If You Thought Kenny G doing Louis A was a travesty....

John P. Cooper · January-1st-2006, 11:40 PM

Today on the local GASBag station they featured one of the absolute worst pieces of laughable shitte I have ever heard.

It was Sinatra doing his version of "I've Got You Under My Skin" and he was joined by some shreiking banshee of a female 'vocalist' and an even more horrid, unmusical groaning 'singer' who simply could not sing and sounded like has was having an orgasm during the horrendous overdubs.

At times it as Sinatra solo, then dueting with one of the two pretenders, then all three of them would be wailing. She chick air-raided her self over Milt Bernhardt's trombone solo and the guy moaned in the background. Nadir.

The Kenny G/Louis A "World" track was a masterpeice and genuine homage compared to this.

Does anyone know who these no talents were? They should be verbally assualted and condemned.

Rob C · January-1st-2006, 11:43 PM

Google says it's a duet with Bono from U2.

Dunno about the banshee.

John P. Cooper · January-1st-2006, 11:55 PM

Yeah...I just looked and listened to some clips. Sounded like the same guy and this thing has existed since 1993!

They didn't list the schreecher anywhere. The worst 3 listening minutes I have heard in ages.

Paul B · January-2nd-2006, 01:09 AM

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The worst 3 listening minutes I have heard in ages.

Surely not worse than Mr. Guarini's tepid interpretations of standards.

Bye-ya

John P. Cooper · January-2nd-2006, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul B

Surely not worse than Mr. Guarini's tepid interpretations of standards. Bye-ya

Oh, yes. Far far worse. Unimaginably bad! A total piece of shit. Unredeemable. Made by people who want to go to hell and don't want to stand in line.

Nefertiti · January-2nd-2006, 03:40 AM

John, you were lucky in 1993 not to get this as a Christmas present:

Frank Sinatra "Duets"

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108888
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:uyfjzfi7eh3k

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Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Bono, Gloria Estefan, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Liza Minnelli, Luther Vandross, Carly Simon, Julio Iglesias, Charles Aznavour (vocals);

Among the most unusual is the surreal, David Lynch feel of the Sinatra/Bono "I've Got You Under My Skin," with Bono's haunting wail contrasting Sinatra's gruff pragmatism.

Surprisingly, one of the most effective collaborations here is with an instrumentalist, perhaps just because it gives Sinatra's voice that much more room to roam; "One For My Baby," adorned by Kenny G's sax filigrees, has never rung truer.

There was also a "Duets II" sequel

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:hxkviknjbb59

John P. Cooper · January-2nd-2006, 07:52 AM

Nefertiti-

I guess that it is that bounder Bozo who overdubbed himself twice to make it sound like 2 people 'singing' along with Sinatra. What an embarassment. I cannot believe that the thing was not lambasted in the extreme when it escaped.

"Haunting wail", my ass!

Steve Reynolds · January-2nd-2006, 09:34 AM

imagine if Mr. Cooper ever heard the first 4 minutes of Mats Gustafsson's extraordinary "Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities"

oh baby

lordy lordy

Dr Dave · January-2nd-2006, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

imagine if Mr. Cooper ever heard the first 4 minutes of Mats Gustafsson's extraordinary "Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities"

oh baby

lordy lordy

He'd better avoid Han Bennink, too, who has been known to "sing" on certain performances.

Paul B · January-2nd-2006, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

imagine if Mr. Cooper ever heard the first 4 minutes of Mats Gustafsson's extraordinary "Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities"

oh baby

lordy lordy

I can imagine a lot of music--it would encompass most post-swing-era jazz--that Mr. Cooper has not listened to or knows nothing about.

But he's foaming at the mouth about Bono.

Lordy lordy...

Root Doctor · January-2nd-2006, 11:23 AM

I wasn't aware that you needed to be up-to-date with post-swing era jazz to realize that Bono's unsubtle Streisandian bellowing was an affront to the human eardrum.

Pete C · January-2nd-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Root Doctor

I wasn't aware that you needed to be up-to-date with post-swing era jazz to realize that Bono's unsubtle Streisandian bellowing was an affront to the human eardrum.

I don't undersatand the point of the posts by the hipper-than-thou chorus.

Nate Dorward · January-2nd-2006, 11:55 AM

No? Then you clearly haven't listened to the glory that is Paul Dunmall.

Pete C · January-2nd-2006, 12:01 PM

No, but I've seen plenty of the glory that Reynolds takes in being Reynolds.

bluenoter · January-2nd-2006, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate Dorward

No? Then you clearly haven't listened to the glory that is Paul Dunmall.

I saw the glory that is Paul Dunmall, in concert with Paul Rogers and Kevin Norton. But I failed to glory in it, perhaps because I hated all of Norton's contributions and perhaps because I was terribly distracted by Dunmall's terminally dorky hat.

Pete C · January-2nd-2006, 01:38 PM

Actually, I HAVE seen Dunmall, but not the glory.

Nate Dorward · January-2nd-2006, 02:08 PM

Oh, Dunmall's OK, though not really a favourite of mine, but I figured we'd better make sure all the hobbyhorses got an airing on this thread, whether or not they have anything to do with the thread topic.

Pete C · January-2nd-2006, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate Dorward

I figured we'd better make sure all the hobbyhorses got an airing on this thread, whether or not they have anything to do with the thread topic.

This may turn out to be a pretty long thread.

John P. Cooper · January-2nd-2006, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul B

I can imagine a lot of music--it would encompass most post-swing-era jazz--that Mr. Cooper has not listened to or knows nothing about.

But he's foaming at the mouth about Bono.

Lordy lordy...

That's b/c I heard that shit. Is there some shit that you like and care to foist on me?

clinthopson · January-2nd-2006, 02:38 PM

OBE should have quit while he was ahead.

Clay Fink · January-2nd-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bluenoter

I saw the glory that is Paul Dunmall, in concert with Paul Rogers and Kevin Norton. But I failed to glory in it, perhaps because I hated all of Norton's contributions, and perhaps because I was terribly distracted by Dunmall's terminally dorky hat.

I was at the same show as BN and thought that Norton was a very capable accompanist. He's a great player in my book and I’m not sure why Rita had such a strong reaction. I enjoyed Rogers and Dunmall too.

In fairness to John, it seems like his tastes run past the swing era a bit, but so what it they don't.

bluenoter · January-2nd-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Clay Fink

I was at the same show as BN and thought that Norton was a very capable accompanist. He's a great player in my book and I’m not sure why Rita had such a strong reaction. I enjoyed Rogers and Dunmall too.

Clay, there's no point in my elaborating on my negative response--at least not on the board. If I could bring myself to give Norton another chance, maybe I'd like him better.

I thought that Rogers and Dunmall were okay, but the experience didn't make me a Dunmall fan. I even felt guilty chatting with Dunmall between sets (conveying somebody's regards to him), because he was very nice.

John P. Cooper · January-2nd-2006, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Clay Fink

In fairness to John, it seems like his tastes run past the swing era a bit, but so what it they don't.

Damn right! And quite true, too

Ennis Snavely · January-2nd-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bluenoter

Clay, there's no point in my elaborating on my negative response--at least not on the board. If I could bring myself to give Norton another chance, maybe I'd like him better.

I thought that Rogers and Dunmall were okay, but the experience didn't make me a Dunmall fan. I even felt guilty chatting with Dunmall between sets (conveying somebody's regards to him), because he was very nice.

Norton is kind of funny looking and so is Fink.

shrugs · January-2nd-2006, 09:55 PM

I try not to give any thought to this shit anymore. It's really a waste of time.
It's almost as bad as watching the news.

Clay Fink · January-3rd-2006, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by shrugs

I try not to give any thought to this shit anymore. It's really a waste of time.
It's almost as bad as watching the news.

Which shit at play in this thread are you talking about?

bluenoter · January-3rd-2006, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ennis Snavely

Norton is kind of funny looking and so is Fink.

I don't remember Norton as being funny looking, and I'll bet you're not half as good looking as Clay Fink!

graypencil · January-3rd-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper

That's b/c I heard that shit. Is there some shit that you like and care to foist on me?

John :

my suggestion is you don't encourage the preacher and his minions .. their collective rabid dedication to the"newer music " constitutes a veritable force of nature that will inundate you with names of a multitude of contemporary artists you never imaginged existed.

(..and I say this with genuine fondness for preacher Steve and his zealotry ..it's nice to see his spirit coming back! )

John P. Cooper · January-3rd-2006, 03:01 PM

I'll keep that in mind.