Scarlett Johansson sings Tom Waits
I heard about this a few months (almost a year?) ago and thought it could be a cool idea, and it was even really hot that Scarlett Johansson thinks enough of Tom Waits and his music to do an album of all covers of his songs… but you hear that reverb/echo/synth sound to her voice? That’s the same shit they did to Cher when she could no longer keep on key to save her life.
Scarlett is okay looking, I enjoy looking at her. Hell, I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers, if you know what I mean, but I do believe she has no business singing. This glam, synth-pop shit (or whatever it is) that has been done to Wait’s music is… horrifying. I can’t say she’s got a horrible voice, but what the fuck have they done? Everyone remember her singing karaoke in ‘Lost in Translation’? I do, it wasn’t horrible. It was actually kind of cute and endearing.
I don’t outright hate this album, actually when I first heard about it I was kicking myself and trying to figure out how I would go about purchasing it (whether I’d go into a record store I never go to so as not to look like a complete douche to the people who have come to know and respect my taste in music)
Anyway, give it a listen for yourself and decide for yourself-
-Tyler
PS, I stole the imeem.com link from Wil Wheaton: In Exile.
May 14th, 2008 at 1:50 am
I don’t get who the target audience is. If she wanted to be a recording artist you think she would do her own thing. I don’t think her average fan is going to want to hear a Tom Waits cover album. On the other side, I imagine most Tom Waits fan’s share some of your sentiments. This is over produced, auto tuned crap. Also, very neat player you embedded.