Originally, I had dismissed Michael Buble as a Sinatra tribute act, but it turned out that I was wrong.
OK, so he does do a lot of covers of the classic crooners' songs, but more recently he has recorded several of his own songs, and they are good.
"I Just Haven't Met You Yet" has a wonderful melody and a very clever lyric, and he sings it with an energy that he has kept well reined-in when he's been doing the Bing Crosby songs.
As far as the power of his voice is concerned, we were watching a TV show last night in which he was singing with Gary Barlow (of Take That).
GB stayed within three or four inches of the mic. MB was up to two feet away. That takes power.
I would never have expected to be defending a MOR singer, being biassed towards the wilder side myself, but to say that Michael Buble has no talent is ridiculous. He's paid his dues and learned his trade, writes well, has a good, accurate voice, with a decent range and some vocal tricks, and a superb rapport with an audience.
As for that insane comment that "those old ballads are pretty easy to sing" Yeah! Right! Let's hear YOU then!
We do a few with the band, and I don't sing them. I can do folk and Pop, but the classics, I leave to Karen, the real singer.
Cheers
Dave