And after all, you're my Wonderwall
I kind of want to buy this after hearing it on the muzak sound system this morning at the dentist. You'd never think Paul Anka, geriatric crooner (possibly) known by those over 35 for musty, tiki-torch hi-fi hits like "(You're) Having My Baby" and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" could really crank out a pretty snappy version of "Wonderwall" (beats the crap out of Ryan Adams' humorless, dirge-like cover) but indeed he pulls it off. These old bastards can sometimes surprise you be it Johnny Cash with "Hurt" or Tom Jones with "Kiss" (did I just compare those songs? Yes I think I did) when they bust out with some newfangled cover song to appeal to all the kids, er, graying 30-somethings who were a little too green to appreciate them the first time around.
Anyway, check out Paul's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Just when you think you can't enjoy that song ever again in any way, there you are in the dentist's chair, with the dentist poking your gums and muttering hatefully about your wisdom teeth through his mask, and you find yourself tapping your foot.
Anyway, check out Paul's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Just when you think you can't enjoy that song ever again in any way, there you are in the dentist's chair, with the dentist poking your gums and muttering hatefully about your wisdom teeth through his mask, and you find yourself tapping your foot.

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I'd heard a few songs from this album at my sister's place. You're right, it really is better than one would imagine...
the place where i work just 'signed' paul for digital distribution. i can't wait til we get the catalog and get to ingesting it. it's sort of a kick to talk to random famous people like him on the phone.
in other news, we have digital distro for the new kevin federline single. which is not very good, imnsho. kevin seems to like it quite a bit, tho.
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