{"product_id":"classic-songs-my-way-50th-anniversary-edition-2cd","title":"Paul Anka \/ Classic Songs My Way: 50th Anniversary Edition (2CD) - CD (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anka, Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Special Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 04-09-2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\n\n\nAnka, Paul\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nPaul Anka follows up 2005's\nRock Swings, his popular collection of covers done classic Vegas ­style, with another collection of unlikely pop and rock songs--also done classic Vegas ­style. One of the most familiar tricks could be termed the reverse stunt: Cyndi Lauper's \"Time After Time,\" for instance, is speeded up into a fingersnapping brassy strut. (On\nRock Swings, Anka had famously done the exact opposite with \"Smells Like Teen Spirit,\" slowing it down to a loungy pace.) But hey, if it's not broken! After all, Anka is in fine vocal form and he sure knows how to sing against the big-band arrangements. Once again, the best songs are the most unexpected, like the strutting take on the Killers' \"Mr. Brightside,\" the triumphant read of Foreigner's \"Waiting for a Girl Like You,\" which gradually builds up, the super-lush cover of Duran Duran's \"Ordinary World,\" and the strutting \"Walking in Memphis.\" Note that Anka actually picked from his own oeuvre for the albums's two duets: Michael Bublé joins his onetime mentor on 1958's \"You Are My Destiny,\" while Bon Jovi helps out on \"My Way\" (a song Anka adapted from a French original)--which paradoxically is the least convincing track in the bunch. --\nElisabeth Vincentelli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 602517369474\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0602517369474\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245005443331,"sku":"X6-K2M7-Y7LC","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51GTl3pQAhL.jpg?v=1640301536","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/classic-songs-my-way-50th-anniversary-edition-2cd","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}