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fancycwabsDear Scarlet Johannson,
There's a long tradition of folks covering Tom Waits songs, from The Ramones doing "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" to Norah Jones doing "The Long Way Home" to Rod Stewart and Mary Chapin Carpenter doing "Downtown Train" to Clay Aiken doing "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis." By and large, most of these folks have done an admirable job, capturing the weariness of Waits' voice and the downtrodden beauty of the lyrics while making the songs their own.
That said, combining the worst of 80's synth-pop with unemotive vocals? What were you thinking, beyond "This is SURE to get me onto the next Golden Throats album?"
Still thinking of you lustfully, as long as you don't sing,
Fancycwabs.
There's a long tradition of folks covering Tom Waits songs, from The Ramones doing "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" to Norah Jones doing "The Long Way Home" to Rod Stewart and Mary Chapin Carpenter doing "Downtown Train" to Clay Aiken doing "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis." By and large, most of these folks have done an admirable job, capturing the weariness of Waits' voice and the downtrodden beauty of the lyrics while making the songs their own.
That said, combining the worst of 80's synth-pop with unemotive vocals? What were you thinking, beyond "This is SURE to get me onto the next Golden Throats album?"
Still thinking of you lustfully, as long as you don't sing,
Fancycwabs.
