awww SHIT

agreed, the old stuff is gewd. the jeff beck Truth record he sang on is dece.

i can't stand the jazz standards stuff he does today. he totally rips off billie holiday's vocal style/phrasings and the arrangements are ridiculously schmaltzy pop. and elton john should just quit cuz he's also doing jazz standards in a similar glossy pop way that sucks.
 
gives new meaning to the james bond theme he sang
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In this months Mojo, Joan Rivers has a comment about good old Rod when asked about her current playlist:

"And Rod Stewart's It Had to be You: The Great American Songbook, which has the all the great Rodgers & Hart and Gershwin and Cole Porter tunes - it makes you realise there's a lot more to Rod than just an ugly shag haircut that doesn't cover enough of his face."