More Willie -
One of the reasons Willie Nelson has persevered in music, despite being a nasty looking old fogie for pretty much my entire life, is that he’s made an active effort to transcend cheesy country and play, well ‘Willie’ music. He’s done a pretty darn good job of doing duets with most of the new hip artists.
But on his Willie and Friends ‘Alive and Kicking’ album, he does a duet with Wyclef Jean on ‘To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before.’ I hate to say it, but it just doesn’t work. They’ve got it set to a pretty hard reggae beat, and Willie has about as much rhythm as I do. Typically, his wandering voice does a great job of portraying emotion; in this setting it falls.
Ah, well, such is life. At least I could listen before I bought the album. Great tracks on the disc with ZZ Top and Eric Clapton may get it downloaded.
3 Responses to “More Willie -”
Comment from etrigan
Time October 31, 2003 at 7:26 am
You still down on Elephunk or are you down with Elephunk? (I’m thinking about dropping $9.99 on it.)
Comment from KMc
Time October 31, 2003 at 9:02 am
I’ve come around. It’s good times.
And I can really bug out to it.
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Comment from KellyMc
Time July 26, 2003 at 12:36 am
I’ll have to check that out.
I was certainly excited when I saw that Kenny Rogers was on Wyclef’s second album (Ecleftic) doing a gambler thing, but it was pretty lame too.
I’m really disappointed by Wyclef in general. “The Carnival” is probably in my top 5 ever, but “Ecleftic” and the other one (which I listened to once and never bothered to buy) totally crocked.
I’m similarly let down by the new Black Eyed Peas, but I think I may come around with a couple of more listens.