Greg_S_H
Senior HTF Member
Paul Anka takes rock songs from Van Halen's Jump to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and does them in a "swinging standard" style. I guess it depends on your mood whether it's campy or whether it works--it's certainly better than Pat Boone's attempt. Some of it works really well, like the Pet Shop Boys' It's a Sin. Funniest moment? Paul Anka singing the words "Like Frank, he said 'I did it my way'" on Bon Jovi's It's My Life. That's Paul doing this at the audience:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:s0d8vwxwa9tk
Sound clips and a review at the above link. I hope there hasn't been a thread about this, but a search turned up nothing on "Anka."
Came out June 7, so it's ultra new.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:s0d8vwxwa9tk
Sound clips and a review at the above link. I hope there hasn't been a thread about this, but a search turned up nothing on "Anka."
Came out June 7, so it's ultra new.