Area

About the Artist
Jamie’s first instrument was a violin fashioned out of a butter box, a ruler and an abundance of masking tape – the bow, a stick. She was for certain the envy of the neighborhood. Eventually weaned off the butter/tape axe, she went on to play a real violin – strings and all, for fourteen years. While continuing to pursue greatness in the classical world, Jamie found her voice in her early teens as a member of the interschool Vocal Jazz Ensemble in New York City. In this group she learned that she, known as "the little girl with the big voice," could command attention with her unique sound. This realization gave rise to Jamie’s sound today: honest, bold, soulful and strong.

The granddaughter of a cantor and the youngest of three musically curious children, Jamie grew up surrounded by an array of musical styles. All types of music emanated from the family home: from Sondheim to Chopin, Barry Manilow to the Sex Pistols, traditional Yiddish songs to jazz standards. This mix of styles fueled Jamie’s creativity and curiosity as a performer. On Area, her debut solo CD, Jamie has managed to lasso this multitude of sounds into her own personal signature.

As a songwriter, Jamie first gained attention when her song "It’s Over," co-written by Antoine Silverman, placed sixth in the first International John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Her band at the time, Methuselah Jones, received acclaim for performances at the CMJ Festival and other New York City venues. As co-leader of Methuselah Jones, Jamie worked with noted producers Patrick Dillett (They Might Be Giants, B-52’s) and Rob Stevens (John Lennon Anthology, Yoko Ono).

On area Jamie conveys intimacy and an abundance of strength through her music and lyrics. In certain cases, the lyrics come from another source, and Jamie sets them to music. "If I am not writing the lyric myself, I almost feel that the text that I work from chooses me, although I pretend that I have chosen it!" Jamie says. "I’ll know that I need to set a poem or an idea to music when I find myself singing it as I read it. Or I start to think about it more than anything else, and I find that it simply moves me – without any initial deep analysis of the text. Then I take to task the "burden" of bringing those words to life through music."

Since sawing at the violin in her early years, Jamie has been performing for audiences great and small.

As a vocalist, Jamie has performed as a soloist at both Carnegie Hall and Town Hall in New York City for audiences including the former President Bush. She also performs at some of New York’s finest club venues, including Fez, Makor and The Cutting Room.

Jamie has performed with a cappella groups and gospel choirs; she has participated in the development of off-Broadway shows and gleefully sings on many recordings of friends and colleagues.

Product Description
"Area" marks the solo debut of singer-songwriter Jamie Obstbaum, offering a new style to the popular music scene: "chamber-pop soul" This sound blends a combination of Jamie's soulful voice, strings, upright bass, percussion and electric guitar.

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Average customer rating: One of the great Classics! hilarity in music Irreverent hilarity I am a PDQ junkie! Brilliant parody

Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bach, P.D.Q. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schickele | Schickele, Peter | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Opera & Vocal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Bach, P.D.Q. | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Schickele, Peter | ( S ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults P.D.Q. Bach in Houston - We Have a Problem! Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach P.D. Q. Bach: A Little Nightmare Music ASIN: B000003CWP Release Date: 1990-09-25

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. I. Prologue: Tragedy
3. Recitative: Well
4. II. Aria: Howdy There
5. Recitative: And It Wasn't Long
6. III. Duet: My Heart
7. Recitative: But
8. IV. Aria: You Murdered Your Father
9. Recitative: When Billie Jo Heard
10. V. Aria: Goodbye
11. Recitative: When Oedipus Heard
12. VI. Chorale And Finale
13. Introduction
14. Classical Rap
15. Introduction
16. I. Recitative: Knock, Knock
17. II. Recitative: How Many Psychiatrists
18. III. Recitative: What Is The Question?
19. VI. Recitative: So This Guy
20. Introduction
21. Birthday Ode To 'Big Daddy Bach'

Customer Reviews:

One of the great Classics!.......2006-08-03

Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities is one of the must haves from PDQ Bach. This album has some of his best stuff on it including the title tracks and one of the funniest songs he has composed "classical rap" this is well worth one's time to check out.

hilarity in music.......2002-10-25

Virtually every CD that Peter Schickele has put out under the name of PDQ Bach has been absolutely hilarious. This is one of his best albums - it will have you in stitches in no time flat.

"Oedipus Tex," the title piece, is a stunning parody of (of course) Sophocles "Oedipus Rex" - from the line "the gods are ticked off and now someone must pay" to the ending chorus of "the eyes of Texas are upon you" (set to the tune of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"), the piece is one of the funniest things I have ever heard.

"Classical Rap" - this track alone is worth the whole cost of the album. This "Yuppie" rap combines the stereotypes of rap music with Vivaldi and Bach, and has as its setting the upper West side of Manhattan.

"Knock Knock Cantata" - some of the worst jokes you'll ever hear set to some of the worst music you'll ever hear. The combination of text and setting is really hilarious - talk about form meeting content.

"Birthday Ode for Big Daddy Bach" - the more you know about music, the funnier this piece is.

BUY THIS CD.

Irreverent hilarity.......2002-08-09

Oedipus Tex is both my favorite Country/Western ballad and one of my favorite oratorios!

Classical Rap is, IMHO, the only Rap piece worth listening to.

This is one of "The Bad Boy of Classical Music", Peter Schickele's best recordings.

I am a PDQ junkie!.......2002-08-08

This was my first PDQ recording and it has kept me coming back for more.My father who hates music even LOVES it!It does take a special musician or music lover to appreciate the genius of such a man as Peter Shickele. Being a musician, I have performed numerous PDQ works in the past and they are extremely difficult.Oedipus Tex is by far the most ingenious album created, in my belief, in as far as its contents and musical professionalism.

Brilliant parody.......1999-10-16

Oedipus Tex is a brilliant parody... I had a teacher listen to it once and then it circulated around the entire English department. "Classical Rap" is a wonderful piece as well.

Average customer rating: The funniest Schickele piece ever! P D Q on form again beware of the organ cadenza! Another assault to your funny bone! PDQ Bach at his best (worst)

1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bach, P.D.Q. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schickele | Schickele, Peter | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion P.D.Q. Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier P.D.Q. Bach in Houston - We Have a Problem! ASIN: B000003CVW Release Date: 1989-06-13

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. 1712 Overature
3. Introduction
4. Bach Portrait
5. Introduction
6. Capriccio La Pucelle De New Orleans (The Maid Of New Orleans)
7. Introduction
8. Minuet Militaire
9. Introduction
10. Prelude To Einstein On The Fritz
11. Introduction
12. I. Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow; Topless Gaiety)
13. II. The Lamentations Of Jerry Maja
14. III. Finale: Special Deliverance

Customer Reviews:

The funniest Schickele piece ever!.......2006-05-23

My experience with the 1712 Overture is similar to Victoria's (in another review). I was listening to the car radio when I heard the dissonant pile-up halfway through, and almost drove off the Interstate.

It should be noted that the Amazon listing is incorrect. The 1712 Overture is in reality conducted by "Walter Bruno" who is actually David Zinman. It is most assuredly not conducted by Bruno Walter (can you imagine that?), who died in 1962.

Highly recommended.

P D Q on form again.......2005-07-20

P D Q has quite a cult following among the 'cognoscenti', and others may know some of his works without being aware of it or why. Much of this is fun listening if you have that kind of mind &/or background, and has the virtual ring of period authenticity.
Classical music, like any living corpus of cultural tradition (eg religion, sport & politics) should be well capable of laughing at itself. Others have done so successfully (Hoffnung, Spike Jones, the Comedy Harmonists et al.) and PDQ follows in a worthy & rollicking tradition!

beware of the organ cadenza!.......2005-05-18

This is my favourite PDQ Bach collection. The 1712 Overture alone is worth the price of admission. The use of the motif from 'I Ain't Got No Home' is inspired and the skewering of 'Day Tripper' reduces me to helpless giggles every time.

Einstein on the Fritz is a tonic to anyone sick of the pretentious meanderings of Philip Glass, Taverner et al. And Cappricio La Poucelle de New Orleans (engineered by Burt Bach, a living direct decendant of JS Bach) is frighteningly intense, as well as hysterical. These musicians are also terrific - the pieces wouldn't work at all otherwise. And who couldn't love the rapturous intro to The Preachers of Crimetheous - featuring the most incredible percussion playing since Ginger Baker's 'Toad'.

All in all, this is a completely ridiculous delight!

Another assault to your funny bone!.......2004-04-12

P Schickele does it yet again! He successfullly skewers the classics again. My personal fave is Einstein On The Fritz, where he does a wonderful job of spoofing Philip Glass.....Only the Prof. is so twisted as to be able to sneak in 'Three Blind Mice" in the middle of a Glassian composition!

PDQ Bach at his best (worst).......2001-11-13

Mr. Schickele is a genius, he's taken music history and disgraced it, apocryphally!
the 1712 overture pokes fun at just about every type of music out there, and what the 1712 doesn't defile, the rest of the tracks on this CD pick up the slack.

This incredibly irreverent album is a must for music lovers everywhere!

Get yourself a copy! You won't be disappointed!

Average customer rating: Return to Sanity Have Some Madeira British humour at its best If you haven't heard this... Gentle Satire

Complete Flanders & Swann Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances French Horn | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Broadway & Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann At the Drop of a Hat The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight Beyond The Fringe (1961 Original London Cast) Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer ASIN: B000006T4S Release Date: 1997-04-30

Tracks:

1. Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
2. The Sea Horse
3. The Chameleon
4. Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6. Songs For Our Time
7. A Song Of The Weather - Flanders & Swann
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira M'Dear?
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Built Up Area
15. In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
16. Sea Fever
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

1. The Gas Man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Los Olividados
4. In The Desert
5. The Sloth
6. The Rhinoceros
7. Kangaroo Tango
8. Jaguar
9. Dead Ducks
10. The Elephant
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
14. The Humming Bird
15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
16. Sea Fever
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

1. The Gas Man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Los Olividados
4. In The Desert
5. The Sloth
6. The Rhinoceros
7. Kangaroo Tango
8. Jaguar
9. Dead Ducks
10. The Elephant
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
14. The Humming Bird
15. The Portuguese Man-Of-War
16. The Wild Boar
17. The Ostrich
18. The Wompom
19. Twice Shy
20. Commonwealth Fair
21. P** P* B**** B** D******
22. Paris
23. Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
24. The Hundred Song
25. Food For Thought

Album Details

Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."

Average customer rating: Stunning! And then the clouds

And Then the Clouds Grey Area Manufacturer: Waveform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ape to Angel Sub Conscious Elementary Particles High Rising Prima Materia ASIN: B000A1ILV4 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Sadness Dub (7:07)
2. Slowly (6:57)
3. Iona (7:01)
4. Penumbra (6:35)
5. Amphibia (6:22)
6. Avon Dub (8:06)
7. Modular Drift (3:10)
8. Ersatz Filament (5:48)
9. Long Distance (6:10)
10. Pure & Sample (7:36)

Album Description

Grey Area is an acclaimed down-under electronic music act from Sydney, Australia - the project of composer, producer and DJ Alex Salter.

Waveform Records, purveyors of exquisite, exotic electronica and heavenly, dub-influenced beats, welcomes Alex and Grey Area to America and a new label home for the best of Grey Area's rich history of material along with some equally superb new and previously unreleased recordings.

And Then the Clouds is a best of collection with a wealth of ear catching new recordings also included. Smooth, aquatic flavors that facilitate instant immersion. Dive in!

Customer Reviews:

Stunning!.......2007-06-30

Years ago I had a handfull of sampler CDs from the Spiritzone lable, and fell in love with Grey Area's brand of ambient-dub/electronica. Thanks to Waveform for this package.

And then the clouds.......2007-01-19

I was far more than pleased with Gray Area's sound, especially the title song: "And then the clouds", it was this song that made me buy the cd. I truly enjoyed all of the songs.

Average customer rating: Witty and Charming

Ill-Conceived PDQ Bach Anthology Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bach, P.D.Q. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schickele | Schickele, Peter | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults P.D.Q. Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion P.D.Q. Bach in Houston - We Have a Problem! ASIN: B00000FDBK Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

1. This Is Professor Pete
2. 1712 Overture (S. 1712)
3. Introduction
4. II. Aria With Chorus: 'Howdy There'
5. Recitative: 'It Wasn't Long'
6. III. My Heart
7. Recitative: 'When Oedipus Heard'
8. VI. Chorale And Finale
9. Introduction
10. Love Me
11. WTWP Station ID
12. Oo-La-La Introduction
13. Oo-La-La: Cookin' French Like The French Cook French - Dana Krueger
14. Introduction: The Musical Sacrifice (S. 50% Off)
15. I. Fuga Meshuga - Susan Palma
16. Introduction
17. Classical Rap (S. 1-2-3) - Grandmaster Flab
18. Introduction
19. I. C Major - Christopher O'Riley
20. Introduction
21. II. Simply Grand Minuet
22. Introduction
23. Little Bunny Hop Hop Hop
24. Introduction
25. Minuet Militaire
26. Enough Already

Customer Reviews:

Witty and Charming.......2000-08-15

This CD is fun and action packed as much as you could hope for in a CD. He uses quotes from many famous folk and classical songs and implements them into his own compositions with a bit of a twist. For example, in Classical rap, where he raps about being the best rapper in the world with terrific brass interludes between the verses. The orchestra plays a clip from Vivaldi's "Spring" and then he twists it into a record "wicky-wicky" to the same tune. He introduces every peice before it is played in a hilarious manner in which he talks about the peice and something else that was going on in the composers mind as he wrote the peice. Starting at the begining-

This is Professor Pete- Peter Schickele introduces himself as well as P.D.Q.

1712 Overture- A takeoff of the 1812 overture of course, with snatches of some famous folktunes thrown in here and there.

Oedipus Tex- A parady of the Greek Myth Oedipus Rex where he murders his father who is the King. Oedipus Tex lives a life like his brother but in Texas style.

The next tracks are more comedy than exactly music like the WTWP station giving options over the phone about how you would like to hear a certain peice of music. Cooking French... is a woman cooking a French gourmet meal but flubbing up the entire time.

What I have already said pretty much sums it up. The rest of the tracks are equally hilarious and as witty as all the others. If you buy this CD you will not regret it no matter what type of music you listen to.

Average customer rating: Rock Out! Blue-Eyed Soul at its Best Blue-Eyed Soul at its Best Great improvisation.

The Slide Area Ry Cooder Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Get Rhythm Into the Purple Valley Ry Cooder Bop Till You Drop Chicken Skin Music ASIN: B000002KNE Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto
2. I Need A Woman
3. Gypsy Woman
4. Blue Suede Shoes
5. Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
6. I'm Drinking Again
7. Which Came First
8. That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me

Customer Reviews:

Rock Out!.......2004-10-29

Of all the Ry Cooder cd's I have, this is the one I keep going back to, why?, well it really rocks!, it lifts my spirits when I'm in a blue funk, get's me on my feet! great riffs by Ry, no flash, just tasteful licks, he puts them in the right spots. Some of the cleverest lyric's you will hear, and the background vocals fit like a famous California glove, and the way Ry sings, well he could of had a second career, there are far worse voices out there that made it. get it and enjoy!

Blue-Eyed Soul at its Best.......2000-10-03

Browse through the rhythm and blues section of your favorite CD cyberstore, and it's unlikely that you'll find a copy of The Slide Area. Too bad. Guitar champion Ry Cooder (along with his buddy John Haitt) has more soul in his little finger than contemporary artists the likes of Boyz II Men dream about.

The Slide Area opens with outrageous and funky `UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto.' The song includes Tim Drummond's ground-shaking bass rhythm, and a list of every funk and dance cliche every written. With visual impressions of an alien doing the funky chicken, I believe Cooder takes a cynical swipe at 160 beats per minute dance tempo music. Cooder's voice is at its soulful best, and with the help of his backup singers (Bobby King, Wilie Green, Herman Johnson) love songs such as Curtis Mayfield's `Gypsy Woman' recall the sweet soul music of the Inspirations. The band rocks `Mama Don't You Treat Your Daughter Mean.' The songwriting team of Cooder/Keltner might very well be penning R&B numbers for the Rolling Stones. I can imagine Jagger swaggering on stage, and Richards/Wood dueling guitars to `I'm Drinking Again.' On a final note, I believe `That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me' is Cooder's finest moment. If soul music is supposed to reach deep into the heart, then this composition is a winner - lonesome and heartbreaking.

Technical Note: The CD material makes no mention, but I suspect this is an analog recording. The recording and mastering is first-class - pushing the limits of analog to the edge. Note the sparkle of the percussion on `That's The Way.' I can't detect the slightest hint of distortion on the ground-shaking bass chords of `UFO.'

Blue-Eyed Soul at its Best.......2000-10-03

Browse through the rhythm and blues section of your favorite CD cyberstore, and it's unlikely that you'll find a copy of The Slide Area. Too bad. Guitar champion Ry Cooder (along with his buddy John Haitt) has more soul in his little finger than contemporary artists the likes of Boyz II Men dream about.

The Slide Area opens with outrageous and funky `UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto.' The song includes Tim Drummond's ground-shaking bass rhythm, and a list of every funk and dance cliche every written. With visual impressions of an alien doing the funky chicken, I believe Cooder takes a cynical swipe at 160 beats per minute dance tempo music. Cooder's voice is at its soulful best, and with the help of his backup singers (Bobby King, Wilie Green, Herman Johnson) love songs such as Curtis Mayfield's `Gypsy Woman' recall the sweet soul music of the Inspirations. The band rocks `Mama Don't You Treat Your Daughter Mean.' The songwriting team of Cooder/Keltner might very well be penning R&B numbers for the Rolling Stones. I can imagine Jagger swaggering on stage, and Richards/Wood dueling guitars to `I'm Drinking Again.' On a final note, I believe `That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me' is Cooder's finest moment. If soul music is supposed to reach deep into the heart, then this composition is a winner - lonesome and heartbreaking.

Technical Note: The CD material makes no mention, but I suspect this is an analog recording. The recording and mastering is first-class - pushing the limits of analog to the edge. Note the sparkle of the percussion on `That's The Way.' I can't detect the slightest hint of distortion on the ground-shaking bass chords of `UFO.'

Great improvisation........1999-06-20

Is he from Asia or Middle east? I really don't believe that he is American. You can feel full of improvisation on this album. If you have a chance,you should get analog record which made in Japan. It has two extra tracks.

Average customer rating: AMAZING CONCERTOS Best Classical Record Wild Violin hot stuff Intense Virtuosity

David Chesky: Area 31 [Hybrid SACD] David Chesky , Anthony Aibel , Area 31 , Jeffrey Khaner , Wonjung Kim , and Tom Chiu Manufacturer: Chesky Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: World's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings Circle of Drums Telarc SACD Sampler: Sound and Vision Chesky 20th Anniversary Concord Records SACD Sampler 1 (Multichannel Hybrid SACD) ASIN: B0007QJ1PC Release Date: 2005-03-22

Customer Reviews:

AMAZING CONCERTOS.......2005-05-17

David Chesky Concertos are a new breakthrough for American compositions. It is not derivative of any other American compositional schools. The music is refreshing , interesting, and still demanding on the listener as well. It blends classical, jazz, latin, and world music rhythms into a new form.

The harmonic language is influenced by Messian and Stravinsky. But it is not so much the harmony, it is what the composer does with it. The complicated and intoxicating rhythms reflect contemporary American urban life.

Tom Chiu the violinist of the Flux quarter is amazing in this tour de force Violin concerto. Jeffrey Khaner the principal flutist of the Philadelphia orchestra is marvelous at playing the very hard runs of the Chesky Flute concerto. These concertos would be a welcome to the concerto repertoire, but seem extremely difficult to play.

As sophisticated as this music is it is still yet very accessible. Chesky has much greater orchestration skills than the modern minimalists that are well known today. I find this music not to be contrived as I find in so much contemporary composition.I have enjoyed repeated listening to this. If we want to get more people back into the concert halls, they should be performing the Chesky Concertos.

Best Classical Record.......2005-04-29

This is the best classical record I've heard all year--finally something that's edgy and cool-not boring and soporific---terrific playing and a challenging but accessible score--bravo

Wild Violin.......2005-04-29

What amazing violin playing-this record is like Jimi Hendrix on violin--really rocks---sounds like african music with jazz violin..very cool

hot stuff.......2005-04-29

This is great for a classical music record--sharp, to the point--very energetic and fun--lots of good grooves as well....enjoyed the violin concerto the most.

Intense Virtuosity.......2005-04-02

This is an amazing record. The music is a powerful fusion of Jazz and Classical-and the performances are Breathtaking--I've been listening to it all the time..

Average customer rating:

Sounds of the City: New York Area Doo Wop 1956-1966 Various Artists Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000R3485S Release Date: 2007-07-24

Tracks:

1. Sherry - The Four Seasons
2. Little Star - The Elegants
3. Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
4. Barbara-Ann
5. Rip Van Winkle
6. Big Girls Don't Cry - The Four Seasons
7. He's in Town - The Tokens
8. Runaround
9. Ding Dong
10. Fatal Charms of Love - Four Cheers
11. I'll Pray for You
12. Angel Face - The Neons
13. Dear Joanne - Bruce Bruno
14. Darling Can't You Tell
15. Tears Bring Heartaches
16. Canadian Sunset
17. Echo
18. Picture in My Wallet - Darrell & the Oxfords
19. Unchained Melody - Vito & the Salutations

Tracks:

1. I Wonder Why
2. Hushabye
3. Denise - Randy & the Rainbows
4. Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
5. You're the Apple of My Eye - The Four Lovers
6. Come a Little Bit Closer - Jay & the Americans
7. Tonite, Tonite
8. Imagination - The Quotations
9. Teenager in Love
10. Be My Girl (Please Be Mine) - Four-Evers
11. I Remember - The Five Discs
12. She Cried - Jay & the Americans
13. Runaround Sue
14. Girl in My Dreams - The Four Lovers
15. Pizza Pie
16. Wake Up - The Elegants
17. Teardrops Follow Me
18. Believe Me - The Royal Teens
19. Donna Lee - Demilles

Tracks:

1. Rooftop Serenade [#]
2. Remember Then
3. 16 Candles - The Crests
4. Tell Me Why
5. There's a Moon out Tonight
6. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
7. Have You Heard - The Duprees
8. Remember Last Summer - Four Winds
9. Once in a While
10. Baby Blue
11. Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You) - Nino & the Ebb Tides
12. Coney Island Baby - The Excellents
13. Unbelievable - The Runarounds
14. Please Love Me Forever
15. Till Then
16. Barbara - The Temptations
17. You - The Aquatones
18. Life Is But a Dream
19. My Own True Love - The Duprees
20. Teenage Vows of Love
21. Looking for an Echo - Kenny Vance & The Planotones

Average customer rating: Nice Keyboard Work

Under a New Sign Knight Area Manufacturer: Laser's Edge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fear of a Blank Planet Sola Scriptura Sun Also Rises Posthumous Silence Somewhere Else ASIN: B000NJWTKM Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Different Man
2. Exit L.U.M.C.
3. Mastermind
4. Under a New Sign
5. Courteous Love
6. Dreamweaver
7. Different Man, Pt. 2

Customer Reviews:

Nice Keyboard Work.......2007-05-02

This band has potential...some interesting moments, good keys. However, the songs don't quite gel for me.

Average customer rating: Musically adventurous and exciting dont listen to the loser who reviewed this cd but only talked about they missed the perfume KICKIN' IT AROUND THE WHOLE DAMNED DAY! Great album but see them live Trance Fusion

Uncivilized Area Disco Biscuits Manufacturer: Megaforce ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Jambands | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: They Missed the Perfume Senor Boombox The Wind at Four to Fly (Dig) Rocket 3 Safety in Numbers ASIN: B000006P0C Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. Vassillios
2. Aceetobee
3. Jamillia
4. Little Betty Boop
5. M.E.M.P.H.I.S.
6. Morph Dusseldorf
7. I-Man
8. Awol's Blues

Customer Reviews:

Musically adventurous and exciting.......2006-07-25

The Disco Biscuits' second album, Uncivilized Area, shows that the stellar musicianship and improvisation of the jam bands is alive and well on the independent scene. While critics often complain that many of these bands can't put it together in the studio, this album is a musical tour de force and the songs are all very good. Tracks like "Aceetobee", which have some sick counter bass lines from Marc Brownstein, the quirky "Morph Dusseldorf", and the playful "Jamilla", are outstanding musical adventures that bounce between several genres within the same song. "I-Man" is also a great jam led by the stellar piano playing of Aron Manger and a cool chorus that you could sing along to. Also worth noting is that unlike similar bands such as The Dave Matthews Band, the band don't take themselves too seriously as evidenced by the hysterical lyrics in "Jamilla" and "Little Betty Boop." Even when the band decides to play it somewhat straight on "M.E.M.P.H.I.S." and "Awol's Blues", the band's considerable chops shine through. Another great track is the opener "Vassillios", which starts out heavy before suddenly breaking into piano jazz before returning to its original theme. The only track that doesn't work is the aforementioned "Little Betty Boop", which is great for the first 6 minutes but then becomes meandering and self-indulgent. All told, Uncivilized Area proves that today's jam bands could bring the excitement of their live shows into the studio.

dont listen to the loser who reviewed this cd but only talked about they missed the perfume.......2006-05-14

listen to this cd. and go see the biscuits live.

KICKIN' IT AROUND THE WHOLE DAMNED DAY!.......2005-09-23

Disco Biscuits was my first exposure to "TRANCE ROCK."
I saw them for the first time at GATHERING OF THE VIBES in 2001 and they were absolutley incredible. I'm not sure when this album actually came out but I'm pretty sure it was their first. I've seen these guys a few times and have never heard any tof these songs live.

Thats cool though, because I think this is a very cool record, although different than anything I've seen them do. This is a band that constantly evolves (so check the next ones out later.)
This one though is just some wise ass stuff. Kind of like G.Love almost, but with crazy extended jams that consist of electric pianos and other strange forms of electronica.
Its very trippy sounds that work well with any songs they do. This first album though contains JAMILIA, some dirty lyrics there... and LITTLE BETTY BOOP, not quite as dirty but with a way more lengthy tripped out jam.
If you know the "jam" scene, you've no doubt heard of these guys. If you get an album to get a feel for them live get a live album, if you just want a really cool album GET THIS!

Great album but see them live.......2005-02-24

Highlights for me on this album were Jamilia, M.E.M.P.H.I.S. , Little Betty Boop, and Vasillios was ok. You get to see a great deal of the bands chemistry but do yourself a favor and see them live. If you want to hear a sick bisco concert go to archive.org and download their new years concert from this past new years. Oh and definitely buy this album, there is a lack of talented artists left.

Trance Fusion.......2005-02-06

When Phish first broke up in 2000, i read an article by writer Richard Gehr about who might step up in their place. He listed three bands and as I had to move from DC to Colorado I bought discs from all three for the drive. By the time I reached Denver, this CD was the only one still in rotation. In fact, it was glued to my CD player. A band had managed to fuse my two previously disconnected musical lives.

I grew up with Chicago dance music, new wave, industrial and techno and then saw my share of jambands throughout high school and college. For me, The Disco Biscuits stand out with a sound that manages to trancend both scenes.

This disc is a great intro to the band, and I hope the first moment they break into trance gives you as much hope for music as it did me.

The Biscuits also make live music available on Disclogic.com and fans make free audience recordings available (band supported) at archive.org.

Meditation Music:

1. As You Like It, Vol. 1 [Import]
2. At The Eleventh hour
3. Bop Bop Baby, Vol. 2 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
4. Buddy
5. Calibos
6. Carousel Dreams - A Collection of Lullabies
7. Classics & Standards
8. Clean Up Woman [CD-single]
9. Deeper
10. Don't Say You Love Me [CD-single] [Enhanced]

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Onko

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Over Under Sideways Down [Import]

Mirror Signal Manoeuvre [Import]

Mozart - The Wind Concertos / AAM, Hogwood [Box set]

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