Swiss singer-songwriter Hank Shizzoe puts his native multi-lingualism to good use on Breather, with covers of Italian Adriano Celentano's prescient 1976 commentary on economics, "Svalutation", and "Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi" by Sixties' French Dylan wannabe Jacques Dutronc, the monotone diatribe of which is perfectly suited to Shizzoe's deadpan delivery. His own songs reflect the creeping disillusion of age, including a sardonic dismissal of online social networking ("Safe New World") and dyspeptic musings on the other new world in "Only In America", prompted by disgust at the spectacle of Michael Jackson's funeral. He's ably accompanied by his own guitar, banjo, slide guitar and keyboards in a variety of Euro-Americana modes, from rockabilly to boogie.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Hank Shizzoe - 2001 - Hank Shizzoe [320]
Hank's fourth album has the same name as he does: «Hank Shizzoe». Why? Because it’s a solo album. Literally. All Hank, solo. But not just him with a folk guitar and a good mood. No, no. With all kinds of toys and, mostly, lots of guitars. Red ones, black ones, white ones and even wooden ones. So, it’s not another House album. But you can still dance to a lot of these songs.«Hank Shizzoe» offers 14 songs. 13 of them were written specially by Thomas Erb. Along with all those Erb tunes there’s the fantastic «Do Not Forsake Me».That’s the beautiful song from the film «High Noon», written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington.
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