I really really like his voice, he´s a great singer and I also wonder why people seem to forget him...
> I seem to recall musings going on in the past about which
> artists could sing which songs should a BooH Musical
> concept album be released. Those kind of musings never
> really interest me so I didn't take much notice at the
> time.
>
> HOWEVER, now that this particular artist / song pairing
> has entered my head I'm not going to be a happy man until
> I hear it come to fruition, damn it:
>
> John Farnham doing For Crying Out Loud. Oh yes, it'd be
> heaven. Oh it'd be so great, it'd be the best version of
> the song ever conceivable.
>
> For those of you unfortunate enough to not be truly
> familiar with the powerhouse of Johnny Farham's voice,
> click the link below (for a great performance from 2003 --
> the last stanza is truly fantastic).
>
> I'm sure there'll be people saying how lame as shit
> Farnham is, of those who have had any exposure to him, but
> god the guy's great. I'm thinking of starting a letter
> writing campaign to his management company until he
> records the song -- hey Ryan you can help me with that bit
> :o). With some kind of Steinman instrumentation would be
> even better.
>
> He DID do a collaboration on a new version of We Will Rock
> you with Brian May and Roger Taylor a few years back, but
> who hasn't. :o) (The difference being his version was
> truly fantastic).
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