Word: songbooks
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...secret of this breakup ballad from one of the better albums ever made by a teenager is revealed in tiny notation at the end of the lyric sheet: CHORUS X 2. It's the oldest trick in the pop songbook, but when Lavigne, 19, trembles through the chorus once--"You were everything, everything that I wanted/We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it"--only to emerge stronger at the end of the second go-round, millions of adolescent girls will close their eyes and know they are a few minutes closer to getting over...
...good time to be Rod Stewart. His U.S. tour, "From Maggie May to the Great American Songbook," starts Feb. 6. His album As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook Volume II is up for a Grammy next week...
...noted that pop singers are trying to revive their careers by issuing albums filled with traditional pop standards [Dec. 15]. I am older than the "aging boomers" these CDs are aimed at, but Rod Stewart's It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook was the first pop-music album I've bought in years. Stewart may be a master of "tawdry sincerity," but after rock 'n' roll, heavy metal and rap, it is a great pleasure to hear (and sing along with) the old standards. So Stewart isn't Frank Sinatra. His tunes are still a musical step...
...worked for Stewart, financially at least. Having rasped his way through 2002's It Had to Be You...The Great American Songbook, an album that sold 2 million copies, Stewart got right back into his tux for As Time Goes By...The Great American Songbook: Volume II. Stewart is a master of tawdry sincerity--he's rock's best B singer--and hearing him cover A material would make for a tacky thrill if he weren't so dreadfully serious in his approach. Instead of turning in a winking version of I'm in the Mood for Love...
...singers to flex their urbanity and be congratulated on their good taste while also appealing to those aging boomers who still roam the record racks. It has worked for Stewart, financially at least. Having rasped his way through 2002's It Had to Be You ... The Great American Songbook, an album that sold 2 million copies, Stewart got right back into his tux for As Time Goes By ... The Great American Songbook: Volume II. Stewart is a master of tawdry sincerity - he's rock's best B singer - and hearing him cover A material would make for a tacky thrill...