There is something utterly magnificent about a duet. Often because they are based on two solo stars doing something wonderful together that isn't a sex tape. Although that can be wonderful too depending on who is in it :P And believe me, I have played several man-man celeb sex tape scenarios in my head on many a bored occasion :P But for now, I'll focus on the music and some rather brillopants duets currently doing "the rounds"...
Chanee & N'Evergreen ~ In A Moment Like This: This is Denmark's entry for Eurovision this year and all of a sudden this weekend, it hit me how blooming magnificent it is. It's not particularly groundbreaking or forward thinking, but what it lacks in innovation it more than makes up for in classic delivery, charm, harmonies and key change. Essentially, it's one part Every Breathe You Take and one part Nothing's Going To Stop Us Now (same difference version). By the time you get to the key change right through to the ending (that sounds a bit like the sound each episode of Lost makes at the end) it has suckered you right in, and you have to go back to the start and listen all over again. Well at least I do. Totally 80s big hair power ballad. Amazemont.
Leona Lewis & Jennifer Hudson ~ Love Is Your Colour: Oh. A Ballad. Excuse me while I pick myself up from the floor in total shock. It's for the Sex and the City 2 soundtrack and it works well in a 90s Disney ballad sort of way. Yet while Chanee and N'Evergreen totally rock the retro feel in a charming way, this just feels a bit dated. And that's a fine balance to pull off. Leona's voice sounds pretty decent against powerhouse Jennifer - I just wished they had done something as sassy and vixeness as the show used to be...
Maria Haukaas Storeng & Måns Zelmerlöw ~ Precious to Me: I've written about this song before, and to be honest with you all, I've just fallen more and more in love with this modern day Especially For You. I've really just taken the excuse to write about it again because there is a nice making of the video clip up now on youtube, and a nice live version (above) where of course, once again, Mans looks ever so handsome indeed. The only downside to this is that it is not from a new Mans album. Oh well, hopefully not too long to wait :)
Tomorrow! The Morning Jolt playlist!!
Is it just me, or does the Leona/Jennifer duet totally rip off "True Colours" at least at the start?
ReplyDeleteIt's not terrible, but equally they could have put a bit of effort in not to churn out a fairly lazy ballad.
I think you missed part "The Best" by Tina Turner on the first track. I get the appeal, and compared to a lot of Eurovision tracks, it seems pretty strong. Faint praise, I know, but it's alright. The Lewson duet is coma-inducing, but the Maria/Mans duet is simply magic. And it's a remake, to boot! By the time I got to the second verse, I recognized where I knew it from. I have to have it...that classic 70s power pop sound combined with a 21st century arrangement works where it just shouldn't.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orB6MebDBwU
Leona & J Hud = VOMIT
ReplyDeleteThe duet I still can't get over is Dan Gillespie Sexy and Sophie EB, from your post a few days back!
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha - Completely classy intro!
ReplyDeleteLeona & Jennifer together both sounds really amazing - even if it is a ballad - but something dance would have been nice.
Mans & Maria? - Love it!
Spider - yes, it does so not just you but just you that pointed it out so far. couldn't this have been something effortlessly more magnificent?!
ReplyDeleteJohn - it's sparkling isn't it (the Mans duet)? So very charming. And so much more delightful than the original. Works in so many ways. Good call on The Best into that mix btw :)
Mike - well indeed...
D'Luv - i know! I can't wait for it to be recorded and have it's studio wizardry make it magnificent for all to enjoy!
Aaron - nothing like a classy opening paragraph. Really it has almost become my trademark :P
Loving the cheesy eightiesness of Chanee and N'Evergreen (what odd name!) - John is right that it is totally The Best in there as well. Put Josh Dubovie up next to this and it doesn't seem so bad!!
ReplyDeleteBen - exactly, it's sort of what eurovision is all about isn't it? So glorious in it's own way :)
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