Time and a Word [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
2003 remastered reissue of 1970 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Dear Father', 'No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed' (Original Mix), 'Sweet Dreams' (Original Mix), & 'The Prophet' (Single Version). Elektra/Rhino.

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Time and a Word [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: reading the fine print Hilarious album from a very unique comedian Hillarious as Always Smoking Babies, Manatees, and Orville Redenbacher Love it! Love it! Love it!

Doin' My Time Jim Gaffigan Manufacturer: Comedy Central ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jim Gaffigan - Beyond the Pale Beyond the Pale Brian Regan Live Strategic Grill Locations Mitch All Together ASIN: B00069YE2U Release Date: 2004-12-07

Tracks:

1. Elton John
2. Recessive Genes
3. Got Married
4. Having My Baby
5. Beautiful
6. Midwest Thang
7. Hoooot Pocket!
8. Future Pope
9. Slumberland
10. Guy With The Red Umbrella
11. Anti-Reading
12. I'm a Manatee1
13. Gravy Drinker

Tracks:

1. Comedy Central Presents Jim Gaffigan
2. World Stands Up (One)
3. World Stands Up (Two)

Album Description

Jim's cutting edge, clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both Letterman and Conan O'Brien. His special, "Comedy Central Presents: Jim Gaffigan", remains one of the highest rated for all stand up specials on the network. He's a national club staple, and for the past two years has had recurring roles on "That '70s Show" and "Ed". He's also appeared in more than two dozen feature films ranging from big budget ("Three Kings", "Road Trip") to indie ("Final", "Igby Goes Down", "Entropy"). "Doin' My Time" puts all of his classic material on one CD from a one night stand in Seattle, and the DVD compiles his best Comedy Central performances, including the highly rated "Comedy Central Presents".

Customer Reviews:

reading the fine print.......2007-04-14

perhaps the information included the fact that it comes with a bonus DVD...but we missed it and now we have 2 of his DVDs...i hope we can find a use for it...expensive mistake?

Hilarious album from a very unique comedian.......2007-04-02

Jim should be the most popular comedian in America right now, he's definately the funniest at the moment in my opinion. His material on being lazy and hot pockets is classic and this came with a bonus dvd so it's a hell of a deal. Check out Beyond The Pale it's even funnier!

Hillarious as Always.......2007-04-01

It's Jim Gaffigan, what more can I say? This CD is beyond Excellent.
*Caution*: listen to this CD at your own risk while driving, I almost drove off the road laughing so hard

Smoking Babies, Manatees, and Orville Redenbacher.......2007-02-02

Comedy CDs are an iffy recommendation. What's funny today might bore you tomorrow. Some jokes are only funny the first time. Jim Gaffigan's CD, "Doin' My Time," scores high on the replay factor. Perhaps it's his delivery (dry self-deprecation with a twist of smug). Perhaps it's his avant-garde style of humor (he spends about a quarter of the time pretending to be a critical female member of his own show, weaving "her" comments with his). Perhaps it's just his voice, which has a malleable whine to it that never gets annoying and which makes his self-mockery seem humorously authentic instead of just patronizing or pathetic.

Part of it is definitely the humor itself. Whether his jokes make bizarre 180's ("I used to smoke. Yeah. Smoking's real addictive. But you know what's REALLY addictive? Heroin."), or whether their humor lies in their dead ends; whether they take the "didja ever notice?" concept and snap it in half (his "Hot Pocket" and bottled water/Mexican food bits are a good example of this), or whether they're just plain crude, grouchy, silly and dumpy, they all stand up to repeated listenings. There are a few times where you get the impression that the joke -- such as his bit on glasses -- would work a lot better if you could see the man (and, in fact, most of them are like that; Jim is almost as much fun to watch as he is to listen to), but none of them fail to be laugh-worthy because of it. Pasty, flabby, and grumpy, though he may be, Jim Gaffigan is also a funny, funny man, and this is a funny, funny CD.

(NOTE: This product comes with a short DVD of his Comedy Central appearance, which is much cleaner than the act to be found on the CD.)

Love it! Love it! Love it! .......2007-01-10

Beyond the Pale is my all time favorite...Doin' My Time runs a close second.
Gaffigan is a staple for anybody who enjoys stand up.

Average customer rating: The King Of Comedy seinfield sux Absolutely Hilarious A Classic! wholesomely hilarious

I'm Telling You for the Last Time Jerry Seinfeld Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live at Carnegie Hall Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy Standup Comic Let's Get Small No Respect ASIN: B00000AFGO Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

1. Intro/Phones
2. Cab Drivers
3. Air Travel
4. Florida
5. Halloween
6. Supermarkets
7. Drugstores
8. Doctors
9. Men & Women
10. McDonalds
11. Chinese People
12. Olympics
13. Scuba Diving
14. No. 1 Fear
15. Sky Diving/The Helmet
16. Clothing
17. Late TV
18. Crooks
19. Horses
20. Bathroom
21. Q + A

Amazon.com

On Jerry Seinfeld's debut CD, he already sounds sick of his material. Of course, the point of the performance that it captures--the HBO special I'm Telling You for the Last Time--was to perform the routine one last time and then retire it forever. This recording was taped just a couple of months after Seinfeld went off the air, and the crowd sounds like it's jonesing for a fix--they laugh at everything, even Seinfeld's setup lines ("So what's with the cabdrivers and the BO?"). Still, Seinfeld's humor--that now-familiar observation from a satisfyingly elitist point of view--delivers. But after all the late-night talk-show appearances, the book Seinlanguage, and nine years of the series, was there really any question? --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

The King Of Comedy.......2007-07-04

Jerry Seinfeld can do no wrong, if you have seen him on tv and enjoyed any of the shows then buy the CD, you will not be disapointed.

seinfield sux.......2007-06-29

this and woody allen has to be the two most annoying whiney effin heebs.i wish they would die!

Absolutely Hilarious.......2007-05-22

You don't need to be a fan of the show to really enjoy this album. I had seen Jerry Seinfeld on some late night shows and thought he was pretty funny, but this album, like another reviewer said, is just filled to the brim with non-stop laughs.

I loved so many of the tracks. Oh my gosh, during the one when he was talking about when he went to go horse-riding, I was honsetly in tears laughing so hard, and so was everyone around me. It's a great CD to play for your friends and family, they will think it's hilarious.

In an age where comdians feel like they need to be vulgar to be funny, it's just so refreshing to hear someone like Jerry Seinfeld bring down the house with something as simple as talking about chopsticks, or McDonald's, or Halloween.

A Classic!.......2007-04-10

Jerry Seinfeld has smart-humor. He doesn't have to rely on bad language to be funny. You have to think about some of the jokes and the payoff is always worth the set up. Some of these bits are destined to become classics. I love the Airplane jokes (werewolf shaving onboard, turning all the faucets on in the airport bathrooms, etc.) Funny stuff!

wholesomely hilarious.......2007-03-28

This is a brilliant show; definitely not one to be missed.
Jerry proves himself to be the king of sarcasm here. In addition, his material is utterly non-offensive to sensitive viewers/listeners. It is therefore easy to enjoy this performance with the whole family. I find it to be the perfect entree into stand-up comedy for the uninitiated also.
It has a cross-over appeal that most comedians lack. Everyone can relate to the jokes contained on this dvd. Jerry speaks clearly and at an easy pace, making it easy for all to follow him, inspite of that distinctive american twang. I love it.

Average customer rating: Underrated!!! Great followup ...and the time is now to buy this CD! "You're Going to Smile Again" Uneven Effort with Strong Stretches of Brilliance

Time and a Word Yes Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Yes The Yes Album Tormato Relayer Tales from Topographic Oceans ASIN: B00007KWHO Release Date: 2003-01-14

Tracks:

1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
2. Then
3. Everydays
4. Sweet Dreams
5. The Prophet
6. Clear Days
7. Astral Traveler
8. Time And A Word
9. Dear Father
10. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Original Mix)
11. Sweet Dreams (Original Mix)
12. The Prophet (Single Version)

Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of 1970 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Dear Father', 'No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed' (Original Mix), 'Sweet Dreams' (Original Mix), & 'The Prophet' (Single Version). Elektra/Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

Underrated!!!.......2007-04-09

Rick Wakemen and Steve Howe are better and more talented than Tony Kaye and Peter Banks, but this album is quite good. "Asteral Traveler" and "The Prophet" are just as good as anything from "The Yes Album", but the album has its fair share of weak parts. First of all, the cover is hideous. Whenever Roger Dean wasn't artist for Yes's album covers, the artwork was terrible. Plus, the sound quality stinks.

Though not as proggy as later releases, Time and a Word has hints at the style that Yes would take in the future.

Great Songs: Asteral Traveler, The Prophet

Good Songs: Then, Everydays

Average Songs: No opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed, Sweet Dreams

Weak Songs: Title track, Clear Days

A solid 4 stars. No less, no more.

Great followup.......2007-03-02

Yes is joined by an orchestra for their second album, the last for guitarist Peter Banks. The material is a continuation of the style defined by their debut with lots of great gems that typify the trends of the late sixties: cosmic lyrics, jazzy chords, lush harmonies, and a hot rhythm section. "Astral Traveller" is a great cut that could easily be at home on Stereolab's "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" cd. "Dear Father" (like "Survival" from the first LP) shows how Anderson can skillfully write a song that passes through epic chord and key changes, taking the listener on what feels like a long and pleasant voyage (something the band would expand upon once they worked their way into the Wakeman years). I'm very fond of the first two Yes records. They may not be as individualistic as albums like "Fragile" or "Close To The Edge," but they do a great job of summarizing some of the more interesting (and sometimes contradictory) trends of the late sixties with a gracefulness and logic that only a prog rock band could engineer.

...and the time is now to buy this CD!.......2007-01-25

Stronger than the first album in many ways. Their is not a weak track here and the album was recorded with a small orchestra (a la Moody Blues)
The remastered CD makes it sound like Tony Kayes Hammond Organ is in your living room!

"You're Going to Smile Again".......2006-11-29

I don't know how to review "Time and a Word". It's a unique Yes album, and it has some fascinating moments, but there are a few things about it that aren't so great, (one being that the "expanded and remastered" version doesn't like to play in my BenQ laptop's CD drive! Plays on everything else though, and everything else plays on my CD drive. Ah well).

It's their second album, first released in 1970, and featuring Jon Anderson on vocals, Chris Squire on bass, Peter Banks on guitar, Tony Kaye on keyboards and Bill Bruford on drums. There's also a few orchestral arrangements here and there, which sometimes enhance the tracks (I really like the swirling strings on the energetic "No Opportunity Neccessary, No Experience Needeed"), but they clutter things up now and then. The production is a bit colourless, kind of like the cover. It sounds old, much older than "The Yes Album" which came out the next year. It's a unique sound, though, and I quite like it.

Being earlier Yes, it's interesting to hear a few bits and pieces of melody they'd reuse in later songs. There's a keyboard theme that sounds a lot like one from "Tales From Topographic Oceans'" track "The Revealing Science of God", and another keyboard theme in "The Prophet" sounds like the vocal line from "Fragile's" tune "The Fish". Speaking of which, Tony Kaye's playing and gritty organ tone is pretty cool, so is Peter Banks' guitar work, I love the speedy solo he plays in "Everydays".

The remaster features a new booklet (with the British cover of the girl on the front and the American cover with the picture of the "Yes Album" era band on the back) and four bonus tracks. The booklet contains pics of the band around the time of the album, liner notes by Mike Tiano discussing the "Time and a Word" era and the making of the album, and full lyrics for everything except for the bonus track "Dear Father". I really like this version of "Dear Father", originally a B-side to the "Sweet Dreams" single. It's rare to have a bonus track as your favorite from a CD, but this one is mine from "Time and a Word". With cryptic, vaguely biblical lyrics, and a big harmonious chorus, it's kind of for Yes what "Carpet Crawlers" is for Genesis, I reckon. The other three bonus tracks are alternate mixes of "No Opportunity Neccessary, No Experience Needed", "Sweet Dreams" and "The Prophet" which appeared in various places back in the 1970s. They're not too different, but the orchestra is toned down a bit and you get to hear a bit more of Peter Banks' guitar playing.

Probably not the first Yes album for a newcomer to get ("The Yes Album" or "Close to the Edge" might be better.) but it's fairly pleasant music, with a couple of nice surprises waiting there for fans who've never heard it all before.

Uneven Effort with Strong Stretches of Brilliance.......2006-06-12

In a perfect world, everyone would own every album by Yes, even the ones, like this one, that don't begin to measure up to their true classics, like _The Yes Album_ and _Close to the Edge_. To say that an album doesn't measure up to these two is something one can say about 99.9% of any type of music ever released. _Time and a Word_ would be a four from any other band, but since it is Yes we need to put it down near their more middling efforts.

This being said, there are a few classics here. "Then" is the only song on here that actually benefits from the otherwise unwieldy orchestra. The crescendo and decrescendo dynamics put a bunch of welcome spins on the central idea "Love is the only answer/ hate is the root of cancer," which in turns sounds exultant and lamentable, depending on what's going on with the music. The title track is also a minor Yes classic; like "Then" it is a hippy anthem (Yes hasn't quite made it to their abstract phase yet on this one, which comes with their next album, the breakthrough _Yes Album_). "Sweet Dreams" is also sweet like the title track, with Chris Squire's characteristic chugging bass to provide a heavy dose of sturm und drang to the major key proceedings. The title track and "Sweet Dreams" remained live mainstays of the band throughout the 70's for good reason. You can hear live versions on _The Word Is Live_. There is no live version of "Then" on that CD set, so you should buy _Time and a Word_ just to hear this pivotal work, which features some of Peter Banks best guitar playing, too.

The weaknesses here are noticeable but not fatal. As I said, the orchestra is often a distraction. The listener hears Yes reaching for the space themes that would pay off so well for them on records to come, but with limited success here. "Astral Traveller" has almost the same idea as "Starship Trooper," but instead of relying on shockingly original composition and mind-bending virtuosity to take the listener into space, the band relies on annoying studio effects, like phaser on the vocals and panning between speakers to suggest space. It's a noble effort, but one that fails. Still, it's interesting to hear this one in the context of the evolution of Yes. It took a year and a new guitarist for them to take the quantum leap to just about the best space song ever recorded (I think ELP's "Karn Evil 9" is its only true rival), the aforementioned "Starship Trooper." Without the recklessly daring experimental spirit they took to their craft on _Time and a Word_, they would not have catapulted to their soon-to-be status of pretty-much-the-best-rock-band ever.

So despite any deprecations you sense from me in this review, you should still own this one, just like any classical connouisseur should own the lesser works by Beethoven or a true jazz fan should own both _A Love Supreme_ AND _Live in Seattle_; it gives you a sense of the levels to the infinite cosmos they created through innovative spirit alone.

Average customer rating: Amy still delivers Helps to the fill the "void" of a recent live set in Amy Grant's portfolio Grantster Rock! Collection of Musical Memories A Testimony to the Surprising Endurance of Grant's Music

Time Again: Amy Grant Live All Access Amy Grant Manufacturer: Word Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Time Again: Amy Grant Live All Access Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith Greatest Hits 1986-2004 Stand Amy Grant - Greatest Videos 1986-2004 ASIN: B000I0QJKW Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

1. Lead Me On
2. Good For Me
3. Stay For Awhile
4. Takes A Little Time
5. Simple Things
6. Saved By Love
7. Out In The Open
8. Ask Me
9. After The Fire
10. In A Little While
11. Thy Word
12. Oh How The Years Go By
13. Baby Baby
14. Eye to Eye
15. Every Heartbeat
16. Believe
17. I Will Remember You

Tracks:

1. Stay For Awhile [DVD]
2. Takes A Little Time [DVD]
3. Thy Word [DVD]
4. Lucky One [DVD]

Album Description

Time Again...Amy Grant Live was captured during two sold out performances April 11th and 12th, 2006 at the exquisite Bass Hall in Fort Worth, TX. Weaving a retrospective journey through a lifetime's worth of her most treasured songs, Amy invited audiences into her "living room" for a live concert experience unlike any other.

Customer Reviews:

Amy still delivers.......2007-07-16

And the kids wonder why she's still a dominant force in Christian music, even though she hasn't had a number one pop hit in years. Well, she has a back catalog of 200-plus quality, honest, lived-in songs and a charming and lovably unadorned "Ideal Friend" public persona that no other CCM artist can touch. That's why.

As others have noted, she was sometimes given short shrift for her singing and songwriting abilities because of her unmatched popularity and her looks. But time has proven her impressively capable in both arenas. In fact, some of her lyrics are revealed as prescient and are even more powerful as she (actually, we) go through midlife. Sandi Patti was the premiere Christian vocalist in the 1980s but Amy was the impassioned voice of everyone's hopes and doubts.

A word of caution: If you're fixated on being able to sing along note-for-note with these classic songs, you may be in for a disappointment. Not only have the arrangements and instrumentation of her older synth-pop tunes been altered for a casual stripped-down feel but Amy is more experimental in her phrasing these days. if you appreciate the Frank Sinatra/Willie Nelson school of reinterpretation with each performance, you'll love this set. If you're interested in a perfectly recreated nostalgia session, not so much.

The constraints of the single-CD format cause some of Amy's trademark just-folks banter and pindrop-quiet stories of the DVD presentation to be lost. But this is a mandatory audio version for the car and iPod.

Helps to the fill the "void" of a recent live set in Amy Grant's portfolio.......2007-06-24

Amy Grant may just be considered the greatest Christian Contemporary Artist in modern music history. She has both the commercial and critical success to back this up. It's hard to believe that Amy's career spans nearly 30 years. On top of achieving this success in the Christian Contemporary arena, Amy had a very successful "crossover" to the mainstream pop-music scene in the 1990s. Surprisingly, most of Amy's most successful material - in both the Christian and Pop arenas has not been on a live album. Yes, Amy released two albums very early in her career (1981's "In Concert" and "In Concert Volume 2"), but this did not contain the material that fans are most familiar with. It would be 25 years later when "Amy Grant - Time Again" would be released. This would be the long-awaited live album that would draw from her most successful material. Overall, this album while not perfect - does help to fill this one void in Amy's very successful career.

I can look at Amy Grant's career as encompassing three main phases. The first phase covers 1977 through 1981 (her debut self-title album "Amy Grant" through the "In Concert Volume 2"). In this phase, Amy definitely showed her youthful side (her first album was released while she still was in high school). For the most part, Amy did some nice songs and was able to establish herself as a Contemporary Christian Artist. In Phase 2 (this would cover 1982-1988, starting with "Age to Age" and going to this album "Amy Grant - The Collection"), Amy ascended to legendary status in the Contemporary Christian music-world both commercially and critically. This is where her husband to be Gary Chapman would begin to have an influence in her music. In this phase, Amy would show the most depth with her Christian music. When Phase 3 (1988 to present, starting with "Lead Me On" to present), Amy went into her full-fledged crossover into the mainstream (pop) music arena. 1981's "In Concert" albums do a great job at showing some of Amy's best live work from Phase 1 (in fact, many fans will find some really "hidden gems" in Amy's career on these albums). "Time Again" will focus more on her work from Phase 2 and Phase 3.

As mentioned, this collection does help to fill the void. It has its good points and weak points. Here are ten things to look from:

1.The collection draws its music from performances on April 11-12th, 2006. For the most part - there is something magical about hearing a great performance on a single night captured on a collection. For the most part, I find that when taking live songs from different concerts on different nights, the flow is disrupted. . However, this collection does a nice job at getting as close to creating a single night experience as possible.

2.The collection includes a CD and a "Bonus DVD". The "Bonus DVD" should not be confused with the separate full DVD release of "Time Again". It is important to know that not all of the songs from the April 11-12th shows are included on here. A more complete version is found on the full-length DVD. Songs such as "Carry You", "Lucky One", "Fathers Eyes", "El Shaddai", "Big Yellow Taxi", and "If These Walls Could Speak" are only included on the full DVD. "Lucky One" is also not on the CD, but is on the Bonus DVD. The band Rush released an identical CD copy to their DVD "Rush in Rio" - and it was a complete concert from a single night. I wish more artists would follow this lead.

3.The Bonus DVD didn't do a lot to sell me on the full DVD release. I found much of the camera work to flip too much between Amy and the band - breaking focus on the performance. There are split screens that are on "Stay For a While" and "Lucky One" which I also found to be very distracting and annoying.

4.The nice thing is the small venue that these performances were taken from. The performances were from Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. I think the intent of having an "intimate" live recording is successful. The Bonus DVD helps to demonstrate this visually. In addition, Amy has a strong band backing her up - and this helps Amy make the most of this setting.

5.There is a very interesting version of "Baby Baby". Amy does a country-spin on the song. I felt this spin in a live setting was actually a better version of the song.

6.The version of "Every Heartbeat" is outstanding. It is the best live cut from the collection - the only problem was it was too short.

7.One can make an argument that albums such as "Lead Me On" and "House of Love" are not well represented on the set list. However I think a more glaring omission is that there is no material from "Unguarded".

8.The set includes an Acoustic "unplugged" Set midway through the performance. This is typical with most live performances today. This helps enhance the "intimate" setting of the show.

9.I liked the inclusion of "Believe" - the theme song from Amy's reality show, "Three Wishes".

10.There is a solid new studio version of Amy's 1982 show, "In a Little While". This new studio version not only has more of a pop feel than the 1982 version, but it also reflects Amy's maturity as now a 40 plus year-old woman. You will also hear more guitar on this version.

The liner notes include acknowledgements from Amy herself and producer Steve Bishir. There are also musician and songwriting credits listed. Overall despite some of the weaker points of this collection, I don't think anyone can complain about the quality of the performance. This is one that should help fill the void of the lack of a live album from Amy Grant and should also appeal to the mainstream fan.

Grantster Rock!.......2007-05-24

Before listening to this CD, my favorite live album was KISS ALIVE II Alive II, but no more! Amy leaves them in the dust! And without the blood, pyro, and makeup. Trust me, this one makes you want to scream! Rock On!

Collection of Musical Memories.......2007-04-19

Amy Grant has enjoyed a 28 year career and was among the first artists to cross over from Christian music to enjoy some pop success. In all that time, her only live recordings were from earlier in the career. So, to correct that, she released this CD.

While she does some of her earlier hits, the focus is on the second half of her catalog. Frankly, this makes sense since this is most likely what she does in concert these days. Still, I was disappointed not to see such classics as "El Shaddai" and "My Father's Eyes" not make the CD, although I do understand they are on the DVD.

What is here is great. The songs mostly sound like they did when first recorded. And most of them stand up well all these years later. The biggest change is to "In a Little While," which she gives a modern pop sound. I like the new version just as much as the 24 year old classic version. But I don't think we needed to have the live version and a studio version on the disc. Another highlight is "Believe," the theme from her short lived TV show "Three Wishes," which hasn't been released anywhere else to my knowledge.

Long talking breaks can make or break a concert CD. While Amy talks occasionally, it's only for a few seconds at a time. There are no long stories that give additional insight into these songs. At the same time, there are no jokes that were funny the first few times but fall flat on repeated listens.

The CD comes with a bonus DVD that includes five songs from the DVD release of this concert.

This is a great collection of songs from a long pop career. I was reminded just how much I love some of these songs. By no means perfect, it will certainly please her many fans.

A Testimony to the Surprising Endurance of Grant's Music.......2007-03-08

Amy Grant's music, while always enjoyable and well done, on the surface has rarely reached an artistic level that you might think would stand the test of time. Grant reached her artistic peak to date with Lead Me On (1988), a superb album that in the 1990s widely was considered to be the best contemporary Christian album ever released. (It still deserves that award, IMHO.) Her next studio album, Heart in Motion (1991) catapulted her into the pop stratosphere with its five top 20 hits (four of which reached the top 10). Since that pop success, only the musically spare, mostly acoustic Behind the Eyes (1997) and the overproduced but underrated pop of Simple Things (2003) have hinted at the depths plumbed in Lead Me On.

At the same time, however, artistic depth is not always the greatest good. Grant's radio hits and other pop songs have impacted lives because they are so practical, down home, warm, and full of emotion. Quite simply, they radiate a simplicity and goodness that make them both attractive and relevant. Grant's new live album, Time Again ... Live, commendably shows you both her artistic side and her pop sensibilities. It helps that Grant is a very good stage performer; while I wasn't that impressed with her the first time I saw her live in 1986 on her Unguarded encore tour, her 1995 Decade of Hits and 1998 Behind the Eyes shows both were excellent.

The CD itself works on two levels. First, it's a wonderful trip down memory lane for those who have followed Grant over the decades. Second, though, it shows you that Grant's music endures the passage of years to a degree that you may not have thought possible. Freed from its mid-1980s technopop effects and long opening and closing segments, "Stay for Awhile" packs a greater wallop by bringing to the fore the non-sappy memories of two friends; it's a timeless song. The four hits from Heart in Motion found here still are enjoyable pop tunes 15 years after their initial radio play. The one charting single and three more serious tunes off of Simple Things give you some sense of the depth of the largely ignored album and are played better here than on the original recording.

It helps that Grant clearly is not content with pulling out the hits here. (Otherwise, she should have included at least one song from her first successful crossover album, 1985's Unguarded.) There are more than enough familiar radio singles, to be sure, but there are also a large number of very good tracks that never got their due before. (How many people remember that Grant was the first to record the Will Jennings [cowriter of the Celine Dion smash "My Heart Will Go On" from the film Titanic] pop song "Oh How the Years Go By," which only later became a hit when Vanessa Williams sang it?) Grant was inspired when growing up by 1970s singer/songwriters such as Carole King and James Taylor, and you can hear that influence in just about every song here. (You can also see in pictures and on the DVD, which exists to promote the complete Time Again ... Live DVD [purchased separately], a living room stage set that clearly apes Carole King's living room stage set from her tour two years ago.)

The missteps here are few. It's both surprising and disappointing to find "Lead Me On" as the concert opener. This seminal, important song is an emotional high point and, given its weighty subject matter, needs a buildup of songs with related themes beforehand. (Grant and her bands created such a context in her mid-to-late 1990s tours.) And while Grant is backed by a very good band, I would argue that her prior bands (particularly the one on the 1998 Behind the Eyes tour) were better because they creatively extended many of the songs. The band on this album pretty much follows the studio versions to the letter, although they occasionally shorten some songs. The album's final track, a new studio recording of Grant's "In a Little While" (off of her 1982 Age to Age album), does nothing except for give Christian radio a single with which to promote Time Again ... Live.

Still, if you like Amy Grant's music, you should buy this album. It will remind you of why you have liked her and may just show you anew, as it did me, how she is not to be taken lightly.

Average customer rating: INSPIRING COLLECTION

GREATEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME Various Artists Manufacturer: JERDEN ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD History | Subjects | Books | Africa | Americas | Ancient | Arctic & Antarctica | Asia | Australia & Oceania | Books on CD | Books on Cassette | Europe | Gay & Lesbian | Historical Study | Large Print | Middle East | Military | Military Science | Russia | United States | World General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Great Speeches of the 20th Century His Finest Hour: The Speeches of Winston Churchill Great Moments of the 20th Century The Greatest Speeches of All Time JFK WIT ASIN: B000001C10 Release Date: 1997-02-18

Tracks:

1. Inaugural - John F. Kennedy
2. I Have A Dream - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. The Watergate Tapes - Richard M. Nixon
4. Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner - Harry S. Truman
5. Declaration Of War - Frankin Delano Roosevelt
6. Democratic Convention - Robert F. Kennedy
7. Christmas Eve Address - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8. Ich Bin Ein Berliner - John F. Kennedy
9. Resignation - Richard M. Nixon
10. Evil Empire - Ronald Reagan
11. Berlin Wall - Ronald Reagan
12. Farewell Address To Congress - Gen. Douglas MacArthur
13. First Radio Address As Prime Minister - Winston Churchill

Product Description

Compilation of some of the most well-known speeches of modern times, spanning the years 1940-1987. Includes: JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, FDR, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill and more.

Customer Reviews:

INSPIRING COLLECTION.......2006-02-06

This collection of great 20th century speeches is quite inspiring. From speeches focused on civil rights to great dreams of going to the moon, to great battles against evil empires, this collection transcends politics to demonstrate how some of America's great leaders have used their speaking skills to change the world. I especially recommend this CD for someone worried about delivering speeches; it should enhance your confidence to see how some of the masters did it.

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: old and still good Not What it Claims to be Good Memories!! Witty, clever and a joy to listen to

At the Drop of a Hat Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight Complete Flanders & Swann The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann A Drop of Hilarity from Flanders & Swann An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer ASIN: B000026GPR Release Date: 1999-07-15

Tracks:

1. A Transport Of Delight
2. Song Of Reproduction
3. The Gnu Song
4. Design For Living
5. Je Suis Le Tenebreux
6. Songs For Our Time
7. A Song Of The Weather
8. The Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira M'Dear?
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Vanessa
15. Tried By The Centre Court
16. The Youth Of The Heart
17. The Hippopotamus Song

Customer Reviews:

old and still good.......2005-02-20

I count myself a rare American who appreciates this recording. My uncle sent it to me on tape when I was quite small. my mom, ever handy with the censor's razor blade, let it go--untouched--in spite of the song about madeira, which I now know is about an old man doing the nasty to a young innocent lass. back then, of course, I thought it was about cake! with both mom and uncle passed on, I wanted to buy up what music of theirs I could locate, and I fortunately found the Complete Flanders and Swann, apparently no longer available. i bought up the copy and didn't get scalped, somehow. 45 years after the songs were sung, "Transport of Delight," "Soung of Reproduction," and "reluctant Cannibal," and yes even "Song of the Weather," still reverberate in my mind. i used to sing "The Gas Man Cometh," from the "At the drop of Another Hat" show album, in performances as a teen-ager, and sometimes even got good results. any of their albums are money well spent.

Not What it Claims to be.......2004-12-10

For those of you who grew up with the UK recording of "At the Drop of a Hat" be warned - in spite of what it says on the box this is NOT the recording of the 1959 show at the Fortune Theatre. This is the Broadway show.

The identity of the recording can be determined in the first minute from Flanders' introduction of Swann as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, also contains lanolin" - in the Fortune Theatre recording he is introduced as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, and all round egghead". There are substantial differences in the two performances, not least of which the pace which is a lot quicker in this recording, lacking the elegant timing which characterised the UK performance and which is comparable to the available CD of "At the Drop of Another Hat" (which WAS recorded in the UK).

Many of the jokes and asides are different - for instance in "Have Some Madeira", the Fortune Theatre recording includes an aside "He slyly inveigled her up to his flat, to view his collection of stamps [aside] All unperforated! ha ha ha ..." clearly this was regarded as too risqué for the US performance.

The songs are the same vintage and hilarious Flanders and Swann but the presentation, to me, is nowhere close to the quality of the earlier performance - it sounds to me like they were by this stage tired of the material and "going through the motions" for an audience that they did not relate to in the same way as an English audience.

Incidentally - Too Many Cookers, Vanessa, Tried by the Centre Court and The Youth of the Heart were not on the original LP recording and judging from the acoustics these were recorded elsewhere. The sleeve notes identify these as being recorded in 1957, 2 years prior to the Fortune Theatre performance.

Good Memories!!.......2000-12-05

My father used to work in the kitchen, cooking or cleaning, with music playing in the background. One of his favorites was this album by Flanders & Swann. He had seen the show and loved the record. I sang the songs through my childhood and now I sing them to my children, my co-workers, my friends! I only just realized that I can get the original album on CD. WHAT JOY!!!

Witty, clever and a joy to listen to.......2000-08-30

I first encountered Flanders and Swan on the LP version of this recording forty years ago. Loved it then, love it today. These two inventive and joyful British devils have delighted theatre audiences for years and their "Hippopotamus Song" has become something of a children's classic. This is the original cast recording of their first hit London show and is a marvelous performance. Can't say enough good about it but best of all my wife and I have been humming the songs and quoting the lyrics to one another now and then ever since we got the LP as a wedding present.

Average customer rating: 1950's British Humor Meets "The Daily Show" Not quite the best, but pretty good... wonderful! Funny and very English songs

The Best of Flanders & Swan - A Transport of Delight Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: At the Drop of a Hat Complete Flanders & Swann The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer A Drop of Hilarity from Flanders & Swann ASIN: B000026LBT Release Date: 1994-05-06

Tracks:

1. Act One: Introduction
2. A Transport Of Delight
3. Song Of Reproduction
4. The Gnu Song
5. Songs For Our Time (Philigical Waltz: satellite Moon; A Happy Song)
6. A Song Of The Weather
7. Greensleeves
8. Misalliance
9. Madeira M'dear
10. The Hippopotamus Song
11. Act Two: Introduction
12. All Gall
13. Horoscope
14. The Gas Man Cometh
15. Sounding Brass
16. Ill Wind
17. First And Second Law
18. By Air
19. A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice
20. Hippo Encore
21. The Wompon

Customer Reviews:

1950's British Humor Meets "The Daily Show".......2007-01-10

Combine John Stewart ("The Daily Show") with cabaret and set it in 1950's England -- you've got Flanders & Swan. Funny. Insightful. Cutting. Wise. Fun. How can you go wrong? The singing duo were a delight and their humor feels as timely now as it must have forty years ago. Highly recommended.

Not quite the best, but pretty good..........2006-06-25

Flanders and Swann were brilliant, witty songwriters who wrote acute but subtle satire (among other things). In spite of the title, this record is not a "Best Of" collection, but a repackaging of their two best-known albums, "At the Drop of a Hat" and "At the Drop of Another Hat." A lot of people don't realize that there were two recordings of "At the Drop of a Hat": the first, produced by George Martin for Parlophone, was recorded during its original run at the Fortune Theatre in London in the late '50s, and is much better than the Angel Records version recorded on Broadway. This reissue, unfortunately, uses the Broadway version, in which Flanders seems a little bored with the material (or perhaps unsure that the American audience will get some of the jokes) and tends to rush the punch lines. This collection also omits one of the best songs from "At the Drop of a Hat"(which certainly belongs on any CD with this title), the conscientious-objection allegory "The Reluctant Cannibal."

While this is well worth listening to, your money would be better spent on the original "Hats" in their complete form (with "Cannibal"), preferably the Martin-produced version, if it's still available.

wonderful!.......2006-03-15

This live recording of some of the best loved Flanders and Swann songs is truly a transport of delight!

Funny and very English songs.......2003-06-05

Michael Flanders and Donald Swan composed and sang their own amusing songs, accompanied by Donald Swan playing the piano. Flanders was a large man in a wheelchair and Swan a slight man. Good natured, somewhat dry, very English lyrics, and somewhat dated as they were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. They did wonderful stage shows in those simpler times.

Average customer rating: Wondeful collection Who Hah!! What a Simcha ! This album joyously reminds us of a great musical career! SWING & SWAY WITH MICKEY K! Oy vey!

Simcha Time: Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses Mickey Katz Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Greatest Shticks Borscht Riders in the Sky The Barry Sisters - Their Greatest Yiddish Hits Music From The Yiddish Radio Project From Avenue A to Great White Way 1914-1950 ASIN: B000005GYL Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

1. Simcha Time
2. Mazeltov Dances
3. Grandma's Draidel
4. Keneh Hora
5. Mendel's Song
6. Litvak Square Dance
7. Frailach Jamboree
8. Mamaliege Dance
9. Berele's Sherele
10. Trombonik Tanz
11. The Family Danced (Mickey's Frailachs)
12. Bar Mitzvah Special
13. The Wedding Dance
14. The Wedding Samba
15. Can Can Kazotski
16. Bublitchki
17. Fountainbleu Frailich
18. Yiddish Square Dance
19. Mickey's Mishegoss
20. Sunrise, Sunset
21. Yiddish Folk Melody

Amazon.com

On the surface, bandleader, songwriter, clarinetist, comedian, and (most of all) entertainer Mickey Katz is a sort of Jewish-style Spike Jones. Schmaltzy comedy and frenetic klezmer riffs combine to create humorous skits that were part borscht belt, part vaudeville. But listen here to Katz's one "straight" album--the legendary Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses, recorded in the early '50s for Capitol--and you find a true musician who could swing with jazz's best, a guy with faultless timing and a great sense of humor. On "Frailach Jamboree," he takes the upbeat traditional klezmer pattern (the frailach) and proves he and his band have impeccable timing; the next tune takes klezmer the way of Raymond Scott, the cartoon-music pioneer; on "Simcha Time," he rounds up the whole circus--bride, groom, and family (this is music for weddings, after all)--and happily informs you that the show is going to begin. Whether he's writing cancans or covering "Sunrise, Sunset," you can't help but admire Katz's musical, and comedic, genius. Don Byron achieved acclaim for his album of Katz interpretations, Plays the Music of Mickey Katz, but this is the original thing. And what a gorgeous shtick it was, now--thankfully--reissued entirely on CD with bonus cuts from Hello, Solly, his Broadway musical, and five previously unreleased tunes. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Wondeful collection.......2007-07-08

This is a fine CD and brings back many old memories from the original LP

Who Hah!!.......2003-04-21

What a CD, I can seen my entire family in this CD

What a Simcha !.......2000-01-06

What a wonderful cd. If you are Jewish, you can feel your heritage. The warmth of the music and the fun is just wonderful. Even if you don't understand Yiddish, you can understand it by the feel of the music. I wish Capitol Records would release all of his albums on cd. What a treasure that would be.

This album joyously reminds us of a great musical career!.......1999-07-03

I heard Mickey Katz regularly when he had a radio program in the early 1950's. This album is a wonderful example of the exciting music that he played. I highly recommend it!

SWING & SWAY WITH MICKEY K! Oy vey!.......1998-11-16

Well....You either love this music or you don't. If you love it, it is because of some combination of Jewish ethnicity and the enjoyment of fast, rhythmic music loaded with clarinets, fiddles, horns, and drums. You need never have gone to a Bar Mitzvah, a bris, or a Jewish wedding to get turned on by such gems as "Wedding Dance" or "Wedding Samba." Sure , this CD gets a little too schmaltzy at times, but--Be a mensch and buy it already!

Average customer rating: Buy it! a different Taylor Mali... The greatest Ever

Poems from the Like Free Zone Manufacturer: Words Worth Ink ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Conviction What Learning Leaves The Difference Between Left & Wrong Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry Slam Nation: The Sport of Spoken Word ASIN: B00004YZWA Release Date: 2000-09-01

Tracks:

1. Totally like whatever
2. The impotence of Proofreading
3. Like Lilly Like Wilson
4. Undivided attention
5. Poet teaching math and history
6. As far as words go
7. Objection overruled
8. What learning leaves
9. Falling in love is like owning a dog
10. Playground love
11. Taylor Mod Squad
12. My mothers ponytail
13. If it aint broke, it dont need fiction

Album Description

Words Worth Ink is dedicated to showcasing the most trenchant voices in spoken word.

Customer Reviews:

Buy it!.......2001-03-10

Taylor Mali is by far the most dominant, original, and flat out boppin' slam poet. Every single one of his poems are filled with pizzaz and emphasis. Mali is not only the man when it comes to poetry, but is a damn good history teacher too. Buy anything of his that you can.

a different Taylor Mali..........2001-01-08

For those who haven't had the opportunity to see Taylor Mali perform, this CD is definitely a great introduction. For those who have seen him perform, it just might lend a different perspective on his work. Those pieces I'd heard performed at slams in the past, particularly "Totally Like Whatever", were somewhat disappointing for me on this CD. This is obviously a guy who thrives on competition and audiences, and the "live" versions of his poems are infinitely better because he really does come alive on stage. However, hearing his work performed without all the high drama of slam competition did give me a chance to appreciate the verbal nuances of his work in a way I hadn't in the past. He's a better and more versatile *writer* (not just slammer) than some people are willing to admit.

The greatest Ever.......2000-10-21

In a new form of poetry, slam, the mix of a great hip-hop type beat placed in the poems and the rap-style speech is a great mix, especially when the poet is sucha talented man and great person. For three years, i knew the poet from being a student of his, and forever will cherish the lessons he taught. As im sure all who had mr. mali will say, he is the best teacher with the greatest peronality you could ever meet. I have heard most of the poems and know the true excellence they display. I highly recommend this CD for anyone who enjoys spoken word and contemporary style music.

Rap Music:

1. Timeless: The Classics 2
2. Traffic From Paradise
3. truANT [Enhanced]
4. Twilight as Played By the Twilight Singers
5. Viva Dictators [Live]
6. Waiting
7. Welcome Home
8. You Really Got Me-Best of the Kinks [Import]
9. 91025
10. A Tribute to Brian Wilson

Rap Music

rap music

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