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Friday, June 24, 2005Music: Paul Anka, Rock Swings (2005) 3 Comments:
GREAT overview! Guess what I'm picking up at Easy Street this weekend:)?
You bring up many great salient points (natch), but the one that sticks most for me is the demise of the song stylist/interpreter. Glad Anka's thrown that nigh-extinct craft a new curveball. The mighty Tom Jones shouldn't have to tread that rough path alone... Thanks again! Tony
Boy, I'm glad somebody finally said this. I've been listening to the CD on Rhapsody for a week or so, and I was afraid to admit that it wasn't half bad. Of course being an Old Guy, I miss the days when a full orchestra backed up pop singers. This sounded pretty good to me, even though the songs don't really come close to some of the classics from the Old Days.
i've long been a huge fan of paul anka, the boy wonder. i think it's interesting that decades upon decades of music is subject to reinterpretation and reinvention, but for some reason when we hit rock and roll, most people seem to have a "hands off" mentality.
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i suppose it's at least partially for some of the reasons you've stated - there simply isn't much depth to the music, and new arrangements highlight that with devastating accuracy.
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