As Margaret Qualley moves into music, we rate 20 tracks by stars of film and TV, with Ryan Gosling doing ghost-rock and Jamie Foxx bringing the funk
It perhaps stretches the definition of “actor”: Parker starred in a soap opera, but was better known as pornographic actor Wade Nichols. However, Like an Eagle is incredible, a soaring, euphoric mid-tempo disco epic produced by his then-partner, Jacques Morali – and infinitely cooler than Morali’s biggest successes with Village People – so let’s bend the rules.
Captain Kirk’s debut album raises questions: are its hysterical recitations of pop hits and Shakespeare soliloquies meant to be funny or a wildly misguided attempt at out-there art? They sound nuts either way. Later albums, where Shatner is audibly in on the joke, are somehow less fun; they’re certainly less disturbing.
Produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Johansson’s debut album was heavy on Tom Waits covers and featured a cameo from David Bowie. It received a mixed response. As this self-penned song proves, it’s pretty good, its dark, foggy atmospherics suggesting a love of This Mortal Coil.
If you want evidence of where Willow Smith’s eclectic musical taste came from, her mother Jada’s penchant for nu-metal seems a good place to start. Bleed All Over Me is great: the guitars rage, former Fishbone drummer Philip Fisher adds a swing, and Jada Pinkett Smith’s vocals are really powerful.
