Lounge-A-Palooza
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1997-10-07
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
- Miniskirt - Combustible Edison And Esquivel!
- This Guy's In Love With You - Fastball
- She Don't Use Jelly - Ben Folds Five
- A Rose Is A Rose - Poe
- Black Hole Sun - Steve & Eydie
- The Girl From Ipanema - Pizzicato Five
- Zaz Turned Blue - Polly Jean Harvey & Eric Drew Feldman
- I'm Not In Love - Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Whichita Lineman - Glen Campell & Michelle Shocked W/ Texas Tornados
- Witchcraft - Edwyn Collins
- Love Will Keep Us Together - Jimmy Scott & Flea
- Music To Watch Girls By - The James Taylor Quartet
- The Good Life - Cassandra Wilson
- Robert Goulet (On The River Nile) - Chris Ballew (Of Pres. Of The USA)
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Free Music Review: Lousy album saved by three great tracks...
Hit: 5 Stars
What were they thinking when they put this together? Great lounge / MOR artists doing alternative covers? Alternative acts covering easy listening classics? Seems to be some confusion in concept here...I had to give this disc five stars on the basis of one track which is absolutely brilliant: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme's version of 'Black Hole Sun' is sublime orchestral pop on a par with Scott Walker's classic 60s solo albums. I've never been a fan of this duo's recordings, but Steve's voice has deepened with the years to gain a gravity, with the warmth and expressive nuance of Sinatra at his best. Eydie holds her own in this duet, and the arrangement (tinkling lounge piano, muted trumpet and full orchestra) is flawless. Hearing the skewed metaphor of the song's lyric in this context is disorienting as it is disarming, and this version never fails to give me goosebumps.
There are two other noteworthy tracks here. Polly Jean Harvey with Eric Drew Feldman (formerly of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band) do a fine rendition of 'Zaz Turned Blue', an overlooked classic by Mel Torme (which actually comes from an out-of-print LP by Was Not Was). Despite the cheesy synth & sampled rhythm track, Polly handles the ballad with measured passion, though once you hear this you will want to seek out the Torme original (available on at least one CD collection by the late Velvet Fog). The lyrics to this song are a strange blend of Kerouac and David Lynch with a dark, homoerotic subtext, both twisted and hearttugging. The other fine selection is an update of 'Wichita Lineman' by original vocalist Glen Campbell with Michelle Shocked. Glen's voice has not fared well over the years (his dentures obviously impairing his enunciation), but that makes his delivery all the more wistful, touching even.
As for the rest of the disc, I cannot bear to listen to it. I admit I am no fan of 'alternative rock', but these songs & artists do not make me want to explore the misbegotten genre any further. Even Jimmy Scott (a first-rate vocalist) falls flat with a cloying cover of a Captain & Tenille hit. 'Black Hole Sun' makes the whole disc worthwhile, though...
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