| 1. Come Alive |
| 2. Insatiability |
| 3. NYC Beatz |
| 4. Angel |
| 5. Gypsy Light |
| 6. Holding On |
| 7. Slow Jamm |
| 8. Pain In My A** |
| 9. Beatz of Live |
| 10. Skit #1: My Gutter Ways |
| 11. Everything You Do |
| 12. Skit #2: 'PP Man' (Punjab da Puttar) |
| 13. Fall Into My Arms |
| 14. Do You Remember |
| 15. On My Own |
Editorial Reviews
This album marks the first entry of many installments into my lifelong musical diary. I look forward to the many pages of music I have yet to deliver...
Product Description
2 Words: Strikingly ECLECTIC. This album transcends musical boundaries, with a mix of Techno, House, R&B, Pop...ATHUL delivers amazingly unique music. There is even a mix of East Indian music on some songs, with the gorgeous sounds of the Sitar and Tabla instruments, made famous in the Western World by LED ZEPPELIN and The BEATLES. The lyrics are deep, the arrangements profound, and as if that wasn't enough...ATHUL has thrown in 2 HILARIOUS COMEDY SKITS as well!! His musical influences of PRINCE, MAXWELL, GEORGE MICHAEL, LENNY KRAVITZ and U2, to name a few...shine through ATHUL's amazing voice, and stellar music. Keep an eye on this kid, cause he'll be around for a while. Buy a copy of the 15 track item today...it will be an investment into an already successful career.
Come Alive
Come Alive,Athul
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Big Come Up
Black Keys Manufacturer: Alive Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000063WDH Release Date: 2002-05-14 |
Tracks:
- Busted
- Do The Rump
- I'll Be Your Man
- Countdown
- The Breaks
- Run Me Down
- Leavin' Trunk
- Heavy Soul
- She Said, She Said
- Them Eyes
- Yearnin'
- Brooklyn Bound
- 240 Years Before Your Time
Customer Reviews:
Meet me at the bottom........2006-10-12
This is one of the most talented young bands around. They've succeeded with a sound that's all their own and with minimal equipment. I wish them every success.
Bruised Blues.......2006-05-07
Welcome Addition To Your Blues Collection.......2006-03-12
Off The Big Come Up
Busted
Do The Rump
Brooklyn Bound
Off Thickfreakness
Title track - Thickfreakness
Have Love Will Travel
Hurt Like Mine
Off Rubber Factory
Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
Grown So Ugly
Keep Me
Really good stuff if you are into thick, gritty, full sounding blues style music.
stripped down rock.......2006-02-23
Their best.......2006-01-26
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Call of the Mystic
Karunesh Manufacturer: Real Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00020HDXU Release Date: 2004-05-11 |
Tracks:
- For the Joy of it All
- Hearing You Now
- Monsoon's Dance
- Mount Kailash
- Sunrise at the Ganges
- Zensual
- And the Grass Grows by Itself
- Ancient Voices
Album Description
While other genre labels like Narada and Windham Hill diversified from their new age roots, Real Music has been consistent over the years in providing nothing but the best music for relaxation, meditation and spiritual enhancement. Their most notable recordings come from an Eastern Buddhist mindset, with multi-instrumentalist Karunesh leading the pack on the strength of previous discs Zen Breakfast and Nirvana Café. His basic approach to contemplative music involves a blend of exotic textures (bells, chimes, Tibetan bowls, sitar and Chinese instruments) with easy grooves and rich walls of ambience. The new collection's trance inducing instrumentation and sensuous rhythms begins with a few minutes of pure ambience and sitar, before slowly introducing a gentle percussive line ("For the Joy of It All"); Avinash's graceful Indian violin carries a mournful beauty that is also part of the similarly hypnotic, easy grooving "Monsoon's Dance." Bikram's Bansuri flute floats through beautifully in key locations, such as the introduction of "Mount Kailash." While the uninitiated might feel that there's a certain repetitive nature to the tracks (which usually begin with sparse instrumentation before the electricity is turned on), the intention is more to invoke a sense of inner peace than to be truly innovative. The title of the richly textured "Zensual" sums up the mystical intent of the thought provoking exercise.~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Customer Reviews:
The pleasure in the feeling of non-existence.......2006-05-28
It's been 4 days since I bought them. I am not listening to any other song than Monsoon Dance for almost 4 days, day and night.. I am usually obsessed with these kind of mystic songs, listening to one song at a time for days a stretch, even when I sleep.
Thats the effect of the song Monsoon Dance. Truly, the mystic feeling of non-existence is an amazing pleasure. I feel one with the entire universe when I listen to this song.
I wonder what the composer might have gone through to come up with such an amazing piece of music. The Indian violin's effect is rather deep.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.......2006-03-10
This is great!.......2006-01-12
Masterful & mystical "new age music" from KARUNESH .......2005-09-23
Call of the Mystic~Karunesh.......2005-07-10
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The Roots Come Alive
The Roots Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00002ND8Y Release Date: 1999-11-02 |
Tracks:
- Live At The T-Connection
- The Next Movement
- Step Into The Realm
- Proceed
- Mellow My Man/Jusufckwithis
- Love Of My Life
- The Ultimate
- Don't See Us
- 100% Dundee
- Adrenaline!
- Essaywhuman?!???!!!
- Silent Treatment
- The Notic
- You Got Me
- What You Want
- We Got You
- The Lesson - Part III (It's Over Now)
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorites.......2007-01-07
You Got Me.......2006-08-25
not all from the same show.......2005-08-26
disappointing.......2004-11-12
THE ROOTS COME ALIVE!!!.......2004-06-24
Given that factor, let me qualify: First of all, I LOVE hip hop, and I've seen some great hip hop shows. I ALSO love rock and roll and have seen some fantastic shows, but two of my favorite shows I have been to included the Roots.
Now, to the BREAD of the review. The Roots, though a hip hop group, are one of the most talented musical bands that are out there today. Every single musician in their band has amazing skill at what they do (including Black Thought, the lyricist, who is REGULARLY overlooked when it comes to great lyricists). A live Roots show is more than just a show, it's an experience. Both times I've seen the Roots live, they were "just" the opening band, and both times, they've opened and I've been privy to some jaw dropped kid looking at me and saying "wow, that was F@#king AMAZING!", soon after said Jaw-dropped kid had looked at me like I was completely crazy and in the wrong place when I went nuts at the Roots introduction to the stage.
This album, is not quite the same as a live Roots show, but, it's about as close as it gets. It's also amazingly clean in terms of production (as Roots performances are), and the setlist that is played on it is AMAZING. I only WISH I had gotten to see this setlist at the concerts I saw. If you know the Roots, then this is a must have (I had all of their studio albums before buying this, and I'd probably say that after Organix (which is a little strange to many, because it's so jazzy), this is probably my favorite).
My advice to you is to buy this album and get a ticket to see the Roots at a venue near you. THEY WILL NOT DISSAPPOINT!!!
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Fellow Workers
Ani DiFranco , and Utah Phillips Manufacturer: Righteous Babe ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IWML Release Date: 1999-05-18 |
Tracks:
- Joe Hill (Instrumental)
- Stupid's Song
- The Most Dangerous Woman
- Stupid's Pledge
- Direct Action
- Pie In The Sky
- Shoot Or Stab Them
- Lawrence
- Bread And Roses
- Why Come?
- Unless You Are Free
- I will Not Obey
- The Long Memory
- The Silence That Is Me
- Joe Hill
- The Saw-Playing Musician
- Dump The Bosses
- The Internationale
Amazon.com
Following their successful 1996 The Past Didn't Go Anywhere collaboration, anticorporate folksinger Ani DiFranco and vagabond historian-storyteller Utah Phillips gather for another rousing round, though Fellow Workers is a looser, funkier, more acoustic affair than its predecessor. These sessions step lively: the performers burst into seemingly spontaneous applause, cheers, and laughter. Phillips honors civil disobedience, leftist matriarch Mother Jones, and the complex feelings entwined with the promise of a better America. The album's core lies where "The Long Memory"'s soulful organ, bass, and trumpet flow into the powerful "The Silence That Is Me." DiFranco and band provide mellow fingerpicking, shattered beats, hopped-up Wurlitzer, and bass-heavy funk, beautifully complementing Phillips's wry tales and paying homage to the invaluable oral tradition. --Paige La GroneCustomer Reviews:
Ode of an Old Wobblie.......2006-03-20
The political consciousness developed in my youth coincided with an expansion of my musical tastes under the influence of the great blues and folk revivals of the 1960's. Unfortunately my exposure to the blues greats was mainly on records as many of them had been forgotten, retired or were dead. Not so with the folk revival this was created mainly by those who were close contemporaries. Alas, they too are now mainly forgotten, retired or dead. It therefore is with special pleasure that I review Utah Phillips Songbook while he is very much alive.
Many of the folksingers of the 1960 have attempted to use their music to become troubadours for social change. The most famous example, the early Bob Dylan, can be fairly described as the voice of his generation at that time. However, he fairly quickly moved on to other concepts of himself and his music. Bob Dylan's work became more informed by the influences of Rimbaud and Verlaine and the French Symbolists of the late 1800's and thus moved away to a more urban, sophisticated vision. From the start and consistently throughout his long career Utah has acted as a medium giving voice to the troubles of ordinary people and the simpler ethos of a more rural, Western-oriented gone by day in the American experience. He evokes in song the spirit of the people Walt Whitman paid homage to in poetic form and John Dos Passos and John Steinbeck gave in prose. He sits conformably in that very fast company. Utah Phillips can justly claim the title of a people's troubadour.
A word about politics. Generally, one rates music without reference to politics. However, Utah has introduced the political element by the way he structured the Songbook. Each song is introduced by him as to its significance heavily weighted to his political experiences, observations and vision. Thus, political comment is fairly in play here. Utah is a long time anarchist and unrepentant supporter of the Wobblies (International Workers of the World, hereafter IWW). Every militant cherishes the memory of the class battles led by the IWW like the famous Lawrence strike of 1912 and honors the heroes of those battles like Big Bill Haywood and Vincent St. John and the militants they recruited to the cause of the working class in the first part of the 20th century. They paved the way for the later successful organization drives of the 1930's.
Nevertheless, while Utah and I would both most definitely agree that some old-fashioned class struggle by working people in today's one-sided class war would be a very good thing we as definitely differ on the way to insure a permanent victory for working people in order to create a decent society. In short, Utah's prescriptions of good moral character, increased self-knowledge and the creation of small intentional communities are not enough. Under modern conditions it is necessary to take and safeguard political power against those who would quite consciously deny that victory. History has been cruel in some of the bitter lessons working people have had to endure for not dealing with the question of taking state power to protect their interests. But, enough said. I am more than willing to forgive the old curmudgeon his anarchist sins if he'll sing `I Remember Loving You' the next time he tours the Boston area.
In A Wobbly's Living Room.......2004-06-17
So what does Ani DiFranco bring? Aurally speaking, a band and production chops. Wisely she keeps that as a backdrop to Utah's words. Except for a few instrumental pieces, the band simply gives Utah a sort of funky, acoustic groove to rap over. This is the capturing of a live show (in New Orleans), and Ani has mostly downplayed studio trickery to keep the intimate, living room feel of the concert. But, of course, what Ani really brings is her Army. And the real purpose is to introduce Ani's followers to a man who is now an elder statesman of Direct Action. I already knew about Utah, and I already knew how to sing "Pie in the Sky." For me, and for fans of Utah, this album works because Utah is up front and in good form; it's an "Essential Recording" for Utah, if not necessarily Ani. For the Army...welcome to the history we were never taught. Take a seat and pay attention.
quit whining and listen..........2003-11-21
Inspired by adversity........2003-07-09
Fellow Workers isn't an album of alternative rock or folk pop by any stretch. Rather, it's a musical stage on which Phillips tells stories of the American workers' plight and their struggle for rights as the nation developed. And it's a bloody powerful tale he tells, shot through with hardship and death, corruption and plain dirty dealing, and the indomitable spirits of the American men and women who refused to bow down and take less than they deserved.
Some he tells in straight storyteller fashion, with DiFranco and Phillip's Mensabilly Band providing a musical backdrop. Others he sings, sometimes alone, sometimes with a harmonic accompaniment by DiFranco and others in the band. Believe me, when Phillips first opened his mouth for a sing-songy chant called "Stupid's Song," I was prepared to dislike this album immensely. But then he launched into the story of Mother Mary Harris Jones, the miners' friend, who at age 83 was labeled by President Theodore Roosevelt "the most dangerous woman in America" -- a fiesty champion of underground workers across the country, driving scabs from the coal pits with a broom and singlehandedly facing down a militia.
And I was hooked.
The soul of working people.......2003-05-22
These are some great old union songs combined with a bit of labor history in between. Yet this isn't dead and sterile history, for nothing could be more timely in today's world. In fact, this is one reason why I'm glad that Utah's voice isn't more polished- it doesn't distract from the lyrics and the message. And the message is that it is the workers that actually make this society run, we have the actual power, and the bosses don't give you anything out of the goodness of their hearts! You have to fight for it! You have to organise to get it! That was true a hundred years ago and it is just as true today.
In a time when workers are constantly being brainwashed by the corporate and political powers-that-be into thinking that they are disposable "losers" and paracites, it is refreshing to be reminded that it is the bosses that are the real disposable paracites. They live off our labor- sing it out! They are nothing without us- or without the workers in the foriegn countries where they are shipping our jobs.
This isn't simple minded nostalgia. It is deep rooted truth. This is an intelligent piece of work (Utah's back up is the Mensabilly band- like the High IQ society.)
The liner notes are by Howard Zinn (The People's History of the United States.) It is quite an educational tract in it's own right.
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Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll
Henry Purcell , Nancy Argenta , and Nigel North Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000059LOH Release Date: 2001-06-05 |
Tracks:
- O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Not All My Torments - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
- Stripp'd Of Their Green - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- If Music Be The Food Of Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- Incassum, Lesbia - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
- Sweeter Than Roses - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
- Cupid, The Slyest Rogue Alive - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- From Silent Shades - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Dear Pretty Youth - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
- From Rosy Bow'rs - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Now That The Sun Hath Veil'd His Light - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
- Beneath A Poplar's Shadow - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
- I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
- Let Us Dance - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
- Fairest Isle - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby
Tracks:
- Nymphs And Shepherds - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Amidst The Shades And Cool Refreshing Streams - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- Love In Their Little Veins Inspires - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/Nigel North
- Fly Swift, Ye Hours - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- The Plaint: O Let Me Weep - Nancy Argenta/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- In The Black, Dismal Dungeon Of Despair - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
- See, Even Night Herself Is Here - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones
- Why Should Men Quarrel? - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/John Toll
- Seek Not To Know - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Retir'd From Mortals' Sight - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- To Arms, Heoric Prince - Nancy Argenta/Mark Bennett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Halcyon Days - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Bid The Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Lord, What Is Man? (A Divine Hymn) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Music For A While - Nancy Argenta/John Toll
- If Music Be The Food Of Love (1st Setting) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll
- Sawney Is A Bonny Lad (A Scotch Song) - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
- When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
- Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
- Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North
Customer Reviews:
Nice Collection.......2007-03-05
PERFECT!.......2006-10-26
The only flaw there is, is not related to the singing or playing: no text enclosed.
Great singing and excellent value for money.......2004-09-19
More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'.......2001-08-02
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Land of the Sky
Al Petteway & Amy White Manufacturer: Maggie's Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007KIGAO Release Date: 2005-04-12 |
Tracks:
- Land of the Sky 2:58
- Black Bear's Picnic 4:16
- Shady Grove 4:39
- Across the Blue Mountains 4:11
- Bobcat in the Brambles 3:03
- Sunny Day 3:08
- Pretty Polly 4:00
- A Walk in the Woods 4:20
- Western Highlands 3:30
- Wafaring Stranger 4:33
- The Cuckoo 2:42
- Swannanoa 4:44
- Ryan's Rambles 4:05
- Trillium Waltz 2:33
Album Description
The Southern Appalachian Mountains come alive in this recording of original compositions & traditional mountain melodies on Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Celtic Harp, Banjo, Fiddle, Irish Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, Vocals and Percussion.Instrumentation that includes:Al: Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Irish Bouzouki, Fretless Bass, Vocals & Percussion;Amy: Acoustic Guitar, Celtic Harp, Mandolin, Vocals & Percussion;Joe Ebel: Violin.Customer Reviews:
Acoustic stringed instrument lovers, take note!.......2005-10-20
Both original and traditional compositions of mountain melodies .......2005-08-07
A fan from Arlington, VA........2005-05-05
This CD may be their best. It is musically rich and as all are of their CDs, it is innovative. A good example of that is their version of the standard folk song, "Pretty Polly".
There is not a bad cut on the CD, and like other great artists, the CD's theme of an Appalachian journey not only holds together, it works quite well. I have listened to this CD over and over and find something new every time. This is one to buy and keep.
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Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey
Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000584UL Release Date: 2001-02-13 |
Tracks:
- Forbidden Broadway 2001: Another Op'nin, 'Another Show
- Futuristic Stewardess/Usherette: Come Fly With Me
- Judi Dench: Why Can't The English?
- Trouble In New Tork City: Trouble
- The Music Man Revival 2001: Till There Was You
- Cole Porter: You're The Top/From The Moment On
- Kiss Me, Kate Revival 2001: Wunderbar
- I Hate Ben - Marin Mazzie: I Hate Men
- Cheryl Ladd In Annie Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business
- Miss Saigon Farewell: Why God Why?
- Saturday Night Fiasco: Stayin' Alive
- Gwen Verdon & The Fosse Dancers: I'm A Brass Band/Steam Heat
- Liza Minnelli 2001/Alan Cumming in Cabaret: Wilkommen
- Let's Run Times Square Again: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
- Ethel Merman & Elton John: I've Got Rhythm/Old Fashioned Wedding
- Beauty's Been Decreased: Beauty And The Beast
- Being Lupone: Being Alive
- Sondheim's Blues: Buddy's Blues
- Streisand's Farewell Tour: Happy Days Are Here Again/Mame
- Les Miz 2001 - Edith Piaf/Milord
- Aida - Amneris Intro: Every Story Is A Love Story/Heather Headley/It's Cheesy: Easy As Life
- Elaborate Sets (Aida Cont.): Elaborate Lives
- Angela Lansbury: I Don't Want To Know
- The Full Monty: Let It Go
- 76 Hit Shows: 76 Trombones
- Bows-Ta-Ta Folks: Another Op'nin, 'Another Show
- Joseph And The Amazing High 'C': Any Dream Will Do
Customer Reviews:
As Always, Hilarious.......2007-05-03
Spoof Odessey worth the laughs!.......2002-04-14
Particularly strong is Track 16, "Let's do an old fashioned show tune," featuring Elton John and Ethel Merman duking it out over AIDA, which Merman says is "putting everyone here through hell." Likewise, Track 15, "Let's Ruin Times Square Again," tickles my funny bone. Also wonderful are the satires of Beauty and the Beast, Angela Lansbury, and the Full Monty; Gerard Alessandrini's done a tremendous job with these! In addition, this CD's introductory song is much stronger than those on the previous volumes of Forbidden Broadway. It really sets the tone for the best parts of this recording.
Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, the first half of the CD is a bit thin, which is why I give this recording 3 out of 5 stars: Even though it entertains me, there's a lot I have to skip over. For example, the Liza Minelli spoof annoying (though, I admit, a little funny), and in the Music Man revival satire, their Robert Preston impersonator sounds *nothing* like the original. (In earlier recordings, the actors *did* sound like the people they claimed to be.)
The good news is that the CD has 30 tracks in all, so even though there are 13 that I dislike, I just love the rest... I do recommend it!
better to be "Lost in Space".......2001-12-31
While I agree with some of the other reviewers that there is some nice work, I don't know that Saturday Night Fiasco and Sondheim's Blues are sufficient to carry the rest of the tracks. Not much seems new or worse yet, important. Disney isn't new, nor is Les Miz. And while pointing out what is stale and pedestrian on Broadway was amusing on the last couple of releases, this Forbidden Broadway spoof clearly has joined the list of stale and pedestrian.
While there is some nice material on this disc, I really didn't laugh out loud, and that is why I have always bought these in the past.
If Alessandrini reduces the show to the same complaints of the same shows and then replaying lightly tweaked versions of past numbers, Trouble and Alan Cumming in Cabaret specifically, then he has himself is on the becoming a revival - and we know what he thinks of revivals.
The repeats might even be acceptable if there was something fresh in the perfomance, but both were done much better on their respective discs. I think Danny Gurwin is a great comedian, but he doesn't shine in either of these numbers. We also need a recording with no Ethel Merman or Liza numbers - give them a rest already. And why bring back Streisand with such a poor imitation? The earlier Barbara's were dead on vocal impressions as well as speech patterns. If you aren't going to improve on it, then don't drag it back out.
Alessandrini suggests that this is one of the best casts he has ever worked with. I don't know what he bases that on, but I beg to differ, either cast with Bryan Batt was significantly better, although they worked with fresh, clever material. Still, those recordings had verocious talent that brought Gerard's stinging wit to life for those of us who can't see every new production of FB.
Maybe it is time to go to off Broadway productions, or to the radio or the movies for some new ideas. Or else promise no references to the Gap, Disney, or Chorus Boys, (way over used on this recording), along with a Merman and Liza free season. Start from scratch. That might give us hope that Forbidden Broadway too might not be dead.
Stretched Thin.......2001-03-26
The opening sequence is forced and unfunny, and clearly in place only to batter the listener with the "2001" theme. Unlike a previous reviewer, I found the Judi Dench parody hysterical, though I question its accuracy.
The "Trouble" parody is, as it always was, incomplete and thin. My dear friend John Kenrick (...) did a better job with it - included the segments of the original song that GA left out, and in a funnier fashion. The Cole Porter parody is marginally amusing, but the Brian Mitchell/Marin Mazzie parody is dead on the mark, and VERY funny.
The parody of Cheryl Ladd remains in the show, although she's no longer in "Annie Get Your Gun" - Reba McIntyre is now in the role. Similarly, he stabs at Alan Cumming, who is no longer playing the Emcee. These numbers, while funny, lack punch. On the other hand, he once again skewers long time target Patti LuPone with an hysterical new parody of Being Alive. I suppose she's innately funnier, after all these years, than Alan Cumming, who is, after all, a relative newcomer.
The Rocky Horror parody is amusing, and the observation that sex has moved off 42nd Street and onto the Broadway stage is not without merit. The Beauty parody is amusing, and apt, but as has already been noted, GA has been clobbering us with the Disnification of Broadway for years now. I suppose he finds some glee in the fading success of this particular show.
I must say that while Gurwin is not the greatest singer, "Sondheim's Blues" is the most brilliant piece I've heard from Alessandrini in years. It's absolutely dead on. The friends I was with had never seen nor heard "Follies" and completely missed the point, but I was in stitches.
The "10 Years More" (which does not appear on this album, but remains in the show) has really begun to wear thin, especially with the closing this year of Cats and Miss Saigon. The Cameron Macintosh British mega-musicals are finally releasing their grip on Broadway, and this isn't as funny any more.
Broadway, despite the naysayers, will never die... and apparently, neither will Forbidden Broadway. I don't think it should - but I do think it needs a rest.
Do the Math.......2001-03-15
Alessandrini is running out of ideas, and is spreading the remaining ones too thin. . Sanitized Time Square - Been there. Disnified Broadway - Done that, and so many times. Asinine casting faux pas, plotless pointless set-monster musicals, and Ethel Merman and Liza. We've heard it all before - and last time, it was funnier.
Now normally when a writer (or director or actor) has truly entertained me on numerous occasions, I'll forgive the odd show that disappoints. This would be the case here except for two things: Alessandrini is in the vicious parody business - he's never spared anyone else Besides, if he's going to actually include couplets like: "If lyrics are no longer witty... Then I don't want to go " he's inviting the pans.
When you hear the AIDA lampoon, you'll be reminded of the dim bulb in Cyrano de Bergerac who taunts the hero with the brilliant witticism: Your nose is very large
Yes, there are a few true Forbidden Broadway tracks on Spoof Odyssey. Dame Judi Dench singing "Why can't Americans do theatre like the Brits?" (with apologies to My Fair Lady), I Hate Ben (with apologies to Kiss Me Kate) and about 1/3 of "Let's Ruin Time Square Again" (no apologies necessary to Rocky Horror which understands how easy it is for good parody to go bad). Oh yes, there is one absolutely true Forbidden Broadway track: TROUBLE - yes, the same Trouble from Volume 3 which was just re-released on the 20th Anniversary compilation - and it's back again with a more hackneyed Robert Preston impersonation and all of 4 words changed. Granted it's one of the better bits, more worthy of rerunning than say, referring to Miss Saigon as Viet-Numb, but oh, he reran that gag too
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Come Alive
Daniel Ash Manufacturer: Psychobaby ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009XEEGE Release Date: 2005-07-05 |
Tracks:
- Come Alive
- Trouble
- Walk on The Moon
- Get Out of Control
- Sweet FA
- Spooky
- So Alive
- Ghost Rider
- Christian Says
- Mirror People
- Slice of Life
- An American Dream
- Coming Down
- OK This is the Pops
- Go
Product Description
Daniel Ash has one of the most impressive resumes in rock history. With Love and Rockets, he fashioned such alternative staples as "No New Tail to Tell," "Ball of Confusion," and the 1989 Top Five smash "So Alive." With Bauhaus he delivered "Bela Legosi's Dead," and "Go" from Tones on Tail is a classic. Come Alive is live history of Daniel's career to date. But this is not an end note of Daniels career, only a chapter. With the triumphant Bauhaus performance at Coachella 2005 count on Daniel Ash to keep innovating and delivering music that is far from the main stream.Customer Reviews:
Perfect........2005-07-31
The band that Daniel Ash assembled for this tour (which I saw in Portland, Or) was fantastic, and I think it shows that Daniel is very proud of his work. He is totally the star here, and he plays it up with some excellent guitar work and great vocals. He's in a good mood, and he's loving it.
The tracklist is identical to the setlist, as far as I remember. The versions of American Dream and Mirror People are highlights for me, as are the songs from his most recent studio album. It took me a while to appreciate "Daniel Ash," the last solo album, as it got lost in too much of a bad drum n bass (or whatever~) sort of thing--my biggest problem being the boring drum loops and repetitive programming which did little else but make the songs drag on a bit and sound, well, boring. I knew the songs were good at their core, and the live versions on Come Alive prove that. Daniel needs to rock out, and he needs to rock out with a band. That is what he does best and it is evident here.
I would encourage any fan of Love and Rockets to buy this album in an instant. You not only get selections from Daniel's three solo albums, but also from Love and Rockets, Bauhaus and Tones on Tail. It's also a good introduction to his entire body of work.
Now, all I really want is a live dvd of this tour. [Fingers crossed].
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Henna
Manufacturer: Michal Cohen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAGRR8 Release Date: 2004-02-24 |
Tracks:
- Yemenite Medley
- Hubayebi
- Haftara
- Ya Achthar Chuthari
- Im Ninalou - Part I
- Im Ninalou - Part II
- Ode L'eli
- Sapri Tama
- Untitled / Aluva
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The 70's Come Alive Again
Various Artists Manufacturer: Mca Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000002QO8 Release Date: 1995-12-05 |
Tracks:
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night
- Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
- Radar Love - Golden Earring
- Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman Turner Overdrive
- Sooner Or Later - The Grass Roots
- California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Customer Reviews:
great overview of 70's music.......2001-02-20
Christian Music:
- Cuando Calienta El Sol [CD-single]
- Don't Say You Love Me
- Eddie Lopez
- Electric Chittlin' Stew
- Fabulous, Like You
- Falling Into Place
- Flavor Of Love
- Food of the Gods
- For Your Love
- Forever Gold
Christian Music
Distance to Goa, Vol. 8 [Import]
Complete Piano Music [Box set]
Brassens in Great Britain: Live 73 [Live] [Import]