Albums You'll Never Hear

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 08:34 PM

Johny Cash Sings Sondheim

Jerry Vale Sings The Best of Oscar Brand

Tom Paxton -- My Favotite Republican Campaign Songs

The Georgia Sea Island Singers -- A Tribute To Tom Leher

That's enough out of me for one night.

Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 08:29 PM

Then remember there was Jimi Hendrix playing Star-Spangled Banner.

Waterson-Carthy singing madrigals - now I'd like to hear that. The same goes for Kate Rusby singing Marie Lloyd. But I'd draw the line at the Pogues "Best of Noel Coward." (The other way round might be quite enjoyable, if only Noel Coward's services could be obtained. "Fairy Tale of New York", perhaps with Joyce Grenfall for the Kirsty MacColl lines.)

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Mr Red
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 08:22 PM

Alice
I always thought Gregorian was a game of Chance!

Albums
Elvis Lives - "Anagrams for 2002"
Lenard Cohen - "Happy, Happy Talk"

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 08:15 PM

Songs for the merry heart - Leon Rosselson.

I was a Civil Servant - the artist formerly known as Ewan McColl

LTS

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Gareth
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 07:34 PM

Sir Cliff Richard sings live at Aberflyhalf Rugby Club.

If I sir, was the marrying kind,..
The Harlot of Jerusalem....
The Ball at Kirrimuir .... etc

Gareth

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Alice
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 05:38 PM

Dylan Does Disco

The Singing Nun's DooWop album... oops I guess Whoopie Goldberg beat her to it with the movie. (is there a correct spelling for doo wop?)

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 05:37 PM

"Pavarotti sings George Formby" is another one I think we are going have to get along without.

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: catspaw49
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 05:16 PM

Yoko Ono Sings the Sinatra Hits
Ozzy Ozbourne and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Songs of Happiness and Joy from Red Sovine
Tiny Tim Does the Best Of Tennessee Ernie Ford
Donald Trump Sings Songs for the Working Man
Tramp Tramp Tramp by The Who
One Note Samba attempted by Ronald Reagan
I Fall To Pieces and Other Songs of Love by John Bobbitt
Gypsies Tramps and Thieves by Madelyne Toogoode (sorry Larry, it was just laying there....)
Great Songs of Civil Rights by Dubya and the Shrubbettes

Spaw

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 05:10 PM

Joe Cocker does Nsync

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 05:07 PM

Mike and Mary Rafferty's Treasury of 80's Speed Metal.

Britney Spear's Tribute to Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

Michael Bolton's stunning rendition of "Casadh an tSúgain" (B-side: Mo Ghíle Mear)

Kiss' Kompendium of Children's Classics


Eminem: The Marriage of Figaro

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 04:45 PM

This an old old in joke but Terry Silver sings the rolling stones song book.

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: alanabit
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 04:37 PM

There was a time when I might have suggested "Dylan Sings Gospel" - but it could happen yet. Joni Mitchell's "A Tribute To Britney Spears" album looks as though it will be a long time coming.

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 04:27 PM

I wouldn't count out the Chieftans with anyone. The Five Blind Boys are touring with Peter Gabriel, and the Fairfield Four recorded with Elvis Costello...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 03:10 PM

Well I'd have said the Chieftains with the Rolling Stones - but they made the record...

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Mr Happy
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 02:31 PM

m n m not banging & shouting!

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: DMcG
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 02:04 PM

The Benedictine Monks of Montserrat sing Rap Favourites

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Alice
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 02:00 PM

Eminem Lullaby Album
Eminem Gregorian Chant
Eminem... doing anything that is sung

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:39 PM

Thank you, nonJoe... so tell me how to do it, so I don't have to rely on others... a liberal non-speller from non-Hull

Jerry

Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear
From: khandu
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:38 PM

Well, Jerry, that is better than "assiebloke"!

"Marilyn Manson's Favorite Hymns of Faith"

"Bob Dylan Sings Good!"

"Jerry Rasmussen Sings The Best of Black Sabbath"

Tweed- "Good Recorded Music"

Bobert- "My Favorite Rap"

Dick Gaughan- "God Bless America"

bee-dubya-ell- "Bush, My President- My Man!"

catspaw- "I wish I were in Mississippi!" (featuring such great titles as "Roll with Ross-He's the Boss!)

khandu

Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:21 PM

Where are the spell-checkers when you need them?

Jerry

Right here in your friendly, liberal, neighborhood, non JoeClone

Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:20 PM

Let's see if this will correct the thread title..

Jerry

Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear
From: Mr Happy
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:02 PM

A bums?

Subject: A;bums You'll Never Hear
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 26 Oct 02 - 12:52 PM

Britney Spears sings Almeida Riddle, Pavrotti sings Howlin' Wolf, Blind Willie Johsnon Sings Arias From Naughty Mariette.

I thought that I'd cast this line out into the pond and see how many Mudcats I could catch. You can approach this thread in a lot of different ways. Come up with other equally unlikely album titles, and have fun with it. (Maybe we should reserve an album title with Shatner for Little Hawk, although "Shatner Sings" is a thigh-slapper all on its own.

Depending on what kind of music you're doing, there are some fundamental reasons why mixing singing styles is so ridiculous. Every type of music has its traditions, and approaches to singing.
If someone is going to make an album you might actaully hear, they need to do two things"

Sing what you Feel
Recognize the tradition within the music you're singing.

If a singer doesn't do both of those things, they're albums are likely to end up in the cut-out bin. Of course, there are exceptions... someone on a thread said that they really enjoy the Pat Boone sings Heavy Metal album... which could easily have been in my list at the top of this thread.

Anyway, enjoy yourself.. have a good laugh, or if you want to talk about approaching a style of singing that is not part of your tradition, do that. As an example... if you're white suburbia, and want to do black blues or gospel, should you imitate a black dialect "Nobody knows de troubles obscene?

It's all yours...

Jerry