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Virgin Alantic - New TV Advert

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This new advert drives me mad, enough to mute the sound when it is on tv. It's not the music or the voice over at the end....it is the singer GASPING for breath after each line.

I can honestly say l haven't noticed any other singer doing this in such a noticeable way.

Here is the link to a YouTube video if you haven't seen it
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  • how do you expect him to breathe?
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  • paulofessex
    paulofessex Posts: 1,728 Forumite
    how do you expect him to breathe?

    A bit more quieter for a start, perhaps move his mouth away from the mic would also help
  • System
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    That's Matt Bellamy of welsh rock band Muse you are referring to - it's his style and I quite like it!
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  • Let's all complain!
  • emma-uk
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    That's Matt Bellamy of welsh rock band Muse you are referring to - it's his style and I quite like it!


    They are not Welsh, they are from Devon :D
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  • vyle
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    I quite like it. It feels/sounds live and real, rather than edited to perfection and un-repeatable in a live performance.
  • Baggieboy_2
    Baggieboy_2 Posts: 149 Forumite
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    edited 13 January 2011 at 1:30PM
    I actually thought it was a soundalike band at first - didn't sound like the Muse version, but it seems it is them. I was suspicious because Nescafe started using Muse's version of Feeling Good for an advert a few years back. Muse objected, so the coffee company just went and recorded a soundalikey.
  • hippyadam
    hippyadam Posts: 645 Forumite
    I can't stand muse anyhow so i am glad i missed it...

    Much prefer this ad ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-QaFLY66hI
  • I love Muse, can't always decipher what Matts singing about and probably wouldn't get it anyway, I think I'm the oldest mosher in town.
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  • shellsuit
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    I've never even noticed it till I read this and listened to it again (and i've listened to it countless times even before the ad was first aired)

    Great advert and cracking song!
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