George Martin - In My Life
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Free Music Review: Connery's Worth the Album
Hit: 4 Stars
OK, so here's my take on this very interesting album:Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin are fantastic in a soulful Come Togeher. The amazing Goldie Hawn can make one forget there has ever been another arrangement to A Hard Day's Night. Jeff Beck, however, fails to bring anything of interest to A Day In The Life. If there was justice in the world, Celine Dion would be sentenced to the death penalty for what she did to Here, There And Everywhere. Vanessa Mae is desperately showing off her so-called skills in Because, and the result is boring. There is a wonderful surprise for the listener, though, in Jim Carrey's amusing I Am The Walrus. Ticket To Ride is a special treat both for those who have already had the pleasure to hear the excellent Petrópolis Girl's Choir and for all others as well. Here Comes The Sun is more beautiful than ever in John Williams's magical guitar. Billy Connolly's Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite is a lot of fun. George Martin's own Pepperland Suite is an incredibly moving orchestral piece. Phil Collins does his usual great job in Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End. Friends And Lovers is another beautiful melody by Mr. Martin. And then, of course, there is the title song. And Sean Connery.
The Scotish actor's performance is unexpected in the bold choices it contains and simply brilliant. It brought tears to my eyes the first couple of times I heard it. You're not likely to be able to resist.
Free Music Review: Good covers, but the Beatles' versions are best
Hit: 4 Stars
I purchased the Japanese import which contains a few tracks not released in the US. Sean Connery's spoken "In My Life" is most moving. [Not since Randy Travis' slow, plaintive version of "Nowhere Man" in tribute to John Lennon has an artist rivaled the quality of a Beatles' version.) The middle's George Martin piano solo is re-done here as a string quartet -- interesting and tasteful. "Because" is beautiful and touches your heart; the violin enhances the melody. [It evoked feelings reminiscint of when I heard Perlman's "Schindler's List" solos for the first time.] Some of the covers have a novelty nature -- Bobby McFerrin mouthing the opening sounds of "Come Together", Goldie Hawn singing a slow, sultry "Hard Day's Night" -- and make for pleasant listening. But why would you want Jim Carrey's overzelous reading of "I am the Walrus" when you can play "Magical Mystery Tour" to hear John do right. [As the song ends, Carrey exclaims, "I've defiled an enduring work of art."] Avid Beatles fans need to own this, but they'll enjoy the originals all the more.Free Music Review: Martin's farewell a fun one
Hit: 4 Stars
How do you say goodbye to several decades of album production with many of the legends of music and comedy, particularly when you're best known as the "fifth Beatle"? If you're George Martin, you make a Beatles tribute album with your friends and heroes. With musical tongue planted firmly in cheek, "In My Life" offers an astonishing array of takes on classic Beatles tunes. Beck's guitar solos on an instrumental version of "A Day in The Life" is stunning, while Goldie Hawn throws just enough humor into her chanteuse version of "Hard Day's Night" to let us know that she gets the joke while displaying some pretty impressive vocal chops. The winner for "chops," though, has got to be Jim Carrey, who puts his all into "I Am the Walrus." As is de rigeur with albums of this type, nobody's gonna love every cut (I personally do not need to hear Celine Dion or Phil Collins on ANYTHING anymore), but this album, taken with a few grains of salt, provides enjoyable entertainment and makes for a unique swan song.Free Music Review: Jim Carrey's "I Am the Walrus" worth the price alone
Hit: 4 Stars
I am a Beatle purist, I will say that up front. I sneered disdainfully when I heard about this CD, but upon hearing it, was pleasantly surprised. OF COURSE it isn't the Beatles, f'r Criminysake. Give these artists some slack and you'll have a great time. Most of it is pretty darn good. Goldie Hawn's "Hard Day's Night" is embarrassing, as is Sean Connery's "In My Life", and a few other tracks are just sort of dull, but Jim Carrey does an amazing (and surprisingly musical) Walrus that captures the tone of the original and also retains Carrey's own character. "Semolina Pilchard/Climbing up the Eiffel Tower/(Get down from there!)" (Credit goes to George Martin here for making sure all the non-musician celebrities come off as musical as they do.) I've never liked Celene Dion, but hearing her effortlessly and artfully grab those high notes on "making each day of the year" is a real delight. Bottom line: The Fab Four it ain't, but the CD contains some of the best covers of these songs anyone else is likely to ever do.Free Music Review: It pays to never read what the critics write about you.
Hit: 4 Stars
I am glad that after reading several bad reviews in the papers of the world, I still decided to pick up this CD. If your a Beatles purist you might not like this CD. You must remember that it is a completion of a great man's life time of work. But if you want a CD that in ways can make you smile. Can remind you of all your mates sitting around and singing Beatles songs while totally smashed and enjoying every moment of it, then buy this CD. Jim Carreys Walrus I think captures better than anyone else the total craziness that John intended the song to have. And if you close your eyes to John Williams "Here comes the sun.", you can picture yourself on a cartoon hill and the sun rising up in technicolor sunrise. The instrumentals are fabulous, as is the thought that went into whom would sing each song. As well as Sean Connery, poeticly speaking the words to "In My Life". Imagine 007 Bond speaking those words to Ms. Money Penny finally. Sit back and enjoy this one.