Jonathan and Darlene Edwards - Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits Volume II
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Artist: Jonathan and Darlene EdwardsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1994-02-22
Music Label: Corinthian Records
Soundtracks:
- Cocktails for Two
- Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- The Object of My Affections
- Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)
- Sophisticated Lady
- Play a Simple Melody
- I'm Beginning to See the Light
- For Me and My Gal
- La Vie en Rose
- Pretty Baby
- Paris in the Spring
- That Certain Party
- It's Magic
Free Music Notes for Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits Volume II
Free Music Review: The Edwards Strike Again (but keep looking for Volume I)
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm giving this one a "resentful" five stars because I see that Volume One is currently out of print, practically forcing the consumer to purchase Volume Two. Stafford herself assembled these compilations late in her career out of materials from the three albums the Edwards recorded in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Volume 2 has a couple of additional tracks and songs that will be more familiar to those familiar with the American Songbook. But nothing is quite as funny as "Take the A Train" or the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" from Volume One. (Some of the comedy of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," from Volume Two, has been undermined by Tiny Tim's later version of the tune.)
As musical send-ups these tracks surpass Spike Jones and P.D.Q. Bach (easily), Lillian Russell, Florence Foster Jenkins and Mrs. Miller (not as decisively), and even Victor Borge (he's still hilarious if you can get in stride with his Jack Benny-like sense of slowly evolving performance). After all of the sentimental ephemera that Stafford ground out (with numerous exceptions, such as her signature recording of "Haunted Heart"), the Darlene Edwards performances certainly amount to a sort of atonement, as impressive musically (it's not easy to sing intentionally a quarter-tone off pitch) as they are downright fun and funny.
Musicians, or those familiar with the Great American Songbook, and those who have attended numerous recitals (some professional but pretentious, others simply amateurish and ghastly) will appreciate these tracks more than other listeners. But best to buy these for your own enjoyment. (There's nothing worse than playing them for acquaintances who don't get the joke or who pretend they do when they realize it's supposed to be funny.)
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