He’s Just Not That Into You is a new movie based on a self-help book based on an episode of Sex & The City. In other words, I have no intention of seeing it. But, if forced, I would at least look forward to its soundtrack: My Morning Jacket, R.E.M., Talking Heads, Wilco, the Replacements, and the Cure appear. As does Scarlett Johansson covering the most famous Jeff Buckley song that’s not a Leonard Cohen cover. Some say Scarlett’s Tom Waits covers album was one of the best releases of 2008. The nicest thing I can say about this schmaltzy, solo piano-accompanied version of “Last Goodbye” is that it’s two minutes shorter than the original.
The He’s Just Not That Into You Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is out 2/3 on New Line Records.
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this is the saddest jeff buckley song ive heard, and for all the wrong reasons
She has the ability to sound as shallow as she appears.
I have been a Buckley fan for years and this dosn’t totally bother me.
Her Tom Waits cover album was great, this is a little too loungey.
wow, she really needs to stop this singing nonsense.
I find it amusing that people choose to critique things in which they have no expertise. Simon would fall off his chair! Scarlett sings well. She phrases well. Her PITCH, while not perfect,is good. She is somewhat lacking in range but she can exercise more care in selecting keys and material. After all , Lady Day(Billie Holiday) didn’t have much range but nobody ever said she couldn’t sing.
this is definitely a step up from the tom waits covers. it’s much more honest and original, that is, it isn’t blatantly a dave sitek production.
This isn’t horrible, bad though. What I’m most upset about is that this bitch doesn’t EVER write, compose, and sing her own damn songs. Anyone can put a new twist on terrific musicians like Waits’ and Buckley’s classics. Be your own artist.
um, ever see american idol? that’s what this should be compared to. It should not be compared to the latest fare from animal collective.
i’m not going to listen to this but god damn she is perfect.
Wow she’s eye fucking the shit outta me in that pic…oh I don’t care to listen to the song, I heard the Waits covers
Hallelujah
Wow. She can’t act and she can’t sing. Thank goodness for her other two great attributes.
Wow. So, your two greatest assets are what? … waiting … waiting.
I didn’t think so.
Scarlett Johansson covering Jeff Buckley? Perfect. I can’t think of two greater wastes of oxygen on this planet, though a quick glance down Stereogum’s front page will turn up a dozen that are equally bad.
Hey Genius, last time I checked Buckley isn’t taking up any oxygen since he’s dead and all…
In the future, when you comment on the internet, just type: “I am a dumb asshole”. It will save you and everyone else time.
Will you be accepting your award in person at the 2009 Gummy Commenters’ Ball? Or should we just burn a tank of oxygen?
She does have great tits, though. Wow! Jesus! What knockers!
just stop, scarlett
Those are some nice ta-ta’s!
I heard she is dating Geologist.
Dude, she’s married to Ryan Reynolds.
Even more scandalous!
I thought Ryan Reynolds WAS Geologist.
“Just hear this and then I’ll go”
Ok Scarlett. I heard it. Now it’s time for you to fulfil your end of the deal.
The trailer alone is enough for me to nominate this for Worst Movie of All Time. But Scar-Jo, yeah, she’s purty.
I think I would have liked that song a lot less if I wasn’t staring at the picture the whole time.
Scarlet Johansson is the Richard Cheese of the late 00′s.
Any Jeff Buckley cover is utterly futile.
Did someone really just say Buckley was a waste of oxygen on this planet?
And the award for most ignorant comment of the day goes to….GROBIAN
I’m sorry but someone needs to tell her that she doesn’t have to do covers. I think that might the problem. Or it could be she’s not good.
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Think how many otherwise smart and attractive people said, “Not That Into You” is a good idea for a movie. Astonishing.
I actually don’t think she’s terrible. It could be worse….
she just loves covering people that should never be covered. next up, leonard cohen.
So Jeff Buckley is someone that you think shouldn’t be covered, and then you cite Leonard Cohen as someone who shouldn’t be, either. Hmm, yeah. I guess it’s just a coincidence that both artists have a popular song entitled “Hallelujah,” then?
Rufus Wainwright covered Jeff Buckley covering John Cale covering Leonard Cohen.
Meta-covers rule. Let’s throw Jason Castro into the mix and everyone’s a winner.
It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Her voice is kinda unique. I don’t want to really listen to it again though.
Dude, something is unique or it isn’t, nothing is kinda/a bit/very/totally/any-other-adjective unique. Extend yourself and find another word. (I know everybody else who says it is also wrong)
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She should really stick to acting.
Fuck acting. Next up playboy, or even better, porn. The porn thing is a bit much, but a sex tape would be nice?
This sounds better than the tom waits covers. Probably thanks to auto tune. You can here the little auto tune pitch warble at 30 seconds in.
It does seem like the people who end up choosing to cover Jeff Buckley songs, or Jeff Buckley covers, are always the least qualified (talented) folks.
“Some say Scarlett’s Tom Waits covers album was one of the best releases of 2008.”
What idiots said that? Pitchfork devotees I would guess!
follow the hyperlink you fucking idiot.
It could be interesting to see how people would react on this song if they were told that it was some unknown indie girl singing it…
She sounds good! People are hating!
I love Jeff Buckly’s music…but Scarlett hmm i don’t know. Loved her in “Lost In Translation.”
I may be a bit of an apologist for pretty girls but this isn’t all that terrible. It’s a good song and she mostly stays in her range and, when she goes out of it, it sounds kinda sexy. Those breathy parts?? C’mon! I didn’t like the Waits covers at all, but I would listen to this again.
I gave it a shot. Now I’ll give her a shot.
I don’t hate her for doing this, but have to ask myself why? What I do hate is panic at the disco covering karma police, old as it is i will never let it go.
I only clicked on this page to see the big photo of Scarlett, anyway.
Why do people make a big deal about this chick’s tits..I mean come on,she is NO SALMA HAYEK!!! Gracious.
(@ Danielle on 1/27/09) That’s what I thought… of course, I’ve never heard the original… so maybe it is horrible by comparison. Best lyrics ever “…kiss me out of desire, baby not consulation.” Reminds me of when I fell out of love with my ex…
I knew Scarlett a few years back. Some of you may know who I am. Just want to let you know for all you guys out there that love her, she is a fucking DEMON in the sack, and I’ve had my share. True story. I will never forget the couple of times we were together…unreal. The hint to my identity is in my posted “name” if you’re curious.
I didn’t know Woody Allen had a Stereogum account.
No one cares. Even if you’re telling the truth. Gentlemen don’t kiss and tell.
I knew “(first epidemics) Then Vaccines” a few years back. I doubt anyone knows who I am just like anyone would know who he is. “Vaccine” thinks living in a big city makes you famous, kinda funny. Just want to let you know ol’ Vaccine isn’t immune to male charm, at least when he’s on cheap coke. I’ve only been fucked up enough to do a half-dozen guys in orgies, but I will never forget “Vaccine’s” asshole. That shit had been worked over thoroughly and was very accepting (and I’m not small). I came in his ear and squealed. True story. The hint to my identity is in my posted “name” if you’re curious.
I too knew Scarlett a few years back. Some of you may or may not know who I am. Just want to let you guys know out there that we made love while nestled in the lap of Michaelangelo’s Pieta as a sperm whale simultaneously transported myself, Scarlett, and the masterpiece on its back across the Pacific ocean. True story. I will never realize that bragging about my sexual conquests through an anonymous and totally unregulated forum can also easily be done by anyone — and therefore makes such boasting valueless in every sense except perhaps as a subject of mockery and as an indication of how big of an attention-starved, diarrhea-soaked douchebag I am.
Scarlett’s voice (in this song) reminds me a bit of Zooey Deschanel’s.
I had sex with that dude too. He, too, is a “fucking DEMON in the sack.” True story.
Is this an audition tape to join a high school show choir?
Jared Leto? Is that you? You should do a collab with Scarlett, 30 Seconds seems a fit collab for her. She’s ruining the good stuff. Next thing you know she’ll cover David Byrne…oops wait, she’s already threatened that. Perhaps if she really wants to be a musician…she could try actually writing her own music? Hmm, seems like a weird idea I know, but I’m sick of idiots coming in and wasting space for people with actual talent.
Simmer down Regina Spektor-Lite. I honestly don’t think Jeff Buckley ever needed to be covered. Redundant.
Stick to the Woody flicks Scar-Jo.
I agree with Anderson. How would you people react if you don’t know that it was Scarlet singing, hmm? Anywho, I don’t find her singing terrible at all. It’s breathy and seductive. She sings waaaay better than Britney or those other pop stars who sing like robots.
The singing isn’t horrible, but the piano makes it way too Don Henley for me. She basically just whitewashed a perfectly good original.
I hate it.
Scarlett please stop singing and covering great artists. You destroy my love for music.
She is self asbsorbed like all the idiots that make hollywood the fake center of the world. Anyone can cover a damn song, it’s just the fact that she’s a celebrity that makes it get played. She can’t write her own stuff, she has no talent on that end. Yea, sing someone else’s songs, read someone else’s script…just smile and pose in a red bra and- look who’s famous…. Pathetic. These celebrities really need a reality check.
Aint that the truth.
man that was boring.
not bad… just lame.
If this wasn’t a Jeff Buckley cover, the comments would be very different.
Because what the world needed was an adult contemporary cover version of Jeff Buckley. Her voice is good but the piano arrangement is so cheeseball it takes the emotion right out of the song… then again, every Buckley cover tends to. I’m looking at you Rufus Wainwright.
I don’t mind her voice, but the piano arrangement is just WAY too busy. Scarlett could really deliver a great rendition of this if the emotional wight of her vocals were given more space.
This is the opposite of peanut butter + chocolate. An example of two of my favourite things coming together to make something utterly awful. Why, Scarlett, why must you ruin good music for everyone? Just keep being a beautiful and talented actress and leave the bad cover songs to bar bands.
Just looked at the soundtrack’s song selection. Jesus Christ. When filmmakers use Talking Heads or the Replacements, can’t they be more creative than “This Must Be the Place” and “Can’t Hardly Wait” for the millionth time. This movie looks like it came from hell.
I’m glad someone above mentioned Zooey Deschanel. Because, to me, that’s a reasonable comparison. But for some reason Zooey gets a free pass when she sings and Scarlett doesn’t. I mean, I ain’t gonna buy a Scarlett Johansson album or anything, but I ain’t gonna hate on her, either.
For one, Zooey writes her own songs.
Very nice Rickie Lee Jones ‘Pirates vibe. Also an early Joe Jackson feel about it. Definitely lounge but still gorgeous if you can get past Buckley’s beautiful original and the tragedy of his early death which makes it even more poignant.
i figured this wasn’t real. just a masked animal collective post. needless to say, i’m extremely dissapointed.
Is this from the album, ‘Cold Steel Poo Bringer?’ This is pure hairy yeti poo balls.
oh please, this isn’t bad at all. i’ve never heard the original though. and i never ever heard her sing before. so to me, this was a nice surprise, especially since she was slammed for the tom waits covers. she’s far better than people like madonna or lindsay lohan or that other teen girl – hannah monthana or something like that. you people just haitin’
Seriously…this wasn’t bad. A lot better than most actresses could pull off. But, she should probably just stick to acting and being extremely ridiculously hot.
she sounds better than with the tom waites. but its still throw-away. it IS nothing. the world is not enhanced in any way by any of the covers she’s ever done. they are so mundane when not irritating.
Zooey Deschanel writes her own music, at least. To be honest, I hadn’t heard the Jeff Buckley version before, so I didn’t have that to compare it to. It seemed a little cheesy, but sometimes I like cheesy. I dunno. I also didn’t bother with her Tom Waits covers. Why would I do that to all the Tom Waits songs in my head? I like them just the way they are, thank you. Her voice was interesting. I’ll giver that.
She has a voice at least…
someone PLEASE kill her now. and take photos. and burn the photos. and take photos of that. then bomb the whole world into oblivion.
I think she’s trying a female Leonard Cohen thing or something like that.
Please make this stop. This is a shame.
I think she sounds really good…not as droney as on the Tom Waits record, which I actually like too. People are just jealous because she’s so hot.
To all those people who wrote that we wouldn’t hate it so much if we didn’t know it was ScarJo I can only say this: we wouldn’t even be HEARING it if it wasn’t ScarJo.
Anyone who is a Jeff Buckley fan should be actively pissed off about this. And, I actually like the girl. Or used to…
After that album of Tom Waits atrocities, the only thing Scarlett should be allowed to cover is her face…..with a plastic bag.
Oiy – “This is our last goodbye – I hate to hear this SONG between us DIE”.
Painful. Not Musical. Painful to the point of embarrassing to all involved. The Emperor has no ears.
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i think i just barfed a little….
if she doesn’t stop this crap, she is no longer going to be at the top of my WOMEN I WOULD SLEEP WITH IF I WERE A LESBIAN list.
you’ve been warned.
that’s certainly not enough incentive for me to stop singing…and all women would go lesbo for me.
Surprisingly good…
it`s not perfect, but i like it))well done, Scarlett!!)))
Plus, last time I checked, Jeff Buckley never wasted any oxygen. Dude was pretty damn talented.
If anything, Jeff didn’t get enough oxygen . . .
Ha!!!!!
And also: Awww….
If you stare intently at the pic, the song sucks a little less. Just a little, though.
It’s funny, both of them used to be among my favorites for their chosen fields, but as I’ve grown, I find them both more and more boring. For her, it’s probably cuz since Lost in Translation she’s been making worse and worse film choices (and getting married dammit!). For him, it’s cuz he’s dead.
This wasn’t immediately the worst thing ever – actually, I was ready to stick with it – but then the chorus came, and…wow, that is bad. I had to stop it. She started to sound like the red-headed lounge singer in LiT.
shes hot with great tits but she fucking sucks just like tom waits fucking sucks. jeff buckley is good though.
hmmm…this isn’t horrible, but i think I’ll go ahead and play Jeff now to get it out of my head. Must every actress do things like this?
Scarlett Johansson….that’s just awful….awful.
It took more than one listen on SJ covering Tom Waits–aand I ended up liking it alot. She’s different-and this is what may bother alot of people. It’s like the difference between knowing what home growned canned tomatoes taste like from your field to the jar versus a can of some store brand. If you only ever ate the store brand you’d think the home canned tomatoes in mason jars was not so good.
I would bang this broad so hard my wang would fall off
So I read most of the comments already posted as I didn’t want to be repeitive and some things occured to me. 1st as some have said if she wasn’t already famous then she wouldn’t be getting the hateful comments – sure it’s not the greatest song in the world – it’s not changing the course of music – but it’s not terrible – i have no proof but i’m pretty sure no one’s ears are bleeding. i’m also fairly sure that right now everyone can easily think of at least five songs that are way worse – (i’ll wait you think….ok? we all back on the same page) Further when the comaprison is made between her and zooey deschanel and the frequent retort is that at least zooey writes hew own songs – well some of them. she does have covers on her album and she has a co-writer. further her acting jobs and commitments realated to them (appearances, product slinging, interviews other assoicated bullshit) seem to be fewer and further in between presenting the possible arguement that scarlet hasn’t had the time to sit down and write enough songs to fill an album. who knows – i’m not a big scarlett fan and some of zooey’s stuff seemed a little hollow – regardless it seems kinda on the ridiculous side for so many people to talk so much shit.
Jeff Buckley song that’s not a Leonard Cohen cover? It almost seems like Jeff Buckley has a lot of Cohen covers. I can only remenber one. He does a lot of versions, not covers, of a lot of interesting artists, which makes him an eclectic and fantastic artist.
c pas le top , on dirait 1 gamine de 10 ans qui chante ,melle scarlett laissez la chanson a jeff ça seras mieux pour nos oreilles…………………
Have yet to have a chance to listen to this, but I can;t knock her version of ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’. Guess where I’d like to lay my head right now???
I have heard a lot worse by people that sing as their only way to make a living. This does sound a bit cabaret, but it isn’t worthy of the comments posted here. Her voice cracked a few times and I am not sure if that was intentional. I could see this voice do some jazz music.
I actually think it’s quite good. Her voice is unique and tortured, and is somewhat reminiscent of Judy Garland
You know, when I heard about this, I thought, “no f’ing way”, but I decided to be fair and give her a chance. Well, I was right. This is truly awful. She butchered a beautiful song. Bitch.
She has a voice…just sounds like she is trying to hard.
Rock on, Scarlett! Waits, Buckley. Hell Yeah! I get it…. I really do.
not awful. but delicately not brilliant. it is definitely lounge. better than alexandra burke’s cover of ‘Hallelujah’.
try to imagine it without the piano. instead, a delicate acoustic guitar. appealing yet? maybe not. lol
I don’t think that’s it’s that bad… after reading the previous blogs i was a bit nervous for her… the style isn’t for everyone… dark, smokey lounge…. i take my hat off to her for trying… singing well is not easy… good on her for trying!
I can’t believe how mean people are being! I am a music teacher and vocal coach, and I think this version of Buckley’s song is very pretty. Some people just love to try and take others down a notch or two.
I think she sounds good! I love Jeff Buckley, and i think everyone is being a HATER! Let her do what she wants. You dont like it, you never have to hear it again!
Nice boobs, terrible singing voice. Too bad.
her voice has its moments, but that piano belongs back in that hotel lounge in japan.
I agree with Chuckeroo, but still, she’s taking up a position in music which should have been filled by a more talented nobody. I mean she already has a great paying profession, why take away someone elses limelight? But then again there are many people in the world who are untalented in what they’re famous for. Like Jennifer Lopez: she not a fantastic singer/dancer/actress but she does all three though she’s fairly mediocre, but as a package she’s more affordable to companies. Then there’s Lindsay Lohan and Brittney Spears…
Meh she seemed quite good to me. First time hearing her sing and I was surprised at how soulful her voice is. Stick with it girl.