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...other than that I can't seem to stop playing this CD. I love it!
At 51 I'm lovin' modern digital recordings played through my car's sound system (subwoofers and all) including this CD of studio sampling and remix artists. This is a great CD to play while cruising in your car. The sound is incredible.
Every song has its own style so there's plenty of variety so it doesn't sound repetitive like a lot of modern electronica and dance music. There's some sampled sounds and looped rhythms that are amazingly artful and add a modern feel and full bodied sound to Nat King Cole's innocent, upbeat and positive style.
However, some of the remix riffs seem to clash with a melodic dissonance that conflicts with Nat's poignant style of delivery as well as playing on top of Nat's voice at times which is a big no-no to Nat King Cole fans and any other legendary vocalists for that matter. But it's not enough to ruin the majority of the CD.
For those put off by this remix of this legendary vocalist I'ld like to remind the purists that Nat has been part of the American cultural lexicon for decades just like Bing Crosby, Elvis and Campbell soup. And like Andy Warhol's use of the familiar Campbell soup can as borrowed "clip art" to force an alternative POV out of its cultural context, the same has been intelligently applied in the mixing of these selections.
Not saying the mixers did it perfectly but considering the huge cultural divide, IMO I feel most of the songs pulled it off and created something new and with a lot of ambience. One piece titled "Pick Up" has a girl smarting off in Rosie Perez street style lingo to Nat's sampled vocals. I couldn't stop laughing.
This would make an excellent party CD for all generations IMO.
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evilspliffer
fantastic music, great condition 5 stars all the way
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2016Verified Purchase
Garry
Wonderful Nat King Cole Music
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Craig Mathewson
Three Stars
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Charly J.S.
wenn Nat das wüßte
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