I'm
a Beatles fan, but am open to others covering their music. Their work is transcendent
enough to have someone else sing "Long and Winding Road" and "Eleanor
Rigby." The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, unfortunately, kills some great
songs with pompous trumpets, weak arrangements and lounge singers pretending to
be classically trained.
Just
light up a smoke and pour a whiskey and sing Sinatra's "One for the Road,"
but leave this one behind.
Better
music can be found on my employer's telephone hold background.
How
bad is it? When following the lyrics, they take John Lennon's voice and follow
it like an amateur Midi piano. The only difference is the musicians are probably
very talented and possibly even marched in their high school band. The influence
of orchestrations for spaghetti westerns rings through in a few.
"Blackbird"
is less poetic than McCartney ever intended, and more like a slowed-down Irish
Spring commercial if played by Vivaldi's children.
"All
You Need is Love," casts no warmth whatsoever. The singers come across singing
"Love love love," as if they are opening their mouths for the dentist.
It could be they are suffering a similar pain.
Take
a pass on this one. Go on and get the real Beatles, or, if you are a true long-suffering
music fan, buy a Menudo album.
Anthony
Trendl
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