Streisand's Stranger in a Strange Land debuted Tuesday on a notable parcel of Internet real estate -- it's spending one week as an exclusive (and free) streaming video on the home page of Amazon.com. It is culled from Guilty Pleasures, the singer's upcoming collaboration album with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, who wrote and produced all the songs for the project, slated for a Sept. 30 release.
The video shows Streisand, wearing an evening gown and an intense expression, singing lyrics that include "You may be someone else's sweetheart/Fighting someone else's war,/And if you suffer for the millions/Then it's what you're fighting for." The video intercuts her studio performance with footage of American troops shipping off to theaters of war past and present.
On first blush, we laugh. But never underestimate Barry Gibb. He was the genius behind the Bee Gees, who many thought were finished by 1974 (for the historically-challenged, that was before the white disco suits). He has also written and produced a ton of hits for other writers. If he puts Streisand back on the Billboard 100, he ought to be shot and commended at the same time for his yeoman efforts.
