Paul Anka Classic Songs, My Way (CD)
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Further Details Title: Classic Songs, My Way Condition: New Format: CD EAN: 0602517266476 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2007 Description: In conjunction with the celebration of his 50th year in show business Paul Anka has recorded new arrangements of some of pop music's most recognizable songs - Billy Joel's "I Go to Extremes," Bob Seger's "Against the Wind," Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You," Marc Cohen's "Wallking in Memphis" and more. This new CD also includes a Anka duet with one of rocks most famous voices, Jon Bon Jovi on one of the worlds most famous songs, Anka's "My Way." Paul Anka follows up 2005's Rock Swings, his popular collection of covers done classic Vegas ¬style, with another collection of unlikely pop and rock songs--also done classic Vegas ¬style. One of the most familiar tricks could be termed the reverse stunt: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," for instance, is speeded up into a fingersnapping brassy strut. (On Rock Swings, Anka had famously done the exact opposite with "Smells Like Teen Spirit," slowing it down to a loungy pace.) But hey, if it's not broken! After all, Anka is in fine vocal form and he sure knows how to sing against the big-band arrangements. Once again, the best songs are the most unexpected, like the strutting take on the Killers' "Mr. Brightside," the triumphant read of Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You," which gradually builds up, the super-lush cover of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World," and the strutting "Walking in Memphis." Note that Anka actually picked from his own oeuvre for the albums's two duets: Michael Bublé joins his onetime mentor on 1958's "You Are My Destiny," while Bon Jovi helps out on "My Way" (a song Anka adapted from a French original)--which paradoxically is the least convincing track in the bunch. --Elisabeth VincentelliMore from Paul Anka 30th Anniversary Collection 21 Golden Hits A Body of Work Five Decades Greatest Hits Rock Swings Rock Swings: Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (DVD) FROM THE ARTIST "It's the most unique, gratifying part of my life," he says. "As years go by, I get different material and things happen that only embellishes what it is. The last ten years have been just the best for me and I'm not even there yet -- the flag's not come down. I get a lot out of it and there's a lot of substance to it," he adds. "I would never do it if I were mediocre or afraid or just went out there to take the money. We've all been to concerts where you sit there and the audience doesn't get it and the guy up there doesn't feel like it and he walks off. I don't know what that is because I go out every night like my balls are on the line. I will not do less than what I did the night before. Even when I'm sick, I work my way around it. There's nothing like that part of my life." Fifty years into his storied career, Anka still believes that being good isn't good enough - you've got to be great. ABOUT THE ARTIST Life's been good to Paul Anka - very good, in fact. But even as he enters his 50th year in the music business, he's not satisfied when his own work is merely good. "For me," he says, "the good has always been the enemy of great. To be great, you've got to forget about that select few who are going to talk about you if you don't quite make the mark -- you've got to challenge yourself."Armed with a sense of tenacity as formidable as his talent, Anka has conquered many challenges over the course of the last five decades, forging a career that's unlike any other in the history of pop. As he made the transition from `50s teen idol to celebrated songwriter to a contemporary torchbearer for all that swings, he has maintained a commitment to quality, bringing his best to whatever he faces. That was as true for the Ottawa teen who called up every record company he could find asking for auditions as it is for the seasoned vocalist who's unafraid to turn songs by Nirvana, Soundgarden and Bon Jovi into swanky big-band extravaganzas. Indeed, Anka's two most recent albums - Rock Swings and now Classic Songs, My Way - have inspired millions of music listeners to not just hear some familiar songs in new ways but to marvel at the enduring ingenuity and integrity of Anka as an artist and performer.See more Country/Region of Manufacture: USA Language: English No Of Discs: 1 Artist: Paul Anka Record Label: Decca Records Release Year: 2007 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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