eMusic Review
The most important thing to remember about karaoke is that you should only pick songs that your audience knows. Or can pick up easily. A number of years ago, I forgot that rule. I was so shocked to see the first single from Natalie Imbruglia's second album in the songbook that I impulsively hit the code and called up the Australian singer/songwriter/actress/model's "Wrong Impression." When it finally came up, we had to stop the song halfway through.
There may have been alcohol involved.
This isn't to say that "Wrong Impression" is a bad karaoke song. Indeed, if every person in the room had been watching as many music videos as I had in the summer of 2002, there would have been mirth, mayhem, merriment. As it had for most people in the world, though, Imbruglia's White Lilies Island had passed my audience by. That's a shame. (Trust me, I don't say that simply out of bitterness.)
Unlike its dollar bin-clogging predecessor Left of the Middle — an album buoyed by mega-hit "Torn" — White Lilies Island has lovely sonic Easter eggs, a broad range and hooks for days. And the lyrics! They're suspect and spectacular in equal measure — the way pop music… read more »
