Tuesday, December 15, 2009

OVATION RED XMAS CAROL


The celebrity studded ovation xmas carol was a good idea and a beautiful way Ovation is showcasing this year Ovation red and xmas carol rendition to be staged in Lagos sometimes this month. The song paraded the big weights in nollywood and the music industry, the producers claimed he worked with 100 celebrities but ended up shooting the video with as much as 30 celebrities. Majority of the invited stars could not wait for the video shoot due to various engagements they have to attend. The carol couldn’t have been better with likes of Wande Cole and Omawunmi leading the song and if I should grade it will score 60% .The song is enjoying massive air play on radio and TV, it’s the toast of all disc and video jockey this yuletide time.
The songs production, theme and message are aspect that the initiators of the song scored low, the songs theme is not clear, is it a Xmas carol or Ovation red Xmas carol party theme song? Ovation is mentioned more in the song than Christ, Xmas, Jesus and other Xmas songs attributes. Also haven listened to song on several occasions, I still can’t hear all what Wande Coal said in the song, I can’t understand most of the words in his lyrics and I don’t just know why he is speaking through his nose. The producers of this song should be aware that if it’s going to be a hit like the Skye banks “say yes” jingles it has to be graphically interpreted in form on text words running vertically across the screen so that we can all read and sing along. The other issue is why did they have all those A list celebrities on the big stage just dancing and singing the chorus instead of handing them all a part in the song. I would have loved to see few of my favorite artiste and nollywood stars singing together, imagine Terry G and Dare Alade sharing the mic. This is my expectation, artiste of different wavelengths streaming in a singular frequency. The artiste that got the top roles in the song are all not my favorites though I have mad love for omawunmi and Coal, I don’t know the other girl and I believe artiste like Terry G, Obesere and Dagrin should be featured in the song. I guess the producers were in a hurry to bring out the song and never had time to plan. Another Nigerian factor

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