Scarlett Johansson gets "all stripped down" to record an album of T0m Waits songs (!?)

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Let's just hope the whole thing won't get "lost in translation." But my spies say that Scarlett has a lovely, whispery delivery that carries a tune nicely and is suited to Waits' unusual lyrics.

lovely and whispery = the ability to cover an entire album of Waits?

That makes me think of Annie, which in turn makes me imagine Tom Waits covering "Chewing Gum."

I don't have a boner.

-- Susan Douglas (SusanisDougla...), October 19th, 2006.

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the two songs are really great.

i'm where you are..like chaki mentioned, i can't wait for the book..the whole artifact at once. if you are lame, then i am too.

s johansson is lovely, basically.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s688138.jpg

somehow ive expected a better picture of her on the cover

What's wrong with that picture?

WHERE THE TITTAYS AT

IM LQQKING

kylie minogue's "wild roses grow" association

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nRKVrbRHL._SS500_.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Scarlett500.jpg
bigger is better

That's one white woman.

I thought she was levitating in that pic, at first.

Terrible cover.

Ugh, plus I just noticed that the leaves partially obscure the letters in her name. Yuck.

this chick in a complete nimrod

"i have not heard this, but it really must be terrible"

ILM in a nutshell.

you sound like the kind of guy who drinks spoiled milk after smelling it, just to make sure.

http://mad.walla.co.il/archive/201942-5.jpg

I listened to youtube clips of her songs. Her voice is great. But you'd rather just assume it's awful, ignore the easy links to the music, and post snarky comments.

ILM in a nutshell.

stfu

Just got offered a promo of this. Not sure what I think of the project, but I'm definitely willing to give it a shot for free.

could be good

what?

"anywhere i lay me head" (the track) is quite ok.
she is not the best singer in the world,so it's good sitek buried her voice in the mix, but it has nice melancholic atmosphere with the production.
not that im going to listen to it again,but u might say sitek saved her here.

sorry to be bumping this but I just heard her cover of Boys Don't Cry and its possibly the worst thing I've ever heard

I'm really into this album, but maybe because I quite dislike Tom Waits and I like JAMC.

I dunno, it's produced well enough but her vocal performances are pretty lackluster

Guys I have to admit, this is pretty fucking good for a covers album.

The liner notes with Sitek comparing the atmosphere to an old 4AD record are, surprisingly, spot on.

Dare I say...

This album > Return to Cookie Mountain

you could add a few more of these:>>>>>>>>>>>

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT BACON CARAMEL? MOST IMPORTANT BIT OF THIS THREAD!!!

-- disappointing goth fest line-up (orion), Friday, October 20, 2006 1:52 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

Seriously this album is good good good. I think the arrangements are muggier and more natural than 4AD. Which I like.

Like, it's not as ethereal as the Cocteau Twins, it's not as wispy and echoey.

I like how plainsung it is too, title song is kind of beautiful and the relationship between her voice and that snare/handclap, the way her vocals are just limp enough to drape over the occasional jolt in the arrangement.

I concur, this is much better than I expected. Sitek did it up right.

And no, you may not dare

Cookie Mountain>>>this record.

This album is so addictive.

I love the hivemind mentality that dead, tuneless singing is totes awes when it's on an Italians Do It Better 12" by Farah, but an affront to music when it's from OMG FAMOUS ACTRESS

right.

anyway it didn't sound dead and tuneless to me, more alive and purposeful.

i need to hear this in full though.

I like how plainsung it is too, title song is kind of beautiful and the relationship between her voice and that snare/handclap, the way her vocals are just limp enough to drape over the occasional jolt in the arrangement.

― I know, right?, Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:47 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is good

wow, i dunno Whiney; I couldn't listen to this more than twice.

I was on listen 4 I think today

heh i'd strip this bitch down if u know wut i'm saijin

Go on and take a swig of that poison and like it

, baby

I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.

hey i'll take that over "i listen to (mainstream) Pitchfork indieshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Brit-bots"

any day.

does this count as mainstream horseshit though? horseshit surely (IMHO!!!) but I didn't know it was that successful otherwise

I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.

― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Pitchfork-endorsed albums that came out this year that I'll totally rep for: Gang Gang Dance, Jay Reatard, Marnie Stern, TV On The Radio, Fuck Buttons, Lindstrom, Harvey Milk, Vivian Girls.

Cute try, though.

I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out

these dudes = the entirety of old ilm?

r.i.p.

This album is so addictive.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:41 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Scarlett Johansson gets "all stripped down"

prescient

this was like way ahead of the curve on shit like The xx and Zola Jesus and Anika.

still smh @ everyone for missing the point on this one

I like this album, couldn't give a toss about TV on the radio

lol, never forget

I've encountered Whiney on numerous message boards and he is one of the absolute worst cases of "I listen to mainstream horseshit in a thinly-veiled attempt to separate myself from you Pitchfork-listeners" there is. I encountered a bunch of these dudes back when Britney Spears' "Toxic" came out.

― Reatards Unite, Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:47 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I separate myself from those pitchfork listeners by not listening to pitchfork.

a very unusual but beautiful album, "Falling Down" always gets me

Bowie's backing vocals on Fannin Street are so touching

I think it’s a mixed bag but falling down is great

This thread really has something for everyone

agree it's a mixed bag, not a great album in any traditional sense

but like Lulu I think ultimately it succeeds as a weird but also weirdly moving, weirdly awesome album

there are much worse Scarlett Johansson threads on this board

"Falling Down" is good. I feel like she should be collaborating with Italians Do It Better folks instead of Pete Yawn