Friday Featured Track for Nov. 6, 2009: Remember back when Milla Jovovich made good music instead of bad movies?
Milla Jovovich getting scared out of her wits in “The Fourth Kind.” Hey, Milla, are you sure you wouldn’t rather make another folk-rock album?
The song that has been in my head the most this week:
- “Gentleman Who Fell,” Milla Jovovich, from her 1994 debut album “The Divine Comedy.”
After a couple of weeks’ hiatus, I’m returning with the weekly BAM’s Blog music spotlight the Friday Featured Track.
This week’s selection came out of a discussion this week with my colleague George Lang. We were bemoaning Milla Jovovich’s propensity for starring in cheap, critically panned movies like today’s “The Fourth Kind” and wishing she would find a better outlet for her skills and looks.
George, who has an incredibly sharp musical memory, reminded me that Jovovich made an interesting and well-received folk rock album back in ‘94. This light and lovely ballad, nicely spotlighting her lilting voice, became an alternative rock hit.
As Allmusic.com notes, Jovovich eschewed the tired dance-pop path many actress/models take when they want to make an album and opted instead for a low-key, largely acoustic record that tapped into her Slavic heritage.
Jovovich made only one more album, a 1998 mail-order-only effort called “Peopletree Sessions.”
But she’s making, what, her fourth “Resident Evil” movie? Listening to “Gentleman Who Fell,” that seems even more wrong than it did previously.
There were apparently two videos filmed for the song, so I’m posting them both here for your viewing/listening enjoyment:
-BAM
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Wow, I had completely forgotten about this song. I don’t think I ever knew she sang it. As far as her doing lame movies instead of folk rock, I would say that it’s all about the money. She makes a ton of dough on those Resident Evil movies, and she’s more famous as a movie star than as a singer.