The Guardian has a "Music's Secret Weapons" list this week (ie: 49 movers and shakers talk about their favourite "hidden gems". I won't get round to entering the competition to win £500 and write No.50. Anyhow Sean Rowley has already bagged mine. The genius that is Born to be With You from Dion. Still makes me weep every time.
If singers employed the Lee Strasberg method Dion would have been Brando. To inhabit a song is a gift given to few performers, and for me Dion is the master. This was produced by Phil Spector and its shadow looms across contemporary music from Spiritualized to Primal Scream. As for me and my humble opinion, the greatest singer joined the greatest producer in the studio and made the greatest record ever.
Okay, I'm going to give this another try now. I don't think I was listening in the right environment the last couple of times. And this decision is down more to JemBlog that to Mr Rowley, who I find a bit confusing.
Posted by: Alan Connor | October 13, 2006 at 11:32 AM