Another Reason To Stick to Making Movies
Filed under: Music Minute > Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson should stick to making movies and wearing pretty clothes for designers.
Her foray into the music world was a bust!
ScarJo's collection of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head, has debuted on the U.S. album charts at #126.
It only sold 5,100 copies sold its first week out.
Ouch!
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
Posted: May 29, 2008 at 10:05 am
She is a beautiful woman so any movie she does will be great that is why she should stick to movies and movies only. Top 10???
Ahh I was NUMBER ONE. HOOT HOOT. FINALLY.
should have picked Alanis, Ryan
SEVENTY NINTH!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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Its not for commercial success, shes even said that its a hobby.. Perez why oh why cant you do something productive?
116th!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO
obama ruined my show and the idiot thinks that there are
57 states. lol
SHE BOTHERS ME…too much of a DIVA..but she is hot…
I actually thought her music was really good. I have it on my itunes.
so sick of this bitch…very overrated as far as looks and acting
People should stop bashing her and give her a chance. Her voice isn't that bad, and if she weren't already famous for acting I'm sure Perez would have been pushing the album on his site because it is so different. She doesn't sound like the rest - and that's a GOOD thing.
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First?? Dumbass she's not a singer is a fucking actress only..
man pls stick with movies ( is not she is great on that either but what can you do) her music was awful, awful I didn't if i should feel sorry for her anyway it was bad Love you perez
that's still more albums than Raven sold
I can't imagine that she was trying to make a hit album. It seems to me that it was just a fun project for her. Quit making such a big deal out of it. I doubt she even cares about the success of the album.
Really? That's all? Haha! Well I am glad. I am sick of all these actors and actresses using there popularity to do music, even though they suck at it.
Well she didn't really promote the album, so it's her own fault,
If it were for the money you might have a point, but I think it was just something she had to get out. I don't think she was terrible, I've heard worse….anybody heard Madonna's new CD? Are we sure it's her's or did she just make a gueat appearance on a Timberland/Justin Timberlake/The Neptunes collaboration?
Re: Marla – Wow! It's not everyday I see my name anywhere! I've only known one other and that was Marla Gregg. Hi other Marla!
better than you could do pin dick. If there are more than 5000 people out there already with her CD then thats great. Some classics sell over time so record sales mean jackshit. sabes!!
that's not a surprise. people buy mariah carey and madonna albums : both are shitty and useless. they don't know what music is.
Not surprised it didn't get far… it was awful!!
Sorry love, you should stick to the day job!
It didn't do THAT bad over here in the UK - #61 on album charts!
more than raven lol! like she said it was only a hobby not a career change
To restate the obvious :
HER BREASTS are very nice
great tits!!
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Hey Honey stick to taking care of your tits, before the blue veins hit.
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Her album is also the #1 heatseeker for Billboard….so it's not all lost.
Scarlett: I strut my stuff, yadda yadda. I am complete fuckin prostitute, i strut my stuff. I have no talent in acting, i can only say stupid stuff like "Wobert!" (from The Prestige) with my stupid british accent. Remember, i strut my stuff (whatever the fuck that means).
This stupid prostitute (not actor) actually said that she "struts her stuff"
she is arrogant……..just another big boobed blonde, too bad THAT's never been done before in Hollywood or music………
but how many people would buy a tom waits album anyway?? it's a limited audience. whatever
I am surprised that people acutal went out and bought it! They are probably her "die-heart" fans; otherwise, she sounds horrible!
To be fair, I dont think she did a WHOLE LOT of promoting for it. It was just for fun. Besides this stuff isnt going to get any radio play and they mustve known that. I still love Scarlett though!! She is the prettiest star in hollywood i think!
As awful as her voice and song choices were she still sold more than the Raven chick.
I wonder how that makes Raven-Symoné feel… hahaha
Forgive me, but I LIKED the album. And no, I'm not an obsessive ScarJo fan or anything. I'm a Tom Waits fan and a huge fan of TV on the Radio whose guitarist produced the record. Good singers don't always make good music and bad singers don't always make bad music. In this case, the bad singer made a great album.
I MEAN, YOU LIKE TINA CHEN, THE WORLD'S WORST SINGER WITH THE WORLD'S WORST TASTE IN MUSIC! SUCK IT, PEREZ!
Has some good stuff on it,
I'm guessing it'll be a one-off then.
I like the album too. I think she did well with the covers. THe titile track is great. She had a great producer and Bowie sang on it also. Good job.
That's 5100 more copies than you, asshole. Scarlett Johansson can pretty much do whatever the f*ck she wants. The album isn't bad and her voice is more appealing than the theatrics you hear on American Idol. She took an artistic risk and got creative. Not everyone is so starved for attention and money that they consider it a failure if they don't debut at #1.
That's because it SUCKED really bad. I've listened to crappy music before but this one hurt my ears. So terrible. I can't believe someone thought she could sell albums. OMFG.
Please even her movies are flops. Her only hit is her big boobies. She's an overrated bitch.
she doesnt care about sales so whatever.
It is too bad more people didn't embrace it. It is quite good if you like interesting non-bubblegum, manufactured pop. I guess Perez was hoping for some more of the shit he keeps recommending.
Okay, firstly I disagree with the comment "should stick to making movies and wearing pretty clothes for designers." That is so sexest and rude.
Secondly, she only did the album because she was asked to. She has some friends who are struggling musicians and thought passing up the opportunity would have seemed ungrateful and stupid. She doesn't really care about selling records. Not everyone in this industry, and I know that's hard to believe, does everything for money. Some do it because they love it.
You can't judge someone for taking a chance and to be honest everyone is just afraid to say they like it because she's an actor. She does a fucking great job! Tom Waits has to be the hardest musician to cover and she does a damn good job. So give her a break.
Mommy…more more milk
shut up it was a great album the rest of yous can suck a big one
Once upon a time, a lady had to be beautiful and talented to work in Hollywood. The above picture proves neither beauty nor talent are prerequisites anymore.
This fellatio-lipped, blunt-nosed, big-boned farmgirl belongs on a farm or in a bordello.
Benicio Del Toro knew how to put her to good use, fucking her in an elevator like he was using her like a pushmower to cut grass.
I WANT HER BOOBS!
If Tom Waits came back from the grave and sang the songs himself, they wouldn't sell. This is a different time. Shallowness reigns abundantly everywhere. She chose to do something artistic, when another would have taken the bimbo pop music route. I only love her more for it.
Perez. I think you should consider the fact that not all acts of creation (especially real ones) are executed to be number one or to rake in the money. Scarlett doesn't need either of those things, and I would say her venture in music was successful. She has a beautiful voice, it's simply not mainstream. Mostly because it's not edited beyond repair. The most talented people in the world are generally the most unrecognized. Mariah Carey doesn't have a lick of admirable talent. I love Scarlett's music. Just because the majority of not-so-smart America didn't rush out and buy it, doesn't mean she failed in any way.
Have you ever purchased a Tom Waits cd?
Have you noticed where his CDs debut?
If she'd covered a mainstream artist, the results likely would've been different. Consider the facts.
Re: Lor –
Tom Waits is very much alive.
No need of coming back from the grave.
He recently released a boxset that did about as well as Scarlett will.
Kevin Federline sold more CDs than her, ha ha! I do look forward to her sex scne with Salma though!
thats causre americans have shit taste in music, here in britan where we actually apprecate talent NME love it
Re: katrin – Oops, my bad LOL
Re: Ed – It's a sex scene with Penelope Cruz not Salma
Re: G.O.D. – ARE YOU THERE GOD ITS ME MARGARET!? LOL WTF!
Perez, give this woman a break. She's WAY hotter than you and probably has a better singing voice to boot. Put your ugly ass voice on a record and see if it sells more than 5,100 copies in total. Why are you always ripping on gorgeous women like Scarlett? You're just jealous that Ryan Reynolds is banging her instead of you… which… um… totally sucks for you! Sorry buddy.
Condoms people… condoms.
mario - it wasnt supposed to be a #1 selling album, we all know that. it was her "hobby" that she was fortunate enough to produce. i don't understand why you're giving her so much shit. shes actually awesome, compared to her primaries. yeah the ones that nobody gives a shit about but you constantly give special attention to. sometimes i wonder if advertisement is really the focal point of your income. seriously. and whats with the embarrassing people who are allowed to leave comments on your site? i think once you're at the point where 7 million people read your website a month (my hypothesis), you should at least hire somebody to administer to your comments and carry out the ignorant trash.
Tom Waits is awesome, but his songs are so weird that they don't sound as good when done by someone else. And contrary to what peolpe think here, he does have a pretty big fan base.
5100 COPIES?!?! I'd like to meet a couple of these people that bought her "music". nails on a chalkboard sounds closer to music then her voice.
She sold more than I expected!
Still more than that old trannie you love so much Perez..Kylie - YAWN -Minogue
And she is young and gorgeous also unlike the botoxed etc etc ad nauseam one Minogue
She sucks she can't sing!!And is a pretentious bitch.
lol, Tom Waits. So hipster. She's so weird looking, I can't get over people calling her a raving beauty. She's got a butter face! And my dead grandmother has better boobs than her.
I don't think she was expecting to be very successful. I think more than anything, "Anywhere I Lay My Head" was a side-project just because she can. It was a labor of love, I'm sure.
my question is
who bought that piece of crap?
I LOVED HER ALBUM!!!!
I dont think it was meant to be a comercial album. More indie and for her own enjoyment and expression. Art dosent have to be popular to be beautiful.
overrated cow should have known better- stick to those make-up ARTISTS who turn you into a human of female sex and leave alone the mic.
She sounds like she took one too many sips from a bottle of cough syrup on that album–
Re: PerAzz – Agreed!
Re: Lor –
um tom waits is still alive retard, he put out an album last year.
it sold well.
Actually I rather enjoyed her vocals…very different…but cool.
REAL & working it!
It doesn't matter on her song debut $$$ she wont be quiting her day job anytime soon her next upcoming movies with kisses to Penelope Cruise & another with a naked scene :will be real & making the cash$$ ) Scar Jo is bringing back the super sexy & she is a very talented beautiful actress & can maybe to some singing in her upcoming movies , she's not as bad as those TMZ uglys (excluding a very few of them) make her out to be . YOU KNOW that PEREZ would do a much better daily celeb gossip show than you girls, hah! GO GIRLS ! VOTE HILARY 
she is fighting for women's rights, gay rights, & fashionista's everywhere! B!tch is the new Black 
i liked her music i think her biggest problem was not leting people put it on there sites like myspace and what not. i got one from youtube and it got removed then i also tried her myspace page where they played her music but wouldnt let you put it on there site. i liked it tho.
hmm big boobs do NOT= good music….
she is so full of herself….
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Hahahaha…you should call her "Maniston" since she's the one with a man's face on a woman's body
too bad i think her voice sucks she looks so freaking old for her age tho!! her big boobz make her get her career in the movie production and one more simple word for her ewwwwwww look at her face dude ugly like shit
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I like the reason she gave for doing it. That she was asked to do an album of Tom Wates covers and her musician friends would have loved the opportunity and she understood how lucky she was. That's all cool with me and probably means she will stick to acting. Love her but yeah I wasn't into her music much. She basically just sang the notes in the right order with the right rhythm, she didn't have a lot of musicianship in my opinion. Holla if you know what I mean. lol
she seems like she'd prefer the "cult" following of an album rather than mainstream success, i dont think se's aiming for a Lohan here.
I like her music. It makes me think of sitting at a little round table and watching someone sing in a small, intimate club in the city. The funny thing is I dont believe Scarlett cares what people think of it. It was more of a personal thing for her. Scarlett is an extremely versatile and talented actress. I love her woody allen flicks. I am looking forward to the new one since it was filmed in Spain. It is gonna be great. Plus it has Penelope in it too. She is gorgeous like Scarlett.
I suppose if she made talented music it would have sold better. I couldn't hear her manvoice over all the synthesized nasty music on the album. We may hate Amy Winehouse for her lifestyle but at least she has talent. And at least Scarlett has her boobies and her blowjob lips to make her money forever
she is beautiful and a respectable actress, but she sounded like shit on her album. i'm surprised tom let her cover his brilliant songs with a voice like that. he probably has a soft spot for young nubile starlets. i do respect that she obviously has some good taste in music.
I applaud her for taking a chance. obviously she didn't record this album with platinum sales in mind or she would have chosen different material. anyone who has any knowledge of tom waits would get it. obviously you don't.
lol well its cuz she cant sing and her music sucks
That statement represents everything wrong with music these days. Is it odd to find out that some people make music for the JOY of making music, not to be #1 on the charts. But you wouldn't know that because you can only judge them on their ability to crank out some overproduced beat, or the most poppy crap sound ever thrown up onto an album.
her voice makes me want to throw up and shit at the same time. this album is scarlett trying to show how "cool" she is because she "listens to tom waits"
this album sucks ass.
buy alanis' album. it is actually good.