The Return of Bruno... er, Bruce Willis
The legendary Bruce Willis album from 1988, "The Return of Bruno," is widely regarded to be one of the worst albums ever released. Not fair, I say. Read on for why I think that (aside from the fact that it couldn't possibly be worse than "Golden Throats." Look that one up yourselves).Willis does covers here, and that's why people hate it. Willis is a good singer, but there's no ay that he'll be able to top the original artists. People seem to like the one original song on the album ("Jackpot (Bruno's Bop)"), bt trash the covers. Get any thought out of your head that this will be any good as the originals, and it's a fun album to listen to. You have Detective Mitchell's guarantee.
Of note, there was also a film released directly to HBO a year earlier that bore the same name as the album. I don't know if any of the songs here appeared on the soundtrack, but I'll hazard a guess and say maybe. The film, according to the IMDB, is a mockumentary chronicling the life and career of fictional 60s singer Bruno Radoini (played by Willis). Musicians such as Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, the Bee Gees and more. It sounds interesting, and may be worth a pickup. Until then, here's the album.
Tracks:
1. Comin' Right Up
2. Respect Yourself
3. Down in Hollywood
4. Young Blood
5. Under the Boardwalk
6. Secret Agent Man/James Bond is Back
7. Jackpot (Bruno's Bop)
8. Fun Time
9. Lose Myself
10. Flirting With Disaster
posted by Detective Mitchell @ 9:19 PM
3 Comments:
My memory of the movie is pretty vague after 20 years, but I do remember a live performance of "Secret Agent Man," so this is likely the unofficial soundtrack for the film.
I was sorta confused when "Bruno the Kid" hit TV -- I thought it was an animated prequel to the movie, and didn't think that'd work. Turns out it had absolutely nothing to do with this Bruno... Willis obviously has a love for the alias though.
Whoops, double-post. Didn't realize that "Under the Boardwalk" was on here. The previous year, he also sang that with Dolly Parton on her variety show. The clip's on Veoh (though this link may get cropped by the blogger):
http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e97180q3DMGbwR
i fondly remember this album; i was a kid at the time but i remember thinking it wasnt half bad.
I think bruce did a 2nd album as well, but that one, i believe, sucked.
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