Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood (Jonathan Ross)

[wwedivafan99]

This is the first time I ever heard her when this was aired on BBC1 I loved her ever since ♥

[stuart38]

she's stunning.play shampain on youtube.another great one.

[MegaRugbylover]

Marina said on an interview she adores and is a big Shakira fan :)

I do love both of them, talented singers/songwriters, shakira is huge next to Marina tho

[MegaRugbylover]

IS SHE THE NEW SHAKIRA ??????? SHE ADORES HER

[14155126591249147]

@MegaRugbylover wha??

[Linnuxan]

Her voice sounds just like in the cd! Great job!!

[38Highbury]

she's fucked herself up here - shit hair, shit outfit.

Bit of a diet, hair sorted out, then it's Hammer Time.

[sashathepanda]

this was the first time I ever saw them perform! I got hooked straight away. love you marina! :) xxx

[kingkaza101]

she's hot!!

[Anifreak561]

Marina is amazing live! Too bad the video got out of sync near the end of the video, the lip movement and the drums didn't match the sound.

[sebmooc7]

Brilliant. I love line starting 1:27. OMG she look like Shakira lol. Her voice is so different and she is also really beautiful :)

[moissr]

She's perfect, the music is perfect. Does it need any more coment?

[familyguykino]

she's terrible

[7bracelets]

Even America loves Marina's 'Hollywood' :))

[squadleaderMarc]

irgendwie hörrt sich ihre stimme an vielen stellen genauso an wie die im original musik video =)

[JahArmyMusic]

I was @ her show in Cologne, it just was amazing..Her voice is so powerful and clear, her voice just got such a huge range, the lp is a shame against her live performance..and btw,the lp already is great! But you have to she and hear it..unbelievable!

[Katrina981993]

she cool! and im jelous she got to meet john barrowman!

[MissAnyGenial]

Yes is really better than Lady Gaga, and she looks better than quintessential gaga!

[VWSven1]

Erinnert mich an Elif von Popstars du und ich

[epsteinsmutha1]

Wow, so Marina is conclusive proof Klaus Nomi DID have sex with a woman once and that woman was Kate Bush. And so it was, and it is FAN SMEGGING TASTIC.

[Stampeete]

I think it is live!

[guitarist6787]

she is a great sing and very beautiful i hope she gets big like gaga or bigger

[TheRobman]

@guitarist6787 Just not big like Kirsty Alley, right? :)

[sdecordovaxxx]

@guitarist6787 bigger then gaga!!

[JahArmyMusic]

@guitarist6787

She still is,cause she got personality / character!

[TipoSanguineoA]

@guitarist6787 LEAVE GAGA ALONE!! LOL

[krienmineel]

@guitarist6787 fuck gaga

[sweeneybros]

@guitarist6787 big like gaga? are you high? gaga is a fuckin untalented mutant dragon. you cannot compare the two. ffs!

[nate11star]

@guitarist6787 In fact she is more talented than the Gaga thing...

[1980manutd]

Her last name does mean Diamonds but the the diamonds are her fans/audience. Not the backing band.

[rosemarydragon]

she is sooo amazingly talented love her!

[erinya6]

I like this song! marina is half greek and her last name means kinda "diamonds" :P that's why i guess it is "marina and the diamonds" hehe

[LOVEDAVEGAHAN]

Love the song.....great voice too, very unusual :)

[Hanarrh]

i love this! she's so amazing live! <3

[streethassled]

Hollywood is full of cocks with strange dreams. Afghan ideals? This is Pop music for bubblegum minds and my mind is chewing all the time.

[greenmarlyn18]

She rocks live...XD

[sweeneybros]

fuckin hot, baby.  dribble dribble.

[SomeoneWithGoodTaste]

Woah. calm. She's not saying she hates america or holywood. it's just pointing out some of the ridiculousness (long word) of some of the ideas holywood has. I don't think it's meant to cause a masive argument =S

[sridley81]

lovely legs and sexy tights shes hot

[dominicburrows777]

shes so AWESOME

AAAAAAAAHHHHH

[lstarbuck20]

loving her at the moment, love this song. she is hot.

[d4yogurt]

i will be seeing her at the isle of wight festival! win! can't wait.

[RaxaSpitz]

Her voice <3

[xOoMUSEoOx]

She has a really interesting unusual voice, very deep for a girl

[numbskull20]

gets out of sync about half way through

[PriapicPan]

Fantastic! Simply fantastic!

Did I mention that Marina is fantastic?

Well she is!

[xXxRav3rRawrBabyxXx]

She's great! I love her voice, this song, and she looks awesome! <3

[supercalzfm]

She's so fucking brilliant.

[spuddeer60606]

Do you beleive fake plastic tree's belong to radiohead now because they wrote a song with that title? it is a fucking great song though.

[spuddeer60606]

America is like a fake plastic tree. The media portrays there country as being perfect and sleen clean when in hindsight they are one of the most currupt nation's in the world.

[yellowcougar18]

@spuddeer60606

Name one country that is perfect. But corruption runs deep into the heart of every government in the world.

The worst thing one can do, however, is to ignore the corruption altogether and just carry one as if the world is perfect when it is not.

[toonarmytoon]

what is cesc fabregas doing playing the guitar?

[ranjitbhandal88]

@toonarmytoon lol, it does look like him!!!!

[majimatches]

This girl is HARD EVIDENCE that anybody can become famous nowadays by being good looking and singing about absolute TOSH. YOU DON'T NEED TALENT KIDS.

I'm currently working on a few songs about my own faeces. There are a few record companies interested. Wish me luck! I hope I can make it big like Marina.

[alias609]

@majimatches

sorry lad but your wrong - this song is actually class. just because she isn't some rock act singing about how much she wants to cut herself doesn't make her music bad.

[baseballfan99]

Well come back with a song I started singing to in the car without knowing who was singing it or what the song was called and with a sell out tour, I may be interested . Good luck

[NickBor]

you obviously have no idea what marina's about

[MindBreakMedia]

@majimatches

someones jealous

[majimatches]

I take it back guys, she's not so bad. Sorry.

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

Says the guy with a bunch of trance shite in his favourites.

[majimatches]

Thanks for looking!

[amytubex0x]

Yaayyy

[MillaHead]

enough with anti-american bullshit

[mikehoppett]

@MillaHead

Its NOT anti American..... read the lyrics NumbNUTZ

[kimonoqueen]

Erm, I also hear anti-american sentiments. "I'm obsessed with the MESS that's America" being a strong one. And using the word "puking" next to the words "american dream" gives negative connotations. And the insulting impression of an American accent. So what if they think you look like Shakira or Catherine Zeta Jones? She kinda DOES resemble a young CZJ so what's the problem? It's not like she speaks with a latina / italian accent and THEN they peg her as that. WTF is she on? And I'm British.

[AttitudeCastle]

@kimonoqueen

Its not Just about that idea, it like how people go to america hoping they will become big and they have everything in their head, and how people create illusions for them selves, just my thoughts

and @alilas609 I'm in a "rock act" i play bass and erm, shout? backing vocals, lead at times, but i love this song! and 99% i'm playing "heavy" stuff love the meanings of this kinda stuff and i've been hoping to get into a singers backing band! shame there are none around in scotland!

[kimonoqueen]

I hope I can see it in that way.... in which case she is criticising, as you said, people who fabricate their own wild ideas about what it's going to be like for them over there....... at least that'll let me enjoy the song more as a satirical piece..... I hope I can hahaha Thanks for the input!!!

[MindBreakMedia]

@kimonoqueen

your just hearing what you want to from the song my friend, if you look up on her you will find out she actualy realy loves america and is fascinated by it.

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

WTF are you on? So what if she's criticising American ideals - there's a lot to criticise. Are you for Afghanistan ideals? No, and you'd probably quite rightly criticise them. She can sing about her distaste for Hollywood-driven ideals if she likes.

Just as you have the right to turn it off if it doesn't appeal and go back to listening to your vapid commercial rubbish.

[kimonoqueen]

You're a militant arsehole. I am so disadvantaged by being someone who always encounters people with zero debating talent who always feel the need to debase someone with comments about their mental state or interests otherwise. Woe is me.

[phillip19951234]

@HeadlightMorningGlow no-one should even have the right to turn this off loll

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow This is a very commercial track. It's actually rather trendy for Europe to bash America. I, personally, don't like the message of the song (although I like the tune) because it acts as though America is the primary source of corruption in the world.

In an international and historical sense, America's a pretty nice place - along with it being a pretty ok choice for economic and cultural imperialism. It's not perfect, but that's not because of America.

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@NihilisticWhiteAura Perhaps it's the economic & cultural (not to mention full-blown militaristic) imperialism that's made it rather trendy in Europe to bash America?

In recent history America's hegemony is perhaps only comparable to Russia & China, and given they're both massively unpopular states, America is doing pretty well just recieving the level of good-will it has.

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow It could always be considered some form of xenophobia... as in it's like an outside force seemingly taking over your homeland - but in this case, it's not discriminatory against minorities or 'weak' groups.

The main issue I have with this is that there has always been an international struggle for power and there's always been one group dominating another. This song acts as though America is the worst thing ever... when really, it's one of the best cultures to dominate.

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@NihilisticWhiteAura Well that's an easy assessment to make as a Briton who has never seen the true effects of American imperialism. Read up on Operation Condor, if you're arsed - and that's just South America. I have a feeling they won't share your enthusiasm for America's imperialism.

(Not to excuse Britain in this btw - wherever America goes you can usually find Britain following.)

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow Are you suggesting the world would be better without America?

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@NihilisticWhiteAura That's far too abstract a question. There is really no way of knowing what the world would be like without it, so I can't answer that. What I can say for certain though, which I think is your implication with such a question - their counterbalancing of Nazi/Soviet aggression does no more in justifing their morally-bankrupt imperialism than the USSR, British Empire and China's contribution to stopping Nazism suddenly writes off all their crimes.

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow Erm... Godwin's Law...

I really don't think we're thinking along the same lines here...

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@NihilisticWhiteAura Actually it wasn't Godwin's Law - Godwin's law is a comparison to Hitler/Nazi's - I didn't compare anyone to that. I was simply making the point that the superpowers have all done positive things (in one of the biggest cases, defeating Nazi Germany), but it doesn't follow then that they've had a positive influence. Anyway, what lines are you thinking along?

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow Hmmmm... it's still pushing it a little bit :P

I'm suggesting this song tries to be clever in it's message, but is dull, derivative and unconstructive. I like the tune, but she's having a go at the cultural domination of America and saying it's a 'mess' in the same way an uneducated fellow would say something is a 'mess' after glancing at the papers. Bill Bragg's 'Help Save the Youth of America' does a better job at having a go at America's impact.

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow To clarify, I don't like the line 'I'm obsessed with the mess that's America'.... it's not really a mess, is it? It's pretty nice compared to the rest of the world...

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

@NihilisticWhiteAura It's subjective, innit? Granted, there are far bigger messes to be found in the non-developed world, but even so, that wouldn't stop another country being a mess anyway. I think there are arguments for and against the statement - for instance I think the hysterical debate around universal healthcare - something that's offered in every other Western country - portrayed the US as a mess. Or the fact that the US has inequality levels comparable to China.

[NihilisticWhiteAura]

@HeadlightMorningGlow I can't agree. The healthcare system over there is ok, but not great for a G20 country.

[J4CK100]

shes a good singer and good lookin

[AcousticMusicLovee]

I watched the whole show because Marina was on & they didn't even interview her! :( Plus Jonathon Ross got his facts wrong, kept saying "heres Marina, and her diamonds aka her band will be with her later". Pfft, the Diamonds are a reference to her fans, get it right idiot! Poor Marina. :( Amazing performance anywayy :)

[sgask007]

great song, sang really well!

[TheNSMadeMan]

Music by artsy wierdo bitches, for artsy wierdo bitches.

[TheNaomiescott]

she from wales

[StukaUK]

Sort out the sound synch on this video

[grundu]

love this song, thought her name was Maria, no wonder i couldn't find her

[guitarist6787]

this is in a different key to that of the record there is so much studio work thats goes on these days no one can just live an sound the same as the record these like they did in the 80s

[screamedthemouth]

That's because people actually play live more these days?!

[blindingsun]

@guitarist6787 duno. bjork normally does a good job of it.. :P

[pumpkill]

@guitarist6787 well, this live act does sound very similar to the record!

Some acts sound either completely different or rubbish compared to the studio-produced tracks!

However, she sings very well live and tbh, I think her voice is still the same identifiable one we hear on her record!

An actual real, good voiced live singer for once! :)

[jamesworth81]

@pumpkill THAT ISNT LIVE!

[pumpkill]

@jamesworth81 well, kinda is... its not pre-recorded. Have you ever even watched Jonathon Ross? You can tell bands don't mime or anything as some sound completely SHIT on that programme!!!

[bazybeats2]

@jamesworth81 acually yea it is i was there

[davidsoulfunktion]

@jamesworth81 It is live... she's using protools as a backing track, harmonies etc... The main vocal is live tho...

[TheKamikazemuzic]

so amazingly talented!!! she's amazing!

[tomoblivion]

The outfit she's wearing looks like sonething out of elder scrolls oblivion

not knocking her , just thought it looked like one of the out fits in the game.

[euros44]

This is great - there's hope for British music yet! :)

[F10ert]

Was the audio off on the vid or did she loose track of the lip sync? I hope not i think shes great

[colt45isbest]

@F10ert Nah, not lip synced, if you listen to the album version it's a bit different to that performance. I think it was a pretty laid back performance, but a damned good one!

[musictranscription]

I have this sheet music

[RandomStyle360]

bmgnebby,same with me -.-

[bmgnebby]

I tuned into Jonathan Ross at the end of the show in the hope of viewing this.... but instead I got John Barrowman. Gutted!

[jammycab]

lmao Same! I was like wtf! :P

[szilasijanos]

Termendous, fantastic

[thomaswest8t]

@Barney4000 wheey thats good, i was worried for a second there!

[merrillandpenny]

she's amazing and i think she only looks so thin because of the huge shoulder blades. she looks gorgeous!

[merrillandpenny]

@merrillandpenny shoulder pads even. dope

[thomaswest8t]

great performance, but what happened near then end ?

it sounded like she got a bit muddled with the lyrics and they played a backing track =O!

cant wait for the album though :) x

[Barney4000]

@thomaswest8t No, this video gets delayed by about a second in the end. Hence her lips not moving in time with the vocals. I watched it live on TV last night and she was fine, dw!

[arabiansanchez]

She needs the backing track to get the effect of the album track, with the layered vocals etc. It's very common.

[refoman2]

too skinny?

think she looks bloody fantastic!

too many fat people around telling skinnys to put on weight,when was the last time you saw a dvd or book for sale telling you how to get fat??????????????

leave the girl alone

[purplelouise]

love u marina <3 too skinny tho!!!

[KyleD00]

awesome

[aisling3]

she has lost SO much weight

[Elyzater]

why does her accent change when she sings?

[Ollieglam]

LIKE.

[Dougienesses]

am i the only one who is in fucking love with the hair? :D

[eleanizzle1]

@Dougienesses yes

[Sparkelate]

I love her hair! Its lush :)

[sashathepanda]

@Sparkelate I love her hair too! lol!

[vonpippy76]

Good god that was quick !

[pandabikerXD]

her hair :O

still beautiful though

she sings really well live

[TheEliteMagnifique]

shes Beautiful.

[Honigkuchenbaer]

her hair...no.

like i love her, but what did they do with her?

[mikehoppett]

Some vocal backing track but the rest is live.... new band does the business......