Vox: TUNES

October 29, 2005

TUNES - 36

Sorry, I have been remiss in updating the RadioBlog, in a bit of a funk you know.

It is ready to go now, and in honor of our cool new local station, STAR 97.5, I am in a crooner mood. I have just two of Michael Buble's albums, It's Time and Totally Buble. He has a great voice but a producer with no sense of cool. There are certainly some gems to be found:

Home - sultry
Feeling Good - I've been there
You Don't Know Me - a song that always gets me
Can't Buy Me Love - pretty swingin'
Quando, Quando, Quando - not a real hip version, but I like Nelly Furtado's voice and they blend well. And the beat on this one is.... mmmmmm...sensual

~ Listen ~

Posted by Vox at October 29, 2005 04:02 PM | RadioBlog

Comments

I have limited exposure to Michael Buble, but I have the same reaction to him; Harry Connick, Jr.; and the Coen brothers: trying too hard to create an image/aura, rather than just doing good work and letting it speak for itself.

Posted by: David Dodenhoff at October 29, 2005 09:31 PM

I don't think it is him, I think it is his producer - I believe he is with David Foster, one of the least hip guys in the biz. He manages to find some amazing talents, then suck the life out of them in the studio.

I would love to hear Michael Buble and Renee Olstead produced by someone like Quincy Jones. He is responsible for so many of Sinatra's ultra cool arrangments in the Rat Pack era - his vision and their pipes could be magic.

Posted by: Vox at October 29, 2005 10:28 PM

Is he the kid in the Starbucks commercial?

Posted by: wickld at October 30, 2005 09:15 AM

I don't know about the Starbucks commercial, haven't see/heard it. He certainly fits their "vibe" so I wouldn't doubt it.

Posted by: Vox at October 30, 2005 09:30 AM