Update: "People Willie Hasn't Duetted With" List Sinks To Double Figures By Amanda on July 25, 2008 5:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
I finally got myself organised with a only slightly illegal US iTunes account (in your face, Neil Young) and it is so.much.better than the denuded Aussie version. Got some free TV shows, pre-ordered the new Randy Newman CD, downloaded Keith Olbermann's Countdown vodcast -- life is good.
Browsing the country section I was struck by an ad for a Kurt Nilsen duet with Willie Nelson. Kurt Nilsen ... that face ... that face .... yes! That hobbity Norwegian bloke who boggled the globe when he won the first (and only?) "World Idol" telecast? And, erm, Willie Nelson. Singing, erm, "Lost Highway." So I clicked the preview and ... it was pretty adequate! So I paid a buck for it.
You can see/hear it on YouTube.
Willie is Willie, dude can sing "Lost Highway" in his sleep and probably did. I like it OK, but think it'll go better after a few RTDs. Could really stand to lose some of the strings though.
By Maria
on July 28, 2008 6:17 PM
You should buy his last album "Rise to the occasion", its a huge success here in Norway - thats where the duet with Willie is on. I think you can buy it on Itunes, or go to his website www.myspace.com/kurtnilsenofficial to listen to some of his songs :)