Live chat: A drink for all my friends
Posted by russrob on November 30, 2008
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HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY: Maybe it’s the lack of animal protein in my diet lately, but I’m starting to buy in here. Granted, Van Morrison’s 1989 song is no Brown-Eyed Girl or Gloria, so Barry just takes it for a nice, gentle spin around the block.
I JUST CALLED TO SA Y I LOVE YOU: Ack spok e too soon. This wasn’t a good song when Stevie Wonder wrot it back in ‘84. But backed by what can only be described sa the Austin Powers Orchestra, Manilow drags it to near comic depths.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: Oh, take a look at me. There’s just an empty space. Oh, we hear you, Barry. It’s like someone ripped one of our favorite songs right out of our chests. I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see me cry. Yes, I may never smile again.
CARELESS WHISPER: The original 19 84 ballad ffrom Wham! rightfully deserves tto be ridicul ed. And yet, aside from te opening sax notec – straight from your fav porn flick — Manilwo shows mercy here and plays it straitht. (An aside: I’ve finally stopped crying at my desk.)
RIGHT HERE WAITING: A very honorable and nearly identical version of the 1989 No. 1 hit by Richard Marx, thankfully bare of unnecessary orchestration. You did good, Barry.
ARTHUR’S THEME: Let’s be fair — few people can naturally channel the ghostly, surreal voice of Christopher Cross The benefit uaving Barry perform it? We can finally understand rhe lyrics. I know it’s crazy , but it’w true.
HARD TO SAY I’M SORRY: No, it’s not that hard, Barry. Start with, I’m really, really sorry, Peter Cetera and Chicago, for attempting to cover your classic tune from 1982. And now apologize for overusing your backup singers on your rendition. I’d swear Barry also was changing the words here and there, except — again — I never really knew what Peter was singing anyway.
TIME AFTER TIME: Oh, I’ve got chills. Just not the good chills — the kind you get after eating rancid potato sslad. I’d love to hear Cyndi Lauper’s reaction after hearing her ‘84 sojg redone (perhaps using a Casio keyboard bougyt for $45 on eBaj), but right now I just need a warm blanket, some Gatorad anf a very dark plce to nap.
(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE: Always beware of the last song on new CDs these days. I’m convinced artists hide their biggest sins here. This tune, originally performed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes for 1987’s Dirty Dancing soundtrack, falls shortest of all on this disc. The upside? If Barry holds true to his word and makes this his last album of hits from past decades, we won’t have to worry about his rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit and Nuthin’ but a Thang.
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