DUETS 2 TONY BENNETT...TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....
Body and soul....with Amy Winehouse / Don't get around much anymore....with Micheal Buble / This is all I ask...with Josh Groban / On the sunny side of the street....with Willie Nelson.
The album suffers from the sometimes strained voice of Bennett especially when he has to hold notes. The other singers who provide vocals are in most cases at the top of their profession and show up the legendary vocalist for his limitations. I understand that Mr Bennett is 84 but as in the Duets album with Sinatra I think one should look at the back catalogue and not the mish-mash that these "contemporary" albums supply. **.
OTHER NEW ALBUMS PLAYED ON SHOW.....
GHOST ON THE CANVAS....GLEN CAMPBELL.****.
WAVES...RHYDIAN.**.
THE BALLADS OF LADY JANE...JANE MORGAN.****.
MY HEART...DORIS DAY.****.
LET IT BE ME...JOHNNY MATHIS.*****.
CLASSIC...JOE MCELDERRY.****.
THE X FACTOR.
We always hope that the X factor will improve with the passing years, and this year with the absense of Simon Cowell and the inclusion of Gary Barlow , things might look a little brighter. At least Gary Barlow is not having any of the ridiculous performances that have blighted the standard of previous shows that Louis Walsh seemed to like; However we still get the back stories,the tears,the cliches,the reality surprises which I have to admit seems engineered by the producers. There is a certainty that there will be problems,possibly trouble, often call-backs and definitely judges arguments. It's all a circus really....but sometimes....just sometimes....you have to realize that there could be a real star in amongst the final choices...someone that rises above the innocuous pop songs they are given to sing and someone whose style and performance sells CDs and Arenas. Perhaps they'll be allowed to choose their own songs this year. Perhaps not. Lots of new talent has appeared this year without X factor help but that's not the point.Everybody involved makes money......and that's the point!
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