Are You Serious??? [Explicit Lyrics]

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Not Pryor's best, but it's still better than most standups' masterpieces. Profane and confessional as always, Are You Serious??? lingers on two key events in the comedian's life: his childhood in a Peoria whorehouse and a brief, aborted stint in the U.S. Army. Both are fertile comedic soil, and while the routines don't quite hit the manic heights Pryor's capable of, they are genuinely funny and provocative. His admiration for the childhood yarns of Bill Cosby is evident here, but Pryor's bits are more astringent. For fans, this disc is a worthy addition to Pryor's body of work. And everyone should hear his impression of being born at least once. It's utterly unique and shows why Pryor has attained "comedy genius" status. --Michael Gerber

Are You Serious???,Richard Pryor,Polygram Records,Political Comedy,Pop,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows,Spoken Word Comedy,Standup Comedy

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Average customer rating: Good bargain.

56 Favorites Manufacturer: Prism Leisure ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, Trial of Jury The Pirate Queen (2007 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000068ZTB Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Hark the Hour of Ten Is Sounding [From Trial by Jury]
2. Judge's Song [From Trial by Jury]
3. We Sail the Ocean Blue..... Buttercup's Song [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
4. My Gallant Crew... I Am the Captin of the Pinafore [From H. M. S. ...]
5. When I Was a Lad [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
6. Never Mind the Why and Wherefore [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
7. He Is an Englishman [From H. M. S. Pinafore]
8. Pirate King's Song [From the Pirates of Penzance]
9. Oh Is There Not One Maiden Breast? ...Poor Wandering One [From the ...]
10. How Beautifully Blue the Sky [From the Pirates of Penzance]
11. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General [From the Pirates of ...]
12. When the Foeman Bears His Steel [From the Pirates of Penzance]
13. When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold [From the Pirates of Penzance]
14. Ah! Leave Me Not to Pine Alone [From the Pirates of Penzance]
15. Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One [From the Pirates of Penzance]
16. With Catlike Tread [From the Pirates of Penzance]
17. March and Entry of the Peers [From Iolanthe]
18. Law Is the True Embodiment [From Iolanthe]
19. When I Went to the Bar [From Iolanthe]
20. When All Night Long [From Iolanthe]
21. When Britain Really Ruled the Waves [From Iolanthe]
22. Oh Foolish Fay [From "Iolanthe"]
23. Nightmare Song [From Iolanthe]
24. If You Go In [From Iolanthe]
25. Finale: Soon as We May [From Iolanthe]

Tracks:

1. If You Want to Know Who We Are.... a Wandering Minstrel I [From ...]
2. Our Great Mikado [From the Mikado]
3. Behold the Lord High Executioner [From the Mikado]
4. I've Got a Little List [From the Mikado]
5. Three Little Maids from School [From the Mikado]
6. Braid the Raven Hair [From the Mikado]
7. Sun Whose Rays [From the Mikado]
8. Here's a How-De-Do [From the Mikado]
9. More Humane Mikado [From the Mikado]
10. Flowers That Bloom in the Spring [From the Mikado]
11. Tit Willow [From the Mikado]
12. There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast [From the Mikado]
13. Is Life a Boon? [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
14. Where I Thy Bride [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
15. Hereupon We're Both Agreed [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
16. Strange Adventure [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
17. Man Who Would Woo a Fair Maid [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
18. When a Wooer Goes a Wooing [From the Yeomen of the Guard]
19. For the Merriest Fellows Are We [From the Gondoliers]
20. We're Called Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]
21. From the Sunny Spanish Shore [From the Gondoliers]
22. In Enterprise of Martial Kind [From the Gondoliers]
23. I Stole the Prince [From the Gondoliers]
24. When a Merry Maiden Marries [From the Gondoliers]
25. Regular, Royal Queen [From the Gondoliers]
26. Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes [From the Gondoliers]
27. There Lived a King [From the Gondoliers]
28. In a Contemplative Fashion [From the Gondoliers]
29. Small Titles and Orders [From the Gondoliers]
30. I Am a Courtier Grave and Serious [From the Gondoliers]
31. Finale: Once More Gondolieri [From the Gondoliers]

Customer Reviews:

Good bargain........2004-08-25

The performances are good--this is the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, after all--and you get 2 full CDs, with 2 selections from "Trial by Jury", 5 from "HMS Pinafore", 9 from "The Pirates of Penzance", 9 from "Iolanthe", 12 from "The Mikado", 6 from "The Yeomen of the Guard", and 13 from "The Gondoliers". The booklet is a bit skimpy, and only lists recording dates for the first CD (1929-1949). But the sound is good, and the music is great, and at this price it's a great "greatest hits" collection.

Average customer rating: a great piano based power pop record

Mr. Serious Mark Mallman Manufacturer: Badman Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Between the Devil and the Middle C The Red Bedroom Our Love to Admire ASIN: B0002Y4SMU Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

1. I Just Want To Play Piano
2. Hardcore Romantics
3. True Love
4. Simply In The Distance
5. Still Wasted
6. Executioner
7. Midnight Man
8. Hard Night
9. Proof Is What You Get
10. Anesthesia
11. Heart Is A Loaded Weapon
12. I Work Here, I Grew Up Here

Customer Reviews:

a great piano based power pop record.......2004-10-22

I really only checked out Mark Mallman for two reasons: He's on Badman records and the record store guy I trust seemed to really like the record. I only heard the first two tracks at the store and they convinced me to check the record out with no real prior knowledge. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mallman was able to keep his songcraft up to par with the only songs I had heard. "Hardcore Romantics" is the first single off the record, and rightfully so, but the record is full of songs that have single material written all over them. His melodies are edgy, yet fun and his voice seems to fit the music perfectly at almost all times. Mallman's strong suit is definitely the rockers. This isn't to say that the ballads are bad, quite the contrary most of them are great, but at times it seems that Mallman's vocal style does not always fit with the more laid back structure of the songs. It seems that Mallman is making an attempt to bring retro-arena rock to the world of indie rock and to be honest, I really hope he succeeds.

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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sullivan: Yeomen Of The Guard/Trial By Jury ASIN: B0000041VC Release Date: 2003-04-08

Tracks:

1. Ov
2. Act I: List And Learn
3. Act I: Good Morrow, Pretty Maids
4. Act I: For The Merriest Fellows Are We
5. Act I: See, See At Last They Come To Make Their Choice
6. Act I: Buon Giorno, Signorine!
7. Act I: We're Called Gondolieri, But That's a Vagary
8. Act I: And Now To Choose Our Brides!
9. Act I: Are You Peeping?
10. Act I: Thank You Gallant Gondolieri
11. Act I: From The Sunny Spanish Shore
12. Act I: In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
13. Act I: O Rapture, When Alone Together
14. Act I: There Was A Time, A Time For Ever Gone
15. Act I: I Stole The Prince
16. Act I: But, Bless My Heart, Consider My Position!
17. Act I: Try We Life-Long We Can Never
18. Act I: Bride-Groom And Bride!
19. Act I: When A Merry Maiden Marries
20. Act I: Kind Sir, You Cannot Have The Heart, Our Lives To Part
21. Act I: Do Not Give Way To This Uncalled-For Grief
22. Act I: Then One Of Us Wiil Be A Queen

Tracks:

1. Act I: Now Pray, What Is The Cause Of This Remarkable Hilarity
2. Act I: Replying, We Sing As One Individual
3. Act I: For Ev'ryone Who Feels Inclined
4. Act I: Come Let's Away-Our Island Crown Awaits Me
5. Act I: Now, Marco Dear, My Wishes Hear
6. Act I: Then Away They Go To An Island Fair
7. Act II: Of Happiness The Very Pith
8. Act II: Rising Early In The Morning
9. Act II: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
10. Act II: Here We Are, At The Risk Of Our Lives
11. Act II: After Sailing To This Land
12. Act II: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
13. Act II: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
14. Act II: In A Contemplative Fashion And A Tranquil Frame Of Mind
15. Act II: With Ducal Pomp And Ducal Pride
16. Act II: This Polite Attention
17. Act II: On The Day When I Was Wedded
18. Act II: To Help Unhappy Commoners
19. Act II: Small Titles And Orders For Mayors And Recorders
20. Act II: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
21. Act II: Here Is A Case Unprecedented!
22. Act II: Now Let The Loyal Lieges Gather Round
23. Act II: Speak Woman Speak, We're All Attention!
24. Act II: The Royal Prince Was By The King Entrusted
25. Act II: Luiz! Casilda
26. Act II: One More, Gondolieri

Average customer rating: Everybody's got to start somewhere...

Are You Serious??? Richard Pryor Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Supernigger The Wizard of Comedy Who Me? I'm Not Him ...Is It Something I Said? Craps ASIN: B000001EFO Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Bowl Of Cherries
3. Nigger Baby's
4. Processed Hair
5. Virgins
6. Rubber Things
7. 9 Pound Pill
8. Jesse
9. Movies
10. Mafia
11. Kill Class
12. Hillbillies
13. Grandmother
14. Leroy
15. Bad Breath
16. Deodorant
17. Being Born
18. Mankind

Amazon.com

Not Pryor's best, but it's still better than most standups' masterpieces. Profane and confessional as always, Are You Serious??? lingers on two key events in the comedian's life: his childhood in a Peoria whorehouse and a brief, aborted stint in the U.S. Army. Both are fertile comedic soil, and while the routines don't quite hit the manic heights Pryor's capable of, they are genuinely funny and provocative. His admiration for the childhood yarns of Bill Cosby is evident here, but Pryor's bits are more astringent. For fans, this disc is a worthy addition to Pryor's body of work. And everyone should hear his impression of being born at least once. It's utterly unique and shows why Pryor has attained "comedy genius" status. --Michael Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Everybody's got to start somewhere..........2000-12-03

I won't lie to you--I was a little disappointed with this album, which was released much later than it was actually recorded (which was early in Richard's career, somewhere around the release of his first album; there's some overlap in material). But it's Richard during his cleanest hours, and it's still quite funny.

In this outing, he relies more on long-winded anecdotes (played fairly straight), more slightly amusing than drop-dead hilarious, but my favourite bit is the 'Silk-on-silk healer', and especially 'Leroy.'

I'd only recommend this album to completists rather than casual fans, but it still fits in nicely as a companion piece to his first three albums and the "Live & Smokin" video. By the time this was recorded, the best Richard Pryor material had yet to arrive.

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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Brannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. The Mikado: Overture
2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

Tracks:

1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

Tracks:

1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride

Average customer rating: An English Silver Rose

R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier (Highlights) Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus [Highlights] Mozart - Don Giovanni / Garry Magee · Cullagh · Banks · Plazas · Shore · Tierny · PO · David Parry ASIN: B00000J8QR Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

1. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Opening - Introduction
2. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Opening - How You Were! How You Are! (Octavian, Marschallin)
3. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Conclusion - Ah, There He Goes... (Marschallin, Octavian)
4. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Conclusion - Ah! You Are Back Again? (Marschallin, Octavian)
5. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Conclusion - For Time Is A Mysterious Thing (Marschallin, Octavian)
6. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Conclusion - My Dearest Love, Why Do You Torture Yourself... (Marschallin, Octavian)
7. Der Rosenkavalier: Act I. Conclusion - I'll Go Now, Go To Church, And Pray (Marschallin, Octavian)
8. Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Opening - Introduction: A Solemn Day, A Wondrous Day
9. Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Opening - In This Most Wonderful And Serious Moment (Sophie)
10. Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Opening - It Is An Honor, An Enchantment (Octavian, Sophie)
11. Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Conclusion - Here I Am
12. Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Conclusion - Here (Ochs)
13. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Leupold, Let's Go (Ochs)
14. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Oh God! The Story Was A Masquerade And No More (Sophie, Octavian, Marschellin)
15. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Now Or Tomorrow; If Not Tomorrow, Very Soon (Marschallin, Sophie, Octavian)
16. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Marie Theres', How Good You Are (Marschallin, Sophie, Octavian)
17. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Bliss Is Too Deep To Understand (Marschallin, Sophie, Octavian)
18. Der Rosenkavalier: Act III (Conclusion) - Bliss Is Too Deep To Understand (Octavian, Sophie)

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Not exactly a highlights disc, this, but a judiciously pruned and fully coherent presentation of a masterpiece that's arguably too verbose for its own good. All the hits are intact: Baron Ochs's rantings, the slithering presentation of the Rose, the velveteen final trio, and, of course, those indestructible waltzes. A little less of the drawn-out opening scene plus the inclusion of the extraordinary Act 3 Prelude would have made this splendid disc utterly perfect. Perhaps one loses the guttural edge and local color of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's German when rendered in the King's English, but the wonderful cast projects every word without sacrificing Strauss's liquid legato. David Parry plays up the composer's frothy textures, keeping his strings away from the unlimited schlag bar. Chandos supplies an excellent synopsis together with full English texts. In sum, the ultimate Rosenkavalier starter's kit, after which you'll want to try the legendary Karajan recording or Erich Kleiber's incandescent account. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

An English Silver Rose.......2000-06-10

This "highlights" recording, one of the most recent of the Chandos "Opera in English" series, is a superlative issue that must be heard by all lovers of Richard Strauss and fine singing. Indeed, the singing is truly exceptional; mention must be made immediately of the silken voiced Octavian of Diana Montague - from start to finish she maintains a scrupulous control of legato and beauty of tone (similar to, but in my view surpassing, Susan Graham). Rosemary Joshua's Sophie surpassess most other more famous singers of this taxing role; she is truly a match for the likes of Lucia Popp and Elisabeth Schumann. Listen to the ravishing floated pianissimos in the presentation of the silver rose scene, and the final trio and duet, and I am sure you will agree. Yvonne Kenny is a Marschallin sensitive to the nuances of both text and music; vocally she is not in the class of a Schwarzkopf, Janowitz or Fleming, but this is a moving portrayal. And Tomlinson, the great Wotan and Hans Sachs of our age, is an amusing, cavernous voiced, (slightly too) boorish Ochs. The success of this performance is also due to the excellent musical support given by the London Philharmonic and conductor David Parry. Those concerned by the fact that this recording is given in English translation need not be; the translation is singer friendly (though not all the words are audible), and the standard of performance is such as to almost make no difference. If only the work were given complete - but this is still a "must buy"!

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Are You Serious? [Repackaged CD+AVCD] - Philippine Music CD Manufacturer: Universal Records Philippines ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000H04C16

Product Description

SHAMROCK - ARE YOU SERIOUS? (Repackaged Album) Track Listing: [Disc 1 - 1. Ms. Serious 2. Fine 3. Dalangin (Kanta 'To) 4. Waiting For Summer 5. Today 6. Alipin 7. Naaalala Ka 8. In My Head 9. Up There 10. Radio Girl 11. Loser 12. Ms. Serious (Acoustic Version)] +++ [Disc 2 - AVCD - 1. Ms. Serious 2. Alipin