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**Firecrest** · 04-14-2018, 12:04 AM

Welcome to the tenth Scarlett Johansson Thread

Scarlett Johansson was born in Manhattan, New York on November 22, 1984. She was named after the Gone With The Wind heroine Scarlett O'Hara. Scarlett has a twin brother, older sister and older brother. She has done work as an actress and model and now music.

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1995 Just Cause
1994 North

Music Career

In 2005, Johansson was considered for the role of Maria in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End revival of The Sound of Music, though the role ultimately went to newcomer Connie Fisher after she won BBC's talent show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Released on May 8, 2006, Johansson sang the track "Summertime" for Unexpected Dreams – Songs from the Stars, a non-profit collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors. She performed with The Jesus And Mary Chain for a special Coachella Reunion Show in Indio, California in April 2007.

In 2007, she appeared as the leading lady in Justin Timberlake's music video for "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around," nominated in August 2007 for video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards. The video sparked rumors of a romance between Johansson and Timberlake.

In the summer of 2007, Johansson spent about a month in Maurice, Louisiana recording an album at Dockside Studio, a rural 12-acre (49,000 m2) complex. The album, consisting of one original song and ten cover versions of Tom Waits songs, was produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and features David Bowie, members from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration. Released on May 20, 2008, it was entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head. Reviews of the album were mixed to somewhat positive. Rolling Stone commented that her "voice is unremarkable and her pitch sometimes unsteady; she's a faintly goth Marilyn Monroe lost in a sonic fog." Conversely, some critics found it to be "surprisingly alluring", "a bravely eccentric selection", and "a brilliant album" with "ghostly magic".

The album was named the "23rd best album of 2008" by NME and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and #126 on the Billboard 200 chart. Of her album, Johansson said, "I had this golden opportunity to record and thought I would do maybe an album of standards, because I’m not a songwriter. I’m a vocalist." Johansson said for her recording she "wanted to have space and [she] wanted to be in a remote place where all of us could just be ourselves and not worry about anyone trying to listen in or get in on that." Johansson said in an interview that she started listening to Tom Waits when she was 11 or 12. Of Tom Waits, Johansson said in an interview, "his melodies are so beautiful, his voice is so distinct and I had my own way of doing Tom Waits songs." In December 2008, MTV reported Johansson plans to follow-up Anywhere I Lay My Head with an album of all original music, saying, “I don’t think I’d do covers, so it’d be a project that I have to dedicate myself to. I feel like that’s something for the future.”

In 2009, Johansson covered Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" for the soundtrack of He's Just Not That Into You. Due for release on September 8, 2009, she and singer/songwriter Pete Yorn recorded a collaborative album, Break Up, inspired by Serge Gainsbourg's duets with Brigitte Bardot.

Track Listing:

"Fawn" (originally on Tom Waits' album Alice) – 2:32
"Town with No Cheer" (originally on Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones) – 5:03
"Falling Down" (originally on Tom Waits' album Big Time) – 4:55
"Anywhere I Lay My Head" (originally on Tom Waits' album Rain Dogs) – 3:38
"Fannin Street" (originally on Tom Waits' album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards) – 5:06
"Song for Jo" (original song; written by Johansson and David Andrew Sitek) – 4:09
"Green Grass" (originally on Tom Waits' album Real Gone) – 3:33
"I Wish I Was in New Orleans" (originally on Tom Waits' album Small Change) – 3:59
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (originally on Tom Waits' album Bone Machine) – 4:11
"No One Knows I'm Gone" (originally on Tom Waits' album Alice) – 2:57
"Who Are You" (originally on Tom Waits' album Bone Machine) – 4:49

iTunes Bonus Tracks:

"Yesterday Is Here" (originally on Tom Waits' album Franks Wild Years) - 2:44
"I'll Shoot The Moon" (originally on Tom Waits' album The Black Rider) - 4:11

Track Listing:

All songs written and composed by Pete Yorn, except where noted.

"Relator" - 2:33
"Wear and Tear" - 3:22
"I Don't Know What to Do" - 3:29
"Search Your Heart" - 3:01
"Blackie's Dead" - 2:37
"I Am the Cosmos" (Chris Bell) - 2:47
"Shampoo" - 3:05
"Clean" - 3:48
"Someday" - 4:17

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