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It’s been nearly twenty-five years since mum’s and dad’s favourites and the most unlikely serial womanizer- Simply Red and Mick
Hucknall came into the public eye but is it finally time for them to
‘Go Now’?
A cover of Bessie Banks’ and later the Moody Blues, it appears as a single on the final album, Simply
Red 25- The Greatest Hits and was probably selected more for aptness than
musical notoriety.
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Released: November 2008
Label: SimplyRed.com
Single from their 3rd compilation album, ‘Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits’, their final release.
Original Version by Bessie Banks (1964)
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Featuring an upbeat melody and a modern production on a very sombre number,
Hucknall of course takes all the lead over a trumpet-led backing- though with
Simply Red one can
’t assume the musician is real as opposed to a machine.
It is not an unusual direction from a band that is known for pillaging the
classics but it doesn
’t quite rank with their cover of ‘Sunrise’. The song’s production is classic Simply Red- trying to make itself as appealing to the
ill-informed listener as possible, clad in a musically metaphorical short,
black dress, intoxicating amounts of perfume and make-up.
So does it work? Well not really, The Moody Blues version has more of that
heartbreaking style that the song was written with and sounds much more
relevant with. This again, is the musical equivalent of the colonization of
Africa with absolutely no consideration for the heritage and culture of the
tune. Hucknall has certainly taken his eye off the ball recently and if anyone
is stupid enough to buy their fourth
“Greatest Hits” album than more fool them. 1/10 CM
(c) ChrisOnline.biz 2008
