Review: Sergio Mendes
Sergio Mendes "Timeless": Aidin Vaziri | This has got to stop. Not every gray-haired musician can have his record company rope in a cross section of trendy musicians to collaborate with and expect a bookshelf full of Grammys. Yes, Sergio Mendes made wonderful Brazilian pop singles in the 1960s, including the Austin Powers-revived hit "Mais Que Nada" and masterful bossa nova interpretations of songs by Burt Bacharach and the Beatles. But on this comeback effort we find him teaming up with Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am to rehash his old songs with hip-hop beats and vocal contributions from the likes of Erykah Badu, Justin Timberlake and, yes, the Black Eyed Peas. The best thing that can be said about the result is that someday one of these songs will make a good soundtrack for a Pizza Hut commercial.
posted by Aidin at Sunday, February 26, 2006
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