Jeff Lynne - Long Wave, Full abum (2012) HQ 00:00 She 02:41 If I Loved You 05:03 So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) 07:36 Mercy Mercy 10:30 Running Scared 12:40 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 15:01 Smile 17:33 At Last 20:07 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 22:38 Let It Rock 24:33 Beyond the Sea Long Wave, the more interesting and surprising of the two new albums, shows Lynne fondly paying tribute to the songs that shaped him. In remaking the likes of If I Loved You and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered in his own musical image, he has accomplished what few of his standards-covering contemporaries have managed: made the originals beside the point. If singers like Ella Fitzgerald and BIng Crosby have already tackled the Richard Rogers songs youre taking a whack at, or Roy Orbison has already sent chills up your spine with his own Running Scared, the most sensible option is to make them sound like Jeff Lynne songs. So break out the muddy, metronomic backbeats and the multiple guitar overdubs and celebrate. Lynne doesnt limit his trip down memory lane to the pre-rock n roll era. Apart from Orbisons pocket opera, Chuck Berrys Let It Rock and Don Covays Mercy Mercy are tossed into the mix, sounding right at home. The whole thing could have been a pointless exercise in the wrong hands, but Lynne brings enough unpretentious charm to the project to make it endlessly endearing. No one can touch Bobby Darin on Beyond the Sea, for example, but Lynnes joyous version actually brings something to the table. youtu.be/USdyRXZNSts
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:33:15 +0000
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