Hugh Laurie

[Fletch]

We have been absolutely loving his new CD this weekend - get it and you won't be disappointed. Blues and ragtime, with unbelievable feel.

 

[Jackal]

Amazing talent. But you can't take him seriously after having seen stuff like this:

 

[Rollergirl]

Amazing talent. But you can't take him seriously after having seen stuff like this:

same here, it's a shame though

[Jackal]

Just listened to the whole album on Grooveshark. I think it's really good. His voice isn't that great, but it's him, so it makes it personal in a sense. The production is really cool. Not as raw as Daniel Lanois, but it has some of that sparseness, and the arrangements are sometimes wonderfully wacky. Cool.

[Pottel]

i am not interested in his dr. house or music stuff at all, the man used to be a genius comedian, with the likes of Stephen Fry...

[Jackal]

Can't blame a man for wanting to move on, though.

[Pottel]

$$$ indeed not...

[Jackal]

At least the $$$ are a good reason for staying at what he does Don't know how much he was offered for House when he started, but today ...

"The 51-year-old Brit earns $400,000 (£255,000) per episode for his role in the medical whodunnit series which he began filming six years ago."

(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1302604/House-star-Hugh-Laurie-named-highest-paid-actor-US-TV-drama.html#ixzz1PFPnP1Qv)

Actually, that's sick. I'm not a socialist or communist or anything, but NOBODY deserves to earn that much money, at least not for starring in a stupid TV show.

EDIT:

"Laurie, 49, who had humble beginnings on "House" with a starting salary in the mid-five figures in 2004, got his first major salary bump in summer 2006 when his per-episode fee was upped to $250,000-$300,000 an episode."

(http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/09/12/us-house-idUSN1235329620080912)

Not bad.

[Fletch]

There`s nothing on the CD that would be considered commercial - in exactly the same way nothing on Get Lucky is aimed at popular culture.

Not sure why you`d think Hughs motives are based on $$ ??
Anyway I think its very cool and would recommend it to folks that love the blues / ragtime feel.

[Jules]

Hugh was always into music

 

[goldenheart96]

I saw him live in concert twice in April and he is very very good. Didn't take me long to realise this is NOT Dr. House onstage - unlike hundreds of other lunatic fans 

[dustyvalentino]

The music is good but I agree with Guy, can't take his vocals seriously.

The figures quoted re his House fee were surprisingly LOW - the Friends actors were getting a million dollars an episode, and that was ten years ago.

To be honest I can't really be arsed with actors trying to be singers and vice versa (I'm looking at YOU Phil Collins )

Very few people have done it well (Frank Sinatra, Kris Kristoffersson).

Thank god MK has kept his dignity. "It wasn't just the records, no you must have Hollywood..."

[Jackal]

Apparently, sit-com actors are better paid, but I read somewhere that top actors these days cannot expect the same high salaries as they could earlier. Cutbacks in Tinsel town too.

Yeah, I think the music is excellent. His voice is also decent on the louder, upbeat tracks.

As for acting, I think actually Mark wouldn't have been too bad at it. In normal conversation, he can stall a lot and be really disconnected, but he has these moments when gets into it, makes impersonations that make me think that there is some undiscovered talent there. Anyway ...

[sak4]

He did a couple of concerts and I would have liked to go, but I found out too late.   Saw him on Jools Holland and on the tv programme, I was pleasantly surprised - he was pretty good.

Sally

[Justme]

As for acting, I think actually Mark wouldn't have been too bad at it. In normal conversation, he can stall a lot and be really disconnected, but he has these moments when gets into it, makes impersonations that make me think that there is some undiscovered talent there. Anyway ...

Yes, I do remember the impersonation of Chet Atkins very well, of that guy in the guitar shop ("Drop that and I'll drop you!"), but also David Knopfler impersonating Mark how Mark greets him when they meet occasionally at family celebrations was quite funny ("Hello David.").  

Have there been any more impersonations made by MK during interviews?