Foxy Bingo

[Matheous-2]

My wife is a Matt Monroe fan and says that's his voice in the advert. I disagree! who is right?

[Chinajan]

That's nonsense. There are endless examples of original artistes' songs being used in ads.

[Matheous-2]

Northernpopquiz - I can see this debate running and running.....! And I tend to agree this is NOT Matt! I hope someone comes forward to reveal exactly who it is as he is very ,very good!

[albaqwerty]

Have googled Foxy Bingo Born Free Singer and it's thrown up a lot of pages saying it IS Matt Monro.

[Northernpopquiz]

I can tell you I have researched this subject and you may think there are endless examples Chinajan, that's what they want you to believe, that they are original songs by original artists but only a very small number are used.In more cases than not, they use a soundalike singer and this geezer singing Born Free is never Matt Monro in a million years. Research it, check it out for yourself, you'll get to know plenty.

[Chinajan]

Oh come on. That's patently untrue. Advertisers routinely pay royalties for the rights to use someone's recording. I'm sure we can all think of many, many examples. It is established practice.

I saw the ad again last night and I'm convinced it is the original recording. You can't replicate the phraseology that accurately.

[Chinajan]

http://en.wikipedia.o...#Use_of_popular_music

'The use of previously recorded popular songs in television advertisements began in earnest in 1985 when Burger King used the original recording of Aretha Franklin's song "Freeway of Love" in a television advertisement for the restaurant. This also occurred in 1987 when Nike used the original recording of The Beatles' song "Revolution" in an advertisement for athletic shoes. Since then, many classic popular songs have been used in similar fashion. Songs can be used to concretely illustrate a point about the product being sold (such as Bob Seger's "Like a Rock" used for Chevy trucks), but more often are simply used to associate the good feelings listeners had for the song to the product on display. In some cases the original meaning of the song can be totally irrelevant or even completely opposite to the implication of the use in advertising; for example Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life", a song about heroin use addiction, has been used to advertise Royal Caribbean International, a cruise ship line. Music-licensing agreements with major artists, especially those that had not previously allowed their recordings to be used for this purpose, such as Microsoft's use of "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones and Apple Inc.'s use of U2's "Vertigo" became a source of publicity in themselves.'

[vivandorron]

I am sure Foxy Bingo could afford the royalties and the Record Co. would be only too pleased to have money for a record which is no longer in popular demand.

Incidentally, whilst earlier I gave a reason for refraining from E/mailing Foxy B, I have since telephoned the firm( inserting of course 141) but Customer Service did not have the information to hand, but could arrange a for me to given a 'call-back'. Naturally I refused to disclose my number because of the possibility of being pestered with future calls from all sorts of organisations.

Foxy Bingo is certainly Foxy!...Ron.

[bazwillrun]

Northernpopquiz
youre talking absolute garbage, I've spent a fair time in the music business and they can use original songs as long as the appropriate permission is obtained, royalties etc are paid

And this is Matt Monro,100% no doubt about it, its not an impersonation, listen very carefully to the end of some of the words, he adds a little extra sound and you can hear they are identical, an impersonator would not have this level of accuracy.

[bazwillrun]

This recording is 2:48seconds from the first sound to the last sound and the original as listed on AMG(All Music Guide) is listed as 2:48 so it has not been sped up.

Also the backing is identical to the original, so unless the impersonator also had access to the original backing recordings the backing musicians are also pretty impressive impersonators !

[bazwillrun]

"that's what they want you to believe, that they are original songs by original artists but only a very small number are used.In more cases than not, they use a soundalike singer and this geezer singing Born Free is never Matt Monro in a million years."

what about the Levis adverts, were they faked as well ?
Dunlop tyre ads, were they faked ?

[bazwillrun]

yes Matheous your wife is correct

[vivandorron]

baz...I agree with all that you have said.

Bingo...Ron.☺☺☺

[marval]

This link says it is

http://www.mattmonro.org.uk/news.shtml

[Chinajan]

Oh I do love a happy ending. :D

[vivandorron]

Hi Matheous.....Are you still saying your wife is wrong?. :-)

If it's not Matt Munro then I am not married to Viv who also believes as your better half does.....Wives are too often right.:-)

Ron.

[Matheous-2]

My latest thoughts are that Matt may have made more than one recording of this song which would account for it sounding different.......Im still open-minded on this one!

[Chinajan]

It sounds exactly the same as the version that hit the charts.

[Rmoore]

The Singer on the Foxy Bingo advert IS Matt Monro
The singer on the Land Rover Advert isn't!

The Foxy Bingo advert has had the recording digitally compressed to make the song faster - which has changed the sounjd of Matt's voice slightly. But it IS him

Richard Moore
Matt Monro Estate

[Rmoore]

I should also add that this is the original hit recording just digitally altered. Come to the official Matt Monro website http://www.mattmonro.com and the official forum here:- http://mattmonroforum.emicatalogue.com/

[boxtops]

thank you rmoore - hopefully that's the end of this argument - I've just googled Matt Monro Estate - am I right that this organisation holds the copyright to all his work, so you (if anyone) know this for certain!?