View Full Version : Am I the only person thats never heard umbrella
davecarter
13-07-2007, 11:59
Seriously its been number one for like 3 months yet I still havent heard it :D
I blame this fact on the demiss of TOTP which i used to regularly tune into even though the majority of chart stuff these days is pap.
Well seeing as I have no earthly idea what you are on about I'd say you arent alone!
Wowbagger
13-07-2007, 12:15
Well there's three of us at least.
mikegray
13-07-2007, 12:19
Nope, me neither. 6 music don't seem to be playing it.
TheFatBoy
13-07-2007, 12:30
Eh?
Mr Majestik
13-07-2007, 12:36
I've heard it once.
Mrs M had Radio 1 on in the car. It didn't seem a bad pop ditty.
I'm sure if i regually listened to Radio 1 and had to listen to it 12 times a day fot the last 12 weeks i might have a diffrent view.
davecarter
13-07-2007, 12:37
Phew I was probably 100% right in the opinion that I am not missing anything then but its just goes to show you how pointless the singles chart is these days, I wonder who is actually buying it?
Umbrella. Clue 1.
its been number one. Clue 2.
Work it out you clever people. ;)
I'm cooler than all of you and I've heard it
DeadYankee
13-07-2007, 12:37
Never heard of it
Which tells you 50% about me and 50% about the state/pointlessness of the charts these days
ian_davies
13-07-2007, 12:40
I think it's an alright pop song. But that's all it is, a pop song. Nothing more, nothing less. Plus, I just keep singing "Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh" to annoy the girlfriend whenever she's getting on my nerves. Works a charm ;)
Johnny Vodka
13-07-2007, 12:47
I hadn't heard it *much* until I went to Zante at the beginning of June, where it was played non-stop (practically) in the bars, etc. Guess what my least favourite song was by the time I got home?
Probably something by Fergie. :lol:
Nah, it gets on my tits, but so does most daytime radio stuff.
DeadYankee
13-07-2007, 12:50
I can't remember the last time I listened to daytime radio - Dave Lee Travis just does my head in
Jungle Ted
13-07-2007, 12:52
I can't remember the last time I listened to daytime radio - Dave Lee Travis just does my head in
:D:notworthy:thumbs:
I've never heard of this either.
wong fei hong
13-07-2007, 12:53
I freeaking love Umbrella. Also Rihanna = :luv:
anephric
13-07-2007, 12:56
As soon as she starts injecting additional syllables in her robotic monotone (UM-Ber-ra-reLLA!) I want to engage in foot-teeth interface.
Bleucccch. Almost as annoying as that J. Lo song with the looped sax sample. De-ne-NAH-NAH! De-ne-NAH-NAH! De-ne-NAH-NAH! De-ne-NAH-NAH! De-ne-NAH-NAH!
Add me to the list of never having heard it.
As an experimetn I looke dup the current Top 40 and I can remember hearling only 4 of them although a few may have reached my ears without me knowing what the hell they were
Try it yourself
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
anephric
13-07-2007, 12:58
I've only heard it because my girlf likes it.
Yes, that's it.
DeadYankee
13-07-2007, 13:06
Try it yourself
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
I've knowingly heard two of them. Neither of which were particularly memorable experiences
Barney_Tabasco
13-07-2007, 13:11
I've vaguely heard of The Chemical Brothers but that's it!
Mr Majestik
13-07-2007, 13:13
I've heard about 10 of them. 4 of which are on my mp3 player.
Beat that pop pickers.
TheFatBoy
13-07-2007, 13:14
I've heard OF about 10, I've heard about 4.
I'm going to listen to Umbrella now. I imagine I won't like it, but thought I'd try.
davecarter
13-07-2007, 13:15
Add me to the list of never having heard it.
As an experimetn I looke dup the current Top 40 and I can remember hearling only 4 of them although a few may have reached my ears without me knowing what the hell they were
Try it yourself
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml
Well I have only heard 5 and only one of them was any good (Chemical Brothers)
And what the hell is that hideous puff daddy track from ten years ago doing back in the charts
Mr Majestik
13-07-2007, 13:20
And what the hell is that hideous puff daddy track from ten years ago doing back in the charts
He did it at the Princess Di concert thing. Obviously some people on day release were so impressed they had to download it.
Of the top 20? None! Although I'm guessing Any Dream Will Do has something to do with the Joseph musical?
Kirs-tea
13-07-2007, 13:29
I am one of the unlucky people who gets to hear it about 45 times a day...... :nuts: Why won't the rest of my office listen to 6 Music??!??!!?!!!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! :help:
Disappearer
13-07-2007, 13:31
I think it's a great pop song, but I guess if had to listen to it constantly every day I'd change my mind.
pompeyfan
13-07-2007, 13:48
whats umbrella? never heard of it.
Johnny Vodka
13-07-2007, 13:52
I freeaking love Umbrella. Also Rihanna = :luv:
SOS is a decent tune and she is well fit in the video for that.
danielsesay
14-07-2007, 07:47
I envy those of you who've never heard Umbrella. Most over played song since Brian Adams and that god awful Robin Hood song.
AndyWilson
14-07-2007, 08:32
I'm so indie I've never heard any music
Never heard of it until a couple of days ago on another forum. And haven't heard it, at least not to my knowledge!
Fever Dawg
14-07-2007, 09:22
I've heard it a few times. Mainly because I like to flick through the music channels and perv at the lovely ladies dancing half naked. :n0rty:
It is ******* ****, so you're lucky you haven't heard it.
I don't listen to any radio anymore (haven't done for 2 years now for some reason).
I didn't hear Umbrella until it had been No1 for about 5 weeks then thought "I'll check out the video on youtube". At first I hated it. Heard it again, it started to attach itself to my brain.
Heard it again, loved it. Weird how that can happen!
Had it on repeat all of last weekend. :help:
It's just a great pop song. :thumbs:
and I, er, like the sentiment of the song too.
The Bear
14-07-2007, 10:33
Not heard the recorded song but remember Rhianna doing it on Live Earth. I remember thinking god that's crap and totally put it out of my head. Can't remember how it goes now.
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sleep4ever
15-07-2007, 21:58
Ella ella eh eh 9 weeks now
:lol:
SOS is a decent tune and she is well fit in the video for that.
It's a remix!
Umbrella is a polished slice of r/b/pop. Neat.
Drysolder
16-07-2007, 06:17
OH, you cool indie kids sitting at home in your darkened rooms listening to German minimalist techno! :lol:
I'd agree, it's a song that's best heard sparingly, but unfortunately the mainstream radio industry seem intent on sticking it on maximum rotation - I bet people like Radiohead are absolutely fed up of hearing the tune.
And don't get me started about the various 're-e-e-e-mixes' that have come out with some buffoon rapping extremely badly over the top of the song.
Like this:
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In conclusion - great pop song, given to artist who's not entirely liked in her own genre, which has been ruined by overplay - I was in our local Tesco's the other day, and they had the song on repeat - I bet that must have driven the workers near it absolutely bonkers.
I didn't think I would know it but I have heard this a few times on Radio 2 judging by the YouTube video. DJs often don't give credits nowadays so that's my excuse. I had no idea it had been number 1 at all, let alone setting a record for the decade!
Johnny Vodka
16-07-2007, 07:52
It's a remix!
:thinking:
It uses a sample.
I didn't think I would know it but I have heard this a few times on Radio 2 judging by the YouTube video. DJs often don't give credits nowadays so that's my excuse. I had no idea it had been number 1 at all, let alone setting a record for the decade!
The cynic in me thinks that if it was some whiteboy indie band setting a record for the decade, Radio 2 would be mentioning it a lot...but then that would be a reflection on its demographic/DJs as much as anything.
It's not as bad a song as I was expecting (given my general dislike of R'n'B) but I'd never knowingly heard it until now. Is this the same girl that did that 'One Thing' song that sounds exactly like 'Crazy in Love'?
Johnny Vodka
16-07-2007, 08:40
Is this the same girl that did that 'One Thing' song that sounds exactly like 'Crazy in Love'?
Nope, that's Amerie.
Radio 2's about as indie as my arse. It's filled with the sort of people who think they deserve cred for playing Snow Patrol or Keane. ;)
Nope, that's Amerie.
Radio 2's about as indie as my arse. It's filled with the sort of people who think they deserve cred for playing Snow Patrol or Keane. ;)
Unfortunately that's such a vague statement I'm not sure what it implies. :D
Are you saying Snow Patrol / Keane aren't Indie...or that they like pop so much that's really them being edgy? I don't know Radio 2 much but when I last heard it it seemed to be like Radio 1 10 years ago.
Johnny Vodka
16-07-2007, 12:43
Snow Patrol / Keane are hardly cutting edge, but a 45 year old accountant might mistake them as such. ;)
Take Mark Radcliffe - he used to be good on radio 1 (especially at nights) and introduced me to some decent music at the time. If you look at the sort of stuff he plays now, it's far more conservative. And worst of all he seems to be happier now, or at least that's what he says.
Another good (or bad) example are Chris Coco's occasional, watered-down chill-out shows - nowhere near the breadth of stuff he used to play on The Blue Room.
Drysolder
16-07-2007, 17:44
Unfortunately that's such a vague statement I'm not sure what it implies. :D
Are you saying Snow Patrol / Keane aren't Indie...or that they like pop so much that's really them being edgy? I don't know Radio 2 much but when I last heard it it seemed to be like Radio 1 10 years ago.
Well, they could be classed as indie when they started out, but they're mainstream now - and that's the problem. Indie as a term died out years ago, it's been absorbed much more into the mainstream than people give it credit for.
A point well made by the last episode of 'Seven Ages of Rock'; those 'experimental independent bands' have grown up and put their dad's cloth cap and slippers on.
*sigh*
robzinski
22-07-2007, 18:21
Who keeps buying this? :brickwall:
ro_ram_ro
22-07-2007, 20:22
I blame this song for the weather... its like some kind of rain dance,10 weeks at no 1 10 weeks of rain!!
davecarter
22-07-2007, 20:46
10 weeks and I still havent heard it a fact of which im very proud :)
Nathan-Wind
22-07-2007, 21:28
I've just heard about this today and i've not heard it either.
NicolaUK
22-07-2007, 21:39
I've only heard it once, she did it on Live Earth and it was so annoying I had to switch channels :nuts:
sleep4ever
22-07-2007, 22:32
10 weeks and I still havent heard it a fact of which im very proud :)
Oh surely not
The it being 10 weeks, not you not hearing it bit :p
Thing is has it actually sold that many copies? 10 weeks at No1 might sound impressive but seeing as you can be No1 by selling hardly anything these days is it really such a feat?
davecarter
23-07-2007, 07:41
Thing is has it actually sold that many copies? 10 weeks at No1 might sound impressive but seeing as you can be No1 by selling hardly anything these days is it really such a feat?
I bet Wet wet wet and Bryan Adams sold a fair few more copies, not that they were any good either of course :p
Never heard of either the artist or the song. Dont really take that much interest in the charts nowadays anyway. 95 percent pap.
wobbly Jelly
23-07-2007, 12:10
until it was on the 6Music news this morning saying blah blah wet wet wet, not heard of it - never mind heard it - then saw this thread.
Mr Majestik
23-07-2007, 12:43
Thing is has it actually sold that many copies? 10 weeks at No1 might sound impressive but seeing as you can be No1 by selling hardly anything these days is it really such a feat?
Due to the wondefull world of downloading singles sales are up again.
Only heard the song a few times and it's a perfectly good slice of R N B pop.
Dosen't deserve to be No1 for 10 weeks but it is better than Wet,Wet,Wet and Bryan Adam's efforts.
Drysolder
23-07-2007, 12:57
Thing is has it actually sold that many copies? 10 weeks at No1 might sound impressive but seeing as you can be No1 by selling hardly anything these days is it really such a feat?
Depends, as Mr Majestik says this single also set some sort of record on the number of downloads it received in the first week - surpassing Gnarls Barkley - and that's what's driving sales, it's downloads and the constant remixes that are being released (the latest being a Seamus Haji dance remix).
Can't wait to see some of your jaws drop when you hear the new Girls Aloud single though... :lol:
Johnny Vodka
23-07-2007, 13:03
Can't wait to see some of your jaws drop when you hear the new Girls Aloud single though... :lol:
Why's that then?
Ah right, I didn't know downloads had pushed up overall sales. That's a good thing I suppose.
douglasb
23-07-2007, 13:07
Can't wait to see some of your jaws drop when you hear the new Girls Aloud single though... :lol:
It's a duet with Cannibal Corpse isn't it?
Johnny Vodka
23-07-2007, 13:13
It's a duet with Cannibal Corpse isn't it?
Or is it a cover of "Shut your ******* face, uncle******" with the reformed Spice Girls?
Drysolder
23-07-2007, 13:36
It's a duet with Cannibal Corpse isn't it?
Nah, Butthole Surfers. ;)
It's knocking around on You Tube if you know where to look - can't post the link cos YT is blocked at work.
Mr Majestik
23-07-2007, 13:44
A quick look on popjustice reveals that it's called Sexy! No no no.
They've overdone it on the robotic vocals but it sounded like another one of thier better than average upbeat pop nuggets.
Especially with forumites d,d,dirty minds! ;)
Mr Majestik
23-07-2007, 17:00
It had to happen...
Rihanna has launched her own range of umbrellas, following the success of her song 'Umbrella'.
As previously reported, the singer scored the longest-running Number One single in decade after claiming a tenth week at the top of the chart with the track yesterday (July 22).
Now the singer has teamed up with clothes company Totes to bring out a collection of umbrellas.
NicolaUK
23-07-2007, 18:00
Superb :lol:
Thing is has it actually sold that many copies? 10 weeks at No1 might sound impressive but seeing as you can be No1 by selling hardly anything these days is it really such a feat?
No it hasnt - It has only just gone past the 300,000 mark. To put this into perspective it still isnt the biggest selling single this year (Mika - Grace Kelly) :thumbs:
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