| 1. Hurt |
| 2. If This Gets Out (It'll Cause World Wide Panic) |
| 3. May U Bleed |
| 4. Seems Like |
| 5. Something to Give You High Blood Pressure |
| 6. Pain |
| 7. Ablest King |
| 8. Wake Up from an Amerikkkan Dream |
| 9. Negro X |
| 10. Reason to Live |
| 11. Brand New Episode |
| 12. What's in the Briefcase |
| 13. Walkin' in Limbo |
Pain,Bumble B.H.E.,Ichiban Old Indie,Hip-Hop,R&B,Rap & Hip-Hop
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Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Keith Urban Manufacturer: Liberty ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000ICM5QW Release Date: 2006-11-07 |
Tracks:
- Once In A Lifetime
- Shine
- I Told You So
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Won't Let You Down
- Faster Car
- Stupid Boy
- Used To The Pain
- Raise The Barn (featuring Ronnie Dunn)
- God Made Woman
- Tu Compania
- Everybody
- Got It Right This Time
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It's tempting to read these songs--many about hope in the face of potential heartbreak--as an adjunct to Keith Urban's own tabloid-fodder life, which lately reads "ex-junkie country star marries Nicole Kidman, enters rehab." But his three previous albums have similar dark undertones. That would also be an underestimation of Urban's creative powers, which are broad enough to balance assembly-line Nashville pop with emotionally fine-tuned artistry. Breezy rockers like "Faster Car," sweet hooky ballads like "Shine," and readymade big-chorus hits like "Once in a Lifetime" rub elbows with more complex numbers like "I Can't Stop Loving You"--an essay about sad courage that starts with an acoustic guitar and adds instrumental textures as it unfolds--and "Stupid Boy," a tale of loss and self-discovery. It's no coincidence that both those songs climax with Urban's own crying guitar solos. As a player, his bold, midrange-heavy tone complements his most nuanced vocal performances. Another highlight is "Raise the Barn," which Urban co-wrote and sings with Ronnie Dunn. The cheerful tune, inspired by the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, is a tribute to the durability of the human spirit--a subject Urban seems to know more than a little about. --Ted Drozdowski
More Keith Urban
Be Here |
Golden Road |
Keith Urban |
Customer Reviews:
Best Concert Ever!.......2007-07-25
Awesome.......2007-06-28
Great voice...but.......2007-06-27
Aussome Keith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-19
Love this guy!.......2007-06-08
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Epiphany
T-Pain Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000P0JQ9Q Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Tallahassee Love
- Church featuring Teddy Verseti
- Tipsy
- Show U How featuring Teddy Pain & Teddy Penderazdoun
- I Got It
- Suicide
- Bartender featuring Akon
- Backseat Action featuring Shawnna
- Put It Down featuring Ray, Teddy Penderazdoun & Teddy Verseti
- Time Machine
- Yo Stomach featuring Tay Dizm
- Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')Featuring Yung Joc
- 69 featuring J Lyriq
- Reggae Night
- Shottas featuring Kardinal Offishall & Cham
- Right Hand
- Sounds Bad
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T-Pain opens the liner notes to his hotly anticipated second disc with a couple of helpful definitions: An epiphany is "the manifestation of a supernatural being" (definition No. 1) or "a sudden moment of insight or revelation" (No. 2), the opening page puts forth. Because most of the R&B record-buying world knows that T-Pain is not a supernatural being, but a stylish and inventive singer from Tallahassee, it would seem the second definition inspired the title--T-Pain probably felt flashes of inspiration when laying out the lyrics. A single spin ought to convince listeners a little of both factored in, though: Songs like "Bartender" and "Buy U a Drank" send out a southern hip-hop vibe silky enough to be considered a revelation (thanks partially to Akon, who pitches in on "Bartender"). And because the entire album leans hard on the vocoder, tracks such as opener "Tallahassee Love," a nod to Tupac's "California Love," sound otherworldly, a la definition one. Throughout, T-Pain hands out hooks like there's been a two-for-one sale. Maybe they came to him in a series of epiphanies. Or maybe a benevolent R&B being--some supernatural force who knows how to make a hit record--whispered them in his ear. --Tammy La GorceCustomer Reviews:
Oh Boy This Album Is The S***.......2007-07-30
MANY REALLY GOOD songs on this CD .......2007-07-23
ALSO Church comes HARD (the second song on the CD)!
If a person gave this CD a rating lower than 3 they are not really into Hip-Hop/R&B so I would not suggest anyone who is into Hip-Hop/R&B take their advise!!!
Pretty Good.......2007-07-03
Not impressed; More substance and hits would've been nice..........2007-07-01
The album begins with the introductory track, "Tallahassee Love" in which T-Pain not only defines "epiphany" but also gives love back to his hometown, Tallahassee. It is completely unnecessary, as with most intro tracks, but it is actually better than some of the full length tracks on EPIPHANY. "Church" has the most undeniably catchy groove of EPIPHANY with an incredibly soulful guitar riff, tropical sounding drum-programming, and random interspersed "rah!" during the verse. Vocally, T-Pain sounds top notch, even if he is halfway between singing and rapping. T-Pain sounds among the hardest ever when he sings: "***damn, you think you cool, you think I'm not, you think you're tough, ***damn, you think you're hard, you think I'm soft, you think you're rough... I'm gonna have to take you're a** to church..." Sure the song's ridiculous, but it is worthy of spins in the CD player. "Tipsy" features overall repetitive, but sound production work, with an undeniably catchy sounding synth-line. Sure the track lacks substance, but it is the same man who took "I'm N Luv Wit A Stripper" to #6 on the pop charts. "Show U How" is plain annoying and odd, though the hook is well performed. "Suicide" is perhaps T-Pain's first attempt at being serious (it is a song about AIDS), but he falls short, particularly when he uses clumsy lines as "cause I f***** her/ and didn't have a rubber on me." Sure, it is a worthy enough track, but again, it comes over cornier than it ultimately should.
Second single "Bartender" tries to bank on the success of the great "Buy You a Drank", but it also falls short. It isn't bad, but the repetitive piano loop doesn't quite sell as well as the great "Buy You A Drank". Sure, T-Pain jacks his discoverer Akon, but it still doesn't make "Bartender" as top-notch as the inescapable first single. "Backseat Action" features mammoth drums supporting T-Pains heavily produced vocals (that stupid vocal effect again) and proves to be one of this albums few stronger tracks. "Put It Down" is solid as well, making it look like EPIPHANY might have a stab at redeeming itself after a number of misses via "Show U How" or even the utter unconvincing nature of "Suicide". "Put It Down" actually has some very nice moments, even moreso than "Backseat Action". "Time Machine" is a miss, while "Yo Stomach" is OK. "Buy You a Drink" almost comes too late, and is followed by misses that continue all the way to the end of the album ("69", "Shottas", "Right Hand", and finally "Sounds Bad").
It's unfortunate for T-Pain because had he bottled the best of EPIPHANY and perhaps written songs with more substance not so focused on sex or the strip-club, he may have truly had his FIRST epiphany. Sure at times, EPIPHANY is on the edge of at least being average, but with so many misses and with numerous unconvincing moments and a title such as EPIPHANY, a listener can't help but rip on T-Pain. More substance in the future please - you are a talented rapper and vocalist. 2 stars.
I'll take a drink over this album anyday!.......2007-06-28
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Sex Love & Pain
Tank Manufacturer: Blackground Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000P6R822 Release Date: 2007-05-15 |
Tracks:
- Coldest
- I'm Coming Home
- My Body
- Please Don't Go
- I Hate You
- Heartbreaker
- Who Dat
- When
- Wedding Song
- My Heart
- I Love You
- I Love Them Girls
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Tank, on Sex, Love & Pain, is like Luther Vandross only slightly lewder: He'll be the first to admit, as he does on the three-part opening track "Coldest," that he's "somewhat of a hustler out here on the street... occasional strip clubs and shots of Hennessy." That doesn't stop him from laying his heart on the line, though. Repeatedly. Midtempo grooves like "I'm Coming Home," a hopeful reunion song, and "Heartbreaker," a limber-voiced lament that outlines a crumbled relationship, show Tank's tender side and take the romantically inclined places more real-seeming than Luther's songs. Throughout the long lineup of love-gone-wrong tracks, the brawny guy with the tattooed back doesn't forget his playful side, either. Before Timbaland sidles up and gets closing track "I Love Them Girls" all trademark-sizzly, Tank does some titillating of his own via the sexed-up steamer "My Body." --Tammy La GorceCustomer Reviews:
SOLID.......2007-07-25
I don't know many brothas that can sing with as much emotion and range as Tank. Hands down, other than Joe and Eric Benet, Tank is what the game needs more of. Like I've heard one person say already - this my generation is into the catchy young hip-hop layered beat with these simple hooks. I'm cool with it, but people don't sing anymore. I mean - there is no distinction between most young artist, and few of them have longevity in the game. Tank shows versatility, range, and style by jumping the cd off like I haven't heard since 112 at their prime. I mean, the opening track shows you some crazy vocals. No offense to the otha brothas - but I have yet to pop in a Chris Brown, Lloyd, Marques Houston, Omarion, or WHOEVER's CD and been wowed by the vocals talent and depth. I've heard many people do their songs better than it was recorded... and Tank doesn't even give you a chance - many people try and fail horribly.. LOL!
My personal favorites are: "Coldest","My Body" "Please Don't Go", "Heartbreaker", and "When"
There is one part that upsets me about this - I was mad that Blackground didn't take the time to separate the Intro - which is BEASTLY. I mean Tank opens up w/fire reminiscent of when people did interludes. He also reaches some ungodly note when he segways into "Heartbreaker" (which also should've had a interlude to it). The unfortunate thing about it was Joe had a banging CD and Musiq did as well... not to mention Trey Songz and Mario are also highly anticipated projects. So this year for male R&B singer - he has competition. I think that if Tank worked with some other producers and really diversified his CD and made it one of those albums that you can't skip a song, he would be in there! He gets 3 stars alone off of his talent! And another star because of some beast "interludes" and infectuous melodies of some of his songs. It's a solid CD - I haven't taken it out of the disc changer since I got it... It's worth tha money!
R & B is back.......2007-07-19
Lovin This CD.......2007-07-13
Left alot to be desired.......2007-07-04
BANGING.......2007-07-03
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Theta Meditation System: Let Go of Stress, Renew Your Spirit, Gain Insight, and Intuition
Manufacturer: Relaxation Company ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IXS0 Release Date: 1999-05-18 |
Tracks:
- Renewal
- Renewal
Tracks:
- Insight
- Insight
Album Description
It is widely accepted that meditation can result in reduced stress, greater health and a sense of calmness and balance. Studies show that in states of meditation we produce a greater quantity of slow frequency THETA brainwaves. Pulses of sound embedded in this musical soundtrack activate your own THETA brainwaves and lead you easily into restful and rejuvenating meditation.Based on over 15 years of pioneering clinical research Easy to use with headphones or ordinary speakers Contains no spoken words or subliminal messages
Booklet clearly explains easy-to-use meditation exercises that a beginner can do anytime Experienced meditators can use this soundtrack to deepen and enhance their meditative practice Theta Meditation - Renewal EEG studies of meditators in this mid-theta state show increased abilities to handle stress, heightened intuition, and an enhanced sense of emotional balance.
Customer Reviews:
A valuable resource for creativity.......2007-07-11
Very good.......2007-06-26
Takes the edge off..........2007-06-13
GREAT PRODUCT.......2007-03-19
wonderful!.......2007-02-16
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Cure for Pain
Morphine Manufacturer: Rykodisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000009OP Release Date: 1993-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Dawna
- Buena
- I'm Free Now
- All Wrong
- Candy
- A Head With Wings
- In Spite Of Me
- Thursday
- Cure For Pain
- Mary Won't You Call My Name?
- Let's Take A Trip Together
- Sheila
- Miles Davis' Funeral
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Cure for Pain is a most unlikely artistic breakthrough from a thoroughly unlikely band. Fronted by saxophone and two-string slide bass guitar, Morphine earned a modicum of critical praise for their prior recording, Good, but Cure for Pain has a harder edge and a distinctly bigger sound. "Buena" urges the listener, with singer and bassist Mark Sandman's best come-hither baritone voice, "closer to the front of the stage," and then "Candy" tells a love-lost story that could come right out of Tom Waits's book. But for all the strange possibilities inherent in a guitarless band that plays off their singer's wry lyrics, Morphine's sophomore effort shows their versatility, their ability to be a rock band in a very unrock, rolling-baritone-saxophone way. Alas, singer Mark Sandman perished in action on an Italian stage on July 3, 1999. --Andrew BartlettCustomer Reviews:
Time to introduce you to...........2007-04-07
Oh yeah, and what other band can you think of that has a saxophone playing lead? WTF!?!?
Very Cool sound.......2007-03-15
If the blues and jazz procreated, you'd get Morphine........2007-03-10
brilliant........2006-10-04
This is an album everyone should own; people who don't get this record might as well give up, they don't get music.
Very good.......2006-03-06
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Journey into Deep Relaxation
CHT Doreen Blumenfeld Manufacturer: HeartHill ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00006JLR9 Release Date: 2002-07-01 |
Tracks:
- Introducton
- The Journey
Album Description
A restful guided imagery CD creating a path towards deep relaxation. Helps to reduce stress and anxiety, achieve restorative sleep, enhance the body's natural healing process and increase balance and focus in your life. Background music especially composed to deepen your state of relaxation.Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2007-07-09
Try high quality speakers.......2007-07-08
I tried it out recently on a higher quality system with expensive speakers. It may just be me, but it has the effect of percodan or loritab (pain medication).
Something about her voice, on the high end speakers multiplies the effect of relaxing me, even as I'm sitting up with eyes open. On my $100 stereo it's nothing special although still my favorite.
didn't like so don't listen to it.......2006-11-09
It just plain works!!.......2006-10-07
I can still have problems staying asleep (insomnia and mild sleep apnea) but that's another issue.
My wife has a bunch of Wendi Freisen CDs which absolutely do not work for me. Where Wendi's voice grates and annoys, Doreen's voice is, "like buttah".
Highly recommended.
Sweet sleep!.......2006-08-25
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Rappa Ternt Sanga
T-Pain Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BF0DJC Release Date: 2005-12-06 |
Tracks:
- Rappa Ternt Sanga (Intro)
- I'm Sprung
- I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)
- Studio Luv
- U Got Me - Akon, T-Pain
- Let's Get It On
- Como Estas - T-Pain, Taino
- Have It (Interlude)
- Fly Away
- Going Thru a Lot - Akon, T-Pain
- Say It
- Dance Floor - Tay Dizm, T-Pain
- Ur Not the Same - Akon, T-Pain
- My Place
- Blow Ya Mind
- Ridge Road
- I'm Hi - Styles P, T-Pain
- I'm Sprung 2 - T-Pain, Trick Daddy, YoungBloodZ
Album Description
His matchless songwriting skills shine through out the album, showing a rare range and compassion found in younger artists. Mid-tempo tracks like the cathartic "Going Through A Lot" leads listeners deeper into his musical psyche while the autobiographical "Fly Away" shares accounts of the relationship he has with his father. "You Not the Same" finds T-Pain pleading for a love interest to revisit the personality that he grew to appreciate. He also reveals truthful, and almost embarrassing, feelings for exotic dancers on the bravely stated "I'm In Love With A Stripper."While his moniker, short for "Tallahassee Pain," was created to represent the struggle of growing up in the oft overlooked Florida state capitol, the self-admitted fast driver also has fun with his music. His energetic stage show is unrivaled, featuring the Rappa Ternt Sanga demonstrating his other passion, dancing.
Raised to be unapologetic and independent T-Pain is poised to be a threat to status quo of R&B music. Expect the music book with the rough looking cover to be on the bestsellers list for years to come.
Customer Reviews:
T-Pain- Rappa Ternt Sanga.......2007-06-14
Grade:
D-
Only Haters Dis This Album.......2007-06-09
T-Pain - Rappa Ternt Senga .......2007-03-18
This CD is tight.......2007-02-03
Hookt on fonix wurkz four me!!!.......2006-12-09
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House of Pain
House of Pain Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000000HIY Release Date: 1992-07-28 |
Tracks:
- Salutations
- Jump Around
- Put Your Head Out
- Top O' The Morning To Ya
- Commercial 1
- House And The Rising Son
- Shamrocks And Shenanigans
- House Of Pain Anthem
- Danny Boy, Danny Boy
- Guess Who's Back
- Commercial 2
- Put On Your Shit Kickers
- Come And Get Some Of This
- Life Goes On
- One For The Road
- Feel It
- All My Love
- Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix)
- Shamrocks And Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom/Butch Vig Mix)
Customer Reviews:
A Fine Malt Album To Drink On!! (Rating: 7 out of 10- -3.5 stars).......2007-01-18
House Of Pain consists of Everlast (you might know him as "Whitey Ford"), Danny Boy O'Connor, and DJ Leathal, and they took this music real serious back in 1992. The album was produced by DJ Muggs (of Cypress Hill) and DJ Leathal. They had many good songs here to prove that their lead single was not the only good song on here. "Top Of The Morning To Ya" would be one of the standouts here on this album. "House And The Rising Son" is another good song that has a nice beat and featured Son Doobiest. A good favorite of mine would be "Shamrocks And Shenanigans (Boom Sha Lock Lock Boom)", becasue it has a catchy hook. I think that was their second single. If it wasn't, it should have been.
There are some wack moments on here though. First, thier rhymes are not on point most of the time. A lot of songs on here, Everlast makes refrences to puffing blunts. Also there a few bad songs on here towards the end, like "Put On Your Sh** Kickers", and "Feel It" is another forgettable one.
There are two remixes on here. "Jump Around" would be remixed by Pete Rock, but I like the origonal better if you ask me. "Shamrocks And Shenanigans" would be remixed by Butch Vig, and have a rock sound that I really wasn't feeling at all.
Overall, this is a dope CD. This group would make two more albums, "Same As It Ever Was" (1994) and "Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again" (1996), then split up. DJ Leathal would join the group Limp Bizkit. Everlast (who I just found out he had an album back in 1990) would do some experimental contry/rap music and make a few albums, and be dissed by Eminem later on. I really haven't heard much from Danny Boy. But this is the album that put these Irish guys on the map, and accepted by rap and hip hop listeners. I still drive around bumping "Jump Around" like it was the newest song that just came out. This proves that there were some white rappers who had respect for the craft for hip hop and rap music (unlike some of the ones floating around today), and I recommend that you give this a listen. This trio had fine malt lyrics on this CD, but there are some on this CD that might leave your mouth dry.
Lyrics: B-
Production: B+
Guest Appearances: B
Musical Vibes: B-
Overall: B
Favorite Tracks: Jump Around, Top Of The Morning To Ya, House And The Rising Son, Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Sha Lock Lock Boom!), Guess Whos Back, Life Goes On
Honorable Mention Tracks: Danny Boy, All My Love
Peace Everyone!!!
first everlast.......2006-11-02
NOTE: I don't know why my screen name is "The Bookie"...what the hey!!
good vintage tunes.......2006-02-25
JJJJJJJJJJump Around!!!!!.......2006-01-21
House Of Pain go Shamrocks & Shenangans on joints 1, *2, *3(featuring B-Real), 4, 6, *7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, *18 & 19.
Welcome To The House Of Pain.......2005-03-16
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Songs of Pain: Early Recordings Volume 1
Daniel Johnston Manufacturer: Dualtone Music Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008W2PF Release Date: 2003-05-20 |
Tracks:
- Grievances
- A Little Story
- Joy Without Pleasure
- Never Relaxed
- Brainwash
- Pothead
- Wicked World
- Lazy
- I Save Cigarette Butts
- Like A Monkey In A Zoo
- Wicked Will
- An Idiot's End
- Wild West Virginia
- Since I Lost My Tooth
- Urge
- Living Life
- Tuna Ketchup
- Premarital Sex
- Don't Act Nice
- Hate Song
Tracks:
- Phantom Of My Own Opera
- Man At War
- Only Missing You
- More Dead Than Alive
- I Will
- Poptunes
- You Put My Love Out The Door
- You're Gonna Make It, Joe
- Never Get To Heaven
- Follow That Dream
- Pow
- For The Love Of Pete
- Blue Cloud
- Grievances Revisted
- True Grief
- My Baby Cares For The Dead
- Mabel's Grievances
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Back in the early 1980s, when the punk-rock DIY spirit was going strong, emerging artists found a cheap and efficient way of distributing their music--the homemade cassette. Sometimes very crude and low-fi, the tapes became a hallmark of instant "indie cred." The erratic, troubled, and startlingly talented Daniel Johnston was one of the first musicians to really make a name for himself in this medium, and his first two tapes, 1980's Songs of Pain and '81's More Songs of Pain make up this collection, re-mixed but retaining their rough edges. The anger and sadness of "An Idiot's End," the wry twist of "Joy Without Pleasure," and the resignation of "More Dead Than Alive" exemplify the genius of his carefully chosen words. His lyrics can sting as well as delight, and his piano playing resonates with emotional depth. Hearing these songs makes one long to hear Beck doing a rendition of "Urge" or Johnny Cash taking on "Wild West Virginia." --Lorry FlemingCustomer Reviews:
Songs of Pain.....Songs from the Heart.......2007-03-30
This, "Songs of Pain, & More Songs of Pain" (1980-1983);double album, is some of his best work. Extremely lo-fi, singing in a high pitched voice and sounding a lot like a little boy. Very simple yet heartful songwriting. You can really feel this connection of PAIN he felt and shared w/ all of us. He was quite a unselfish young man handing out home-made cassettes of his music, and asked for nothing in return, just for them to listen. Many people say Daniel Johnston began the Lo-Fi movement. Considered an "outsider musician" Many of his songs in many of his works are set to a Christian theme. You can really tell he has the Fear of God in his songs which range from - incoherent throwaway ditties to brilliant, hopeful melodies. At times his songs are also painfully spooky singing about the same lost love, and on "Yip Jump Music" - He sings about Rocket Ships, Casper the Friendly Ghost, King Kong & of course The Beatles. - That album is good too, but "Songs of Pain..." - I play MOST often of his.
If you are interested in the sound of early lo-fi, or brillant songwriting craftmanship you can't go wrong w/ Daniel Johnston's earliest works. It does eventually grow on you, is catchy and gets stuck in your head. 4-stars
Now, without any further ado, I'm gonna do a little softshoe and a little boogaloo........2007-01-27
Unbelievably great .......2005-10-11
Seriously.
Bob Dylan's voice isn't exactly conventionally good, but people have slobbered over him for decades. And Daniel Johnston's voice...well..you could say it's not conventionally "good" either, in the same way that Dylan's isn't, but like Dylan's, it gets better with every listen, and like Dylan's, it contains more real emotion, more real humanity, and earns more feelings of sympathy and love than any of the lame, slick, polished Michael Bolton-type voices that can hit every note exactly as their voice instructors taught them to.
At times, I've sworn off all music but Daniel Johnston. Nothing has seemed good enough in comparison. His piano is inventive and rockin'. It's a heckuvalotta fun. His use of television as an instrument, his sampling of TV evangelists ("This is an ELECTRIFYING(!) time...for believers!") and of his mother yelling at him, his occasional spooky organ, his blithely unconventional rhyme schemes, his wide (yet obsessively focused) range of topics, his whining and cracked little voice, and above all his lyrics, his lyrics, his lyrics, make him, and these two CDs in particular, classics for all time and space, for all humanity everywhere.
Daniel Johnston is a diagnosed manic-depressive with delusions of grandeur, and his highs and his lows show in these songs. He's also spent much of his life obsessed with a girl who could have cared less about him and who later married a prosperous undertaker and (I've heard) filed a restraining order against Daniel Johnston despite all the great songs he had written about her.
In one song he tells the girl that he'd die without her love, and she says "Too bad about that."
In another, the terrifying "My Baby Cares for the Dead," he sings about the girl marrying the undertaker and about the only way she'll ever care for him (Daniel Johnston) again.
"I know someday my baby
Will care for me.
She'll bleed and dress me, Momma,
Real fancy....
And she'll lay me
In a coffin,
Put marbles in my eyes...
Eyes!
I know someday my baby
Will care for me.
I know someday my baby
Will care for me.
I know someday my baby
Will care for me.
My baby...cares...for...the...dead."
These songs are absolutely genius. They're funny, dark, sad, twisted, happy, joyous, and wonderfully human. You will feel that Daniel Johnston is your friend, as if he's opened himself completely to you, and he has. The recordings are lo-fi, but at times that lo-fi quality even accents and helps the songs: high piano notes are transformed into a different instrument entirely just by the recorder being placed right next to the keys. The barely noticeable background hiss (and the genuiness of the songs themselves) gives the music an old-time folk feel. And Daniel's mother occasionally bursting in while he's playing...well, that's just hilarious.
If you like music, you will probably like this album. This is music for people who love music, who love the way that music sometimes skips the brain completely and goes right to the heart, right to the soul. This is what music was supposed to be: unique, heartfelt, real, and exciting.
Daniel's influence on modern music--on Nirvana, The Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Tom Waits, The Butthole Surfers, Beck, and others--is immeasurable, and he could have an immeasurable influence on you as well.
If you let him.
You should let him.
Songs of pain.......2005-05-11
In the end this won't be a record I'll put on very often. His high-pitched voice is too irritiating, the vast amount of songs spunds too much alike, and the overall sound quality is too poor.
Why would anyone Remaster this stuff?.......2004-12-12
I would love to hear someone review the sonic quality of these particlar recordings.
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Epiphany
T-Pain Manufacturer: Jive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000PY3XEG Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Tallahassee Love
- Church featuring Teddy Verseti
- Tipsy
- Show U How featuring Teddy Pain & Teddy Penderazdoun
- I Got It
- Suicide
- Bartender featuring Akon
- Backseat Action featuring Shawnna
- Put It Down featuring Ray, Teddy Penderazdoun & Teddy Verseti
- Time Machine
- Yo Stomach featuring Tay Dizm
- Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')Featuring Yung Joc
- 69 featuring J Lyriq
- Reggae Night
- Shottas featuring Kardinal Offishall & Cham
- Right Hand
- Sounds Bad
Dance Music:
- Pick 3 [Explicit Lyrics] [Special Edition]
- Quik Is the Name
- Rated XXX [Explicit Lyrics]
- Release the Pressure
- Rush Hour [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
- Seven & Seven [Edited Version] [Clean]
- Seven & Seven [Explicit Lyrics]
- Soldiers of the 213 [Enhanced]
- Steet Cinema [Explicit Lyrics]
- Street Cinema [Explicit Lyrics]
Dance Music
My Coco [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]