Somehow I missed the news that Christina Aguilera was going to sing a track for the comic book tie-in The Spirit, although that could be because the film itself barely blipped onto my radar. Speaking of blips, “Falling In Love Again (Can’t Help It)” is an eight-minute plugged-in reworking of the Frederik Hollander/Sammy Lerner song first brought to prominence by Marlene Dietrich, and subsequently covered by lots of other acts; Aguilera’s version has a musical bed that echoes the moody electro of Broadcast and Pram, and a remarkably restrained vocal take. Clip after the jump.
Christina Aguilera - “Falling In Love Again (Can’t Help It)” [YouTube]
Frank Miller is doubtless blaming the failure of that thing on everyone but himself.
Along with the new material on her best of and now this, I really can’t wait for her next record.
bryan ferry’s falling in love again, from 2000 or so, is still my favorite.
“a remarkably restrained vocal take”
I wrote something very similar about the song a while back. I love that this is the way of saying, “Thank heavens she didn’t over-sing this shit.”