It’s a bonafide pop classic in every sense of the word.For a short period of time, it was even cool to echo the phrase ”įor a short period of time, it was even cool to echo the phrase “ella, ella, ella, aye, aye, aye…” right after your friends said the word umbrella, or possibly any word ending in “ella” (which may have really sucked for people named Stella in 2007). You would be hard pressed to find a person who doesn’t know the words to “Umbrella,” Rihanna’s lead single from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad. Ten years later, we look back on Rihanna’s true breakout hit “Umbrella” and how distant it feels from Rihanna’s music today. PV/Nova: Made me want to write a new Care Bears episode.By Matt Wilhite 4 years ago Follow Tweet Give them the effort for doing it though.Īlejandro Monzano -Soft reverb is always nice. You don’t see the guitarist reading sheet music. Reading lyrics is lame, and you can’t make a top list when you are reading from a piece of paper. Would not be surpirsed if there is a reggaeton cover of a Yes song ( I took a look. Just like with the club-house beats, the reggaeton beat has the ability to emulate any song. I cut it up into pages since some people can’t handle more than two embedded videos at a time. I only re-scored a song if I felt I didn’t give it enough time and listened to it again. Keeping the progression the same as the other choruses is fine because it blends right into the ending chorus, but it doesn’t hit as hard. I understand the triviality ( sounding like the architect from the Matrix ), but it defines the impact of the song. Just a note: Very few covers hit the final chord of the chorus chord progression right before ( It’s raining ). Overall impact ( Wow me like Simon on American Idol ).Getting the song right ( ie: missing lyrics, bad chords ).Use of melody or minimalism ( both are good if done well ).If you have others, audio or video, that can beat these, email me, and I will make a revision in the future. So, here’s the top 10 list of the best Rihanna Umbrella covers gathered from the internet. Others were cursed with off-key vocals, bad recording, or saturated with mundanity. Some people were really good, with very sweet voices, cool arrangements, or serene minimalism. I feel this might be the most covered pop song of the 21st century ( or maybe My Immortal? ) This song seems to be liked by a lot of people, seeing that everyone and their mothers are creating their own versions of it.
I never really liked the song, or any of her music, but in the acoustic format I had a greater appreciation for the songwriting put into it.ĭuring this trek, I also was bombarded with an assortment of covers of the song. I heard this version a few months back, and it is really catchy. Going through some of the news and links, I stumbled upon an acoustic version of her song umbrella. I wanted to write something positive about her away from her current situation. It has been a sad week for the talented Rihanna.