Hey, I’ll be the first to admit that the setup of this album was way beyond wacky. Chris Gaines was a fictional character that country star Garth Brooks was to play in a film called “The Lamb”. The character of Gaines was born in America to Australian parents, formed a band called Crush out of high school. As soon as Crush becomes big, one of the members dies in a plane crash. After a period […]
I’ll be honest-I can’t really judge instrumental proficiency. Hell, there are very few artists that I can identify by the tone of their instrument. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are David Sanborn…and Patrice Rushen. Rushen’s piano playing (whether on the acoustic or electric) has a certain warmth to it that makes her singles completely recognizable before she even utters a word.
1982’s “Forget Me Nots” is an exercise […]
Some falsettos are just beyond anything mere words can describe. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you Leo Sayer’s #1 smash “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”.
Now there are high notes, and then there’s this song. Throughout each verse, our man Leo is singing in a voice that no one with descended testicles should ever try to reach. Every time I go to a karaoke bar, I hope some brave soul tackles this song. Damn it, […]