Posted at 16.05.2008 01:09 by Chinballs
Hey, everybody, my name’s Mike, but I go by the handle of Chinballs(it’s a South Park reference). I live in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina, plus was one of the high finishers in the music contest RLSLOG ran last week. I hope to bring you guys some of the best musical posts plus keep a high standard in what you see my name attached to here.
This is the new Scarlett Johansson album, Anywhere I Lay My Head. The album consists of 10 Tom Waits covers plus 1 original song, plus has created quite a buzz, not only because of the performer, with Scarlett arguably being the most beautiful woman in Hollywood but because of the content, as Tom Waits songs are pretty revered among some crowds. The project has interested me, and I’m actually going to listen to this almost as soon as I post it.
You’ve heard what Scarlett has to say about covering Tom Waits, you’ve read what Bowie has to say about her covering Tom Waits, shit you’ve even seen what Tom Waits has to say about ScarJo covering Tom Waits. NOW IT’S TIME TO HEAR HER COVER TOM WAITS.
The record’s called Anywhere I Lay My Head, and the first cover to convert its way into internet friendly streamability is the title track. As Sitek told us on a snowy night a few months back, he was going for a “cough syrup/Tinkerbell” vibe throughout. That night we complained that Sitek’s dense production tended to bury her vocal — drowning Tinker Bell in the cough syrup, to fuck with the metaphor. We walked out thinking it was a swell sounding Sitek album, and Scarlett was guesting. This is just the first helping, but see how the syrup suits you.
Track List
1. Fawn 2:32
2. Town With No Cheer 5:03
3. Falling Down 4:55
4. Anywhere I Lay My Head 3:38
5. Fannin Street 5:06
6. Song For Jo 4:09
7. Green Grass 3:33
8. I Wish I Was In New Orleans 3:59
9. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up 4:11
10. No One Knows I’m Gone 2:57
11. Who Are You 4:20
ARTIST: Scarlett Johansson
TITLE: Anywhere I Lay My Head
LABEL: Atco
GENRE: Alternative
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-05-20
RIP DATE: 2008-05-13
Release Name: Scarlett_Johansson-Anywhere_I_Lay_My_Head-2008-RTB
Links: myspace, Wikipedia, torrent, rapidshare
