Bob Bakish and Bruce Gillmer understood and shared our vision and the historic nature of this project. The ‘one stop shopping’ aspect of the partnership gives us the unprecedented ability to seamlessly launch and market ‘Love For Sale’ on a global basis. It serves as an indication of what the future holds for the entire entertainment industry at large. Said Danny Bennett, “The ViacomCBS 360 partnership is innovative and clearly ahead of its time. “With the sweeping range of our unique brands and platforms, ViacomCBS offers an unparalleled one-stop shop for artists to showcase their global music releases and creative content of all varieties.”
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“We are honored to partner with the legendary Tony Bennett and the iconic Lady Gaga for ViacomCBS’ biggest cross-platform music talent collaboration to date,” said Bruce Gillmer, chief content officer of music for Paramount Plus and president of music, music talent, programming and events for ViacomCBS, in a statement. 1 and includes solo tracks from both artists as well as duets. The “Love for Sale” album arrives via the label partnership of Columbia Records/Interscope, on Oct. MTV previously premiered the first single from the album, “I Get a Kick Out of You.”
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The deal being announced today will also include a series of music video premieres, including the MTV debut of a clip for the “Love for Sale” album’s title track this Friday at noon ET. Described as providing “an intimate look into a beautiful friendship and musical partnership that transcends generations,” the special will include footage from the making of the “Love for Sale” album as well as their first full-length collaboration, 2014’s “Cheek to Cheek,” and going back to their first fruitful meeting in 2011. Last in the three-special rollout will be a documentary, “The Lady and the Legend,” available exclusively via Paramount Plus, also with a premiere date yet to be announced. “Tony Bennett’s resurgence began in the ’90s with his ‘MTV Unplugged’ and it’s timely that the last chapter ends on the same note,” said Bennett’s son and longtime manager, Danny Bennett. That branding played a major role in Bennett’s career almost three decades ago when his first “MTV Unplugged” special was turned into a surprise-hit 1994 album that went on to win the 1995 Grammy for album of the year. The show was filmed with an intimate studio audience in New York City around the time of August’s Radio City Music Hall performances. The set will air on MTV UK on 24 December and the band relished the 'challenge' of rearranging their songs to fit the format. The album was later released in the United Kingdom in April of 1971.Next up is “MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga,” pegged for winter with no confirmed air date yet. The Man Who Sold The World album was issued first in November of 1970 in the United States. Sadly, Kurt Cobain committed suicide before the MTV Unplugged album was released.ĭavid Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” was originally released on David Bowie’s third studio album under the same title.
Their presence, along with Cobain’s lyrical phrasing and gritty yet humbling resonance, left the audience spellbound. On stage, Nirvana was joined by the Meat Puppets Cris and Kurt Kirkwood.
Kurt Cobian’s haunting vocals overtook and descended the Bowie lyric into an arena of darkness and hallucination that seemed to be David Bowie’s original intent. Nirvana’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” performance was mesmerizing. Utilizing the fuzz box enabled Kurt Cobain to switch back and forth between the strumming sound of an acoustic guitar and the harsh dark sounds of his guitar on the song’s lead licks. It was later discovered that Cobain had run his acoustic guitar through a fuzz box that he could trigger with a pedal.
When first hearing Kurt Cobain’s opening guitar lick to the David Bowie song, one may wonder why his acoustic guitar sounded electric.