You still would though, wouldn't you.....

Little bit harsh I think, singing like Aretha Franklin can't be a bad thing in itself. And describing the White Stripes as "slightly shit" is liking saying Fred Durst is "slightly ugly" or Hitler was "slightly evil".

Nice objective review. Very fair and open-minded. Yeah, I would.

This definitely wasn't the best song from the Soul Sessions, and for a new artist, I thought it was a strong album - don't jump off the deep-end on the anti-cover version trip ;-)

Look, she's young, she'll learn. It's a pretty fair song, but the voice saves it from being tripe

actually i thought it was really good.. that song was in need of a good groove. oh well

damn straight! the song still sucks tho and all the radio stations love it, WHY? ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

I first heard this on 6 Music well before the hype started and liked it, in a "well, why not?" sense. Perhaps if it had stayed as an album track...

I saw her in Toronto recently. She can sing but so can the contestants of American Idol. What's the point of having a great voice if the songs you're given to perform are ghastly?

That review and this thread typify the dismally arsey state of the UK non-mainstream music scene. So what songs should Stone have done, oh wise ones - originals? How many 16yos have got anything original worth saying. Or perhaps there should be an age bar on making records, no-one can have a go til they're say21 and at least have their gap year to sing about?
The girl's got a bit of class and is plainly into what she's doing. As are a few others, the Scala show having sold out qiucker than you can say Britney Houston - £92 and rising for a pair over at ebay, suckers...
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"whats the point in having a great voice if the songs you are given to sing are ghastly"
Fair quote but what is ghastly about any of the songs on the Soul sessions album? (bar the white stripes (this is still great tho) cover, all great late night soul tracks)
Two other points her debut album proper (original material) is yet to be released!
And whats wrong with singing covers? Do you not realise in the late 50's and early 60's every band in the Uk was playin a set of a maximum of about 15 different songs between them!?
alfred x x x

it makes me fuckin cringe, its a bollocks cover of a bollocks song. and plenty of 16 year old and unders have something worthwhile to say - Daniel Johns at 14 when he wrote frogstomp springs to mind. the fact is conventional pop has lost some of its marketing ability and record companies need a booster, they obviously see this drivel as it, hence the release of the covers before her original material.

What a load of utter narrow minded bollocks from Mr Adam Anonymous, another predictable load of wankering gobshite from the mouth of a probable emo loving elitist raaaawkster. We played her album at work the other week (yes i do work in a music store) and was later stunned to discover she was a 16-year-old white girl (same as moi). Not everybody can be as cool as you, so what if Joss is flung to the middle class, middle aged members of society - are they not allowed to have good music?

Get off your high horse and stop being so dismissive... just cos something's 'hotly tipped' it doesn't stop it from being good y'know

Ok huge white stripes fan, There my favorite band, yea sure she used fell in like with a girl and changed it to fell in love with a boy and that indeed angers me but if the white stripes aprove cant get that mad over it

"you're a dirrdy, dirrdy ma..an, yesyouare"

all u-anti stoners: surely music is like art, i mean i would not give Tracy Emin an award let alone shake her hands which seem to be filthy most of the time... music is personal interpretation, captures moments in life etc. All u anti guys *and yeah it does seem to be guys who don't seem to like her stuff/ or unusual choice to push out a debut 'cover' album - maybe you guys are going through shite times in yr life hence yr severe adversity to an artist i would describe as v brave. Dont get me wrong, i liked the release so bought the album. Listened to the first track and was gobsmaked throughout of the mangement's choice of release. Joss is brave as she has a unique voice at such a young age she has a great future ahead of her and in her first promo year she has to get used to being told she's some white version of a female black legend! <sure are big boots to fill in anyone's eyes> GUYS give her a break. Close yr eyes and listen to her voice, it's far more mature than any of yr witty snubs. I mean, I'd rather listen to Joss stone 24hrs a day than 'nufoundfamists' such as Michelle McManus, Alex Parks etc or even old diva's such as Janet Jackson..... By the way. Nora J v Joss Stone. No contest Joss' voice far outways that of a slightly above average singer who happens to have a famous grandfather.....

look i am a guitar player and a big white stripes fan . i don't have a problem with her covering it, its just that she doesn't give credit to the white stripes who are a muuuuuch better band, i mean what about all those tenns that go onto mtv and see the video they'll go "wow that girl is good." not ever knowing that she ripped-off possibly one of the greatest bands of all time. and on top of all that she didn't even do that good of a job, i've even heard someone say that she did a better version of it. have we all gone mad? the point is that joss stone will never compare to the white stripes.

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i dont think there's anything wrong wuth singing covers, and i dont especially think the song is a bad song in the first place, in fact (and you can all set upon me like a pack of wild dogs for saying this) i really liked the white stripes version. i hate her voice. i think it's overdone and she's trying too hard and it sounds remarkably like what i imagine the child of britney spears and whitney houston would sound like. and i as i hate them both with a passion, i will not be purchasing any of her records. she's really nothing special, there are more talented people in my high school english class. in fact I, along with a lot of my friends, write our own songs and play our own accompniments, and have very good voices. so why don't we have record deals? is what i want to know.

ARGGGHHHH I'm just so sick of anybody with a halfway fucking decent voice getting a record deal!!!! What about people that write ORIGINAL SONGS >:-o fuck this bitch and her annoying cover song on my MTVU!!!!!! It parallels trillville and evanescence in making my ears hurt.

Fan of the White Stripes, have been long before MTV knew about them. Fell in Love with a Girl isn't a favorite, but it is good stuff. Fell in Love with a Boy? DAMN. That sucks.

Ok I like the white stripes BIG TIME. joss has a wikid voice, but turning a fantastic song into modern day R'n'B is a crime against nauture. I say that she should perhaps stick to singing original songs, and maybe she'll get better wrap for her voice and music rather than being dumbed down by the fact she did a cover. and the one thing i hate about "adults" is saying that people younger than 21 can't experience love...what would u know anyways.

Zajebista piosenka,nie wiem dlaczego sie czepiacie,kocham caly ten album a wy pierdolicie od zeczy.boje sie przyszlosci,bo jej glos dopiero sie rozwija,wielkie damy swiata muzyki drzyjcie Joss Stone nadchodzi.Kocham Was i tak :*