![]() You can tell that she really feels it, her phrasing and tone is spot on for the message of the song. Recently, I saw that Grace VanderWaal also covers "Vienna" in concert, and she does a great job with the song. It is better than the somewhat bombastic version by Arianna Grande which lacks nuance and subtlety. Eugenie uses some unique phrasing and gives the song a new perspective. "Vienna" has been covered by many amateur and some professional singers, but the only version I really like is this understated cover by Eugenie Thompson (or go to Videos page and scroll down) (Update: see also this great ukelele cover by Hannah Mac at the Videos page that I posted several years ago). When will you realize.Vienna waits for you. Why don't you realize.Vienna waits for you It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two You know you can't always see when you're right, you're rightīut don't you know that only fools are satisfied?ĭream on but don't imagine they'll all come trueĪnd take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while You can't be everything you want to be before your timeĪlthough it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight When will you realize.Vienna waits for you You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through You better cool it off before you burn it out Where's the fire, what's the hurry about? Next Time: George returns with Dark Horse.Only The Good Die Young (alternate version) ![]() ![]() But really, even when Ringo is bland here occasionally, he’s never really bad. If you’re only going to listen to one song off this album, it’s the one worth checking out. My favorite song on the album is “No No Song” a fun bouncy reggae inspired song about refusing drugs and alcohol. John appear on “Oo-wee” even if the lyrics of that one are pretty weak. Melody and arrangement wise they are getting better though, and lead to that fun bouncy quality throughout the album. He’s trying and they’re passable but not really strong. Still a lot of sing songy obvious rhymes flowing from one line to the next. The whole thing just turned me off from the get go and never won me over.įor the songs Ringo is writing himself, unfortunately there isn’t much improvement yet in his ability. And maybe it is, or maybe it isn’t? Honestly the songs other verses don’t really connect with each other so it’s hard to say what it’s really about. I was not as impressed with the Harry Nilsson song, mostly because it starts off with the lyrics “Nobody loved her, it was easy to see, that made it easy for me” and it had me thinking this was going to be some kind of gross song where the guy takes advantage of a woman because he knows she’s desperate. “Snookeroo” is written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, but I probably wouldn’t have to tell you that if you listened to it. The most notable thing was the brief spoken word moment in the middle that made me look up from my painting wondering if this was going to be an old school moment where the vocalist does the whole refrain this way, but sadly it’s not. Ringo’s version is just what I would call okay, once again not his strength vocally but he’s handling it all right. There’s also “Only You (and You Alone)” a song most well known for the version by The Platters. The biggest problem with it is that it seems to be just slightly out of Ringo’s range and he doesn’t handle it too well. The exceptions to that upbeat nature are a few sad songs, Roger Miller’s “Husbands and Wives” being the most striking. It certainly seems like this was just an extension of what these guys were already doing on John and Harry Nilsson’s albums, but with a little more Ringo style brought in. The songs are mostly upbeat with lots of horns and piano filling the tracks. Fun and groovy really fits the majority of this record, with a few exceptions. The song has a nice groove to it and I can see why they chose it as the title, the start of the album, and to be a single. Review: The album actually begins with John’s voice leading the band into the song he wrote, “Goodnight Vienna.” It definitely has his signature all over it, but also fits Ringo very well.
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