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WHO SANG IT BETTER: RIHANNA VS. MANDY?

Friday, August 17, 2007

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Under their umbrellas? So I thought that this was pretty funny that Mandy Moore decided to cover Rihanna’s huge crossover smash, “Umbrella.” I first heard this song on MTV’s popular “reality” series, The Hills. I’m not really a fan of the show, but I just happened to be at a friend’s house and there she was singing “Umbrella.” [Apparently, the version that was on 'The Hill's' wasn't Mandy Moore, it was Marie Digby. View her version here.] In all honesty, this just proves the crossover appeal of this song. I’ve heard country version of this song, and here’s a soft-rock ballad version and it actually is listenable. I can’t even hate, this version has something likable about it. Of course, they serve two different purposes. Rihanna’s “Umbrella” (written and produced by The Dream) goes hard in the club and in the car, and Mandy’s version is for those kick back nights with your boo.

Rihanna - Umbrella (full) - listen / alternate
Mandy Moore - Umbrella (full) - listen / alternate

[However, I will say this. This just goes to show you that white folks will forever take something that black people have done before, throw some blonde hair on it and their people will go up for it. We can never have some stuff to ourselves.] Some people may have forgot that this is a blog, which means we are entitled to our opinions. Even if you don’t agree with what Brian said, you can at least speak on it maturely. Thanx for your time. -Angel

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Shay43

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

why does it always have to be a white black thing??

3.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

shit won’t load

4.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I heard that version of Mandy Moore on the show “The Hills like last night….i like Mandy Moore’s version better.

5.

Tammy

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I hate both of the songs! Mandy voice irks me, I had to turn it off. If I had to choose I would say Rihanna.

6.

BEAUTY Q.T.

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Mandy Moore sounds nice singing this song in her version. And Rhianna sounds nice singing it in her version. I just can’t enough of this song point blank!

7.

La. Finest

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I heard this on the Hills also. I was like who singin this song and sound worse than Rihanna (people say she can’t sing). Anyway Rihanna did it way better cause it fits her voice and Mandy voice is not that great. White people eat up non talent in their culture Mandy, Brittney, Jessica.

8.

zo

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

RIHANNAS VERSION IS BETTER

BUT I ALSO LIKE MANDYS…

9.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

# 4………….. I agree with you.

I don’t understand why it has to be a black white thing either…….good music is good music. Alot of black artist sample off of old school white song beats….especially Diddy….so i don’t see the problem.

10.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Yeah totally listen able in a weird way…..I heard it was for Mary J. Blige first I wonder how she would have sounded singing it….

11.

KIK

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

yea i agree i dont think this had anything to do with white or black…sheesh

but i like both they both serve different purposes and styles…and rhianna and mandy have completely diff voices

12.

Lenox138

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

we use some of white ppl things too. so we can’t even hate and mandy moore is one of the good ones, cut her some slack.

13.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I like the song from Mandy “Extraordinary” …..I really like that song for some reason…the editing they did on her voice is amazing….

14.

Eboni

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

ok….whatever….rihanna’s version still does it for me……
mandy’s make’s me wanna run outside with a summer dress on and twirl around in the rain on a cool summers night…with a daisy pinned up in my hair, holding my boo’s pick…..”hold me sweet jesus”

15.

Brian

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#9, I wasn’t making it a black/white issue. I just think that people should recognize that for a long time, white people have taken what black people have done and made it their own. rock ‘n roll is a prime example of that.

that’s why people were so enamored with people like elvis - he was a white man that sounded and moved like a black man, so it was acceptable for them to like that.

16.

Ms. TANNA

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Like Ri’s version better but I don’t mind Mandy’s. I’ve always liked her.

18.

Queshia

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Rhianna because she made the lyrics adhere to her background besides that we all Umbrella Ay Ayed out.

19.

That'sRight

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

OH MY GOSH!!! I HATE Mandy’s version! My goodness! Hers sounds like trash compared to Rihanna’s. (I never though I’d say that.)
Maybe if she sang better or something but this is garbage to me.

And what exactly do they mean by: Come in to me? Sounds kinda freaky… lol

20.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Does anyone remember when she came out…”I missin you like Candaaayayeeeaaa!” LOL…I can’t lie…I used to hum that song in my head like every other hour…

21.

evolving

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

i heard mandy moore’s version on the hills. i like her version and all other versions i’ve heard, but i don’t like the fact the rihanna had this smash hit and can’t get her shine alone. now everybody wants a piece of the pie.

22.

Jasmine

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Here we ago and how many times has Beyonce copied off of White artists???

EXACTLY so stop making everything into a Black White thing.

There are Plenty of Black artists that sample off of White ones.

Did You know ” I will always love you” was originall y sung by Dolly Parton and she wrote it too.

Anyway Mandy Moore and Jessica simpeson FLOPS ALL THE TIME. so I don’t know whast White people are eating up , but it is not them.

I like Mandy’s version better.

23.

bsb1216

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Don’t like the song no matter who sings it.

24.

That'sRight

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Brian, it’s a shame you have to defend YOUR own opinion. Geesh.

25.

blackcaramelsweetness

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I too heard this version on the Hills and I was like who is this girl copying Rihanna’s song and to find out it’s Mandy Moore.Clearly,Mandy is the better singer and I really like this version.It’s really sweet.Mandy did sing it better but I still like Rihanna’s hard rock version over the soft rock version but very good Mandy.

26.

?

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

the version on the hills isnt mandy moore its actually a girl off youtube if i can find the link ill post it.

27.

Eboni

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

24…i agree with ya…terrible…

28.

get_me_bodied

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

AND U R SO RIGHT BRIAN, JIMI HENDRIX IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT!

29.

Jasmine

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#15 I understand what you are saying Brian, but in this instance Mandy is just covering a song and I doubt it will be popular.

A lot of Black folks do NOT like when other Black sing ROck music. But Black people created ROck N Roll

30.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

@BRIAN

A black man wrote all his songs but they killed the man before his fans found out…only a few people from the old school know….like my dad….lol…

31.

get_me_bodied

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

CO SIGN BRIAN! JIMI HENDRIX IS A PRIME EXAMPLE……

32.

L.Renee

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I dont like Mandy Moore’s version. It sounds awful. And I’m not closed minded either, I have music tastes all across the spectrum but I do NOT like that version.

33.

No one notices me

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

So this is the culprit that sung that song on ‘The Hills’- which I love by the way! :)

When I heard it on the show I was like that can’t be Rihanna. It was so watered down, I just knew it was a white girl. A white girl named Mandy. It had no soul at all.

34.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

@ # 24

most of us on here have to defend our own opinions when we post OUR opinions on here.

So what the hell are you talking about?

he posted his opinion , and i posted mine.

NEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

35.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Yeah Jimi was a prime example of the first Rock…then white people snatched and ran with it adding the “Roll” and “Acid Rock” “Metal” “Punk” all that bull is just variations of the same thing…I don’t like all that extraness either….I swear they just be like:”YOOOOOEEEEAARARRARAARAPOPOPOPOASSSSFFFFUFUUUCCKCKK”…basically nothing….crazy…

36.

RKJville3000

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Wait damn did yall just change that pic or are my eyes decieving me?

37.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I’ve heard Mandy Moore version out here in L.A on the radio also.

38.

Pudding

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Someone needs to take Mandy Moore to the 18th Floor of a building and drop her butt off the roof. She sounds horrible………..she can’t touch Rihanna.

39.

ACEDON

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Did anyone see DreamGirls… I hate when White People take Black People Music.. Do you remeber when the Dreamgirls made the amazing song, and the radio would not play it.. Then the white boys (surfer dudes) took the song and made it a huge hit on American Bandstand! Duh! Elvis and others took our music…

Let Mandy Moore find her own music.

I hate that with a passion!

40.

Eboni

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

36 i thought the same thing….

41.

s

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Actually the version on the hills was sung by marie digby NOT mandy moore, but the songs has mass appeal so no point in hating on any race

42.

That'sRight

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

LOL @ your blood pressure getting all high for nothing. Take a deep breath… it’s gonna be okay.

Smiles, Everyone

43.

Lisa

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#35 ACTUALLY CHUCK BERRY WAS KNOW YOUR BLACK HISTORY. HE WAS THE FATHER OF ROCK N ROLL.
MARLON BRANDO SAID IT BEST.

“It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture; they had been singing that way for years before he came along, copied them and became a star.”

44.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

# 42 you sound dumb.
Kill ya self.

45.

wow

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Rihanna just got Owned,

that 5head girl Rihanna cant sing,

46.

Lisa

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#30 and Whitney Houston should have left “I will always love you” to Dolly Parton???

47.

vexxed

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

the song itself makes me wretch violently so I am medically prohibited from listening to it at all.

48.

Aisha

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I find it sad that we as Black people don’t know that Chuck Berry and NOT Jimi Hendrix was the FATHER of ROCK N ROLL.

It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture; they had been singing that way for years before he came along, copied them and became a star.”

I”ve always like Marlon Brando.

But I can’t play the race card on everything Black artists use White artists samples and Like someone else said Dolly was the ORIGINAL singer of I will always love you.

49.

Chillin @ Work

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Please!!! Mandy rendition is HORRIBLE!

50.

get_me_bodied

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

SHYT…. WE CAN PARTY LIKE A ROCKSTAR FOR REAL THEN SINCE WE STARTED THE SHYT, LOL

51.

No one notices me

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Its funny because its Elvis week in Memphis right now and white people come as far as Australlia to praise that man. And Its been 30 years. How many black artists do we praise like that? 0. And its a shame.

52.

Aisha

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry (born October 18, 1926 in Overland, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Chuck Berry is an immensely influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock & roll music. Cub Koda wrote, “Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.”[1] John Lennon was more succinct: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.”[2]

Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a “class” with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry[3]#5 on their list of The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[4] He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

53.

Cmeez

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I guess Im not the only one tuning in to The Hills, lol. When I heard the song being sung by someone else I was completely confused, like what’s going on. Thanks for clearing it up.

54.

Noire

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Mandy’s version sounded better.

55.

chellysikkwiddit

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

i like both versions but there is something comforting to my ears with mandys…but i think the white black take over shit is old and crap..why does it gotta be base on some race..its a catchy song that alot of people like…thats it..

56.

Shay43

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Marie Digby http://youtube.com/watch?...231783322987&index=44
actually singer from the Hills version

yeah we know that back in the days whites would take the black people’s music but when they did it they tried to take it has their own..like Whitney in “i will always love you” she credited Dolly numerous times for being the original singer as many Moore did in the pepsi Smash “Umbrella” rendition

I like Marie Digby’s rendtion instead of mandy moore..but Rihanna is better def not bc of her voice but bc of the beats and instruments

57.

Tinkerbell

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

You are not the only 1 #53! I love the Hills. Hiedi Montag could have done a better job than Mandy! :)

Its not that bad but I perfer Rihanna’s version better because Its like the song was meant for her voice. But then again, the song needs to just go away. I’m sick of it already! I don’t give a damn if Patti Labelle covers it!!!

58.

Nik

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I dont think it has anything to do with BLACK or WHITE.. good music is good music, and Mandy Moore credited Rihanna for it being a good song.

Personally, I like Mandy’s better because it is very eclectic and chill.. Rihanna’s version gets me hype when I am in that mood.

People sample and cover other people’s music all the time and I dont think that the “RACE CARD” needs to be played so often.

59.

Aisha

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Chuck Berry

http://www.youtube.com/re...k+Berry&search=Search

Chuck Berry was THE SHIT on a guitar.
It’s a shame Black don’t do Rock anymore I love Rock music.

60.

No one notices me

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Well #56. Marie needs to sit her cornball ass down because her version is so watered down. I take back what I said about Mandy! that was for Marie. Thanks for clearing that up #56 because I thought it was Mandy and I didn’t even bother listening to it.

61.

brittanymo

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

I think I like Mandy’s version better cuz Rhianna can’t sing anyway. The soft ballad makes the song really meaningful to your boo. I actually took the words pretty deep!!!

62.

summer07

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

we cant have nothing to ourselves…”they” always think they can out do us…..ugh*

63.

chi

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

# 50
we?
okay i doubt you had anything to do with it

64.

Way 2 Brooklyn

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

# 58

Thanks i TOTALLY agree !!!!!!

People use the “race card” for everything!!!

I’m of mixed heritage im black & korean, so i cant stand when people do that, for a more serious matter YES THATS OKAY TO DO but for this it isnt that serious.

65.

MixteriousJay

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

hmm im black but i do think that the white/black thing was kinda uncalled for brian :S as
proud i am to be a black i had to say this still.

66.

Concrete Loop Lover

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Rihanna’s version is much better. Mandy’s sounds terrible depressing.

67.

chi

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#62

wah wah wah
cry like a little bitch
again im sure you dont do shit to contribute to the world besides blogging and crying
your telling me black people dont borrow from whites.?
gimmie a fucking break man

68.

Princess_tiara

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Sorry Ri Ri but I like Mandys version better.

69.

Aisha

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

Unlike some Mandy gave credit to Rihanna.

70.

yep

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

#7 its not just white people that eat up that non talent shit…blacks, indians, mexicans, and everybody else are guilty of eating up non talented people people to….and im not just talking about the britneys, jessicas and mandys

72.

James

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

So what Rihanna and Beyonce are pop but i don’t hear people saying they’re trying to appeal with the mass. and when White artists do it you guys would call them names. Dianna Ross was pop before transitioning to rnb when she first came out. Music is universal.

73.

Aisha

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

How are they eating up Mandy and Jessica, they always flop???

74.

Lady Architect

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

im sorry i hate mandy moore’s version…sounds like a complete rip off for her only chance back in the game…if her voice is so great why did she have to use one of the biggest summer smashes to come back out.

75.

d

Friday, August 17, 2007 /

don’t hate. fab version. and i’m proud that black folks initiate, and white folks follow!!!

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