Stereogum Home

 

December 11, 2007

New Lily Allen - "Mr. Blue Sky" (ELO Cover)

We knew Billy Corgan loved ELO, but had no idea Lily would go from covering the Pretenders to the Light Orchestra's "Mister Blue Sky."

Very squiggly. We've seen folks talking about it as the single from her forthcoming album. Which strikes us as a tad sketchy -- we'd heard she wasn't making any progress recording that follow-up, and didn't expect it until 2009. Hmm. PopDirt says it was recorded for a French SFR commercial, so maybe she just decided to commit the whole cover to tape, but the impetus was being paid a bajillion dollars by SFR.

Commercial's here. Anyone wanna translate? If you prefer listening to an MP3 without the picture of Lilly decked in full barbershop gear, you can find it at the Official Lilly Fan Club. Well, thankfully, the picture's over there, too.

And those retirement-by-25 rumors? "This was the biggest joke in my life and I just cannot believe people would actually believe this junk." Yup Lily, people are so silly for believing the junk you tell 'em! When will we learn?

Posted at 12:15 PM in ,
Tags:  |




16 Comments

Eggs.

Posted by: Luis at 12/11/07 12:54 PM  | Reply
Score = -1 Vote up Vote down

this is terrible.

Posted by: Jeff at 12/11/07 1:05 PM  | Reply
Score = -1 Vote up Vote down

i'd rather eat a bag of dicks than listen to this shit once again

Posted by: Raul at 12/11/07 1:35 PM  | Reply
Score = -1 Vote up Vote down

Am I not allowed to like this?

Posted by: Nathan Smart at 12/11/07 2:14 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Commercial just explains a new offer from "SFR and Lily Allen" called "Revolution on the Cell Phone". Basically unlimited messaging, internet mail, blah blah blah.

Posted by: Shane at 12/11/07 3:59 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

the only thing more annoying than this commercial is an EXPLANATION of this commercial. thanks, shane.

Posted by: Jeff at 12/11/07 5:16 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Thanks Lily, you just shit on everything Jeff Lynne ever accomplished.

Posted by: Jon at 12/11/07 11:28 PM  | Reply
Score = -1 Vote up Vote down

So where was the glorious part at the end, with the choir and then the robotic voice saying "Please turn me over"? Why am I even asking?
Very cockney, Lily, very cockney.

Posted by: Blu at 12/11/07 11:51 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

can't it just be what it is: a schmalty-fun cover...

Posted by: Joe at 12/12/07 12:01 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

LOVE IT! "MR. BLUE SKY" is hard to resist! LILY ALLEN IS GREAT!

Posted by: davidvogler at 12/12/07 2:27 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

LOVE IT! "MR. BLUE SKY" is hard to resist! LILY ALLEN IS GREAT!

Posted by: davidvogler at 12/12/07 2:29 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

She looks great in British GQ

http://thegrumpiest.com/?p=5747

Posted by: Poi at 12/12/07 11:09 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Fantastic. For once a nice cover version .

Posted by: William at 01/02/08 5:55 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

genius. lily is amazing

Posted by: Molly at 02/07/08 10:30 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

hELLO YOU SWEET BRITISH FRESH FLOWER ...... I LOVE YOUR STYLE ....... I LOVE YOUR VOICE ESPECIALY THE WAY YOUR BRITISH ACCENT COMES OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ...... BUT MOST OF ALL YOU LOVLY BRITISH ROSE . I LOVE YOUR SWEET SWEET SMILE.... PLEASE STAY THE WAY YOU ARE .

Posted by: STRATCAT profile link at 07/02/08 10:01 AM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

A monkey could sing this song and it would still make me happy every time I heard it. No offense to Lily Allen.

Posted by: Clint at 07/11/08 12:01 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


Staff

  • Founder/Editor-In-Chief: Scott Lapatine
  • Executive Editor: Amrit Singh
  • Senior Writer: Brandon Stosuy

Info

Contact

Get Flash to see our mp3 player. Here are our mp3s: Cold Cave - Life Magazine (»)
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands (»)
Bill Quick - Take Me Away (»)
Fool's Gold - Surprise Hotel (Wallpaper's Mariah Mashup) (»)
Air - Sing Sang Sung (Black Moth Super Rainbow Remix) (»)
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For (»)
Vampire Weekend - Horchata (»)
Small Black - Kings Of Animals (»)
Max Tundra - Which Song (Passion Pit Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - Theme From Tomorrowland (»)
Tegan And Sara - Hell (»)
Jeff The Brotherhood - Bone Jam (»)
Mount Eerie - Wind's Dark Poem (»)
Tigercity - Fake Gold (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (»)
Drink Up Buttercup - Even Think (Andrew W.K. Remix) (»)
Florence And The Machine - You've Got The Love (The xx Remix) (»)
Cold Cave - The Laurels of Erotomania (»)
Jookabox - Phantom Don't Go (»)
Jookabox - You Cried Me (»)

Progress Report logo
Commercial Appeal logo
Premature Evaluation logo
Band to Watch logo
Quit Your Day Job logo
The Outsiders logo
The 'Gum Drop logo