Tuesday, August 01, 2006

The Puppini Sister - Heart Of Glass

ORIGINATION Betcha Bottom Dollar
LAST LISTENED TO in bed last night
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT plenty high
RATING

These three lovely ladies seem to be making a bit of a name for themselves right now. Their album which has been out for a few weeks now revisits the swinging '40s and with nice close harmony vocals. Benôit Charest of Belleville Rendezvous is along for the ride in part, which you just know can only be a good thing.

Heart Of Glass is, of course, the Blondie number. Here it's given quite an uptempo treatment in a kinda French jazzy acoustic guitary kinda way, with some double bass and rattly percussion moving it along. Over it Marcella, Kate and Stephanie's vocals glide along deliciously. Part close harmony and part solo singing, it brings to centre stage the vocal of the tune, which was always the best part or the original. They also ad-lib many scat parts, many of which are harmonised.

Oh, and there is a musical saw. There just aren't enough of those in the world today.

Joy.

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