Zooey Deschanel can't (and shouldn't) sing

[Ted]

I nearly posted this in "What are you listening to right now?" bit it didn't seem quite like the right place.

I totally agree with the narrator of this video (except for the creepy, stalker moment he has about Joseph Gordon Levitt):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDwadyU-So

Well, okay. Of course she can sing; a little better than I can. It's just that she's not good enough at it to justify this lame part-time job she's created.

I kind of feel sorry for her, you know. She's successful, but chronically typecast. She's always The Girlfriend. I understand that. She wants to try something different. I've seen her in a few things. She must have some kind of clause in every contract: "In return for X million dollars, and playing The Girlfriend yet again, the studio will write a scene where Ms. Deschanel sings a song, and other characters will respond favorably to the quality of her singing."

Maybe it's a blend of a cry for help and extortion. Somebody pitch me a script where I can play a different character and I won't insist on singing! But until you do, this She & Him business is going to continue.

I mean, here we are on Songcrafters.org, with some of the best talent anywhere. And Zooey Deschanel is out there trying to pass for a singer, and not doing it well.

Life isn't fair.

Just had to get that off my chest.

[Gritter]

I disagree.

[Burtog]

I disagree also

The guy doing this vid is creepy and obvously has a problem with women.

She's a great singer and one I've been listening a lot to lately.

In fact in a few days I will have a cover of (She & Him) finsihed which is a colab with Mbee, just finishing the guitars and mixing and I will get it posted.

.............you might enjoy it Ted!?!

[Gritter]

She's also a pretty good songwriter.

[andy casson]

Hmmm, IMHO she was great in Elf, and I loved her in Yes Man- some great tracks in there (although the other female singer in the wacky band has the really good voice).

andy

[Oldrottenhead]

i've never heard of her, but i think she sings ok.i remember a similar debate years ago about debbie harry, and 30 plus years later her songs still stand the test of time.

[Geir]

I'd rather hear Zooey sing than Aldo .. but then again ... I wrote a song about her

[Ferryman]

I'd rather hear Zooey sing than Aldo .. but then again ... I wrote a song about her

Wasn't it about her sister?

[Oldrottenhead]

who is aldo? i'm really confused now.

[Oldrottenhead]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUL_VgxxYus