{"id":2979,"date":"2004-11-30T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2004-12-01T03:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/30\/itms-kevin-spacey-beyond-the-sea\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:13:09","slug":"itms-kevin-spacey-beyond-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/30\/itms-kevin-spacey-beyond-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"iTMS: Kevin Spacey &#8216;Beyond the Sea&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FplayListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Beyond the Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2004\/11\/graphics\/beyondthesea-2.jpg\" height=\"148\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" alt=\"Beyond the Sea\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night while bouncing randomly around the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/store\/\" title=\"Apple - iTunes - Music Store\">iTMS<\/a>, I noticed an album by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000228\/\" title=\"Kevin Spacey\">Kevin Spacey<\/a>. Since I know Kevin as an actor, and not a singer, I was a little curious, and did some investigating. Turns out that there&#8217;s an upcoming biopic of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbydarin.net\/\" title=\"The Official Fan Site for Bobby Darin\">Bobby Darin<\/a> called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondtheseathemovie.com\/\" title=\"Beyond the Sea\">Beyond the Sea<\/a> with Kevin in the lead role (as well as directing and producing), and he actually does all of his own singing for the film.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough to peak my curiosity, and I went ahead and bought <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FplayListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Beyond the Sea\">the album (19 songs for \\$9.99)<\/a>. After a couple listens over the course of the day, I&#8217;ve gotta say that I&#8217;m impressed &#8212; while I have no doubts about Spacey&#8217;s acting chops (I think he&#8217;s one of the best of today&#8217;s stars), it&#8217;s a very pleasant surprise to hear how well he does crooning away at Darin&#8217;s signature pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Highlight tracks I&#8217;ve discovered so far are <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D30393081%2526playListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"The Lady is a Tramp\">The Lady is a Tramp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D30393008%2526playListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Beyond the Sea\">Beyond the Sea<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D30393074%2526playListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"As Long as I'm Singin'\">As Long as I&#8217;m Singin&#8217;<\/a>, and of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253FselectedItemId%253D30392998%2526playListId%253D30392955%2526originStoreFront%253D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Mack the Knife\">Mack the Knife<\/a>. If you&#8217;re at all into this era and style of jazz, I&#8217;d say the albums worth picking up, and I&#8217;m definitely looking forward to the film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\"><\/a> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpacey, Kevin%2526albumTerm=Beyond the Sea%2526songTerm=Mack the Knife%26partnerId%3D30\">Mack the Knife<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpacey, Kevin%26partnerId%3D30\">Spacey, Kevin<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DSpacey, Kevin%2526albumTerm=Beyond the Sea%26partnerId%3D30\">Beyond the Sea<\/a><\/em> (2004, 3:04).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night while bouncing randomly around the iTMS, I noticed an album by Kevin Spacey. Since I know Kevin as an actor, and not a singer, I was a little curious, and did some investigating. 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