Last night’s Glee kind of annoyed me. The show’s been very hit-and-miss all along, but especially so this season. The one thing they’ve usually gotten right is the music performances. So it was distressing to see them do “Make ‘em Laugh” from Singin’ in the Rain and “Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag” from Chicago, more or less [...]
Radiohead Covers: The best thing that you ever had
Another edition of Cover That Radiohead Song! Today: Singer-Songwriter Edition. Jamie Cullum is another of those kids operating in the Classic Crooner school (e.g. Michael Bublé or Harry Connick, Jr.), a young turk standing in the massive shadow of Sinatra. A mere lad of 26, Cullum not only covers the usual jazz standards, but also [...]
Behind the facade…
Earlier this week, whilst discussing the competing versions of Fiona Apple’s new album Extraordinary Machine, I made the point that I have no allegiance to one version of any particular song. If you’ve got something better, bring it on. (This is a point I made back in August, explicitly discussing remixes.) So, I will provide [...]