I guess "alternative" is as good a place as any to put this.

Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down

The album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, comes out May 20th. 10 Tom Waits covers, including this one, and one original. Dave Sitek is producing. She sounds pretty much exactly like I expected. It's not bad but I'm not sure she adds anything to the tune. Thoughts?

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Thoughts?

yeah. she's not THAT hot......

uhhh...excuse me?

She is too that hot, maybe even hotter.

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Originally posted by mymindsblank:
uhhh...excuse me?

She is too that hot, maybe even hotter.

QFT.

I've seen some songs of Scarlett w/ David Bowie on a few blogs. I've almost got around to listening to them.

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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:

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Thoughts?

yeah. she's not THAT hot......

In the celebrity world she's basically the most gorgeous female actor out there, and how many celebrities listen to Tom Waits, let alone have the balls to cover him. If you know any women who are more attractive then her with a good taste in music, then I'm moving... Montreal is it?

Yeah, Miss Johansson really is one of the most beautiful actresses out there.

Yes. Probably easily the most beautiful celebrity out there for a certain demographic.

I think calling Scarlett Johansson the most beautiful actress is a bit of a stretch. I'm not saying she's ugly. She's definitely attractive. But, I can think of hotter celebrities.

I think she bravely set herself up for a difficult road with this album.

The general public who sees her movies and the mainstream entertainment press (Extra, ET and E! or whatever) will not like this album because it is not a normal 23 year-old actress dance-pop album. They are not into Tom Waits or TV on the Radio and will think it is "weird" and that her singing is bad because there is not auto-tune or pitch correction.

Then, the Stereogums and Pitchforks of the world are too protective of the source material to let an outsider (sexy millionaire actresses) try to play dress-up as an alt/indie girl. They embraced Zoey Deschanel's album because A) she wrote all the songs, B) she is not as big of a star as Scarlett, C) she is more of an indie actress and D) M. Ward's involvement as part of the group She & Him -- not released under her name.

With that said, I like the songs that I've heard. I think she is brave to let her natural voice come through, even when it is not perfect. I also like the production. Sometimes I wish that Tunde from TV on the Radio was actually singing them. Pretty solid all around really. Hopefully, people buy it who haven't heard Tom Waits and go back and listen to him.

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Originally posted by Wilsonna:
Sometimes I wish that Tunde from TV on the Radio was actually singing them.

Now that would be sweet.

Am I the only one that is actually excited about this? Are there any leaks yet?

Here is a stream to some tracks:

http://www.scarlettalbum.com/listening.lasso

Her new record is the biggest shit I heard in a long time. Her voice is ugly and the record is massively overproduced.

Bob Dylan's voice is ugly and look how well he did. Is there a salient distinction you'd care to make between the two? Or do you hate Dylan too?

When a woman has a male-like voice I tend not to listen to it. Bob Dylan is a male and has a male-like voice so he is ok

Odd as it may seem, coming from her, that sounds rather sexy. I'm interested.

Yeah, I can dig me a woman with a nice alto. The album has leaked, BTW. I haven't picked it up yet though.

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Originally posted by Cheesyp00f:
Her new record is the biggest shit I heard in a long time. Her voice is ugly and the record is massively overproduced.

I like the production. Her voice is shit, though. Perhaps thats the reason for going with that "wall of sound" production Sitek used here.
She's got great (o)(o) though, so its got that going for it.

obligatory pic

I don’t see anything wrong with her voice. Originality is all I hear in it. Pretty good album so far.