The song 'Girl In The Other Room'
The song 'Girl In The Other Room'
Loved this song on first listen - but I have to say the wonderful lyric is also pretty cruel, as the girl in the other room is clearly Cait, having to listen to Elvis and Diana on the other side of the wall. God knows what she would think if she heard it. That said, I doubt she's one of the ones who has rushed out and helped it to debut at number 4 in the charts.
On the whole though I don't 'get' Diana Krall. She sounds too much like Joni Mitchell: why on earth doesn't she try to sing in a style of her own? Same goes for Michael Buble and Harry Connick - why don't they want to sound like themselves rather than like Sinatra? It happens with heavy influences though - there are loads of young male singers coming through at the mo who clearly worshipped Thom Yorke in their teens, and can't help themselves from singing in his style now.
On the whole though I don't 'get' Diana Krall. She sounds too much like Joni Mitchell: why on earth doesn't she try to sing in a style of her own? Same goes for Michael Buble and Harry Connick - why don't they want to sound like themselves rather than like Sinatra? It happens with heavy influences though - there are loads of young male singers coming through at the mo who clearly worshipped Thom Yorke in their teens, and can't help themselves from singing in his style now.
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Sorry, Blue, it's official, and soon to be enshrined in the Canadian constitution: Diana Krall (is that pronounced 'crawl' or to rhyme with 'Val'?) has written the best Joni Mitchell song that Joni never wrote. And, LJ, I'm in love with her on account of her penchant for the see-through dress.
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Really, would you fall in love with me if I wore a see-through dress? Or is that criteria resticted to jazz singers of blond? Love her or hate her-why isn't this Annexed? I'll say two postive things about her since I've been mean, she has great taste in music and at least one man. I took the song as a lament of the 'other woman' which math tells us she was, she whined and Elvis reworked it into lyrics. Just a theory.
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I hope he doesn't have another episode but he must play it again. So glorious live. No restrictions? Oh Mr. Westinghouse I see a big upswing in the fashion world of chiffon and mesh this season.
Migdd-He's also said 'Dianer'. Which dress was false? It was a joke I made taken too seriously. My wit (or lack thereof) appeals to singular tastes, few share it on this board.
For the record I meant the working up of certain men in an amorous way was due to her clothing choices. That could never explain an affection for her music.. . what could?![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Migdd-He's also said 'Dianer'. Which dress was false? It was a joke I made taken too seriously. My wit (or lack thereof) appeals to singular tastes, few share it on this board.
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For the record I meant the working up of certain men in an amorous way was due to her clothing choices. That could never explain an affection for her music.. . what could?
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I wish her dress did. I'm banning myself from all things Krall after this even though I wrote a smashing dialogue between her and Elvis. There was a Vanity Fair dress and some black one I think but this is all memory. The 'princess' quip was a joke! No one is getting them.BurnishedGold wrote: I think that covers everything.
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Let's put it to the test shall we?lapinsjolis wrote:Really, would you fall in love with me if I wore a see-through dress?
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LJ- you know we all love you individually and collectively.
I must admit, I can't get into Diana Krall's looks or her voice. I heard her version of Almost Blue and I think Elvis was being very generous when he said he believed her version was the definitive one.
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