Sonny Bono picked up every trick from Phil Spector book and surrounded himself (and his young girlfriend) with tinkling bells,echoing drums and so on,re-creating that famous "Wall of Sound". It was a huge hit and made stars of them,thought if you ask me,it does sound a bit gimmicky. Both voices are incredibly ugly - just listen to that painful wail on "It's gonna rain" - sounds like two Sonny Bono's together,young Cher shows occasional promise ('500 Miles") when given space but most of the time it's simply case of too much Sonny.
Music is cute folk-pop with lots of covers as was the style of the time.
I understand the appeal they had for the kids at the time and fans of 1960s pop love this,but I prefer later Sonny & Cher when they polished rough edges and became TV entertainers, contrary to rock history and all the critics,I think they sounded better once they learned how to hide weak spots and push her voice in the front.
Trivia: "You really got a hold on me" was a duet here,re-recorded in the next decade with next husband. She actually made Duane Allman sounding like Sonny Bono.
No comments:
Post a Comment