with its depiction of Dick Valentine waltzing over Freddy Mercury's grave. While Senor Smoke has much to live up to after its predecessor cleverly dodged the critical bullets, there's still some classic Electric Six moments here for those in on the joke. Absurdist lyrics are again in glut supply, with Rock And Roll Evacuation (`Mr President, I don't like you - you don't know how to rock!'), Boy Or Girl? (`Now you see the unavoidable is hard to avoid') and Jimmy Carter (`You're a celebrity that drives off a bridge in a car - your beautiful body filling up with water') offering some of the more head-spinning moments. Beat poetry, Backstreet Boys lyrics and startlingly political attacks may make for strange bedfellows, but Senor Smoke for the most part works well. While they have so far eluded the piss poor status of the laughable Sir Mixalot, it will be the third Electric Six album that will prove whether Dick Valentine and his cronies are the canny musicians they would appear to be. For now, it seems that their raging Fire has been reduced to Smoke.

Average customer rating:

Queen's Rhapsody: The Hits of Queen Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000B1A27 Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. I Want It All
3. A Kind Of Magic
4. We Will Rock You
5. Another One Bites The Dust
6. Innuendo
7. Flash
8. Save Me
9. Killer Queen
10. I Want To Break Free
11. Radio Ga-Ga
12. We Are The Champions

Average customer rating:

Plays the Music of Queen Manufacturer: Essex ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD London Symphony Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Best of Symphonic Pop ASIN: B000008PV3 Release Date: 1995-03-14

Tracks:

1. Somebody to Love
2. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
3. We Are the Champions
4. Who Wants to Live Forever
5. I Want to Break Free
6. Radio Ga-Ga
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Love of My Life
9. Friends Will Be Friends
10. Save Me
11. Killer Queen
12. Under Pressure
13. Show Must Go On
14. God Save the Queen

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Another Kind of Magic : A Queen Symphonic Spectacular Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Solo Collection Children of Men (Widescreen Edition) Eragon (Widescreen Edition) Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition) Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series ASIN: B00005NTS9 Release Date: 2001-09-04

Tracks:

1. Innuendo - Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
2. You're My Best Friend - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
3. Seven Seas Of Rhye - James Graeme/Dean Collinson/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
4. Bicycle Race - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
5. Fat Bottomed Girls - James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
6. A Kind Of Magic - Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
7. Radio Ga Ga - James Graeme/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
8. Killer Queen - Paulette Ivory/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
9. Don't Stop Me Now - Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
10. Play The Game - Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania...
11. It's A Hard Life - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Sally Ann Triplett/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania...
12. The Miracle - Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Ron Raines/Electravox/Elektramania...

Tracks:

1. Prelude (Who Wants To Live Forever) - Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Martin Yates/Elektramania
2. Somebody To Love - Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
3. Breakthru - Dean Collinson/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania...
4. We Will Rock You - Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania...
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Sally Ann Triplett/Dean Collinson/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
6. Save Me - Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
7. Flash - Sally Ann Triplett/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
8. I'm Going Slightly Mad - James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus/Martin Yates
9. Headlong - Paulette Ivory/Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony...
10. Who Wants To Live Forever - Dean Collinson/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania/Estonian National Symphony And Chorus...
11. Bohemian Rhapsody - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania...
12. We Are The Champions - Dean Collinson/James Graeme/Paulette Ivory/Sally Ann Triplett/Electravox/Elektramania...

Average customer rating:

Karaoke at the Musicals Manufacturer: AVC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Karaoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Disney's Karaoke Series: High School Musical Party Tyme Karaoke: Broadway Disney Karaoke, Volume 1 Party Tyme Karaoke- Standards Disney Karaoke, Volume 2 ASIN: B00009PUPV Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

1. Lady in Red [Working Girl] - Chris de Burgh
2. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
3. Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly
4. As Time Goes By [From Casablanca] - Dooley Wilson
5. What a Wonderful World [From Good Morning Vietnam] - Louis Armstrong
6. Unchained Melody [From Ghost] - The Righteous Brothers
7. Take My Breath Away [From Top Gun] - Berlin
8. Stuck in the Middle With You [From Resevoir Dogs] - Stealers Wheel
9. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas
10. When You Say Nothing at All [Notting Hill Figures Mix]
11. (I've Had) The Time of My Life [From Dirty Dancing] - Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
12. Son-Of-A Preacher Man [From Pulp Fiction] - Dusty Springfield
13. I Will Always Love You [Bodyguard] - Whitney Houston
14. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
15. Up Where We Belong [An Officer & A Gentleman] - Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
16. You Can Leave Your Hat On [Full Monty Sunny Orb Up Mix] - Tom Jones

Average customer rating: Quit With the Disrespect Crap and Enjoy It Lighten up already Bile.

Radio Ga Ga Electric Six Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006SNLKW Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Radio GA GA
2. Gay Bar [Live at Manumission]

Album Description

UK single from the Detroit indie rock outfit, a cover of the Queen classic. The title track is b/w 'Gay Bar' (Live At Manumission). Warner. 2004.

Album Details

The Band Pay Tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen by Covering One of their Biggest Hits.

Customer Reviews:

Quit With the Disrespect Crap and Enjoy It.......2005-02-28

I've heard about all of the angry Queen fans around the world who are outraged by the video of this song. Give me a break. Queen is one of my favorite bands and this song is just a fun paean to the kind of absurdity that Queen, particularly Freddie Mercury, fully endorsed. One of my best friends worships Queen as the greatest band in history, but he enjoyed this song! I'm sure that Freddie Mercury is laughing in rock heaven right now, and that he would definitely enjoy seeing Dick Valentine doing a parody of him. Electric Six is just good, rocking fun, and the whole homophobia thing is just music critic B.S.

Lighten up already.......2005-02-08

While nothing can hope to surpass Queen's original, Electric Six's cover is respectable though perhaps not wholly inspired, and I actually consider the video to be not tasteless but (gasp!) a touching and appropriately cheeky homage to Frederick (Faroukh) Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury. I think Freddie would have approved. To go off making accusations of homophobia smacks of self-righteous PC and is seriously missing the point (are you making some reference to their song "Gay Bar" which is actually quite fun and tongue in cheek ... even one of my gay friends is a big fan). Electric Six are still one of the few bands making it safe for rockers and dancers, gays and straights alike to unite start nuclear war on the dance floor!

Bile........2005-01-23

If you're going to cover a song by the most influencial British rock band in the history of music, you need to make sure you have the talent to back it up. Electric Six have not only covered the Queen song Radio Ga Ga, but have made a music video that depicts Freddie Mercury dancing on his own grave, which is the most disgusting and disrespectful thing I have ever known in music. What's worse, Electric Six are perhaps one of the very worst bands ever formed. A group of people (there are five of them, by the way) who have no interest in the business, who are only making alledged 'music' to poke fun at homosexuals, and generally p!ss off anyone who takes anything seriously.

Even just one star seems to understate just how pathetic this single is. The best phrase for it is 'audible diarrhoea'. At least diarrhoea is passing.

So there you have it. Electric Six - not so much 'legends' as 'bell-ends'.

Do yourself a favour and ignore this cringe-inducing bilge.

Or do someone else a favour - buy it, then set fire to it so that nobody else need suffer listening to it.

Average customer rating:

Best Radio Remixes Vol. 2 / Luchshie Remiksy Radioefira. Chast' 2 Anton Makarskij , Lajma Vajkule , Svetlana Surganova , Nadezhda Babkina , Diskomafiya , Mul'tfil'my / Mul'tfil'my , Ser'ga , Vragi , Tomas , and LOMO Manufacturer: Torgovaya Firma NIKITIN ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000M6CWVM

Product Description

1. Sezam (saxophone mix) Nikotin, Nikolaj Semenov 2. Nepravda (extended mix) Anton Makarskij, Nikotin 3. Ne dumala, ne znala (remix Slim Line) Nadezhda Babkina, "Diskomafiya" 4. Bosikom (rmx) "Che Francisco", DJ Mojshe 5. Angel (remix) Svetlana Surganova 6. Poyavis'! (remix) "7B" 7. Mel (remix) Yuta 8. Nastupaj na nebo (MastaF mix) "L.O.M.O." 9. Volna (remix) Tomas 10. Tango (megamix) Lajma Vajkule, "Vragi" 11. Strana chudes (HDJ version) HDJ Lev, "Ser'ga" 12. Ya raduyus', kogda ponimayu, chto ty est' v etom mire "Frecadelic Jah" 13. Orevuar (radio edit) (rmx) Pavel Seleznev 14. Leto (remix) "Pozitsiya 69" 15. Magnitofon (radio edit) "Mul'tfil'my" 16. Shejkhana (remix na Assirijskuyu narodnuyu pesnyu) Mikhail Mirzabekov

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Radio Ga-Ga ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000AA2U26 Release Date: 2004-12-14

Album Description

UK single from the Detroit indie rock outfit, a cover of the Queen classic. Four tracks, 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Radio Edit), 'Vibrator' (Download Mix), 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Vertigo Mix & Video). Warner. 2004.

Average customer rating: A truly great singer!

Great Swedish Singers: Ingvar Wixell Manufacturer: Bluebell Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stenhammar | Stenhammar, Wilhelm | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IK5X Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

1. Madrigal
2. Stockholmsmelodi
3. Min Alskling (My Darling)
4. Pa Begaran (By Request)
5. En Positivvisa (A Barrel-Organ Song) - Ingvar Wixell/Jan Eyron
6. Prosperpin: Ga Pluto Ga At Din Maka (Jupiter's Aria - Go Pluto Go To Thy Spouse) - Ingvar Wixell/Swedish RSO Chor
7. Pagliacci: Si Puo? Si Puo? - Prologo
8. Die Zufriedenheit, KV 473 - Ingvar Wixell/Sixten Ehrling
9. Die Betrogene Welt, KV 474 - Ingvar Wixell/Sixten Ehrling
10. Die Zauberflote Trollflojten: Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen
11. Die Zauberflote Trollflojten: Papagena! Weibchen
12. Die Zauberflote Trollflojten: Pa Pa Pa Papagena - Duet (In Swedish) - Ingvar Wixell/Busk Margit Jonsson
13. Don Carlos: Per Me Giunto E Il Di Supremo...O Carlo, Ascolta (In Swedish)
14. Attila: Tregua E Cogl' Unni...Dagl' Immortali Vertici
15. Rigoletto: Cortigiani, Vil Razza Dannata
16. La Forza Del Destino: Urna Fatale...Egli E Salvo

Customer Reviews:

A truly great singer!.......2004-08-17

Ingvar Wixell has always been one of my favourite singers. He's a genuine baritone, no bass-baritone, and he's got a light timbre that one just must envy him for. This cd shows all the aspects of his voice and also of his dramatic side.
Ok, I must admit I'm not that keen on some of the songs, I'd rather seen an album with just his opera arias, but since there is no album like that this one will have to do. The intonation is impeccable and his voice, as always, crystal clear.
It's a must buy!

Average customer rating: Do your homework... The joke wears thin. Lighten up already Bile.

Radio Ga Ga Electric Six Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Danger! High Voltage Danger High Voltage (Mixes) ASIN: B0006SNLL6 Release Date: 2004-12-20

Tracks:

1. Radio GA GA [Radio Edit]
2. Vibrator [Download Mix]
3. Radio GA GA [Vertigo Mix]
4. Radio GA GA

Album Description

UK single from the Detroit indie rock outfit, a cover of the Queen classic. Four tracks, 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Radio Edit), 'Vibrator' (Download Mix), 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Vertigo Mix & Video). Warner. 2004.

Album Details

The Band Pay Tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen by Covering One of their Biggest Hits. Includes Two Versions of the Title Track as Well as a Remix of "Vibrator" and the Enhanced Video of "Radio Ga Ga".

Customer Reviews:

Do your homework..........2006-04-04

Sure, E6's cover of Queens "Radio Ga Ga" isn't the greatest. Rarely ever does a cover song live up to the original. But if anyone who reviewed this CD would have done their homework they would have known that recording it wasn't their idea. The following, taken directly from the Electric Six site at www.electricsix.com, should give more info:

"In Feb. 2005, our second record Senor Smoke was released in the UK and Australia. We felt this record was stronger than its predecessor and demonstrated our growth as musicians and men. Warner Music UK had a different take. They believed our strength lay in covering Queen and they also believed the wisest marketing strategy was to bypass the wealthiest country in the world. They showed us surveillance pictures of our relatives and told us that if we wanted to increase the odds of them eating solid food for the rest of their lives, then we better get into that studio and cough up some Queen. "

Please ignore the other reviews of this disc and find another Electric Six recording to judge them by.

The joke wears thin........2006-02-24

I must admit to having a soft spot for Electric Six. Their style of comedy rock has more edge and genuine wit than the crop of gurning "hey, we're dorks, duuude" idiots that usually are associated with the genre, and their "Fire" album was full of infectious gems. And they gave us two of the best singles in the last decade, "Danger: High Voltage" and "Gay Bar". I've seen them live too, and they were a blast.

But this is the sound of a joke that isn't funny anymore, and a band who really have ran out of ideas and hits. I never cared for Radio Ga Ga the first time around, I still think it's one of Queen's weakest songs, and this banal cover does nothing to further the cause.

The video is often misinterpreted by knee-jerk reactionary idiots who think Dick Valentine is dancing on Freddie's grave, when he clearly isn't. That isn't my concern here. It just shows a band that have resorted to covering a famous song and hoping wearing a pair of comedy teeth will let them get away with it.

No chance. The single still stiffed in Britain, and they haven't been seen since. I really hope it's NOT the last we see of E6, because they do have their moments. But they need a total overhaul before they would ever be considered a genuine band.

The last batch of reviews I've done have been fun, poking fun at rubbish things. This is different; it's awful, don't get me wrong, but it's no fun telling you about it. But hey, The Curmudgeon tells it like it is. Sigh.

[...]

Lighten up already.......2005-02-10

While nothing can hope to surpass Queen's original, Electric Six's cover is respectable though admittedly not wholly inspired, and I actually consider the video to be not disrespectful but (gasp!) an affectionate and appropriately cheeky homage to Frederick (Farokkh) Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury. I think Freddie -- in his own absurdist, over-the-top style -- would have approved. To go off making accusations of homophobia smacks of self-righteous PC and is seriously missing the point (if the previous review is a reference to their song "Gay Bar", which is actually quite fun and tongue-in-cheek ... even one of my gay friends is a big fan). Electric Six are still one of the few bands making it safe for rockers and dancers, gays and straights alike to unite and start nuclear war on the dance floor!

Bile........2005-01-23

If you're going to cover a song by the most influencial British rock band in the history of music, you need to make sure you have the talent to back it up. Electric Six have not only covered the Queen song Radio Ga Ga, but have made a music video that depicts Freddie Mercury dancing on his own grave, which is the most disgusting and disrespectful thing I have ever known in music. What's worse, Electric Six are perhaps one of the very worst bands ever formed. A group of people (there are five of them, by the way) who have no interest in the business, who are only making alledged 'music' to poke fun at homosexuals, and generally p!ss off anyone who takes anything seriously.

Even just one star seems to understate just how pathetic this single is. The best phrase for it is 'audible diarrhoea'. At least diarrhoea is passing.

So there you have it. Electric Six - not so much 'legends' as 'bell-ends'.

Do yourself a favour and ignore this cringe-inducing bilge.

Or do someone else a favour - buy it, then set fire to it so that nobody else need suffer listening to it.

Album Review:

1. Remixed & Rare [Import]
2. Rhythm Lounge, Vol. 4
3. Rhythmic Fission: Digital Revisions of Classic Trax
4. ROCKET: A tribute to Dead or Alive
5. Roxy Re-Modeled
6. Say Hello [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
7. Sensation: White Edition [Import]
8. Shockadelica [Import]
9. Smalltown Boy 94 [CD-single] [Import]
10. So Many Times [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

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Fiesta Di Afro V.2 [Import]

Mozart: String Quintets, KV593 & KV614

Merkel: Complete Organ Sonatas, Vol. 3

Music: Iho

Midnight Dreamer [Original recording remastered]

No Place to Run [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Lord Will Make a Way

Out of Season [Live]

On the Road Again [Box set]

La Mision, Vol. 4: The Take Over

Problematic

Livre [Import]

Macao Cafe: Balearic Lounge Collection V.3 [Import]

Revival

The Indestructible Beat of Soweto