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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Top Ten Ways to Describe PBs singing voice

It's a New Year and we're down to the top five...

1. A free download of Pierce Brosnan singing? Priceless! "Fries With That Zune? Fast Food, Slow Connection" by Staci D. Kramer, ContentMedia.

2. [TIE] “I think he has a great voice. He couldn’t sing Nessun Dorma but neither could I — and I was in ABBA.” Benny Andersson in the Sun (UK).

2 [TIE] Jonathan Ross: "Pierce Brosnan hasn't got the best voice in the business." Meryl Streep: "No, no! He's fabulous. He sounds like Tom Waits and Joe Cocker, a kind of mix." --From the Coventry Telegraph

3. [TIE] Its singing is variable, with Meryl Streep bang in tune at one end and Pierce Brosnan clutching at notes at the other like a man trying to catch flies on a windy day. ...Expect an Oscar nomination. Expect Streep to be indignant if she doesn’t win it. From Nigel Andrews in the Financial Times.

3 [TIE] “Everybody complains that Pierce can’t sing and it p****s me off. “It’s like saying BOB DYLAN can’t sing. It’s just not fair. He has a good voice.” Benny Andersson in the Sun (UK).

4. [TIE] And let's face it, nobody's going to complain if you, or I, drown out Pierce Brosnan with our equally inept rendition of "S.O.S." -- From the Orlando Sentinel

4 [TIE] “I’d like to forget the others—especially Brosnan, whose singing is the best imitation I’ve heard of a water buffalo.” — From New York Magazine

5. [TIE] {Pierce Brosnan’s singing is} a hilarious delight for the audience. -- From the India Times

5. [TIE] Pierce Brosnan’s singing appears to have been dubbed by Fozzie Bear.” — From Empire Online

6. “Among them is Pierce Brosnan as Sam (who sings like a lawnmower).” — From Teletex UK

7, [TIE] "And just wait until Pierce Brosnan warbles 'S.O.S.' You'll laugh. And then you'll be charmed." -- From Entertainment Weekly

7. [TIE] "...Brosnan's slack-jawed warbling was another matter..." – From Fishbowl LA

7. [TIE] “Pierce Brosnan’s walrus warble very nearly ruins the movie entirely.” — From AfterElton

8. The song stabbings...er, stylings of Pierce Brosnan...sounds like a drunk walrus singing through a foghorn. Or Foghorn Leghorn. Whatever's worse. — From the Palm Beach Post (Sing Along, Mamma Mia! August 28, 2008)

9. [TIE] High-pitched and only vaguely melodious. – From The Arizona Republic (Mamma Mia! Why did they let Brosnan sing? Jul. 18, 2008 )

9. [TIE] His raspy singing voice is no worse than Eric Clapton's, who is one of music's biggest stars... - From Broadway World

10. It doesn't match up with his robust, masculine image. - From The Arizona Republic (July 18, 2008 "Mamma Mia! Why did they let Brosnan sing?")

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