June 12, 2013
I’m left with the feeling that, were you able to somehow scrape Tony off of this, along with some of the Hollywood excesses of the LA orchestra, the end result might actually come out as quite a nice little song. Of course, we can’t, and it doesn’t, but the failure’s not as ignominious as it might have been. (2)
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June 10, 2013
Ridiculous, but there’s the tiniest kernel of understanding buried in here along with the finger-snapping tune; not enough for Tony to really embrace his inner ham in the style of Bobby Breen, and he’s not a good enough singer to tease out the dignity in schlock a la Billy Eckstine, but enough to make me steer away from giving it the lowest score possible. (2)
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