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26 Oct 02 - 12:52 PM (#811883) Subject: A;bums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 01:02 PM (#811890) Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear From: Mr Happy A bums? |
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26 Oct 02 - 01:20 PM (#811900) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen Let's see if this will correct the thread title.. Jerry |
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26 Oct 02 - 01:21 PM (#811901) Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen Where are the spell-checkers when you need them? Jerry Right here in your friendly, liberal, neighborhood, non JoeClone |
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26 Oct 02 - 01:38 PM (#811909) Subject: RE: A;bums You'll Never Hear From: khandu 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 01:39 PM (#811912) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 02:00 PM (#811921) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Alice Eminem Lullaby Album Eminem Gregorian Chant Eminem... doing anything that is sung |
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26 Oct 02 - 02:04 PM (#811925) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: DMcG The Benedictine Monks of Montserrat sing Rap Favourites |
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26 Oct 02 - 02:31 PM (#811934) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Mr Happy m n m not banging & shouting! |
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26 Oct 02 - 03:10 PM (#811954) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: McGrath of Harlow Well I'd have said the Chieftains with the Rolling Stones - but they made the record... |
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26 Oct 02 - 04:27 PM (#811969) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 04:37 PM (#811976) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: alanabit 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. |
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26 Oct 02 - 04:45 PM (#811981) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Leadfingers This an old old in joke but Terry Silver sings the rolling stones song book. |
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26 Oct 02 - 05:07 PM (#811992) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 05:10 PM (#811994) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Joe Cocker does Nsync |
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26 Oct 02 - 05:16 PM (#811998) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: catspaw49 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 05:37 PM (#812014) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: McGrath of Harlow "Pavarotti sings George Formby" is another one I think we are going have to get along without. |
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26 Oct 02 - 05:38 PM (#812016) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Alice 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?) |
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26 Oct 02 - 07:34 PM (#812066) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Gareth 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 |
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26 Oct 02 - 08:15 PM (#812084) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Liz the Squeak Songs for the merry heart - Leon Rosselson. I was a Civil Servant - the artist formerly known as Ewan McColl LTS |
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26 Oct 02 - 08:22 PM (#812091) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Mr Red Alice I always thought Gregorian was a game of Chance! Albums Elvis Lives - "Anagrams for 2002" Lenard Cohen - "Happy, Happy Talk" |
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26 Oct 02 - 08:29 PM (#812096) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: McGrath of Harlow 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.) |
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26 Oct 02 - 08:34 PM (#812102) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Stephen L. Rich 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 |
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27 Oct 02 - 06:58 AM (#812322) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,allen woodpecker Howz about "Ronnie Drew sings Gilbert and Sullivan" "Kalinka Vulchyeva - Dublin Street Songs" "Matt Molloy and Seán Keane - Comb and Paper Duet" "Holst - Planets Suite on Jew's Harp" back to bed.a.w. |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:12 AM (#812328) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: wysiwyg "Horse With No Name" by Punch the Horse. ~S~ |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:26 AM (#812334) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,suspect on the loose Sid vicious sing Arias |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:33 AM (#812339) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST I was waiting for "Nirvana Performs The Mikado and Other Gilbert and Sullivan Favorites" but with Kurt gone it probably ain't gonna happen. |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:34 AM (#812340) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Liz the Squeak Aled Jones sings the best of Judas Priest. and one that should be made but hasn't been, 'Les Barker gets serious about poetry'. LTS |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:34 AM (#812341) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Leadfingers Liz,you are being rather unkind to Leon Rosselson.It was his humerous songs that made me take up the guitar.So now you all know who to blame. |
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27 Oct 02 - 07:35 AM (#812342) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: wysiwyg Mississippi John Hurt, Born in Chicago. ~S~ |
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27 Oct 02 - 09:06 AM (#812407) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: alanabit Enimen sings... |
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27 Oct 02 - 09:45 AM (#812424) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Santa Leonard Cohen's "South Pacific" Waterson-Carthy's "12 Favourite Elvis" High Level Ranters' "New York, New York" Kate Rusby's "Rugby Songbook" (Your favourite politician)'s "Ballads of the Working Man" |
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27 Oct 02 - 10:17 AM (#812435) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Amos Paul Simon Sings Songs My Mother Taught Me Woody Allen and Willie Nelson: Barbershop Classics Pete Seeger has a Twist Party! Frank Warner Inteprets Don Giovanni A |
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27 Oct 02 - 10:19 AM (#812436) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen A lot of laughs, here! Maybe even funnier are the albums that actually get made that seem almost as ridiculous. I must admit, I didn't rush out and buy the Pat Boone Sings Heavy Metal CD, but it probably could match most of these suggestions. And then, there are rock stars, like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel who try to write "classical" music. "Serious" music. I haven't heard any of their stuff, either, and probably never will because I wouldn't buy it, and I can't believe that it will ever be heard on the radio. Opera stars doing pop and rock music are a "classic" example of the mismatching of singing styles. Everyone from Mario Lanza to Pavrotti has tried it. Lanza had a successful career doing popular music at a time when reworkings of classical music were often heard on the radio. I don't think he could do it, now. I see that Rod Stewart has an album of standards out, with a repertoire much more like Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald might record. The reviews have been kind-hearted but certainly not praiseworthy. Kind of a "Way To Go, Minus." And Aretha Franklin has tried her voice at Opera. Actors want to be singers, singers want to be actors, rock stars want to sing "Serious" music, highly trained singers want to rock out. It rarely works. Reality is sometimes funnier than anything the most fertile mind could imagine. Jerry |
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27 Oct 02 - 10:22 AM (#812437) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: van lingle "Chet Atkins CGP (r.i.p.) Picks on Public Enemy". |
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27 Oct 02 - 01:26 PM (#812540) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: DMcG Re: High Level Ranters sing "New York, New York". Be careful if you buy this one, there's a New York a few miles out from Newcastle on Tyne towards Whitley Bay. The High Level Ranters might sing about that one! |
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27 Oct 02 - 01:41 PM (#812550) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Mr Red DMcG But they would need two takes! |
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27 Oct 02 - 01:59 PM (#812568) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,Jim Clark..London..England This is such a fun idea..well done for suggesting it Jerry.. |
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27 Oct 02 - 02:15 PM (#812582) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: allanwill Mark Knopfler "My Favourite Guitar Licks". Rolling Stone describes it as "... a mind-numbing two hours of the same 8 notes played over and over and over ...." Allan |
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27 Oct 02 - 02:39 PM (#812600) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: JJ In the realm of the real let us recall Kate Smith singing "The Ballad of the Green Berets," and the infamous Ethel Merman Disco Album. (Kate also recorded a Hootenanny album.) |
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27 Oct 02 - 03:24 PM (#812629) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: McGrath of Harlow Waterson-Carthy's "12 Favourite Elvis" Martin Carthy sings a great Heartbreak Hotel. A lot better than Elvis I'd say, but then I would (but Martin wouldn't, typically.) He sang it on a recent programme on the BBC, and I believe he's recorded it. And Norma Waterson could sing anything and it'd be memorable. |
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27 Oct 02 - 03:41 PM (#812645) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jim Krause Oh, and does anybody remember Mrs. Miller? She was the granny who recorded a cover of "A Hard Day's Night." What a hoot! Jim |
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27 Oct 02 - 05:53 PM (#812727) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: RangerSteve For no reason except to make a very bad pun: Arnold Schwarzeneger playing fugues on the organ - he could call it "I'll Be Bach". Like I said, it was a bad pun. Anyway, since so many people are doing the "and Friends" type of album, how about Ozzy Osbourn and Friends: with Connie Francis, Vic Damone, the Three Tenors, Jean Ritchie, Jean Redpath, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Lennon Sisters, Frankie Yankovich, The Kingston Trio, Hanson, Menudo, Earl Scruggs.... |
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28 Oct 02 - 08:32 AM (#813051) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: HuwG I think the spell-checker bowdlerised RangerSteve's post; surely, that should have been, "Ozzy Osbourn and Fiends".
Some other suggestions: |
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28 Oct 02 - 09:17 AM (#813078) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen Many years ago, Frank Sinatra did a classic album titled For Swinging Lovers. How about Punch the Horse doing an album For Animal Lovers? Jerry |
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29 Oct 02 - 02:10 PM (#813768) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST k.d. lang sings Anita Bryants Greatest Hits.Nick Cave sings Gilbert O'Sullivan. Maria Callas sings songs from Camelot. |
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29 Oct 02 - 03:49 PM (#813841) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: alanabit Now that Rolf Harris really has done "Stairway to Heaven" and Elvis Costello really has performed an Abba song, it is becoming quite difficult to come up with fiction which is less likely than fact. I wonder if Michael Jackson has ever thought of singing "Little Children"? |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:25 PM (#814047) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: raredance "Jawharp Jamboree" by Barbara Streisand rich r |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:33 PM (#814060) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: catspaw49 Somehow I can visualize Streisand more with a Nose Flute. Spaw |
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29 Oct 02 - 09:58 PM (#814110) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie I think Winona Rider should debut as a singer with a cover of "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," maybe with Jailhouse Rock on the B-side. My favorite from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir would be John Henry, heavy on the ebonics, of course. As for Jean Richie, I've been asked if I know "Stairway to Heaven" while holding a dulcimer on my lap. I begged off, but who knows what a more experienced player could come up with. The B-part might be tricky to pull off. CC |
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29 Oct 02 - 10:17 PM (#814117) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Justa Picker Rick Fielding performing his own tribute to: KC and The Sunshine Band's Greatest Hits (featuring "That's The Way I Like It" in dropped D tuning, and "Shake Your Booty" in DADGAD!) ...or... Rod Stewart's Greatest Hits (featuring "Do You Think I'm Sexy" as a ragtime arrangement in Open C tuning picked Travis style. |
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29 Oct 02 - 10:26 PM (#814119) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen Well, as for songs, I'd love to hear someone announce that they are going to do Orange Blossom Special at a Bluegrass Festival, and after the EEEEhaaaahs died down, do it in waltz time.. Jerry |
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30 Oct 02 - 07:45 AM (#814278) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: alanabit Doing the Irish Pub scene with my old band "The ABITS" a few years back, someone shouted out a request for "The Wild Rover". "In G - reggae," I muttered to my companions - and that's how we did it. It did at least save us from requests for the rest of the rent-a-Mick set! |
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30 Oct 02 - 08:25 AM (#814308) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,Frug at work Eminem sings Mother of Mine and Other Maternal Classics Marliyn Manson sings Your 20 Favourite Hymns Snoop Doggy Dogg sings Bing Crosby Billy Bragg covers Nationalist Songs of Our Day Michael Jackson How Great Thou Are and other Tributes George Bush JR. Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me - Bier Kellar Classics |
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30 Oct 02 - 09:32 AM (#814345) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: ballpienhammer Tammy Faye Baker sings Mick Jagger Ralph Stanley sings Pavarotti Jesse Jackson sings Lullabyes Doc Watson and Del McCoury perform Handel's Messiah |
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30 Oct 02 - 09:06 PM (#814866) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Genie John Ashcroft sings Marilyn Manson. |
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30 Oct 02 - 09:30 PM (#814878) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Amos Dave van Ronk Presents "Lost Jewels of Muzak Tunes" George Bush covers "If I had a Hammer" and Other Songs of Peace The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings Hymns to Allah, Muezzin Calls and Other Muslim Favorites My Favorite Irish Drinking Songs, as sung by Osama bin Laden A |
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30 Oct 02 - 09:50 PM (#814895) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: johnross These are real: Chubby Checker's Folk Album Mississippi John Hurt Sings Gilbert and Sullivan Alistair Cooke Sings the Blues I have all of these in my collection. |
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30 Oct 02 - 10:22 PM (#814912) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: van lingle William Bennet and 2 Live Crew collaborate on "Moral as We Want to Be". |
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30 Oct 02 - 10:31 PM (#814916) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen George W. Bush sings ABDC and other children's songs. Jerry |
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31 Oct 02 - 08:52 AM (#815114) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen My son sent me a great photo of George W. holding an open book, talking to a little girl who appeared to be reading along with him. The only difference between the two of them was that he was holding his book upside down.. Jerry |
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31 Oct 02 - 09:24 AM (#815134) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Amos LOL, Jerry! "Now I've sung my ACB's Tell me what you think of meeeee....." A |
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31 Oct 02 - 09:24 AM (#815135) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: JJ Alas, Jerry, I'd love to believe that one's true, too, but if you look at the cover of the book Bush is holding, you'll see it's a mirror image of the one the girl's holding, a sure sign of Photoshoppery. An excellent place to check out all these things (especially the ones we want to believe!) is snopes.com |
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31 Oct 02 - 09:35 AM (#815154) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Freso Michael Jackson: "Go Home, Girl!" Marilyn Manson: "Lord of the Dance" Eminem: "A Fairy Story" |
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31 Oct 02 - 09:41 AM (#815158) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Midchuck Doc Watson sings the Moody Blues and Pat Boone...No, wait, that actually happened Saturday night. I was there. He done purty good, too. Peter. |
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31 Oct 02 - 09:51 AM (#815169) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: nickp Jerry - thinking about Orange Blossm as a waltz, I've been known to try both Ashokan Farewell and Midnight on The Water as marches..... wait for the thunderbolt to strike *grin* Nick |
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31 Oct 02 - 10:11 AM (#815184) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jerry Rasmussen JJ... I'll have to check the photo... Art Thieme sent me a photo of the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, with an electric guitar skillfully added, so that his grimace as he's clutching his stomach makes him look like your every day heavy metal guitarist stretching for that high note.. Jerry |
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31 Oct 02 - 04:02 PM (#815435) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: RangerSteve Hank Williams,Jr., Sings Temperence Songs. And not an album, but a label y0u won't see on any Willie Nelson recording: "A portion of each sale goes to Partnership For a Drug-Free America". Elvis Presley Sings Christmas Songs and Doesn't Butcher Them. |
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17 Sep 12 - 12:51 PM (#3406232) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Claire M Hiya, Maddy Prior doing vocals like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkRWTWBBsAc Or a whole album of blues covers. I'd love to hear her do both. She probably wouldn't be able to sing ever again after the 1st one, so maybe not a good idea …. |
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17 Sep 12 - 01:27 PM (#3406250) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: GUEST,Don Wise "The Koran" as audiobook read by that self-styled christian Terry Jones........................ |
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17 Sep 12 - 02:00 PM (#3406272) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: The Sandman most of the recordings purchased by dave bulmer |
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17 Sep 12 - 03:05 PM (#3406301) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Acorn4 I've actually done two of these, one called "The Leonard Cohen Shantymen", the other in the style of Ozzie Osbourne:- "Always Keep a Child Ballad up your Sleeve" - will probably get them on Soundcloud at some point. |
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17 Sep 12 - 03:52 PM (#3406327) Subject: RE: Albums You'll Never Hear From: Jack Campin Diamanda Galas does Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser's Songs of the Hebrides Pippa Middleton does "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" |