We Are Golden vs. We Are Golden (Acoustic)

To me, the two versions sound the same except for one important difference: The Acoustic version only has Mika's background vocals, while the album version has a choir (of children? teenagers?) singing background vocals.

I think the choir arrangement is a liiiiiittle too much. At the end of the song, where they sing "ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh", I think it sounds like a Michael Jackson-arrangement.

So I definitely prefer the Acoustic version. I just wanna hear Mika. Mika is all I wanna hear.

Which version do YOU prefer?

I like the acoustic better , actually that huge choir effort I thought you hear it more not less , it just all seems to come into one noise .. not what I expected (not that Im a musical expert).I just expected the choir to build and only be the choir , more crisp , more defined

I like the acoustic , its fabby:thumb_yello:

I like them both. it just depends on what I want to hear:

a song that makes you want to dance and jump around (normal version)

or Mika + piano (accoustic version)

I love the one with the choir. It empowers it.

I love the one with the choir. It empowers it.

You can hardly hear the choir , less is more

<unless your taking stroopwaffle:wub2:>

The acoustic version is my favorite But on the other hand, I always love his acoustic versions more.

And I really, really love the beginning of WAG at gigs

I don't like any version of WAG except the original album production. I wish he'd used only the real choir and not the shouting so it's not perfect, but I don't like the changes in his vocals in other versions. It was the same with Grace Kelly. I can't stand listening to live versions of Grace Kelly because the original was perfection and it's the same with WAG as far as his vocals go.

Hmmm, I think I prefer the acoustic version...

Favourite video of it with the different opening:

I can't stand listening to live versions

You can hardly hear the choir , less is more

 

<unless your taking stroopwaffle:wub2:>

Maybe you can't because you're getting old:mf_rosetinted:

Maybe you can't because you're getting old:mf_rosetinted:

 

 

We are all getting old ...... just different levels

I like the acoustic version more than the album version but I love the live version specially the intro . The only thing is I should avoid to think about the lyrics too much....

Favourite video of it with the different opening:

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Yeah, that's a LOVELY version.

Yes with you abbyyy , great version

Aside .. Martin looks shattered on this one , I thought he had fallen asleep first time I saw it

it depends of my mood.

although i like the album version, i feel there is too much shouting in it.

but WAG was such a great song when i heard it live

We are all getting old ...... just different levels

Very deep:aah:

The acoustic version is my favorite But on the other hand, I always love his acoustic versions more.

I don't know if I love ALL his acoustic versions MORE than the regular versions, but I certainly LOVE them. I have collected all of them, except My Interpretation. I don't have that one.

I l-o-v-e the gospel choir and the "power" in the original version, and I love the simplicity of the accoustic version...

It just depends on the mood, I guess...

I love the original because it's a real kind of "get you going" song...it pumps you up and makes me feel happy inside...and then you get the "now I'm sittin' alone and I'm looking for help..." and you get a real sense of frustration, fear and confusion but then he starts to whisper "we are not what you think we are..."

It's sort of like...I'm a great person...but then insecurity sets in and there's so much build you think you're going to explode and then...you calm down...you get over your insecurity...your feelings are starting to bubble again and then WOOOOOO. PARTY TIME.

I love the choir because it really builds it up, it's a lot like people in the crowd singing back Mika's lyrics IMO. (Oh, and FYI, that's the Andrae Crouch Gospel Choir and they sang the backing for Michael Jackson's "Man In The Mirror" AND Madonna's "Like A Prayer" which means they're EPIC, so no bashing, 'kay? )

I love the acoustic one as well...not because of the new lyrics in the introduction...but...well. I can't describe it really. To me, it sort of feels like the good conscious inside you is speaking to you The acoustic version seems more personal (even though the acoustic one also has a choir and this one doesn't have different lyrics in the beginning)

But I love the live version because it just pumps everyone up. It should be the ending and replace Lollipop.

YA HEAR ME, MIKA?

Hmmm, I think I prefer the acoustic version...

 

Favourite video of it with the different opening:

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the most beautiful thing i've ever heard.

Another thing about the acoustic version is that he doesn't do all the high bits.

Another thing about the acoustic version is that he doesn't do all the high bits.

That's why it is sub-par.

That's why it is sub-par.

I don't know what that means

I don't know what that means

It sucks.

It sucks.

Oh dear I don't *mind* the high notes in the original song, but they really aren't necessary.