Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 03, 2005
Singing Swingers

Oh Say Can You Sing? is a new CD featuring 10 major leaguers, including Hall of Famer and American Idol dad Ozzie Smith singing their favorite songs. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the CDs goes to support the ballplayers favorite charities. As a bonus, you also get a DVD with features on the making of the album and outakes.

As for the recordings, I don't think any of these players should quit baseball to make their fortunes in the recording business. The best of the bunch is Aubry Huff singing Letters from Home. He expresses real emotion in this recording. Kelly Wunsch does a good job with Hurts So Good, but he's just doing Mellencamp, not adding anything original.

Ozzie Smith show off his falsetto in an otherwise flat rendition of Cupid. He's technically fine, but the song lacks fire. He needs to do the equivalent of a back flip, but we just get him trotting out to shortstop.

If you have a favorite player on the album, it might be fun CD to put in your collection. Buy it to help out charities, but don't expect to be wowed by the music.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:23 AM | Charity | TrackBack (1)
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