Scarlett Johansson

Scanning the press releases/critiques on Scarlett’s performance at Coachella Day One, it is funny to note that everyone really has his own taste/opinion.
According to A&E Interactive, it is clear that the writer wasn’t impressed and therefore disappointed of the brouhaha surrounding the news.

Let’s get this out of the way: As widely predicted, Scarlett Johansson joined the Jesus & Mary Chain onstage Friday night at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. But if that’s what you were waiting around for, you were probably disappointed.
The young actress came out wearing a paisley minidress and a straw hat toward the end of the legendary shoegazer band’s set, its first in eight years, to stand at center stage beside Jim Reid. Her job? To repeatedly sing the title line in “Just Like Honey,” a song recorded when she was an infant. Johansson looked a bit nervous and left the stage immediately upon finishing the song; she said nothing to the crowd. As to her vocal abilities, she didn’t do anything that anyone else couldn’t do. She may be a capable singer, but this performance didn’t prove anything.

Stereogum, however, commented that the actress can sing. Even if it’s only the chorus of the female part, “Jussstt like honeeyyy….”

Scarlett came out without a word, and left with Jim Reid’s asking the crowd, “Wasn’t that nice?” And honestly, it was; after a full set of classics and a newbie, The J&MC ended their set with “Reverence” and left the desert-set crowd reeling. (To answer: Yes, ScarJo can sing.)

It is true that the song became popular when Scarlett was a baby and that her voice which compared to the original female voice was not as ethereal as hers.
The Jesus and Mary Chain might have noticed the actress after the success of “Lost in Translation” wherein their song was rediscovered by the hipsters of today. It must have influenced their decision to invite her on their comeback tour. For one, she is hot. Lastly, she intends to broaden her skills by singing.
Watching the video from YouTube, I could say that the actress was probably nervous facing the music fans. But she probably had fun doing it. She didn’t say nothing but she waved to the crowd.
I just wonder what was the comment of the legendary grandpops of shoegazer?
What do you think?

The Jesus and Mary Chain sings with Scarlett Johansson

Lucky Californians. First off, they got a dose of the Scottish shoegazer grandpops Jesus and Mary Chain’s return. And then there was Scarlett proving her singing skills.
The rumour was indeed true. She might not be on the band’s first comeback gig but she was really at the Coachella.
According to Uncut, the actress showed up onstage with the reunited Jesus and Mary Chain on their warm-up gig on April 26 singing “Sometimes Always” onstage in Pomona, California. But Starpulse debunked that there was no Scarlett but instead a giant drag singer Annie Hardy who was with the band’s first comeback show.
However, the day after the band’s warm-up gig, Jim Reid and co. this time was joined by the actress taking the main stage of the Coachella music festival on Friday.
Singing vocals on the track “Just Like Honey,” the actress was caught sporting a ’60s psychedelic mini dress, a straw hat smacked in red high heels. Access Hollywood said that “Scarlett joined the band on stage three-quarters of the way through their set.”
According to NME, Jim was heard telling the crowd: “This is fucking unreal.”

The band took the stage just after the sun had set over the mountainous California desert. Dressed all in black, they tore through classics including ‘Head On’ and ‘Some Candy Talking’ as well as a new song.
“Are you having fun?” he asked. When the crowd responded positively he quipped, “Well let’s see what we can do about that!”
This didn’t stop the audience from dancing and cheering throughout their hour-long set.
Just when The Jesus And Mary Chain appeared to be winding things down, Lost In Translation actress Johansson took the stage dressed in a colourful paisley mini-dress. Without saying a word, she joined Reid on vocals for the chorus of ‘Just Like Honey’.
“Wasn’t that nice?” Reid asked after they finished their duet and Johansson left the stage.
The band then launched into their final song, ‘Reverence’, before wrapping things up.

Jim did not introduce the actress to the screaming crowd but hugged her at the end of the song.
Aside from Scarlett, other celebrities who were spotted in the crowd are Coachella regulars Danny DeVito, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz, even wild child Lindsay Lohan and Adam Brody from “OC California.”

Scarlett standing with the band

Is she at ease handling the microphone?

Mesmerising the crowd with “Just Like Honey.”

The original “Just Like Honey” off the band’s 1985 album “Psychocandy.”

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The Jesus and Mary Chain and Scarlett Johansson