Amanda Righetti

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (live)




I thought this live version was excellent and the backing band includes Christian Fennesz, Steve Jansen and others. Much better than the vocals-based version of the tune - 'Forbidden Colours' with David Sylvian. It's not that Sylvian's vocals suck but it's the UNKLE syndrome.

'Unreal' was absolutely slaughtered by Ian Brown as it was transformed to 'Be There'. Bad (Brown is not a singer. He's just a fashion icon and was in the right band at the right time.) and unneccesary vocals were just horrendous...

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