Rod Stewart - It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook
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Free Music Review: This Brit has it goin' on!
Hit: 5 Stars
Rod Stewart's vice is recogniziable, but his sound with a minimum of interpretation lends itself to this collection of American standards. My brother always plays this album when I visit, and when I went looking for it at Amazon.com, there were 3 newer collections available. I couldn't decide, so bought them all. I live in a 55+ condo, and the residents love it when I bring these 4 CDs to social gatherings. They sing along, and ask who is singing duets in the newer 3, and generally enjoy songs from their pasts sung by Rod Stewart. I'm always thanked for bringing my music.Free Music Review: Stewart is clueless with the standards!
Hit: 1 Stars
Listening to the Standards being sung by Rod Stewart is like listening to Classical Music being played on a kazoo! If you're new to this music, try out some Sinatra CD's. He's the guy who sets the standard when it comes to singing the Standards!Free Music Review: Bye, Bye Miss American Songbook
Hit: 1 Stars
A long long time ago
I can still remember how my sister
Used to play his songs
And in the 80s changed his style
Songs like Love Touch were so vile
And Forever Young was on the charts too long
But this whole series makes me shiver
With each new horror it delivers
Bad and cheesy music
It always makes me so sick
I can't remember if I spewed when I
Heard him sing "It Had To Be You"
But his integrity tore in two
The day the music died.
Free Music Review: It Had to be You
Hit: 5 Stars
Great music, and a great interpretation. A must for the more senior music lovers.Free Music Review: So so.
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm one of the few in the middle on this CD.
I know most of these songs pretty well. As others have said, Rod Stewart's renditions don't come close to the definitive artists like Sinatra or Nat King Cole or even Tony Bennet. On the other hand, this CD and his later volumes are great for introducing this music and this genre to folks who didn't grow up with it.
Finally, if you like Rod Stewart doing these songs, you will like Steve Tyrell even more.