Scarlett's already rich, famous, young & completely gorgeous. Let K-Fed have this one: she doesn't need it.

still hot.

Sadly, the Kevin Federline CD is better, at least judging by the samples on Amazon.

I *heart* AVclub.

Who's with me?

I just wanted to say she's still rich and hot, so I doubt she's losing sleep.

FTF... video link provided by the AV club

It appears whacky-waving-inflatable-arm-man makes a cameo in her Falling Down vid.

Thinking about it, Federline's cd had that whole William Hung "I just want to see how bad it is" thing going for it, so that probably accounted for 98% of his sales.

fark... I clicked the video! Why the fark did I have to click the video?
OMFG, that was pain... the pain... it still hurts.

Could someone please adjust the above pic to Vikings colors rather than Packers colors.
oh how wonderful it would be.....

Whoever wins... our ears lose.

/eyes clearly win with Scarlett

OK Scarlett's song is not horrible, but it is quite downright annoying (in my opinion) that she is using her acting fame for the attention. If it weren't for her acting fame, we wouldn't even be reading this. Is she worthy of mega-attention for just music? NO!

SUPAKARROOOOOOOM: Could someone please adjust the above pic to Vikings colors rather than Packers colors.
oh how wonderful it would be.....

man, why would a scarlett pic get yanked from a scarlett thread? we know why we're here.



nutmilk:
I *heart* AVclub.

Who's with me?

i am! i am *with* you, nutmilk.

She's got nicer tits.

What happened?

SUPAKARROOOOOOOM: What happened?

Mods set up us the bomb. All our Scarlett are belong to them.

scarlett johanssen = stop singing.

she should be more like david johanssen

The production was neat but her voice was... well it was neat too but not good and since the best thing about Waits is his lyrics I'd like to be able to make them out.

I'm sure if Scarlett slept around with Brittany for a bit sales would improve.

I'm as big of a fan as anyone, but the sad truth is that Scarlett's CD is just plain bad. And before anyone says, "Oh, you just don't get it," it should be said that I own a good half-dozen of Tom Waits' albums, I've listened to plenty of "ethereal music" in my day, and that my musical tastes already trend toward the more offbeat.

So this CD should have been a slamdunk. It's an airball. Her vocals are so flat that she makes Jandek seem like a nuanced crooner by comparison.

And yes, I just threw in a gratuitous Jandek reference. Sue me.

Actors should act
Musicians should make music
And ne'er the twain should meet

This also goes for athletes - play sports - don't act - don't sing

/looking at you Shaq
//Barkley
///Rodman
////Hulk Hogan
//etc., etc.

madcan34: ////Hulk Hogan

Take it back, man, what about Hulk's "Real American"? That's like the Abbey Road of patriotic songs.

I think I might try to see if I can get my album to get more downloads than Scarlett Johansson's. That would look funny on a press kit...

/link in profile
//oh god i am a self promoting whore

It's too bad she chose this route, because she does have a decent voice. Her version of "Summertime" was really quite good, with a breathy, jazzy quality to it. She should have stuck to that kind of music. I love Leonard Cohen, but I doubt I'd commit to doing an entire album of Cohen songs. There are a few artists out there who really don't need to be covered like this.

em etib: There are a few artists out there who really don't need to be covered like this.

I could see a Waits album being done really well if the song selection was good and the singer was expressive. Ex, if someone like Rufus Wainwright did a selection of Waits songs and it was produced very minimally (maybe only piano and vocals), it could have huge potential.

For an example of a great minimalist cover album, check out Nilsson Sings Newman. Totally kickass stuff.

madcan34: Actors should act
Musicians should make music
And ne'er the twain should meet

And when they do, you get the movie "Light of Day".

I found another one of the songs (pops) and whew - that's not very good at all. It's some sort of weird new age/electronic reworking buried in an echo chamber. It almost reminds of some pop song from the early 90's, but I can't place my finger on it. Scarlett's voice has no power and she hits some sour tones. It really doesn't work.

I'll take Popozao over this anyday, because at least that makes me laugh.

On the other hand, "Summertime" is a pretty nice piece of business, so she should stick to styles like that which complement her voice.

/BTW, Rick Derringer did "Real American", brother.

Kodiak Attack: I found another one of the songs (pops) and whew - that's not very good at all.

Nah, this is no good.

Sounds like my old casio keyboard synth baselines, heh. And I'd rather listen to Beth Orton's voice.

At least both of them beat "The Brood" aka "The Boondock Saints."

madcan34: Actors should act
Musicians should make music
And ne'er the twain should meet