Over the weekend, the Pussycat Dolls’ Doll Domination leaked, and normally such an occasion would result in a writeup, or at least a half-hearted spin through it, but readers, I have to cry uncle. Normally I would bite the bullet, grit my teeth, etc., but the damn thing is 16 tracks long, and that’s before you tack on the seven-track “bonus EP,” which–I am not kidding–includes the Dolls’ “interpretation” of “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.” I can’t do it. Twenty-three tracks? Is this Interscope’s attempt at punishing us for not embracing Her Name Is Nicole? Anyway, all that extra room does have one notable result: The four non-Scherzinger members of the dancing-lady collective are each allowed to take a turn in front of the microphone, albeit on the bonus EP. And one of the songs chosen will at the very least benefit a songwriter whose work I’ve liked in the past, even if the chosen Doll’s take on the song in question does, to put it charitably, leave something to be desired.
Ladies and gentlemen, feast your ears on Kimberly Wyatt’s version of Jane Child’s “Don’t Wanna Fall In Love”!
Of course, what this cover reveals is that Wyatt doesn’t really have much in the way of pipes, but hey, at least Child might get some royalties out of this, right? And maybe more karaoke bars will start stocking this song, since it’s really fun to sing.
Kimberly Wyatt - Don’t Wanna Fall In Love HQ [YouTube]
Jane Child - Don’t Wanna Fall In Love [YouTube]
[If you really need to find the album that bad, just hit up Google Blog Search. I can't do it, though. I'm sorry.]
That’s really funny, I was just getting a thinking about making a fall mixtape today, and just to see put the word ‘fall’ into my itunes and immediately started wondering what jane child is doing these days.
There’s a bold idea - interpreting Doris Day for a modern day girl group. Where do they get their ideas?
Oh, right, neermind.