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The Radio Edit is backed with the Album Version & Album Instrumental. Festival. 2005.
and hip-hop, heard me playing this disc and begged me to buy her
one........and I did, and she plays it all the time, and to her
friends. Linda Eder exceeds the Streisand mystique by far.
musical in 1960. over the years i have had the honor to see
almost all of the giants of american song, garland, streisand,
patti lupone, lena horne, betty buckley, barbaracook etc. in
"broadway, my way" linda eder cements her place as the best of the best. from an anthem like "i am what i am" to the lovely
"on the street where you live" captures you body and soul.
i loved this album, and don't ever miss a chance to see her live. JOHN POWER
Well after listening to the album, starting for the very beginning I found the gamble had worked. Songs such as 'She Says' are beautifully written and sound good if not better than 'Collide'. Throughout the Album Howie Day desplays his lyrical and musical ability, the music gets better as you go through the album.
Those of you who are into 'Lifehouse', 'Switchfoot' and to an extent '3 Doors Down' and 'Goo Goo Dolls', this is really a must have, but those who are still confused - BUY the album because you get a lot more for your moneys worth than just getting the single.
Listening to it now, its one you can't get bored of because its not an artist they overplaye on the radio consistently. I'm looking up to a follow up on this album!!
Enough said...
Nice atmospheric musics. Just enjoy !
Must be heard to be truly experienced.
Enough said.
buy it you crazy kids!
It's hard to pick one favorite song here because they're all so good. Like most of the band's songs the lyrics are really powerful. Sometimes they're called Alternative and Punk, but I'd term their music as closer to rock--something similar to Daniel Powter and a little softer than Matchbox 20 (circa "More than you think you are") and a little angrier/punkier than Train.
"Radios in Heaven" is likely the most well known song on this album. It's a classic lost love ballad and is quite good. However, I find the band's break up songs to be much more powerful and evocative. My personal favorite on this CD is "Penny (Perfect for you)." The song begins with the recurring line "What's your car doing outside his house, it's three o'clock in the morning"--a line that sets up the theme for rest of the song. Interestingly, this song keeps the same tempo and upbeat sound of other songs on the album (like "Happy Someday"--a forward-looking song about not dwelling on regrets) so that it is only with repeated listening that the underlying meaning comes through.
That's the great thing about this album. The songs are all multi-dimensional and offer a unique experience.
Noel Gallagher said that they would never release these greatest hits, but here it is. Much like their peers, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, Suede, and Verve, Oasis has all released greatest hits CDs after ten years. Britpop is now a decade old. It is still popular, and very few bands, other than Arctic Monkeys, and Libertines, have come and replaced them with something better or equal. Oasis' recent tour featured most of the songs from this collection, plus a few more from the new Don't Believe The Truth. These songs have soaked into the British sensibility like no other recent UK band. Of course we have "Live Forever" and "Supersonic" from the first album. There are "Wonderwall" from the second. But there is not so much from after Be Here Now. Half of the album is from the first two albums. The other half is early b-sides, and one or two tracks, from the rest. It's kid of an odd collection. Most of the Oasis fans have all these tracks on the previous releases. Some of the other Britpop bands offered some new tracks or unreleased material. Placebo had a DVD included. I guess Oasis is saying to all future generation: "Here is the classics, if you want to look into it further, check out the other albums." Great cover by Peter Blake. One Liam song is included.
Over seven years ago, after disappointment after disappointment with SOTSOG, HC and...dang, I can't even remember the name of the album that followed that (btw, as with many other "true" Oasis fans, BHN is still my favorite Oasis album, top to top, and also signifies the end of Oasis as "Oasis", the headstone of the mayhem), I still managed to listen to the boys a bit here and there and compiled my own bootleg album of Oasis "anthems", including a nice middle set of classic Noel acoustics (a staple for anyone who's ever seen the Brothers live). So, here goes:
1. Listen Up (extended version)
2. Rockin' Chair (a bit "Beatle-esque, but much more raw than Lennon-McCartney could ever be)
3. Wonderwall (of course)
4. Sunday Morning Call (after the first listen of this song I had to play it again back-to-back, as if for proof of its existence. I just couldn't believe how beautiful it was.)
5. Little By Little (again, of course)
6. Talk Tonight (thus begins Noel's acoustic)
7. Half the World Away (Paul Weller's fav)
8. Angel Child (demo...don't ask)
9. Heroes (better than even Bowie himself)
10. Magic Pie (alone worth the purchase of BHN)
11. Don't Look Back In Anger (once heard this song sung by a drunken wedding party in backwoods Ireland. Priceless!)
12. Live Forever (..."Er, that's if you want to." - Liam, live, Cigarettes and Alcohol single)
13. Whatever (classic Noel rip-off, but still the best single never released in the US)
14. Married with Children (how is it nobody ever talks about this song? A classic cook-kitchen end-of-the-night work song!)
So there you have it. My very own Oasis "compilation". Savvy?
Anyone who says they dislike Oasis is only familiar with Wonderwall & Champagne Supernova and say they dislike the "attitudes". Nevermind that Oasis single-handedly changed the way an entire generation of listeners approached their own lives by writing astonishing songs that made you feel invincible. Forget "Rape Me" or "I Hate Myself & I Want To Die", Oasis are about making the most out of life and not wasting a single second. It's there in the lyrics, in the Marshall Stacks & Les Pauls, and in the melodys that will never grow tired.
I'd rate this album a 10 out of 10 were in not for one glaring ommision... not a single song from the 3rd album, Be Here Now. Noel Gallagher has become ashamed of this album over time due to the reviews recieved upon release as an overblown record with too many long songs. Well, having been there from the beginning, I'd say Be Here Now is my favorite Oasis record, primarily due to the fact that it's the sound of the summer of 1997. Big and exciting, and almost constantly rocking, Be Here Now warranted at least 1 track on Stop The Clocks and it could have featured 3 or 4. Don't Go Away is to me the single most beautiful Oasis song and should have been among the first 3 or 4 Noel chose for Stop The Clocks. Meanwhile, D'You Know What I Mean? is the single most exhilirating Oasis song ever released and would have added to the track listing as the most interesting and self assured track on Stop The Clocks. With 9 songs on each disk, the inclusion of these two tracks would have made it my dream Oasis "Best Of" rounding it out at 10 tracks per disk and making for a more complete Oasis overview. Other than that, it's still a fantastic document of the most important rock & roll band of the last 30 years.
"With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. I didn't start writing songs until I was about fourteen, so I just used to copy theirs."
"We're the best band on the planet. That's not arrogance, that's just a fact."
"All I ever wanted to do was make a record. Here's what you do: you pick up your guitar, you rip a few people's tunes off, you swap them round a bit, get your brother in the band, punch his head in every now and again, and it sells."
Noel's brother Liam was asked about Oasis in general, and he had this to say:
"We are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger."
They are behind the material on this album (sometimes referred to as a greatest hits CD). Think about it.
We can at least know that Liam's claim rings false. Oasis (mercifully) is not bigger than Jesus. As for the Beatles, this CD was put out on the same day (to rival, maybe???) the new Beatles "Love" CD. Let's look at the Amazon Sales Rank. As of today, Beatles "Love" is #3 on Amazon's top 10 Music list. "Stop the Clocks" is at #3,715. Music fans have made their choice.
Save your money! Or better yet, spend it on good, original British music. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull...the list goes on.
So I was really hyped to hear that the entire concert soundtrack was about to be reissued on CD. Seven extra songs! Warm with nostalgia, I finally bought the disc. Boy, was I let down. First, it isn't the whole concert. "I Zimbra" is particularly missed. Then, of all the crappy songs to include over that one, we have the Tom Tom Club and their SERIOUSLY dated "Genius Of Love."
One of the brilliant things about Talking Heads is that they may have been trend setters, but they were never trend mongers. The music sounds just as fresh today as it did when I slit the shrink wrap on the 1984 Album. But the Tom Tom Club was a lightweight side project that scored one novelty hit, and it sticks out like crayon smears on a DaVinci. I reach for the skip button just about everytime its lame, cliched, and oh so 80's stage patter starts to invade what used to be a flawless CD.
It takes what used to be a 5 star CD and knocks it down by one. It also provides continual proof that that not all unreleased tracks are really a "bonus." Since it has finally come out on a double disc, I strongly recommend the remastered and reissued "The Name Of This Band is Talking Heads" over this. At least the expanded tracks aren't an emarrassment.
So, what is the big deal, you ask? Well, picture this. The soundtrack begins with "Psycho Killer," one of the first really big hits for the group. Instead of the entire band being onstage, David Byrne walks out with an acoustic guitar and a boom box. He presses PLAY on the box, which cues a drum program to begin playing. So the first song is just David Byrne singing and strumming his guitar, accompanied by pre-recorded percussion. For the next song, "Heaven," Byrne is joined onstage by bassist Tina Weymouth. Then Chris Frantz's drumset is wheeled out, and the three of them go into "Thank You For Sending Me an Angel." We finally hear some real drumming, not the predictable, computerized beats in "Psycho Killer." The album really begins to come alive. Then they go into "Found a Job," and things get more interesting. Byrne swaps his acoustic guitar for an electric, and lead guitarist Jerry Harrison comes out, meaning we now have two guitars. By the time the fifth track, "Slippery People," is underway, the entire band (including the extra musicians and backup singers) are on the stage, and now things are cooking. What happens over the remaining twelve tracks can only be described as an overload of the senses.
The purpose behind the concert was to provide a unique experience for the concert-goer, to create visual as well as aural art. Some of that sense is lost on the CD listener, but some of it remains. The songs were translated to disk beautifully, so that they still retain just about everything that made them a pleasure to listen to while watching the film. One can almost picture David Byrne running laps around the stage, dancing with the lamp, or wearing the big suit.
The concert resulting in the film and this album was performed shortly after the band released their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." So, needless to say, many of the songs you will hear are from that album. And I have to say that for each of them, I prefer the live version to the studio version. Each one of them sounds more vibrant, more full of life when performed on the stage. The improvisation on "Burning Down the House" is as good as it gets. Ditto "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)," which is one of the most beautiful things I've heard, and I don't even like love songs. The studio versions lack that extra energy. Their pulse is just too slow. This is never more true for "Life During Wartime," which is actually a song from 1979's "Fear of Music." But anyway, this song displays Byrne's tendency to perfectly mismatch music and lyrics. The pulsating beat of club rock flows beneath what I interpret to be a humourously disturbing tale of a country under martial law. The song should not work as well as it does, and yet somehow, they pull it off. Anyway, after hearing the live version of it, I can no longer listen to the studio version. Also noteworthy is the improvisation on "Crosseyed and Painless." The intro and the extended guitar solos are just the icing on the cake for that one!
If there is a bad song on this album, it would have to be the interlude by the Tom Tom Club (a solo project of Heads drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth). "Genius of Love" could have been a great song. The instrumentation is very good. Sadly, it's ruined by Frantz's raucous babbling. He's attempting to be random like David Byrne, but tragically, he's not good at it. Other than that, this album is solid gold. It demonstrates the full potential of live music, and sounds amazing while doing it. Whether you're a fan of the Talking Heads or not, this album belongs in your collection.
The Special Edition is the entire film soundtrack (minus some stage banter and the cut performances of "Cities" and "I Zimbra"). Their imagination made Talking Heads one of the greatest live bands of all time. The songs are mostly from SPEAKING IN TONGUES, but they also include interesting and in some cases superior versions of songs from all of their albums prior to 1983 with the help of the Tom Tom Club.
In addition to STOP MAKING SENSE, I recommend the newly released CD version of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS. Listening to both would map eight years of live performances and barely short of 4 hours of live material.
Ok, enough of that. Both are masterpieces in their own right, but "I Just Can't Stop It" takes the cake, IMHO. And I've been listening to ska for quite a few decades now...and just came from seeing the Beat (as they're known in England; unfortunately an American band named the Beat had them precursor their name with thier country of origin...) for the 2nd time in 6 months. They played over 2.5 hours straight through, and are at the top of the list of energetic bands I've ever seen. And live, they are much different than they are on record -- both are brilliant, in their own special way. My favorite song off the CD, "Twist & Crawl," which is more new wave/mod meets ska, became an insane dub-fueled monster live.
If you are a fan of music, especially one of the 3rd wave of ska (e.g. Sublime, No Doubt, to name the most famous...and who blended punk rock with ska) and want to know some of the origins of the music, even though Sublime covers Toot's "54-46 Was My Number" and never covers any of the 2nd generation (even looking through my prodigious Sublime bootleg collection), this album is for you. And for those wondering what ska is, this is for you...it is a masterpiece. It's better than any ska anthology you'll find IMHO.
Quibbles about the British edition aside (only the early American version of the cd has Tears of a Clown and Ranking Full Stop), this record is as socially conscious as it is fun. Ranking and Wakeling were not overly opinionated lads, but they made their points eloquently and with arresting honesty. It is quite often the case, however, that you find yourself singing along to a beautiful harmony, only realizing later on what the lyrics actually say. I only noticed the political overtones of 'Stand Down Margaret' after grooving to it for some two or three years. :)
It's a shame that a group of this caliber splintered after only three albums, but I suppose we should count ourselves lucky to have heard them at all.
Already full of nonstop, infectious boppin' tunes the band's US label added two songs to the original album -- "Rankin' Full Stop," and a cover of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Tears of a Clown" that had been stand alone singles in the UK. By omitting those songs from this CD reissue the album has been restored to its original running order and, as a previous reviewer noted, becomes the album the way the band intended for it to be heard.
But all of that is really pretty moot because this is still a great, great record with songs like "Best Friend," "Mirror in the Bathroom, "Hands Off She's Mine," and "Wine and Grind/Stand Down Margaret" (ah, the days of the anti-Thatcher/Reagan anthems) that compel you to hit the repeat button on your CD remote over and over.
Ignore the reviewers who don't know the history of this album and get this -- the complete and original version of one of the all time great albums.
Highlights include:
the entire album!
My other hand reluctantly reached for my wallet, and the rest is pretty much non-history. The album is... interesting. Not at all any style of music I would normally endure, but for sheer balls and downright fun ideas, I had to support my fellow artist9s), and I do not regret the purchase. In fact, I will listen to the entire CD at least a dozen times over the next month, even at the cost of mine own eardrums.
It's not that the musicians are untalented (they ARE talented - that much I will say), but it is simply hard to imagine going rabid in a fan-boy way over this band. That said - if they ever play LA I will be banging my head... er... swaying gently?... holding up my lighter?... well I will be at the show. They are probably a hoot live, and that is what music is really all about - being there with the musicians having a great time. buy the album. your mom will thank you. Then go see them live.
DISCLAIMER: I am firmly entrenched in the Draco and the Malfoy's fan base, so that may have influenced my review ;-)
Composer-guitarist extraordinaire Claudio Ragazzi beautifully realizes the film's theme in a four-part original score: "Crossed Paths" and "The Therapist," which feature dreamy scatting in Portuguese by the guitar virtuoso Arto Lindsay; and "O Beijo (The Kiss)," which, like the famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin, is sheer enchantment. With the gentle plucking of strings and the luscious vocalisms of Bebel Gilberto heard in "The Kiss," Ragazzi achieves through music what Rodin conveyed in cast bronze: the impenetrable embrace of lovers who are oblivious to the world around them. Of course, "The Finale" brings resolution to "O Beijo (The Kiss)," complete with cowbells.
However, in this reviewer's opinion, the ethereal voice of Elis Regina, a pioneer in the Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) movement, pervades the entire soundtrack to Next Stop Wonderland. Regina's articulation, intonation and pitch are impeccable, whether she's lightly swinging in Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Triste" or trilling like a rare tropical bird in Ary Barroso's "Aquarela do Brasil." In the latter song, which translates as "Watercolor of Brazil" but is known the world over simply as "Brazil," Regina draws from warm and cool colors in her vocal palette. As if applying fine brush strokes of paint, she reveals the harmonious relationship among the earth, sea and air. In doing so, she upholds Barroso's original proclamation of samba-exaltação -- which he introduced in 1939. It was a brand-new musical style embracing his country's magnificent beauty.
No outstanding contemporary Brazilian jazz CD would be complete without the kind of percussion-heavy music that is performed in processions, not just during Carnivale season. The opening track, "Batucada," explicitly celebrates African (especially Angolan) people's significant contribution to Brazil. "Batucada" is performed in English by Bebel Gilberto and Vinícius Cantuária. The former is the daughter of João Gilberto -- who alongside Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes founded bossa nova. Bebel Gilberto is a solid star in her own right, possessing a honeyed voice that resonates with mesmerizing elasticity. If her percussive phrasing on "Batucada" does not send one's hips shaking to the beat, one just might need spiritual assistance. No worries there because African-derived spirituality shines through in "Batucada" when Bebel sings joyfully about lighting "a candle for the goddess of the sea." In other words, Iemanjá, a principal orisha in the Candomblé religion, is in the house!
The CD benefits from additional music by Vinícius Cantuária and Bebel Gilberto in a medley of the Jobim classics "One Note Samba"/"The Girl from Ipanema." In Next Stop Wonderland, the medley is performed at a Boston aquarium's gala fund-raiser, where the paths of the main character, Erin Castleton (Hope Davis), and elusive suitor Alan Monteiro (Alan Gelfant) not only intersect but collide.
Listeners who have appreciated Jobim's performance on "One Note Samba" ("Samba De Uma Nota So") or the renditions by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra in the past will find an extra dose of spice in Cantuária and Gilberto's neo-Brazilian version. Bebel's saucy alto peppered over multi-percussion rhythms, including the indigenous berimbau, is an infectious delight.
Their sizzling samba segues into a version of "The Girl from Ipanema" that puts more bounce in the hips than Astrud Gilberto's sashaying version from the '60s. Bebel Gilberto lends her own seductive tonal qualities to a song that the legendary Astrud Gilberto immortalized at the height of bossa nova. In Jobim's narrative about a windswept beauty who is unaware that she has an aphrodisiac effect on the men in her neighborhood, Astrud's devil-may-care vocals seemed to float among the clouds. On the other hand, one could say that her hazy, breathless, early-morning-nasal performance evoked the kind of post-coital cigarette scene in French New Wave films. In stark contrast, Vinícius Cantuária and Bebel Gilberto's nicotine-free, thong-popping Gen X rendition breathes new life into the song while keeping it earthbound. No longer just the object of men's fantasies, this Ipanema woman is secure in her beauty and confident about her erotic power, strutting on the pristine beach. She not only elicits a sigh from every man she passes; she demands it!
Astrud Gilberto is represented on a few songs on Next Stop Wonderland, however. She performs Jobim and Gene Lees' "Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)," sounding more languorous rather than inspired by Brazil's enchanted mountain. Then she switches gears in "Stay," turning up the tropical heat by inviting her man to "make sex with music." Her serpentine vocals slither around bossa nova rhythms like the lithe movements of a belly dancer. Vibes and drums playing in counterpoint overtly convey escalating passion, and her febrile, elongated soprano lines simulate a pleasurable response. Astrud's sensuous delivery on this song alone could have caused a second Baby Boom. Though, "Stay" does have a reliable rhythm method.
Scenes from Next Stop Wonderland that feature "Stay" are apropos because they show the melancholy night nurse Erin abandoning her intuition and survival instincts for a smooth-talking former patient who is an ethnomusicologist. The dangerously handsome, bouquet-bearing suitor is Andre de Silva (portrayed with beguiling charm by José Zúñiga), who hooks Erin with bossa nova serenades. As "Stay" plays on, his obsession comes into full view in the car scene, where he wins her heart by producing airplane tickets. This scene also delivers one of the film's best pickup lines (and most romantic kisses): Andre, in a slick attempt to coax Erin into allowing him inside her home, tells her that she is the answer to his prayers to sea goddess Iemanjá -- and then he abruptly apologizes for forgetting to bring fried fish as a sacrificial offering to the orisha.
While the CD is lovely from beginning to end, there is a glaring omission: Sarah Vaughan's superb interpretation of the Jobim composition "Wake," which illuminates the black screen while the credits roll. The fact that water figures prominently in Next Stop Wonderland is what makes the omission egregious, let alone that "Sassy" (a sobriquet for the incomparable Vaughan) and Jobim made other beautiful music together -- Brazilian jazz, that is. Here are seven reasons that the song "Wake" serves as a metaphor in the film, the last of which does not involve water:
1) Scenes on and near the river in Boston and at the aquarium are crucial to the plot.
2) Erin's main suitor, Alan, is a plumber and an aspiring marine biologist.
3) There are direct and oblique references to Iemanjá, the Candomblé orisha that reigns from and over the sea.
4) A wake trails a boat, ship or other watercraft.
5) Figuratively speaking, the main character, Erin, is like a fish out of water when it comes to the dating scene because her longtime co-habitant, an environmental activist, has just dumped her.
6) The place where Erin longs to be -- Brazil -- because it is a reminder of a pleasant, meditative vacation with her late father, is located oceans away.
7) "Wake" (both the Jobim song and the common noun) symbolizes Erin's need to grieve while allowing her father's undying love to help her rediscover the happiness that she buried with him.
Without the lush orchestration and sensuality of bossa nova and samba, the movie Next Stop Wonderland would have retained its comedic elements but lost its bittersweet charm, cosmopolitan sophistication and understated sexuality. Standing on its own, the CD is a wonderful portrait of Brazil's musical past and present. It is light and bouncy at one end of the spectrum, bodacious and bottom-heavy at the other end -- but, overall, an authentic Brazilian jazz experience.
It's hard to explain what kind of music is on this CD. There's some rap, hip-hop, a little bit of soul, and even some techno. I've never heard such a mix. Sure that makes it a little odd at first, but it kinda grows on you. It's a pretty good variety, but I must admit some of the songs are a little odd.
So, on that note, I would buy the single for "Steal My Sunshine" if that's the only song you are interested in, but like I said, you might be able to find this entire album for a fabulous price, like I did with BMg.
The Radio Edit is backed with the Album Version & Album Instrumental. Festival. 2005.
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Broadway, My Way
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Tracks:
- I Am What I Am (from "La Cage aux Folles")
- Anthem (from "Chess")
- On The Street Where You Live (from "My Fair Lady")
- What Kind of Fool (from "Stop The World I Want to Get Off")
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The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2002's Gold will be relieved that her follow-up, Broadway My Way, is a return to the Great White Way. As if to prove that she isn't limited to either the songs of Frank Wildhorn or ballads, Eder tackles some well-known show tunes. The ballads tend to be overwrought, so it's best to look for the uptempo numbers. The singer's take on "Some People" is technically fine but so va-va-voom showbiz that it lacks the deranged edge that makes the song so compellingly dramatic. Things work a lot better on "I Am What I Am": while Eder doesn't take it to the top (or rather over the top), this is as close as she gets to Mermanizing a number. Elsewhere, "Don't Rain on My Parade" (immortalized by Streisand) and "Man of La Mancha" are appropriately brassy and triumphant, with Eder roaring her way through both songs. Fans of both Eder and Wildhorn should note that the singer reprises her Svengali's "Gold," the title track from her previous album, and an excerpt from his long-in-the-works Camille Claudel. --Elisabeth VincentelliAlbum Description
On the eagerly awaited Broadway My Way, Atlantic recording artist and acclaimed Broadway sensation Linda Eder performs classics including 'On the Street Where You Live' (from My Fair Lady), 'Edelweiss' (from The Sound of Music), 'Don't Rain On My Parade' (from Funny Girl) and 10 other great broadway songs performed in a whole new voice. 2003.Customer Reviews:
Linda Eder - Great Voice.......2007-07-06
Not a voice.......an instrument.......2007-02-17
and hip-hop, heard me playing this disc and begged me to buy her
one........and I did, and she plays it all the time, and to her
friends. Linda Eder exceeds the Streisand mystique by far.
the best female singer of the great american standards........2006-07-24
musical in 1960. over the years i have had the honor to see
almost all of the giants of american song, garland, streisand,
patti lupone, lena horne, betty buckley, barbaracook etc. in
"broadway, my way" linda eder cements her place as the best of the best. from an anthem like "i am what i am" to the lovely
"on the street where you live" captures you body and soul.
i loved this album, and don't ever miss a chance to see her live. JOHN POWER
The powerful and beautiful voice of Linda Elder.......2006-02-23
Linda Eder shines with her Broadway album.......2006-02-18
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ASIN: B0006A9GO0 Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
Tracks:
- Brace Yourself
- Perfect Time Of Day
- Collide
- Trouble Is Here
- Sunday Morning Song
- I'll Take You On
- She Says
- Numbness For Sound
- You & A Promise
- End Of Our Days
- Come Lay Down
- This Time Around
- Standing In The Sun
- Brace Yourself (Acoustic)
- Collide (Acoustic)
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Howie Day - Stop All The World Now.......2007-01-31
Well after listening to the album, starting for the very beginning I found the gamble had worked. Songs such as 'She Says' are beautifully written and sound good if not better than 'Collide'. Throughout the Album Howie Day desplays his lyrical and musical ability, the music gets better as you go through the album.
Those of you who are into 'Lifehouse', 'Switchfoot' and to an extent '3 Doors Down' and 'Goo Goo Dolls', this is really a must have, but those who are still confused - BUY the album because you get a lot more for your moneys worth than just getting the single.
Listening to it now, its one you can't get bored of because its not an artist they overplaye on the radio consistently. I'm looking up to a follow up on this album!!
I've changed my mind - this cd's amazing.......2007-01-25
A must have..........2006-10-28
Enough said...
:o).......2006-03-13
Nice atmospheric musics. Just enjoy !
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-03
Must be heard to be truly experienced.
Enough said.
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Stop
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ASIN: B0000DBJ9U Release Date: 2003-10-21 |
Tracks:
- Stop
- Please Don't Do This
- What If
- Fireworks
- Leavin'
- Shine
- Your Fault
- Happy Someday
- A Lonely September
- Can't Turn Away
- Penny (Perfect For You)
- Radios In Heaven
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the original plain white t's cd with fearless records..........2007-05-08
buy it you crazy kids!
Awesome CD.......2007-05-06
It's hard to pick one favorite song here because they're all so good. Like most of the band's songs the lyrics are really powerful. Sometimes they're called Alternative and Punk, but I'd term their music as closer to rock--something similar to Daniel Powter and a little softer than Matchbox 20 (circa "More than you think you are") and a little angrier/punkier than Train.
"Radios in Heaven" is likely the most well known song on this album. It's a classic lost love ballad and is quite good. However, I find the band's break up songs to be much more powerful and evocative. My personal favorite on this CD is "Penny (Perfect for you)." The song begins with the recurring line "What's your car doing outside his house, it's three o'clock in the morning"--a line that sets up the theme for rest of the song. Interestingly, this song keeps the same tempo and upbeat sound of other songs on the album (like "Happy Someday"--a forward-looking song about not dwelling on regrets) so that it is only with repeated listening that the underlying meaning comes through.
That's the great thing about this album. The songs are all multi-dimensional and offer a unique experience.
Great PWT's offering.......2007-03-09
Intelligent rock at its finest.......2006-06-28
TOM TIM DAVE & D.......2005-11-24
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Stop the Clocks
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ASIN: B000IMV4IW Release Date: 2006-11-21 |
Tracks:
- Go Let It Out
- Rock 'N' Roll Star
- Some Might Say
- Talk Tonight
- Lyla
- The Importance Of Being Idle
- Wonderwall
- Slide Away
- Cigarettes & Alcohol
- The Masterplan
- Live Forever
- Acquiesce
- Supersonic
- Half The World Away
- Go Let It Out
- Songbird
- Morning Glory
- Champagne Supernova
- Don't Look Back In Anger
- Lock The Box Interview by Colin Murray
- Fade Away
- Champagne Supernova
- Lord Don't Slow Me Down Film Trailer
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Even the high-and-mighty Gallagher brothers would admit that Oasis hasn't released a crucial album since the one-two punch of its 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, and its globe-devouring 1995 follow-up, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. But that doesn't mean the hirsute Manchester band has been in short supply of great singles. With just Liam and Noel sticking it out through the whole thing, this generous double album cherry-picks the best riffs, choruses, and sneers from the group's decade-plus career, offering fans a chance to rediscover early pub classics ("Slide Away," "Some Might Say"), latter-day retro-rock gems ("The Importance of Being Idle," "Lyla"), and some surprisingly decent B-sides that could have otherwise easily been obscured by the eyebrows ("The Masterplan"). --Aidin VaziriAmazon.com
Oasis have been at the helm of the world's music scene for over ten years. To mark that achievement, this first-ever Oasis retrospective draws together the years of multiplatinum albums, No. 1 singles, and--unique to Oasis--instantly familiar B-sides into one 18-track double album, entitled Stop the Clocks. Furthermore, this collection has been chosen by the band themselves--selecting the songs they believe encapsulate their remarkable career to date.More from Oasis
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UK band.......2007-05-26
Noel Gallagher said that they would never release these greatest hits, but here it is. Much like their peers, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, Suede, and Verve, Oasis has all released greatest hits CDs after ten years. Britpop is now a decade old. It is still popular, and very few bands, other than Arctic Monkeys, and Libertines, have come and replaced them with something better or equal. Oasis' recent tour featured most of the songs from this collection, plus a few more from the new Don't Believe The Truth. These songs have soaked into the British sensibility like no other recent UK band. Of course we have "Live Forever" and "Supersonic" from the first album. There are "Wonderwall" from the second. But there is not so much from after Be Here Now. Half of the album is from the first two albums. The other half is early b-sides, and one or two tracks, from the rest. It's kid of an odd collection. Most of the Oasis fans have all these tracks on the previous releases. Some of the other Britpop bands offered some new tracks or unreleased material. Placebo had a DVD included. I guess Oasis is saying to all future generation: "Here is the classics, if you want to look into it further, check out the other albums." Great cover by Peter Blake. One Liam song is included.
If yer at all into Oasis..........2007-02-04
Over seven years ago, after disappointment after disappointment with SOTSOG, HC and...dang, I can't even remember the name of the album that followed that (btw, as with many other "true" Oasis fans, BHN is still my favorite Oasis album, top to top, and also signifies the end of Oasis as "Oasis", the headstone of the mayhem), I still managed to listen to the boys a bit here and there and compiled my own bootleg album of Oasis "anthems", including a nice middle set of classic Noel acoustics (a staple for anyone who's ever seen the Brothers live). So, here goes:
1. Listen Up (extended version)
2. Rockin' Chair (a bit "Beatle-esque, but much more raw than Lennon-McCartney could ever be)
3. Wonderwall (of course)
4. Sunday Morning Call (after the first listen of this song I had to play it again back-to-back, as if for proof of its existence. I just couldn't believe how beautiful it was.)
5. Little By Little (again, of course)
6. Talk Tonight (thus begins Noel's acoustic)
7. Half the World Away (Paul Weller's fav)
8. Angel Child (demo...don't ask)
9. Heroes (better than even Bowie himself)
10. Magic Pie (alone worth the purchase of BHN)
11. Don't Look Back In Anger (once heard this song sung by a drunken wedding party in backwoods Ireland. Priceless!)
12. Live Forever (..."Er, that's if you want to." - Liam, live, Cigarettes and Alcohol single)
13. Whatever (classic Noel rip-off, but still the best single never released in the US)
14. Married with Children (how is it nobody ever talks about this song? A classic cook-kitchen end-of-the-night work song!)
So there you have it. My very own Oasis "compilation". Savvy?
The Most Important Band Of The Last 30 Years.......2007-01-18
Anyone who says they dislike Oasis is only familiar with Wonderwall & Champagne Supernova and say they dislike the "attitudes". Nevermind that Oasis single-handedly changed the way an entire generation of listeners approached their own lives by writing astonishing songs that made you feel invincible. Forget "Rape Me" or "I Hate Myself & I Want To Die", Oasis are about making the most out of life and not wasting a single second. It's there in the lyrics, in the Marshall Stacks & Les Pauls, and in the melodys that will never grow tired.
I'd rate this album a 10 out of 10 were in not for one glaring ommision... not a single song from the 3rd album, Be Here Now. Noel Gallagher has become ashamed of this album over time due to the reviews recieved upon release as an overblown record with too many long songs. Well, having been there from the beginning, I'd say Be Here Now is my favorite Oasis record, primarily due to the fact that it's the sound of the summer of 1997. Big and exciting, and almost constantly rocking, Be Here Now warranted at least 1 track on Stop The Clocks and it could have featured 3 or 4. Don't Go Away is to me the single most beautiful Oasis song and should have been among the first 3 or 4 Noel chose for Stop The Clocks. Meanwhile, D'You Know What I Mean? is the single most exhilirating Oasis song ever released and would have added to the track listing as the most interesting and self assured track on Stop The Clocks. With 9 songs on each disk, the inclusion of these two tracks would have made it my dream Oasis "Best Of" rounding it out at 10 tracks per disk and making for a more complete Oasis overview. Other than that, it's still a fantastic document of the most important rock & roll band of the last 30 years.
Legendary Oasis.......2007-01-16
Gallagher's words say it all.......2007-01-15
"With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. I didn't start writing songs until I was about fourteen, so I just used to copy theirs."
"We're the best band on the planet. That's not arrogance, that's just a fact."
"All I ever wanted to do was make a record. Here's what you do: you pick up your guitar, you rip a few people's tunes off, you swap them round a bit, get your brother in the band, punch his head in every now and again, and it sells."
Noel's brother Liam was asked about Oasis in general, and he had this to say:
"We are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger."
They are behind the material on this album (sometimes referred to as a greatest hits CD). Think about it.
We can at least know that Liam's claim rings false. Oasis (mercifully) is not bigger than Jesus. As for the Beatles, this CD was put out on the same day (to rival, maybe???) the new Beatles "Love" CD. Let's look at the Amazon Sales Rank. As of today, Beatles "Love" is #3 on Amazon's top 10 Music list. "Stop the Clocks" is at #3,715. Music fans have made their choice.
Save your money! Or better yet, spend it on good, original British music. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull...the list goes on.
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Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition (1984 Film)
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ASIN: B00000K3G8 Release Date: 1999-09-07 |
Tracks:
- Psycho Killer
- Heaven
- Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
- Found a Job
- Slippery People
- Burning Down the House
- Life During Wartime
- Making Flippy Floppy
- Swamp
- What a Day That Was
- This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
- Once in a Lifetime
- Genius of Love
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Take Me to the River
- Crosseyed and Painless
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The soundtrack to the Jonathan Demme documentary, Stop Making Sense captures the Talking Heads live in 1984 on what would turn out to be their last major tour. This collection, and the film, is a true gift to the band's fans, a testament to the Heads' extraordinary talent, both in the studio and especially onstage. Frontman David Byrne infuses each song with a jolt of energy and drama that could only have come from a late-'70s art-school student. Now-classic tracks such as "Psycho Killer," "Girlfriend is Better," "Once in a Lifetime," "Take Me to the River," and "Burning Down the House" have never sounded better. This expanded 1999 reissue includes all nine of the original tracks, plus seven previously unheard cuts, including "Heaven," "Found a Job," and "Crosseyed and Painless." --Lorry FlemingCustomer Reviews:
Probably the best concert ever preserved.......2007-02-19
good Talking Heads record.......2006-02-20
Bigger is not always better.......2004-10-26
So I was really hyped to hear that the entire concert soundtrack was about to be reissued on CD. Seven extra songs! Warm with nostalgia, I finally bought the disc. Boy, was I let down. First, it isn't the whole concert. "I Zimbra" is particularly missed. Then, of all the crappy songs to include over that one, we have the Tom Tom Club and their SERIOUSLY dated "Genius Of Love."
One of the brilliant things about Talking Heads is that they may have been trend setters, but they were never trend mongers. The music sounds just as fresh today as it did when I slit the shrink wrap on the 1984 Album. But the Tom Tom Club was a lightweight side project that scored one novelty hit, and it sticks out like crayon smears on a DaVinci. I reach for the skip button just about everytime its lame, cliched, and oh so 80's stage patter starts to invade what used to be a flawless CD.
It takes what used to be a 5 star CD and knocks it down by one. It also provides continual proof that that not all unreleased tracks are really a "bonus." Since it has finally come out on a double disc, I strongly recommend the remastered and reissued "The Name Of This Band is Talking Heads" over this. At least the expanded tracks aren't an emarrassment.
One of the greatest live albums ever........2004-10-23
So, what is the big deal, you ask? Well, picture this. The soundtrack begins with "Psycho Killer," one of the first really big hits for the group. Instead of the entire band being onstage, David Byrne walks out with an acoustic guitar and a boom box. He presses PLAY on the box, which cues a drum program to begin playing. So the first song is just David Byrne singing and strumming his guitar, accompanied by pre-recorded percussion. For the next song, "Heaven," Byrne is joined onstage by bassist Tina Weymouth. Then Chris Frantz's drumset is wheeled out, and the three of them go into "Thank You For Sending Me an Angel." We finally hear some real drumming, not the predictable, computerized beats in "Psycho Killer." The album really begins to come alive. Then they go into "Found a Job," and things get more interesting. Byrne swaps his acoustic guitar for an electric, and lead guitarist Jerry Harrison comes out, meaning we now have two guitars. By the time the fifth track, "Slippery People," is underway, the entire band (including the extra musicians and backup singers) are on the stage, and now things are cooking. What happens over the remaining twelve tracks can only be described as an overload of the senses.
The purpose behind the concert was to provide a unique experience for the concert-goer, to create visual as well as aural art. Some of that sense is lost on the CD listener, but some of it remains. The songs were translated to disk beautifully, so that they still retain just about everything that made them a pleasure to listen to while watching the film. One can almost picture David Byrne running laps around the stage, dancing with the lamp, or wearing the big suit.
The concert resulting in the film and this album was performed shortly after the band released their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." So, needless to say, many of the songs you will hear are from that album. And I have to say that for each of them, I prefer the live version to the studio version. Each one of them sounds more vibrant, more full of life when performed on the stage. The improvisation on "Burning Down the House" is as good as it gets. Ditto "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)," which is one of the most beautiful things I've heard, and I don't even like love songs. The studio versions lack that extra energy. Their pulse is just too slow. This is never more true for "Life During Wartime," which is actually a song from 1979's "Fear of Music." But anyway, this song displays Byrne's tendency to perfectly mismatch music and lyrics. The pulsating beat of club rock flows beneath what I interpret to be a humourously disturbing tale of a country under martial law. The song should not work as well as it does, and yet somehow, they pull it off. Anyway, after hearing the live version of it, I can no longer listen to the studio version. Also noteworthy is the improvisation on "Crosseyed and Painless." The intro and the extended guitar solos are just the icing on the cake for that one!
If there is a bad song on this album, it would have to be the interlude by the Tom Tom Club (a solo project of Heads drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth). "Genius of Love" could have been a great song. The instrumentation is very good. Sadly, it's ruined by Frantz's raucous babbling. He's attempting to be random like David Byrne, but tragically, he's not good at it. Other than that, this album is solid gold. It demonstrates the full potential of live music, and sounds amazing while doing it. Whether you're a fan of the Talking Heads or not, this album belongs in your collection.
Great Improvement Over The Original Version.......2004-10-17
The Special Edition is the entire film soundtrack (minus some stage banter and the cut performances of "Cities" and "I Zimbra"). Their imagination made Talking Heads one of the greatest live bands of all time. The songs are mostly from SPEAKING IN TONGUES, but they also include interesting and in some cases superior versions of songs from all of their albums prior to 1983 with the help of the Tom Tom Club.
In addition to STOP MAKING SENSE, I recommend the newly released CD version of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS. Listening to both would map eight years of live performances and barely short of 4 hours of live material.
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Very Best of Hooked on Classics
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ASIN: B000028CJX Release Date: 1998-09-28 |
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- Hooked on Classics Pt. 1 & 2: Piano of the Bumblebee No. 1/Fli [Medley]
- Hooked on Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat (3rd Movement) [Medley]
- Night in Opera: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat (3rd Movement)/Hall [Medley]
- Tales of the Vienna Waltz: Blue Danube Waltz 1, Theme 1/Blue D [Medley]
- Hooked on a Can Can: Orpheus in the Underworld (Can Can)/Thund [Medley]
- Hooked on Marching: Under the Double Eagle/The Stars & Stripes [Medley]
- Journey Through America: The Star Spangled Banner/Oh Susanna/M [Medley]
- Hooked on Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March, From Sonata [Medley]
- Hooked on Bach: Ave Maria/Minuet [From the Notebook of Anna Ma
- Symphony of the Seas: The Sailors Hornpipe/Portsmouth/Anchors [Medley]
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- Hooked on Classics: Wedding March [From a Midsummer's Night's
- Hooked on Romance (Opus 3): Gymnopedie No. 2/Nocturne Opus 9, [Medley]
- Hooked on Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien (Introduction)/Swan L [Medley]
- If You Knew Sousa/The Liberty Bell/Blaze Away/The Liberty Bell [Medley]
- If You Knew Sousa and Friends: Entry of the Gladiators/Colonel [Medley]
- Also Sprach Zarathustra [Medley]
- Can't Stop the Classics: Overture 2 Russian & Ludmilla/Czardas [Medley]
- Hooked on America: Rhapsody in Blue/Camptown Races/Rhapsody in [Medley]
- Hooked on Romance: Air Form Suite No. 3 (Air for G String)/Ave [Medley]
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WONDERFUL CD.......2007-05-08
Good upbeat working music.......2007-03-08
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I Just Can't Stop It
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ASIN: B000021XS8 Release Date: 1999-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Mirror in the Bathroom
- Hands Off...She's Mine
- Two Swords
- Twist and Crawl
- Rough Rider
- Click Click
- Big Shot
- Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret
- Noise in This World
- Can't Get Used To Losing You
- Best Friend
- Jackpot
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Jackpot.......2007-05-08
Ok, enough of that. Both are masterpieces in their own right, but "I Just Can't Stop It" takes the cake, IMHO. And I've been listening to ska for quite a few decades now...and just came from seeing the Beat (as they're known in England; unfortunately an American band named the Beat had them precursor their name with thier country of origin...) for the 2nd time in 6 months. They played over 2.5 hours straight through, and are at the top of the list of energetic bands I've ever seen. And live, they are much different than they are on record -- both are brilliant, in their own special way. My favorite song off the CD, "Twist & Crawl," which is more new wave/mod meets ska, became an insane dub-fueled monster live.
If you are a fan of music, especially one of the 3rd wave of ska (e.g. Sublime, No Doubt, to name the most famous...and who blended punk rock with ska) and want to know some of the origins of the music, even though Sublime covers Toot's "54-46 Was My Number" and never covers any of the 2nd generation (even looking through my prodigious Sublime bootleg collection), this album is for you. And for those wondering what ska is, this is for you...it is a masterpiece. It's better than any ska anthology you'll find IMHO.
Landmark Ska.......2007-02-23
Quibbles about the British edition aside (only the early American version of the cd has Tears of a Clown and Ranking Full Stop), this record is as socially conscious as it is fun. Ranking and Wakeling were not overly opinionated lads, but they made their points eloquently and with arresting honesty. It is quite often the case, however, that you find yourself singing along to a beautiful harmony, only realizing later on what the lyrics actually say. I only noticed the political overtones of 'Stand Down Margaret' after grooving to it for some two or three years. :)
It's a shame that a group of this caliber splintered after only three albums, but I suppose we should count ourselves lucky to have heard them at all.
Non Stop Fun!.......2006-06-18
Already full of nonstop, infectious boppin' tunes the band's US label added two songs to the original album -- "Rankin' Full Stop," and a cover of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "Tears of a Clown" that had been stand alone singles in the UK. By omitting those songs from this CD reissue the album has been restored to its original running order and, as a previous reviewer noted, becomes the album the way the band intended for it to be heard.
But all of that is really pretty moot because this is still a great, great record with songs like "Best Friend," "Mirror in the Bathroom, "Hands Off She's Mine," and "Wine and Grind/Stand Down Margaret" (ah, the days of the anti-Thatcher/Reagan anthems) that compel you to hit the repeat button on your CD remote over and over.
Ignore the reviewers who don't know the history of this album and get this -- the complete and original version of one of the all time great albums.
This IS the orginal complete album.......2006-05-25
Ska done right - this album is so addictive!!!.......2006-01-22
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Voldemort Can't Stop The Rock!
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ASIN: B000N0QYM0 Release Date: 2006-11-07 |
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Remarkable.......2007-07-21
This is the funniest thing - ever!!.......2007-07-08
My other hand reluctantly reached for my wallet, and the rest is pretty much non-history. The album is... interesting. Not at all any style of music I would normally endure, but for sheer balls and downright fun ideas, I had to support my fellow artist9s), and I do not regret the purchase. In fact, I will listen to the entire CD at least a dozen times over the next month, even at the cost of mine own eardrums.
It's not that the musicians are untalented (they ARE talented - that much I will say), but it is simply hard to imagine going rabid in a fan-boy way over this band. That said - if they ever play LA I will be banging my head... er... swaying gently?... holding up my lighter?... well I will be at the show. They are probably a hoot live, and that is what music is really all about - being there with the musicians having a great time. buy the album. your mom will thank you. Then go see them live.
DISCLAIMER: I am firmly entrenched in the Draco and the Malfoy's fan base, so that may have influenced my review ;-)
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Next Stop Wonderland: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture
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ASIN: B000009QU0 Release Date: 1998-08-11 |
Tracks:
- Batuacada - Bebel Gilberto/Vinicius Cantuaria
- Mas Que Nada - Tamba Trio
- Stay - Astrud Gilberto
- Crossed Paths - Claudio Ragazzi/Arto Lindsay
- Triste - Elis Regina
- Os Grilos (Crickets Sing For Ana Maria) - Marcos Valle
- One Note Samba/The Girl From Ipanema - Bebel Gilberto/Vinicius Cantuaria
- The Therapist - Claudio Ragazzi/Arto Lindsay
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Astrud Gilberto
- The Suitors - Josh Zaentz/Sergio Brandao
- Baia - Walter Wanderley
- O Beijo (The Kiss) - Claudio Ragazzi
- Aquarela Do Brasil - Toots Thielemans/Elis Regina
- Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- The Finale - Claudio Ragazzi/Arto Lindsay/Bebel Gilberto
- O Pato (The Duck) - Coleman Hawkins
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The fear of loneliness, a hope for romance, the occasional pang of moody nostalgia--it's all found in the light romance of Next Stop Wonderland. But few of Wonderland's plot devices work quite as convincingly at portraying these themes as the movie's soundtrack. Filled with the classic sounds of bossa nova and samba, these songs ooze with the melancholy found in the movie. There's a lot of great stuff here: classic Astrud Gilberto, Coleman Hawkins, Marcus Valle, new interpretations of Jobim. But the unexpected highlight is the original score: Claudio Ragazzi backed by the smooth-as-flan vocals of avant-jazz-guitarist-gone-Jobim-freak Arto Lindsay. Their trio of bossa-nova inspired collaborations sounds as sweet and timeless as the classic originals here. In all, it's one of the best soundtrack collections of 1998, and one you'll be listening to long after you've forgotten its sorta-like-Sleepless in Seattle film counterpart. --Jason VerlindeCustomer Reviews:
Flying Non-Stop on the Wings of Brazilian Jazz.......2007-07-30
Composer-guitarist extraordinaire Claudio Ragazzi beautifully realizes the film's theme in a four-part original score: "Crossed Paths" and "The Therapist," which feature dreamy scatting in Portuguese by the guitar virtuoso Arto Lindsay; and "O Beijo (The Kiss)," which, like the famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin, is sheer enchantment. With the gentle plucking of strings and the luscious vocalisms of Bebel Gilberto heard in "The Kiss," Ragazzi achieves through music what Rodin conveyed in cast bronze: the impenetrable embrace of lovers who are oblivious to the world around them. Of course, "The Finale" brings resolution to "O Beijo (The Kiss)," complete with cowbells.
However, in this reviewer's opinion, the ethereal voice of Elis Regina, a pioneer in the Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) movement, pervades the entire soundtrack to Next Stop Wonderland. Regina's articulation, intonation and pitch are impeccable, whether she's lightly swinging in Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Triste" or trilling like a rare tropical bird in Ary Barroso's "Aquarela do Brasil." In the latter song, which translates as "Watercolor of Brazil" but is known the world over simply as "Brazil," Regina draws from warm and cool colors in her vocal palette. As if applying fine brush strokes of paint, she reveals the harmonious relationship among the earth, sea and air. In doing so, she upholds Barroso's original proclamation of samba-exaltação -- which he introduced in 1939. It was a brand-new musical style embracing his country's magnificent beauty.
No outstanding contemporary Brazilian jazz CD would be complete without the kind of percussion-heavy music that is performed in processions, not just during Carnivale season. The opening track, "Batucada," explicitly celebrates African (especially Angolan) people's significant contribution to Brazil. "Batucada" is performed in English by Bebel Gilberto and Vinícius Cantuária. The former is the daughter of João Gilberto -- who alongside Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes founded bossa nova. Bebel Gilberto is a solid star in her own right, possessing a honeyed voice that resonates with mesmerizing elasticity. If her percussive phrasing on "Batucada" does not send one's hips shaking to the beat, one just might need spiritual assistance. No worries there because African-derived spirituality shines through in "Batucada" when Bebel sings joyfully about lighting "a candle for the goddess of the sea." In other words, Iemanjá, a principal orisha in the Candomblé religion, is in the house!
The CD benefits from additional music by Vinícius Cantuária and Bebel Gilberto in a medley of the Jobim classics "One Note Samba"/"The Girl from Ipanema." In Next Stop Wonderland, the medley is performed at a Boston aquarium's gala fund-raiser, where the paths of the main character, Erin Castleton (Hope Davis), and elusive suitor Alan Monteiro (Alan Gelfant) not only intersect but collide.
Listeners who have appreciated Jobim's performance on "One Note Samba" ("Samba De Uma Nota So") or the renditions by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra in the past will find an extra dose of spice in Cantuária and Gilberto's neo-Brazilian version. Bebel's saucy alto peppered over multi-percussion rhythms, including the indigenous berimbau, is an infectious delight.
Their sizzling samba segues into a version of "The Girl from Ipanema" that puts more bounce in the hips than Astrud Gilberto's sashaying version from the '60s. Bebel Gilberto lends her own seductive tonal qualities to a song that the legendary Astrud Gilberto immortalized at the height of bossa nova. In Jobim's narrative about a windswept beauty who is unaware that she has an aphrodisiac effect on the men in her neighborhood, Astrud's devil-may-care vocals seemed to float among the clouds. On the other hand, one could say that her hazy, breathless, early-morning-nasal performance evoked the kind of post-coital cigarette scene in French New Wave films. In stark contrast, Vinícius Cantuária and Bebel Gilberto's nicotine-free, thong-popping Gen X rendition breathes new life into the song while keeping it earthbound. No longer just the object of men's fantasies, this Ipanema woman is secure in her beauty and confident about her erotic power, strutting on the pristine beach. She not only elicits a sigh from every man she passes; she demands it!
Astrud Gilberto is represented on a few songs on Next Stop Wonderland, however. She performs Jobim and Gene Lees' "Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)," sounding more languorous rather than inspired by Brazil's enchanted mountain. Then she switches gears in "Stay," turning up the tropical heat by inviting her man to "make sex with music." Her serpentine vocals slither around bossa nova rhythms like the lithe movements of a belly dancer. Vibes and drums playing in counterpoint overtly convey escalating passion, and her febrile, elongated soprano lines simulate a pleasurable response. Astrud's sensuous delivery on this song alone could have caused a second Baby Boom. Though, "Stay" does have a reliable rhythm method.
Scenes from Next Stop Wonderland that feature "Stay" are apropos because they show the melancholy night nurse Erin abandoning her intuition and survival instincts for a smooth-talking former patient who is an ethnomusicologist. The dangerously handsome, bouquet-bearing suitor is Andre de Silva (portrayed with beguiling charm by José Zúñiga), who hooks Erin with bossa nova serenades. As "Stay" plays on, his obsession comes into full view in the car scene, where he wins her heart by producing airplane tickets. This scene also delivers one of the film's best pickup lines (and most romantic kisses): Andre, in a slick attempt to coax Erin into allowing him inside her home, tells her that she is the answer to his prayers to sea goddess Iemanjá -- and then he abruptly apologizes for forgetting to bring fried fish as a sacrificial offering to the orisha.
While the CD is lovely from beginning to end, there is a glaring omission: Sarah Vaughan's superb interpretation of the Jobim composition "Wake," which illuminates the black screen while the credits roll. The fact that water figures prominently in Next Stop Wonderland is what makes the omission egregious, let alone that "Sassy" (a sobriquet for the incomparable Vaughan) and Jobim made other beautiful music together -- Brazilian jazz, that is. Here are seven reasons that the song "Wake" serves as a metaphor in the film, the last of which does not involve water:
1) Scenes on and near the river in Boston and at the aquarium are crucial to the plot.
2) Erin's main suitor, Alan, is a plumber and an aspiring marine biologist.
3) There are direct and oblique references to Iemanjá, the Candomblé orisha that reigns from and over the sea.
4) A wake trails a boat, ship or other watercraft.
5) Figuratively speaking, the main character, Erin, is like a fish out of water when it comes to the dating scene because her longtime co-habitant, an environmental activist, has just dumped her.
6) The place where Erin longs to be -- Brazil -- because it is a reminder of a pleasant, meditative vacation with her late father, is located oceans away.
7) "Wake" (both the Jobim song and the common noun) symbolizes Erin's need to grieve while allowing her father's undying love to help her rediscover the happiness that she buried with him.
Without the lush orchestration and sensuality of bossa nova and samba, the movie Next Stop Wonderland would have retained its comedic elements but lost its bittersweet charm, cosmopolitan sophistication and understated sexuality. Standing on its own, the CD is a wonderful portrait of Brazil's musical past and present. It is light and bouncy at one end of the spectrum, bodacious and bottom-heavy at the other end -- but, overall, an authentic Brazilian jazz experience.
Real music for a change.......2006-11-11
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An excellent compilation.......2003-07-03
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Tracks:
- Steal My Sunshine
- Cryptik Souls Crew
- Man Of The Year
- Beautiful Day
- The Hard Disk Approach
- Hot Rod Monster Jam
- Cold Chillin'
- Feelin' Alright
- Cheekybugger
- Big Meanie
- Junebug
- Crazy 'Cause I Believe (Early Morning Sunshine)
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It took hip-hop a couple of decades to become ingrained in pop music, but the genre's influence shows on Len's You Can't Stop the Bum Rush. The members of Len might not agree--after all, they probably consider themselves a hip-hop act, and they've got a case, what with their lineup (which incorporates a DJ and a couple of MCs), their use of loops and samples (from the Andrea True Connection, the Bar Kays, Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel, and the big mack daddy himself, John Travolta), and guests like Biz Markie, Kurtis Blow, and Mr. Dibbs. But there's something very pop at the core of Len, and it's what makes Bum Rush so special--as hip-hop becomes harder and more experimental, Len rediscover a very vital part of the history. Filled with keyboards, dance rhythms, harmonies, stoner humor, and Sugar Ray-ish party vocals, Bum Rush is pure pop for the hip-hop generation. The album keeps things light but never skimps in delivering single after single; they may all prove disposable, but why worry about that now? --Randy SilverCustomer Reviews:
Something for everyone.......2007-07-23
Reminds me of summer!.......2006-08-15
It's hard to explain what kind of music is on this CD. There's some rap, hip-hop, a little bit of soul, and even some techno. I've never heard such a mix. Sure that makes it a little odd at first, but it kinda grows on you. It's a pretty good variety, but I must admit some of the songs are a little odd.
So, on that note, I would buy the single for "Steal My Sunshine" if that's the only song you are interested in, but like I said, you might be able to find this entire album for a fabulous price, like I did with BMg.
One Hit Wonder.......2006-07-20
Awesome Mix of old school hip-hop with new school pop.......2006-01-10
A CD I tried to sell and no one would buy.......2005-02-10
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