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Buscemi apparently channeled his dark memories into the evening's highlight, a Beats-like, slowed-down, menacing, half-rapped duet of “Heigh Ho” from Snow White with Sharon Jones, complete with shoveling noises and miming, that compared favorably to Tom Waits's version on the original album. Much of the fun of the evening was comparing the night's performances to the ones on the record. David Byrne's totally irony-free live version of "When You Wish Upon a Star" was lovelier than Ringo Starr's, for example. Suzanne Vega's "Cruella de Ville" was far sexier than the Replacements'. Sharon Jones turned "The Mickey Mouse Theme" into a deep soul classic, adding grit to Aaron Neville's sweet but lightweight album version. And while James Taylor sang a nice "The Second Star to the Right" (from Peter Pan) on the album, Beth Orton's version made everyone — including the grown men at our table — cry. We hope someone was recording this. —Jada Yuan
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