Canadian singer Michael Bublé performed a song in the subway station at 66th street Thursday morning, had it filmed, and then advertised it as an impromptu event on YouTube. He’s using it to promote his new album, “To Be Loved.”
“Singing in the New York subway is something that’s been done for years and years, and I feel like it’s the most authentic, organic way to make music,” he told a Yahoo music blog. The video, though, doesn’t feel very authentic. It’s rare to have a full microphone set and hire an a capella group for an impromptu performance, isn’t it?
Anyway, does this guy do it for you? To me, he’s just trying too hard to be Sinatra, and no one can really match up to Ol’ Blue Eyes. But hey, Bublé has sold about 30 million records, so he’s clearly connecting. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Maybe he was just “testing the waters” or practicing for the invevitable future when his so-called “star-power” is as faded as a pressed 2004 marigold leaf, his retinue of parasitic hangers-on has long decamped, and he has to find a REAL job.
If I were he, and glad I’m not, I’d be picking out my “pishke” now, the pot that would hold the quarters that some people might throw in as one really sings-for-bread in some dank subway passage.
I wish I could have seen him!