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  • I like this version better than the original. But the original is still AWESOME!

  • Even with another artist this song swings..!

    

  • I think the original version is MUCH better. This is good, but the original is better, just sayin'.

  • Elo Elo Elo Lily now piss off.

  • Amazing! Just can't stop playing it along on the piano. Restarting for the 10th time lol

  • Oh dear. I love Lily Allen's own stuff and I love ELO's Mr Blue Sky but this is both pointless and shit.

  • sadness not better than the original, but its kinda impossible to top mr. blue sky elo. this is to electra washed out, cant even tell lyrics.

  • Where did u get that pic?

  • she is too cute

  • Good one!

    But... search "Mr. Blue Sky by HOLMES" for probably the best cover version of this song ever!

  • huge ELO fan! good job

  • World biggest ELO nerd but as much as i wanted to hate it i like it god..... now i gotta die i said that

  • I like this cover. The only thing that spoils it is that Ms. Allen has forgotten that the letter "T" exists at all in the lyrics of this song.

  • i love lilly allen :) , but i think this cover is a little bit fail......

  • i think this song is proof the cover can be better than the original, as much as i LOVE the original

  • Original Song By Electric Light Orchestra...

  • who dares put down on lily allen? this gorgeous singer is a legend, yes, already, and she must be about half my age. 

  • I don't like this cover because of all the added 'beats', I have to admit it would be pretty good if Lilly just sang it as it was done by ELO. Then it would be AMAZING!

  • Nooooooo...How could that talentless slut be aloud to annihilate a classic song like this... Miss Allen... Fuck off and die you whore !!!

  • @ChuckieGilmour how can you be so hateful towards a daft cover?

    slut, fuck off and die you whore, because you don't like her ELO cover?

    Have a word with yourself ya tit.

  • @ChuckieGilmour Wooooooah, bro. You're having way too many emotions there. Sit back and enjoy.

  • Heard the ELO version before, just LISTENED to it for the first time though, must say, both versions are great :)

  • It just doesn't matter ... I think that Lily Allen could get her lyrics from out of the phone book and it would still sound SO SEXY !!!

  • original was soooooooo much better, her voice doesn't fit this song.

  • Huge Lily Allen fan...but she should stay away from ELO. Her vocals are beautiful. But the weird electro-pop music is aweful. Too much electro... not enough orchestra.

  • I really like this version, Lily's voice is gorgeous and for that music, stay better in her voice. Sorry for my english, I'm brazilian.

  • I like Lily Allen, but this doesn't come close to the orginal, it's not her fault, she's covering an ELO masterpiece and that's not easy.

  • omg shes so good

  • It's okay, but I like ELO's version waay better.

  • Concerto in Autotune..... ugh.

  • this is huge. i love you lily.

  • better than elo.

  • Seriously? This version is just over-run by annoying synthesizers, annoying percussion, and auto-tuning.

    I'm sorry, but I saw this in the suggestions, thought I would give it a listen, and this is really just a mess.

  • :) Mr. Blue Sky+Lily Allen=AWESOME

  • She should lern how to speek before singing I mean what is a ciy It is CITY with a T and there are other words she uses and misses out the letters if your going to cover a song sing propperly the backing is good though

  • @hodgkinsonjames you should learn how to write with a good spelling, SPEAK!! btw I am Mexican...

  • @alejandrorobdom I Have Dyslexia wich roughly translated means bad speller TOOL what is Lilly Allan's excuse

  • dudes. come on. its just a cover. so wth y hate it. is that wot u do for a living. hate good videos? XP

  • i <3 lily allen's voice so yah i like his version 2 :)

  • i love this cover :)

  • can't beat the real thing...imitation is after all flattery

  • I love this cover :) I like the original too hehehe

  • this song makes me want to strip naked, burst out of my room window, free fall 21 floors, land in the snow, make a snow angel, shiver from the cold, get hypothermia, DIE!, go the pearly gate, say whats up to Saint Peter, do our secret hand shake, look in the directory for Siddhartha (Buddha), find Him, have Him reincarnate me into a frog, meet a princess, kiss her, turn into a prince, order my subjects to bring me a computer, and listen to this song again!

  • @oooooooooo12qw

    Whereas what you should actually do is contact your shrink...explain why you've missed the last 6 sessions and arrange for another one.

  • @oooooooooo12qw I thought you were going somewhere with that :(

  • @oooooooooo12qw LIKE A BOSS.

  • when i close my eyes and listen to this, i can see myself flying over dark blue seas, but then i fly through a rainbow and i enter a alternate dimension were pain and sadness is replaced by Ecstasy. then i land safely on the blue grass on the alternate dimension and run. i just keep running and running until im so fast i can see time drift behind me then my physical being slowly leaves me until im nothing but pure energy. you should spend a day in my world

  • Nothing tops ELO's timeless original, but this is a great cover version. It doesn't try to simply mimic the original. It does what good covers should do - work with the different talent and style of the cover artist.

  • The ambient instrumentation make this really bad the vocals and melody I don't mind the hyper synth but the background would be better a little more classical.

  • @Alucard767676 stfu both lily and elo are amazing.

  • dispite my love for ELO's version of this, i think this version is good. it seems odd to me that people say they only like one version. the only bad thing is that nois in the first 5 seciond, otherwise i see nothing for ELO fans to hate.

    by the way, if you do think this is has ruined it, try the alvin and the chipmunks version. THAT is a bad version

  • smooth tune

  • ruined this fucking song:/

  • deffo prefer lily's version <3

  • yellow sang this before lily allen its not a new song oh yeah and i hate this version!!!

  • @thefabfour2 yellow?! really...

  • @shottykirby elo sorry got it wrong i seem so aggresive on those comments sorry if i sound it.

  • @shottykirby I've actually heard a few people refer to ELO as Ello(phonetic) that's probably where the mistake came from. 

  • ugh, i didn´t like it one bit,

    not to take a dump on the fact covers arent supposed to sound like a original,

    but this cover is just shit, i miss the relaxing factor ELO´s song gives me, this one just gives me the urge to smash someones head

    that is not the purpose of a cover, to change the mood and purpose of a song is just plain barbarianism. i don´t mindabout covers being in a different genre, i do mind about covers being in another meaning as the original, i vote those covers down!

  • I you liked this, try the song ALIVE from BRIGHT SEPTEMBER

  • *think

    

  • If you guys think it sucks then you tink it sucks, you dont have to put hate comments! i LOVE it!! <3

  • This isnt her song? O.O

  • @JudgementalJosh of course not. this isn't even considered a song in my mind. how could anyone compare this to the original?!

  • @JudgementalJosh No. It was originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s. Their version is SO much better than this.

  • @Oldiesmann Well, OF COURSE it's better!(parrots righteous indignation of cartoony god in Monty Python & the Holy Grail) All i'm saying is this is still catchy and fun to listen to. NOT as good as the original...but not a terrible version(I'll also concede this is a bit too 'tinny' and electronical, but not terrible).

  • She went to a £9000 per term boarding school in Hampshire called Beadles. Where did she learn her mockney accent. Annoying isn't she really.

  • i agree with PallfuckaLL

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  • Sexy cockney accent...

  • What a piece of shit.

  • this is so fuickin crap, what an insult to good music, shows you what todays music is all about, fuck you lilly crap allen, get your own stuff, tallentless bint

  • People saying it doesn't sound like the ELO version: It's not supposed to. That's the whole reason people cover songs, to open a song up to a different genre. Singers like to experiment, that's all.

  • @Bloop995 I agree. If a song is GREAT(& THIS Jeff Lynne song IS Great!) than it can survive most versions if they're not to over the top. Look at Viva Las Vagas. Elvis, ZZ=Top & Ann Marg-rock, er, Margret. I love all three versions. A very BAD cover is Sweet Dreams(by the Eurythmics) by Marlyin Manson. THAT outta be taken out back and shot.

  • She must be setting out to destroy every bit of music, what happened to her giving up music to run a shop?

  • =) great!!

  •  likeee sonngg!!!!

  • Fuck all you dophins who think this is a "great" "updated" version And also, This gives everyone a ear rape, doesnt match ELO at all, doesnt sound like it all, and her accent doesnt fit it at all.

  • ELO might be better but Lily's version is still great. She's better looking too.

  • great version!!! And I am a huge ELO fan !!!

  • guys, of course the elo version is better (the original always is) but no need to rain on her parade, this is a damn good cover

  • Lilly Allen , your voice is amazing .! Love you singing this one !!

  • What a great new version ! Well done Lily Allen ! 

  • I think this is a great cover. Anyone who covers a song will face criticism for not being as good as the original, and I think this is often unfair - it's a kneejerk reaction, simply due to the original being the more commonly heard. If you actually stop and listen, some covers are excellent, and this is no exception. ELO's version is one of my all-time favourite songs, and I love Lily anyway, so I suppose I was always going to love this.

  • Would like to hear her do a more earthy interpretation. Such a lovely voice and delivery. A warmer, fuller version might be quite sweet. Always thought the original a shade too long?

  • I like every song of lily, don't know why, I even like the bad songs, so... ;D

  • sme here arntannad

  • This is a controversial thing to say, apparently, but I LOVE Lily's version of this amazing song. I listen to it almost every day, in fact. It makes me happy and gives me inspiration. (:

  • @arndtannad Both versions are great. I still prefer the original but I think I'm in love with Lily :)

  • I love this song who ever sings it but having lily allen sing it even better

    i was in the Brisbane Floods last year and this was the theam song in my house for about 2 months after

  • I love this song who ever sings it but having lily allen sing it even better

  • well, it´s not bad

    not good too...

    too many thingys, sounds too messy if you ask me but that´s just my opinion...

    wtf is up with the trebly piano solo? xD wtf...

  • think it would be funnier and better for her to have done "Sweet Talkin' Woman" as she is a sweet talking woman. :-D

  • I am a new generation i think, so I dont know the Original and I like this one :)

  • Oh God, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING.

    This right here is the reason the sky hid for so long, or where we went wrong as the song put it.

  • yeah! you go VaginaPetter!

  • Why do people not like it? It's a different approach on a good song. Just because it's not what you're used to doesn't mean it's bad. It's rather catchy if you ask me.

  • Shit. Fucking shit.

  • i usually like Lilly Allen, but this is horrible.

    ruined it

  • lilly allen should be shot from a canon and land in a pit of cancerous ears, why cancerous ears, cuz thats what i get when i hear her voice!

  • a masterclass in taking the soul out of a song!

  • Fuck off with your Chav accent.

    Shouldnt been singed by her with her stupid accent

  • I really like Lily allen her songs but she didn't make this one her own. She sings it pretty much the same as ELo did. The beat is the same in my eyes only with some new effects. I don't think it's bad though.

  • Omg she sooo copied ELO >(

    the original one is better

  • @Munizfancool She didn't copy them she just covered it

  • what the fuck is this?! ELO was way better than this crappy version...

    i like Lily Allen's songs but this is just crap

  • LILY ALLEN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

    Btw, I like her cover much more that the original by ELO, so

    -Hate me

    and die.

  • What a fucking abomination.

  • FUCKING WAY BETTER THAN ELOS VERSION.

  • Love both versions. but when this song is stuck in my head its the ELO version

  • what happened to this beautiful song?!!? this has no emotion, when i listen to ELO's version it makes the day better, this doesn't give you that feeling at all.

  • @johnmorisi8 are you deaf? XD

  • @golglu

    No, are you? This was an orchestral masterpiece, now it's a bubble gum pop song.

  • It's Ok but its not the original :)

  • is that lily allen on that pic?

  • @Sparda797 yup

  • anouther butchered a classic

  • lily allen is an absolute stunner

  • this is not a "new song" its a cover from ELO

  • Isn't the meaning of covers to sing a song your own way? And if some people like lily's version better they just do. Doesn't make them a bad person :--p

  • @swstryker then why are you listening to it? it's my personal opinion and the fact that you have to bag on me to think yours is better is just pathetic, & i still believe that this is better then the original.

  • i know lol but i still love it xx :)

  • ur gorgeous :]]

  • <333 Lily Allen <33333

  • a band called Rubylux do this song great

    but i like this too

  • Awesome. ELO is one of my favorite 70's bands and Lily Allen is one of my favorite current artists. Nice to see her cover them. Maybe now she could do ABC's "When Smokey Sings."

  • ELO rocks. :3 Lilly isn't bad either. :3

  • SHE SUCKS.

  • i  i love this version better then the one from elo

  • @damngirl6 You are sick. Or maybe just a prepubescent child. Listen to the original again. Classic.

  • this song makes me happy

  • She looks so pretty on that picture!

    and the song is awesome too!

  • not a bad copy

  • LILY ALLEN ... WAY BETTER!!!

  • @miiscenegrl NOT EVEN CLOSE!!! That's like saying "I like vanilla ice cream better than apple pie WITH vanilla ice cream!" This is good, but not even close to the original.

  • this one is better, even though she cant say t

  • @ThePokeyPictures NOt1

    Good but not even close to original. Listen to the original again.

  • original version is better, but i still like this

  • Just found this chick... great voice! Covering my favorite band of all time... BONUS!! I can only imagine her and Jeff Lynn doing this as a duet. This is not as good of course, but glad she has good taste. Her Keane cover sounds good too. :D

  • C'est la pub SFR ;)

    Love it . <3

  • omg this song is sooo good

  • ELO version is realy better!

  • beautiful. love it.

  • O.o she ruined it D:

    elo version MUCH better

  • Both versions are awesome. She sings better the "Hey you, with the pretty face, welcome to the human race!" Part, thoug.

  • YeaH she did!!!

    It's not shockingly bad, tho.

  • Elo's better =D

  • @YuTubeModerator ELO's thousand times better!

  • Love her and this song. She rocks

  • i cannot believe she did a cover of this song. yay!

  • I like it, I think ELO version is better but this is more up to date.

  • @dar0096621 this isnt up to date this has ruined it its a disgrace

  • @dar0096621 "More Up To Date ?!" How dumb are you ? This isn`t even close to the classic original ! Get a grip ye numpty! And a decent taste in music while you`re at it ! Most stupid comment i`ve heard today ! Peace Ye`all !!

  • No matter what she does ,,,,she does it all well wether its Debbie Harris or Chrissie Hynde ...I love her music

  • @rob42688

    Debbie Harris ???????? You`ve just insulted the Queen of pop and millions of adult males over the age of 25.

  • I prefer ELO's version.

  • I love that picture !! :O

  • So do I!!! 4some!!!

    hahahah

  • I Loooove Lily and all her songs :P

  • and she sang Womanizer too and it would NOT have sucked if the piano wasnt so drab, wouldve actually been nice if it had the same electro beat as britney spears' womanizer

    i love this version than the ELO's Mr. Blue Sky

  • original is so much better... this sounds almost like a christmas jingle

  • lol. It Should Be :D

  • its true. but its sorta catchy.

  • Yes, a very intelligent and witty response to my comments. john030993, did your boyfriend type it in for you?

  • ace up to date version lily, u make it your own x

  • I really like this xD.

    but I haven't heard the original...

    -listens to original-

    k, I still like Lily's better.

  • love this. i just love it. and i don't even know why.

  • ELO sing it better but I love Lily Allens version too!

  • HEY! if you have negative opinions leave them to yourselves people! you cant say one version is better than the other, i have listened to them both and I think Lily did an excellent job redoing it!

  • Well I think you can have negative opinions - of course - the only problem is that people act like they are the only ones who can judge if something is nice or not.

    I personally like the song ^^.

  • well Lilly Allen is ok, but this isOOOOO so bad....the original from ELO is the best. This is so cheap , sorry Lilly