Happy Days [Explicit Lyrics]

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Happy Days [Explicit Lyrics]

TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs

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good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children
memories
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TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs
Cyndi Grecco , and Jones, Jack
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Release Date: 2002-08-20

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Movin' On Up - Oren Waters
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Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
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Album Description

TV Land brings you 40 of your favorite evening show theme songs. Highlights include 'Happy Days', 'The Greatest American Hero', 'Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)', 'Laverne & Shirley', 'I Dream Of Jeanie', 'I Love Lucy', 'Welcome Back, Kotter', 'The Love Boat', 'Hawaii Five-O', 'The Golden Girls' and many, many more. 2002. Rhino.

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good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children.......2007-06-27

We had ordered this for "The Dukes of Hazzard" theme song for our 4yr old and our whole family has fallen in love with the cd. It makes me want to share some of the old fun and simple shows with my children. I forgot about some of those shows. It brings back good memories for my husband and me and the songs are new and exciting for our children. It's a nice change from children's cd's, but our children still think it's fun. The sound quality is good and the songs included on the cd are a great mix. I would definately recommend this one.

memories.......2007-02-22

This cd is excellent it has a lot of very good music and true to the original sound, Am getting a lot of enjoyment,highly recomended

TV Theme Songs.......2007-01-13

This is a great CD for people who watch a lot of TV -especially TV LAND and reruns of old shows when shows had actual theme songs. I took the CD to work and everyone loved trying to figure out what show the songs were from.

TV themes.......2006-07-05

Not all what I expected, not all of the tunes are the original recordings you remember as the TV themes.

Deja Vu.......2006-02-17

Listening to these familiar themes as performed by the original artists certainly brings back wonderful memories! I was particularly pleased, not only with the quality of the pieces, but with the actual performances themselves, just as we remembered them!

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rockin' melissa
Better Days & Happy Endings (1976)
THEN & NOW!

Better Days & Happy Endings
Melissa Manchester
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
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ASIN: B000FO45UW
Release Date: 2006-07-25

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Happy Endings
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Better Days
My Sweet Thing
Come In From The Rain
Rescue Me
Just You And I
Stand Up Woman
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Sing Sing Sing

Album Description

Melissa Manchester is one of the premier female vocalists of the last three decades! She has had loads of charting albums over that time. Surprisingly very few of them have ever been issued on CD. Better Days & Happy Endings reached # 24 on the Billboard charts in 1976. 2006.

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rockin' melissa.......2006-11-14

wow! miss manchester truly rocks. songs like happy endings, you can make your dreams come true and good news are true gems. the whole album is worth listening. if you are melissa manchester fan, you will not be disappointed, to say the least.

Better Days & Happy Endings (1976).......2006-08-01

This is the Melissa's 4th LP and follow up to her 1975 breakthough LP MELISSA, which featured the top 10 hit Midnite Blue. She continues her plight in relevant times for the evolving woman, love and relationships. The lyrics are poised in a way that few writers of that time could express. The lead single on this CD is Jsut You And I which was a top 30 hit for her as well as being her You've Got A Friend song. She and Bob Dylan sang this song together in the privacy of Bob's home and we sould have loved to have been there! Better Days was the next single and follow up story to the day after Midnite Blue. It became the last song she sang in concert, accapella. The third single was a double sided hit with a single mix of Happy Endings and a remake of Fontella Bass's Rescue Me. Ignored by Arista, however, is the standard that could have been her biggest single Come In From The Rain. It's one of her most popular attractions in concert.

Other highlights include Good News, Stand Up Woman and the Rufus/Chaka Khan sound-a-like You Can Make It All Come True.

If you could get the Japan version of this CD put out by BMG, it is well worth the price tag! Missing and "wounded" from this Wounded Bird re-issue are the lyrics, original colorization artwork and sound quality. Certainly better than your scratch LP, but not up to par with the Japanese version. Maybe if enough of these cheaply released issues become sold, it will prompt Melissa to buy back her rights to her music and re-issue them the right way with bonus tracks and perfection.

THEN & NOW!.......2006-07-25

I have longed to hear this music again for decades! I was 16 in 1976, and this was my favorite album. I played it relentlessly. A few decades, a few life changes, several moves, and somewhere along the way, my vinyl albums were lost. Of the entire collection, the loss of BETTER DAYS & HAPPY ENDINGS was the only one that truly hurt. Having searched without luck for it on CD for years - literally - and being willing to pay a pretty penny, I am overjoyed and giddy that it is finally available! I am a huge Melissa Manchester fan, but I'm passionate about her older albums. Her collaboration with Carol Bayer Sagers is incredible. The songs on BETTER DAYS & HAPPY ENDINGS are beautifully written (musically and lyrically) and lushly delivered. I could go on, critique every song, but I'll end here with a simple "Buy it! You won't regret it!" It's Classic Melissa at her very, very best!

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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)

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ASIN: B00062FLI8
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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happy days indeed
Probably their second best (after Chrome)
Change is good
uneven and, at times, derivative
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Happy Days
Catherine Wheel
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B000001EDA
Release Date: 1995-06-06

Tracks:

God Inside My Head
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Empty Head
Receive
My Exhibition
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Shocking
Love Tips Up
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Hole
Fizzy Love
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Blowing away any hint of its shoe-gazing past, Catherine Wheel have matured into a swaggering, boys-with-big-guitars outfit capable of turning on the style and mainstream appeal. "Little Muscle" and "Shocking" are standout songs. --Jeff Bateman

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happy days indeed.......2006-12-03

I will keep it short, and forgive me please. but "eat my dust...." has been in my Ipod and in my head for months, Incredible slow burning guitar, easy and dark, flowing and spooky, sad and serious. lyrics are even better. I am a big CW fan as well as SmashingP, but this song just won't let me go.
get this cd.

Probably their second best (after Chrome).......2005-12-10

This is the Catherine Wheel release that split the fanbase, though in my opinion, it fully represented their intentions to move away from their 'shoegazer' tag. Though it may not be as consistent as Chrome (to be honest, very few albums are), it still shows a band full of talent and passion.

There are a number of very good songs on here, namely Heal, Empty Head, Little Muscle, Judy Staring at the Sun, and Kill My Soul. The album showcases many different sides to the band. On this album they are loud and aggressive, yet also melodic and atmospheric.

I can't understand the grunge comparisons on here, it doesn't sound anything like Pearl Jam or anything like that, its a very British sound. Perhaps the guitars are a little over the top in places, but not pretentious (probably the most overused word in music reviews ever) in any shape or form. I only wish they were around today. I guess we have the short-sighted British music press to thank for them never receiving the praise they have deserved.

In short, buy this album, but buy Chrome first!

Change is good.......2005-12-03

Catherine Wheel did the lush, dreamy, wall of guitars, "shoe-gazing" sound better then anybody. Here, the sound is harder, crisper, heavier, and they do it oh so well. Turn up the volume and the assault is not unlike that of a heavy metal juggernaut. Yet there is still enough of the old beauty in there to keep it satisfying to most fans of the first 2 releases. Adam and Eve, the release to follow, was yet more of a compromise. It also was very nice of the band to pack 12 or more tracks on all of their first 4 releases, with no filler. You will definitely get your moneys worth. Playing all 4 releases back to back can certainly be one heck of a sonic adventure with all the guitar-driven pyrotechnics. Then you can use the Cats and Dogs (B-sides, (not really)) to recover.

uneven and, at times, derivative.......2005-09-23

Catherine Wheel's third offering "Happy Days," is not in the same class as their incredible debut album "Ferment" or their worthy follow-up "Chrome." While there are, unquestionably, some very good songs on "Happy Days," much of it is largely forgettable, or, in some cases, derivative of the sound of other bands.

In my opinion, the standout songs include the first four tracks, beginning with the kinetic "God Inside My Head," followed by one of the band's most hit-oriented songs "Waydown," which both contain superb drumming from Neil Sims, and Bass from Dave Hawes. The somewhat prurient "Little Muscle," kicks in with an energy after a lackadaisical start, but, to be honest, the song can be a little annoying. "Heal" probably was intended to be CW's next "Black Metallic," but doesn't come close to this masterpiece, even though it's still a good song, certainly one of the best on the album (Does anyone else hear some Donovan influence in "Heal"?).

After the first four songs, "Happy Days" kind of sputters along, other that the excellent "Hole." "Receive" and "Kill My Soul" sound like an average collaboration between Lenny Kravitz and Smashing Pumpkins. "My Exhibition," is CW's foray into Johnny Lydon type punk. The way too long "Eat My Dust" earns the band an advisory sticker for absolutely no reason (wouldn't "eat my dust you insensitive schmuck" have sufficed?). I guess their trying to be humorous (a pretty song with nasty words -- get it?) but they really don't succeed. As far as "Shocking" and "Fizzy Love" are concerned, what exactly were they thinking?

I appreciate that CW attempted to expand their horizons and perhaps fan base. I suppose that the swirling guitars of "Ferment" and "Chrome" might eventually get tired. I just think CW can do better than "Happy Days."

The Ultimate.......2005-05-31

Happy Days starts off with the driving fury of God Inside My Head and doesn't relent until Heal. This CD demands to be played at high volume. But it's not heavy metal. Instead, Catherine Wheel have created their own form of music which needs to be heard to be believed.

Great songwriting with incredible, soaring melodies such as Shocking, Judy Staring At The Sun, & Love Tips Up.
A "Can't Miss" album.

[DW]

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100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration

Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
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This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
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Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
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Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

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Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

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Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
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O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

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Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
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Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

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Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

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The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey

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As Always, Hilarious
Spoof Odessey worth the laughs!
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Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey

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Customer Reviews:

As Always, Hilarious.......2007-05-03

This is so funny! Like all the Forbidden Broadway cds, its another knock-out. I feel like such a crazy person when I am in the car driving and I just burst out laughing. Its great and a must have for any Forbidden Broadway fan.

Spoof Odessey worth the laughs!.......2002-04-14

I enjoyed "Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey." This recording has some truly genius material, and although these actors' impersonations of famous Broadway stars aren't as strong as they have been in the past, the CD has a lot to recommend it.

Particularly strong is Track 16, "Let's do an old fashioned show tune," featuring Elton John and Ethel Merman duking it out over AIDA, which Merman says is "putting everyone here through hell." Likewise, Track 15, "Let's Ruin Times Square Again," tickles my funny bone. Also wonderful are the satires of Beauty and the Beast, Angela Lansbury, and the Full Monty; Gerard Alessandrini's done a tremendous job with these! In addition, this CD's introductory song is much stronger than those on the previous volumes of Forbidden Broadway. It really sets the tone for the best parts of this recording.

Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, the first half of the CD is a bit thin, which is why I give this recording 3 out of 5 stars: Even though it entertains me, there's a lot I have to skip over. For example, the Liza Minelli spoof annoying (though, I admit, a little funny), and in the Music Man revival satire, their Robert Preston impersonator sounds *nothing* like the original. (In earlier recordings, the actors *did* sound like the people they claimed to be.)

The good news is that the CD has 30 tracks in all, so even though there are 13 that I dislike, I just love the rest... I do recommend it!

better to be "Lost in Space".......2001-12-31

First and foremost, this CD is really for diehard fans of Forbidden Broadway, those of us who want the good, the bad and the ugly on the cd rack. I was extremely unimpressed with the latest offering.

While I agree with some of the other reviewers that there is some nice work, I don't know that Saturday Night Fiasco and Sondheim's Blues are sufficient to carry the rest of the tracks. Not much seems new or worse yet, important. Disney isn't new, nor is Les Miz. And while pointing out what is stale and pedestrian on Broadway was amusing on the last couple of releases, this Forbidden Broadway spoof clearly has joined the list of stale and pedestrian.

While there is some nice material on this disc, I really didn't laugh out loud, and that is why I have always bought these in the past.

If Alessandrini reduces the show to the same complaints of the same shows and then replaying lightly tweaked versions of past numbers, Trouble and Alan Cumming in Cabaret specifically, then he has himself is on the becoming a revival - and we know what he thinks of revivals.

The repeats might even be acceptable if there was something fresh in the perfomance, but both were done much better on their respective discs. I think Danny Gurwin is a great comedian, but he doesn't shine in either of these numbers. We also need a recording with no Ethel Merman or Liza numbers - give them a rest already. And why bring back Streisand with such a poor imitation? The earlier Barbara's were dead on vocal impressions as well as speech patterns. If you aren't going to improve on it, then don't drag it back out.

Alessandrini suggests that this is one of the best casts he has ever worked with. I don't know what he bases that on, but I beg to differ, either cast with Bryan Batt was significantly better, although they worked with fresh, clever material. Still, those recordings had verocious talent that brought Gerard's stinging wit to life for those of us who can't see every new production of FB.

Maybe it is time to go to off Broadway productions, or to the radio or the movies for some new ideas. Or else promise no references to the Gap, Disney, or Chorus Boys, (way over used on this recording), along with a Merman and Liza free season. Start from scratch. That might give us hope that Forbidden Broadway too might not be dead.

Stretched Thin.......2001-03-26

I just saw the stage production of Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey. I agree with the other reviewers who feel that Alessandrini is no longer at the top of his game. Perhaps he should lay off for a year or three and let Broadway present new things for him to lampoon - as it always will.

The opening sequence is forced and unfunny, and clearly in place only to batter the listener with the "2001" theme. Unlike a previous reviewer, I found the Judi Dench parody hysterical, though I question its accuracy.

The "Trouble" parody is, as it always was, incomplete and thin. My dear friend John Kenrick (...) did a better job with it - included the segments of the original song that GA left out, and in a funnier fashion. The Cole Porter parody is marginally amusing, but the Brian Mitchell/Marin Mazzie parody is dead on the mark, and VERY funny.

The parody of Cheryl Ladd remains in the show, although she's no longer in "Annie Get Your Gun" - Reba McIntyre is now in the role. Similarly, he stabs at Alan Cumming, who is no longer playing the Emcee. These numbers, while funny, lack punch. On the other hand, he once again skewers long time target Patti LuPone with an hysterical new parody of Being Alive. I suppose she's innately funnier, after all these years, than Alan Cumming, who is, after all, a relative newcomer.

The Rocky Horror parody is amusing, and the observation that sex has moved off 42nd Street and onto the Broadway stage is not without merit. The Beauty parody is amusing, and apt, but as has already been noted, GA has been clobbering us with the Disnification of Broadway for years now. I suppose he finds some glee in the fading success of this particular show.

I must say that while Gurwin is not the greatest singer, "Sondheim's Blues" is the most brilliant piece I've heard from Alessandrini in years. It's absolutely dead on. The friends I was with had never seen nor heard "Follies" and completely missed the point, but I was in stitches.

The "10 Years More" (which does not appear on this album, but remains in the show) has really begun to wear thin, especially with the closing this year of Cats and Miss Saigon. The Cameron Macintosh British mega-musicals are finally releasing their grip on Broadway, and this isn't as funny any more.

Broadway, despite the naysayers, will never die... and apparently, neither will Forbidden Broadway. I don't think it should - but I do think it needs a rest.

Do the Math.......2001-03-15

Four CDs cover the first 20 Years of Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini's viciously witty satire of New York Theatre. The last year has seen Three new CDs, FB "Cleans Up Its Act" "20th Anniversary Edition" and now "2001 a Spoof Odyssey". Do the math.

Alessandrini is running out of ideas, and is spreading the remaining ones too thin. . Sanitized Time Square - Been there. Disnified Broadway - Done that, and so many times. Asinine casting faux pas, plotless pointless set-monster musicals, and Ethel Merman and Liza. We've heard it all before - and last time, it was funnier.

Now normally when a writer (or director or actor) has truly entertained me on numerous occasions, I'll forgive the odd show that disappoints. This would be the case here except for two things: Alessandrini is in the vicious parody business - he's never spared anyone else Besides, if he's going to actually include couplets like: "If lyrics are no longer witty... Then I don't want to go " he's inviting the pans.

When you hear the AIDA lampoon, you'll be reminded of the dim bulb in Cyrano de Bergerac who taunts the hero with the brilliant witticism: Your nose is very large

Tracks:

Tico Tico
Charmaine
The Typewriter
Where Or When
Holiday For Strings
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Swedish Rhapsody
Blue Tango
Three Coins In The Fountain
Delicado
O Mein Papa
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
The Song Of Moulin-Rouge
Peanut Vendor
Fascination
Begin The Beguine
September Song
Eternally

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Name that tune!.......2002-01-10

O.K., so you're forty-ish or fifty-ish and nostalgia is a creeping threat to your mental health. Insidiously, snatches of old tv shows or radio tunes suddenly enter your head, at odd hours of the day. You find yourself humming - OUT LOUD - and your loved ones are annoyed and perfect strangers concerned. "WHAT IS THAT TUNE?" Well, you might find out if you buy this disc. French composer ("Umbrellas of Cherbourg," etc.) and arranger Michel Legrand is a fellow sufferer and he did something about it. He started looking for recordings of some of his favorite radio memories from the 1950s (and 1940s - O.K. so he's a little older than us!) and, when he discovered the records were out of print, he persuaded the fine, adventuresome people at Erato (OK, OK, the vast AOL/Time-Warner media empire, really) to let him record the things all over again. My favorite is "Holiday for Strings" by David Rose. I used to hear that piece again and again in the 60's, usually to introduce the "matinee movie" on the local independent TV station. Never knew what it was. Always wondered. Drove me nuts. Now I know. I'm still nuts but, hey, at least I've got this nifty CD! Do yourself a favor and order it. Call it "lounge classics" and indulge your ears. You won't regret it!

Lush instrumental music with a modern interpretation........1998-09-14

In this album, arranger and conductor Michel Legrand presents a modern interpretation of 18 musical standards that were popular in radio broadcasts in the wake of the World War 2. If you like lush instrumental music with muted brass and the ear-kissing sounds of magical violins, all with a modern bass beat, you will enjoy this album. The tempo varies from "drifting and dreaming" to the infectuous sounds of "toe tapping" Latin rythms. This is easy listening music that sounds great in the background or in the foreground.

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Excellent!
Brilliance from beginning to end.
Carla Knows Music!
Weird, disturbing, and really groovy
Sexuality drips like an instrument....

Happy Days Sweetheart
Ethyl Meatplow
Manufacturer: Chameleon / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001A3L
Release Date: 1993-04-13

Tracks:

Opening Precautionary Instructions
Suck
Devil's Johnson
Car
Queenie
Close To You
Tommy
Mustard Requiem
Abazab
Ripen Peach
Feed
Rise
For my Sleepy lover
Sad Bear
Bonus Track

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Excellent!.......2002-04-08

Every cut on this album is excellent. After seeing this band live I HAD to own the cd. Outstanding! A shame they broke up shortly thereafter, to this day I find myself, and my girlfriend humming the tunes. Ripened-peach, Close to you, Queeenie and Suck,- just buy it....

Brilliance from beginning to end........2000-01-03

This album really should have been big. There's really nothing not to like about it. If I were to characterize it stylistically, I would have to say, "Nine Inch Nails meets the B-52's." The sound is hard but playful, with an abundance of experimentation characteristic of either of the aforementioned bands. Meatplow was also one of the few bands I've heard with a sense of humor that didn't render it inane and an angry edge that didn't render it pretentious or brain-dead. Basically, if you enjoy the kinda-sorta industrial NIN sound but find Trent Reznor's pseudo-spookiness annoying, then this is the perfect album.

Carla Knows Music!.......1999-09-14

I loved this album dearly! "Queenie" is a classic. I suggest that you follow this up with other stuff from Carla B. like the bands "Scarnella" or "Geraldine Fibbers".

Weird, disturbing, and really groovy.......1999-05-04

I don't have a clue what they're singing about most of the time, but this music is just so bizarre and fun! Devil's Johnson, Tommy & Ripened Peach are catchy tunes, in their own seductively perverse way. And "Queenie" takes explicit lyrics to a whole new level. Are these guys ever gonna come out with another album???

Sexuality drips like an instrument...........1999-04-19

I saw Ethyl Meatplow at the second Lollapolluza Festival on one of the side stages, and they just blew me away. It was a hot day, and I remember that even Carla had her shirt off, which is just something she would do.... Anyway, this album is awsome and unique and they have great bass sounds that vibrate your speakers and shake your brains around. I, as does the other reviewer, wish they would do some more stuff.

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Happy Days 50's & 60's
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026G2U
Release Date: 2002-02-19

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Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Let's Dance - Chris Montez
Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Tequila - The Champs
Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
Just A Dream - Jimmy Clanton
Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds
Western Movies - The Olympics
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Venus - Frankie Avalon
Donna - Ritchie Valens
Sixteen Candles - The Crests
Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson
Tallahassee Lassie - Freddy Cannon
Turn Me Loose - Fabian

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Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
Way Down Younder In New Orleans - Freddy Cannon
When Will I Be Loved - Everly Brothers
Runaway - Del Shannon
Tossin' And Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
Raindrops - Dee Clark
This Time - Troy Shondell
Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
Those Oldies But Goodies(Remind Me Of You) - Little Ceasar & The Romans
Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
He's So Fine - The Chiffons
Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney
Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
Louie, Louie - The Kingsman
Downtown - Petula Clark

Strange Affair/The Return of Ken Whaley Plus Happy Days

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My troubled but rewarding relationship with Help Yourself
Finally: Strange Affair on c.d.!
Good deal for a 2 CD set and 2 great tracks

Strange Affair/The Return of Ken Whaley Plus Happy Days
Help Yourself
Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JTB7
Release Date: 1999-06-14

Tracks:

Strange Affair
Brown Lady
Movie Star
Deanna Call and Scotty
Heaven Row
Excerpts from the Electric Fur Trapper
Many Ways of Meeting

Tracks:

Candy Cane
Pioneers of the West in the Head
Who Killed Paradise?
Amy
Blown Away
Man We're Glad We Know You
It Has to Be
Golden Handshake
Jesus What Are Little Kids For
Virginia
Waiting at the Station
Seashell
I've Got Beautiful You
My Friend
Elephant by My Side

Album Details

Includes 'happy Days' in this Collection of Help Yourself's Albums. 'happy Days' was Originally Included with the 'return of Ken Whaley.'

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My troubled but rewarding relationship with Help Yourself.......2004-08-02

Being interested in the British pub rock scene, and happily familiar with one Help Yourself song called "Alabama Lady" (not in this 2-cd package) I bought this set expecting a very good listening experience. To make the story short, I was let down at first. The music didn't welcome me with open arms, some songs were very wonderful indeed but some were just dull and distant. I listened to the cd's over and over again and found "Happy Days" a very good set of songs, light and irresistibly catchy, but "Ken Whaley" and "Strange Affair" were uneven. I started skipping the 12-minute experimental "It Has to Be", since it made my task of getting into the music even more difficult. One by one, all the songs started playing in my head, refusing to stop, and I realised I finally liked them all.

I recently found the other double-album set by Help Yourself, and listened to all 3 cd's in one go. I still hated "It Has to Be", so it's still a track I intend to skip. I'm still working on the albums "Help Yourself" and "Beware the Shadow", but this 2-cd set now has one more proud owner - me.

My favorites on "Strange Affair" are the bouncy title track, the haunting CS&N/America-type ballad "Brown Lady", and the melancholy "Deanna Call and Scotty" - and the nine-and-a-half-minute instumental "The All Electric Fur Trapper" is so ethereal in places you can't help but get enchanted by it.

On "The Return...", the best songs are the immediately catchy "Who Killed Paradise?", the ballad "Amy", which sounds like Barnstorm-period Joe Walsh, and the closing ballad "The Golden Handshake", which is so haunting you expect it to develop more during its 6-minute running time than it actually does. And "Happy Days" is wonderful from start to finish!

So, buy this set, and don't worry if you don't get turned on at first. You will!

Finally: Strange Affair on c.d.!.......2003-07-10

As is the case with the twofer containing Beware of the Shadow and their first album, you get a lot of excellent music on one disc. Musically reminiscent of a blend of the acoustic parts of Led Zep's third album and the Grateful Dead style on American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. Strange Affair is one of the greatest recordings of the early 70's. Unfortunately few heard the band or the lp. This album was played quite bit on the great old FM100 in Memphis which at the time was still "underground". The rest of the cd (Return of Ken Whaley lp plus the Happy Days ep) is good but it's the Strange Affair album that's stayed with me for over 30 years. I would go so far as to say the the instrumental called "The All Electric Fur Trapper" ranks up there with Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky" for best rock instrumental of all time. Excellent liner notes too--

Good deal for a 2 CD set and 2 great tracks.......2000-04-26

Help Yourself was a Welsh band that played in the early seventies. It wasn't a very stable band, and had members move in and out. Some of the members also played in Man. They released 4 albums. This is a two CD set that contains the second (Strange Affair) and fourth (Return of Ken Whaley/Happy Days) albums. The fourth album was released as a double LP, but fits on the second CD. The CD has a nice booklet that includes a barely coherent history of the band.

Every Help Yourself album contained one fantastic extended number, a few good songs, and some bad ones. The extended numbers are from 10 to 14 minutes and include some amazing guitar playing and sometimes great keyboards. This two CD set has two of those tracks, plus one seven minute one that comes fairly close. The rest of the tracks are pop tunes in various styles. Some sound like America (but better musically), CSN (including Steven Stills guitar), England Dan and John Ford Coley and Harry Nilsson. There are other styles that are hard to describe. Some are good and some aren't. Few of these would be worth buying on their own.

But, for a good price, you get 2 CD's and close to 30 minutes of excellent music with another 80 minutes of variable quality.

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