Auditioning YouTube singers for the ‘HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS’ song – with surprising results. Ella (Fitzgerald): too bouncy. Bing: too low a key for him? Tony Bennett: OMG, tuning issues! NEXT. Frank: oddly unaffecting – or have we already had enough of this? Carry on. Judy Garland: uh, there’ll be a clip from that soppy old St Louis film, leave that for now… because Jamie Cullum’s done a version… and it’s… well, worth a call back. Kelly Clarkson: annoying scooping of the notes - NEXT. Michael Buble: blandisimo. Christina Aguilera: just… NO. A succession of others, auditioning skills now so honed that we cut them short before their first breath. Quite apart from the affectation and indifferent singing, we get the feeling that nobody seems to understand the lyrics… Oh no, look - Rod Stewart’s had a go… but he keeps it simple and it’s rather lovely. Relient K – who the heck they? – but find ourselves listening to the end and repeating it, the song being irresistible in a kind of Beach Boys / Surf’s Up kind of way. But still looking for that ultimate version. Time to see what Judy can do… … … … oh… sniff… she simply sings every word like she means it - as well she might, in 1944… Played it again. This time I’m SOBBING. If you think you can handle it, here it is: https://youtube/watch?v=EfAOqCx1N8E
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:32:38 +0000
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