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04/22/2001 Archived Entry: "Songs"

Continuing with the Disney songs thread, I've just realised how good some of the older(ish) songs. I've got a friend who has a (perhaps justifiable) pathological hatred of the 'glitzified' versions of Disney songs. Case in point: Beauty and the Beast. During the film, Angela Lansbury sings a perfectly good rendition of the song. But on the CD is a completely over the top performance by Vanessa Williams with long drawn-out notes and all the rest. What's the deal with that?

Interesting factoid: Apparently, since UK consumers view Japanese products to be of higher reliabilty, quality and value than other products, a large number of supermarkets and shops stock Matsui electronics. The thing is, Matsui electronics are largely owned and produced in the UK - the only Japanese/SE Asian thing about it is its name. Can't say I knew that.

[drums fingers on table and hmms thoughtfully]

It's at time like these, in semi-awkward pauses between conversations, that my mind races and I try to mine my brain and experiences for interesting or funny things to say. Most of the time it works quite well, and normally what I try to do is to direct the comment into a question to the person I'm talking to. I like getting other people to talk about themselves, I find I can do it quite easily.