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| 1. Bulb |
| 2. While Growing My Hair |
| 3. I Will Be Absorbed |
| 4. Fugue in D Minor |
| 5. They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano... |
| 6. Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (Or Don't Worry James, Your Sock |
| 7. Boilk |
| 8. Symphony No. 2: First Movement |
| 9. Symphony No. 2: Second Movement |
| 10. Symphony No. 2: Blane |
| 11. Symphony No. 2: Third Movement [#] |
| 12. Symphony No. 2: Fourth Movement |
| 13. Seven Is a Jolly Good Time |
| 14. You Are All Princes |
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UK reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1970 debut album includes two bonus tracks, 'Seven Is A Jolly Good Time' & 'You Are All Princes'. Eclectic. 2004.
And as to the reviewer who was shocked that it would win out over HAIR? Listen to "Mamma Look Sharp" or "Molasses to Rum to Slaves" to hear exactly the play's political and often-unflattering ideological landscape. This was definitely a Vietnam-era play whose content was as disturbingly pertinent, then, as it is, now. And, despite all of this, the score and play never become leaden or preachy. On the contrary, each performance is a gem, and each character is witty and unique. Who knew that history could be a passionate and fun adventure?
William Daniels IS John Adams to many people, and even though the story of the birth of the United States probably wasn't this lyrical and lively, Composer Sherman Edwards was historically accurate in the facts of the tale.
In addition to learning about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this is also love story... in fact two love stories, with John Adams and his wife Abigail, separated by circumstance and interacting only in his mind, and Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha, here, played by the big throated (and now legendary) Betty Buckley.
There is also a sense of fraternity, with the members of the Continental Congress grappling with the concept of breaking away from a tyranical ruler. And even though you know the outcome, the story is still filled with tension and excitement in the mechanics of it. Just how DID this country get formed?
The disc's liner notes explain the show's libretto and give you some rare behind-the-scenes info about the creation of the musical, the challenges it faced before becoming the standard that it now is, and a bit about the amazing Mr. Edwards, which is a story worthy of being told as well.
It's an Independence Day must!
In the Brent Spiner Fangirl Legal Contract, it specifies that said fangirl must purchase any and all vocal recordings containing said Brent Spiner (and that she will not, in any way or at any time, mention how much he sounds like Judy Garland on steroids). Which is why I purchased this CD.
He... ripped... into... this... part. That's the only way I can put it. I was floored from start to finish.
The work, as a whole, is something of a consuming thing. Be prepared to sit in silence for a few minutes after you're done with this one, because after hearing the whole thing, silence will be the only followup that does it justice.
The argument can be made that this musical was "of its time" meaning the 1960's, but I think the songs still hold up as they entertain as well as educate us. Much of the lyrics and dialogue are authentic.
Highly recommended.
As others have commented, the ecletic melding of hard rock, soft rock and ballad brings the White Album to mind. First we heard "I Will" and "Helter Skelter" on the same album, now it's "Spin It On" and "After the Ball". Offhand I can't think of any other artist capable of pulling this off so competently. Denny Laine's composition "Again and Again and Again" is at least as good as anything else he's done for Wings. "So Glad to See You Here" is a terrific rocker that Macca hasn't equalled since. "Old Siam, Sir" reminds me of the vocal on "Oh Darling!" which he prepared for by screaming at the top of his lungs for a week to get the desired effect. Of course, the song is immediately followed by "Arrow Through Me" which features a silky smooth vocal. Quintessential McCartney. If You Don't Have This Album, Get It.
Diverse and overlooked. Has alot of atmosphere, its all over the place, not a focused album but a smorgesboard of Paul's ideas embracing music trends of the day. The last Wings album.
1. Reception - A funky dialogue and instrumental opening.
2. Getting Closer - Vintage Wings rocker with a pulsating closing with Paul screaming that I have always liked.
3. We're Open Tonight - A warm, atmospheric and welcoming ditty with a slightly dark vibe to it.
4. Spin It On - A fast paced attempt at punk.
5. Again And Again And Again - Denny Laine's song.
6. Old Siam, Sir - Wing's at their stadium rock best. Killer electric guitar work working nicely with keyboard work from Linda direct from the Orient and a menacing vocal from Paul.
7. Arrow Through Me - Smooth R & B effort. Was a single, quite underrated.
8. Rockestra Theme - won a grammy for best instrumental featuring a who's who of rock legends.
9. To You - Misfired effort.
10. After The Ball - Million Miles - Has a gospel feel to it.
11. Winter Rose - Love Awake - Winter Rose would have made for a fantastic concert opener like Venus and Mars did. I love the song, Paul never sung like that ever.
12. The Broadcast - Filler.
13. So Glad To See You Here - A wild rocker, appretiation for the audience.
14. Baby's Request - Something different, jazzy.
15. Daytime Nightime Suffering - A B-Side. One of Wings best songs, underrated somewhat.
16. Wonderful Christmastime - Festive Cheer
17. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae - Instrumental.
A lot of reviewers (not for this album per se, but on reviews for other Wings albums) like to talk smack on Back To The Egg. they say, for instance, that its hard rock efforts fall flat on its face. and I say that's cobbleswattle! this album vyes for the top of the Wings catalogue, and is very nearly their most satisfying musical experience.
Its good, if you haven't heard it, but it now!!!
Only a handful of tracks are a complete score from one cartoon; most are snippets from several cartoons edited together with a common theme.
This CD is about a composer and his music, more than about the cartoons for which he composed it. To drive home this point, it includes the score from, of all things, 1939's "The Good Egg." No one would consider "The Good Egg" to be among the best Warner cartoons, but the score, heard by itself, turns out to be a tour de force that is highly representative of Stalling's work. That's what makes this CD such a great listening experience: It was pieced together by musicologists who chose the music based on its auditory qualities, and not on the relative fame of the cartoon associated with it. It is not merely a trip down memory lane (although it is that, too), but is a great creative work in its own right.
Despite the vast amount of Stalling music that exists, this CD provides as ambitious and exhaustive an overview as can be given, and its 1995 follow-up, while also worth having, is but a pale afterthought. There's no following this act.
Not to mention these are some of the finest musicians you will ever hear...a lesson in classical music, and cartoons.
Carl Stalling was the chief music arranger for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. He was one of the foremost composers of cartoon music. This disk is much better than "The Carl Stalling Project Volume II."
Willner sifted through hundreds of cartoons to choose about 40 with the most significant music. He presents the music in a variety of formats. A few tracks provide the soundtrack for a single entire cartoon. Others are medlies from a certain period in Stalling's career or pieces that set a particular mood (such as the "Anxiety Montage"). There are also tapes from recording sessions for 1951's "Putty Tat Trouble" that give insight on how this music was recorded. I couldn't recommend this CD any more highly. (After you've given it a listen, check out a Raymond Scott "best of" album like "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" to see just how many of its tracks are familiar from various cartoons.)
Stalling's music, instead of following the traditional rules of musical structure (exposition, development, theme, variations, etc.), was written to follow the rapid action of cartoons. Stalling would not compromise on this, even if it meant having the 50-piece orchestra play fortissimo for five seconds and then having only one piccolo playing the next four seconds. To ensure a perfect correspondence between the sound and the image, Stalling and the cartoon's directors would agree on a few sketches and on the timing of the action. This enabled Stalling to compose and record the music without even seeing the movie. Carl Stalling was also a master at telling a story through music, with gestures so clear, that there is never any doubt as to his intentions.
Stalling once said, "One problem with cartoons today is that they have so much dialogue the music doesn't mean much." Unfortunately, this statement rings true as we move into 2004. But keeping Carl Stalling from rolling in his grave is not why you need to buy this CD. You need it because it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a bad mood while this CD is playing. You need this to listen to as a stress reducer on those tough days. You need this because it is complete childhood in a disc.
I challenge you to turn on your television and watch some Looney Tunes. Turn up the volume and listen while doing something else (wash dishes, write a paper perhaps.) I guarantee you will know exactly what is happening, and to whom. This was the comedic skill and genius talent of Carl Stalling.
As Porky Pig would say: "abieh-abieh-abieh... That's All Folks!"
The musicians on this album include keyboardist extraordinaire Dave Stewart (Hammond organ, acoustic piano, mellotron, and tone generator - it's a crude synthesizer); Mont Campbell (vocals, bass guitar); and Clive Brooks (drums). All of these guys are simply phenomenal musicians and the individual and ensemble playing is simply out of this world. With respect to the bass player, Mont Campbell does not simply follow the left hand piano part but is thoroughly contrapuntal, which makes an Egg composition very interesting. Although Mont's vocal abilities are not great and sound a tiny bit dated at times, the vocals are not a big part of the Egg sound and do not detract from anything at all.
The tracks on the album range in length from the 0'09" experimental track Bulb to the excellent 25+ minute multi-movement Symphony No. 2. In general, the music on the album mixes experimental passages with some very nice adaptations of classical pieces (J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D-minor along with Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King), incredible jamming, and quirky proggy tracks with vocals (While Growing my Hair, I will be Absorbed, and The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous). In large part though, the tracks are mostly instrumental and are dominated by Dave's incredible Hammond organ playing. Although this album is simply amazing and very enjoyable, there are moments when the avant-garde tendencies can get mildly irritating, but do little to affect the overall listening experience. This becomes apparent on "They laughed when I sat down at the Piano", which features a very nice classical piano piece that is countered with some abrasive noises on the tone generator - it's actually kind of funny really. There is also the tone generator "freak-out" on Symphony No. 2 during the Blane movement that gets a little nerve-wracking. Odd time signatures abound and meters such as 5/8, 7/4, 9/4, 9/8, and 13/8 are used along with frequent meter shifts. Chord structures are also pretty exotic and there are some very unusual root movements.
This remastered version by Eclectic discs is very good and features a ton of liner notes along with restored cover art and pictures of the band. Sound quality is also excellent. One of the features of this version of the album that is pretty cool is the addition of a previously unreleased fourth movement of Symphony No. 2. The additional tracks include Seven is a Jolly Good Time, which celebrates the jolly delights (or horrors, depending on your perspective) of playing in 7/4, along with "You are all Princes" (which ends abruptly). Both tracks were released as singles in 1969 and are pretty good. There are tiny bits of psychedelic influences on the two tracks.
All in all, this is excellent stuff that is highly recommended along with the superb follow up album Polite Force (1971).
This band had the prog-rock pretention down in spades too, having the cheek to title a sidelong epic "Symphony #2" on this their FIRST album!
This CD features some absolutely phenomenal playing, and hardcore prog fans should give it a try. Keyboards fanatics should absolutely pick it up. Vocals are sparse and the long, inventive instrumental sections really suck you in and get you caught up in the classic prog jamming. For such "deep" prog, Egg manages to come up with tons of catchy riffs that are as addictive as pop music. Stewart was really a master of coming up with riffs that were both artistically pleasing and catchy and entertaining. The truly amazing thing about this 1970 debut is that the band members were all only about 20 years old at the time and had this amount of talent!
This CD features a segment of the "Symphony" that did not appear on the old vinyl album due to copyright issues with the estate of Stravinsky, who's music is quoted in the third movement. This CD also includes both the A and B sides of the band's one and only single, and for once I'm happy to report bonus tracks that are actually bonuses! "7 Is A Jolly Good Time" in particular is a classic, with cleverly constructed lyrics about the joys of playing music in offbeat time signatures that makes it a song that any prog fan with a sense of humor should hear at least once.
Recommended for hard core prog fans, keyboard maniacs, Soft Machine and Canterbury fans.
This is like early Pink Floyd - if Sid had remained in the group!
This is like King Crimson WITHOUT the technical chip on Fripp's shoulder - (...must...play....faster....)
This is like Zappa on mescalin!
This is post-Floyd psychedelia of a 'very high' calibre ;-)
The original album was 45 minutes long. 15 minutes of extra tracks have been added, bringing the CD to just under 60 minutes. I don't think that any of the bonus tracks are all that great. They aren't bad, they just don't make it worth buying this if you already have an older copy.
This remaster has a nice 8 page booklet, containing the lyrics and all the info on Gong and the Pot Head Pixies. The only thing missing is the blue artwork that was on the inside of the gatefold of the original LP cover.
This is just another great Gong album. It has some of the spaciest and wildest music of any of the Gong albums. It also has a number of great songs. While it is very spacy, it is also very coherent and holds together well. The only downside is that there are a few short silly songs.
This album is as good as You, but somewhat different. There are more songs, and they are a bit shorter than what is on You.
Gong released 3 albums in the 1970's dealing with Radio Gnome Invisible and the Pothead Pixies (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and You). In all, Gong released 5 to 7 albums in the 1970's (depending on how you are counting) before splintering. The leader of the band, Daevid Allen left, and the remainder became a jazz fusion band.
Throught the eighties, Allen would reform the space version of Gong, and the jazz version got renamed Pierrie Moerlen's Gong. The jazz band disbanded in the eighties.
Allen reformed Gong permanently in the late nineties, and the band has put out a number of studio and live albums. They are all very good. The last three studio albums have carried on the story of the Pot Head Pixies.
The two standout tracks here are the ones that open and close the album. The Host of the Seraphim is probably the most stunning music Lisa Gerrard has ever recorded, particularly the achingly beautiful rise and fall of the final chorus, which brings me both goose bumps and tears with every listening. Brendan's Ullyses is dazzling in its creativity, and features a rare of example of him singing glossolalia (the kind of wordless non-language that makes up nearly all of Lisa's singing) in the introduction, segueing into a weirdly speeded up waltz evocative of a demented merry-go-round. Both of these tracks fit well in the gothic semi-orchestral style of their earlier work.
The rest of the tracks are more of a mixed bag both with regard to style and quality. Brendan's Severance and Lisa's The Writing On My Father's Hand are lovely, and feature the medieval influences that would come to full flower on their next album, Aion, while Lisa's stark a capella Song of Sophia features more of an Eastern European sound. Mother Tongue begins with a passage of infectious, lively drumming, then downshifts into a more dreamy combination of drumming and chanting by Lisa. Orbis de Ignis is another medieval track, but a bit dull, while the sonorous Chant of the Paladin is eerie at first, but eventually becomes monotonous by the end of its nearly four minutes. Brendan's In the Kingdom of The Blind is typical stylistically of his songs of this period, and is often included on best of compilations, but I actually find it somewhat grating, unmusical and forced in its climax.
So, overall not necessarily their most cohesive album -- and at barely 36 minutes, one of their shortest -- but worth getting for the handful of standout tracks alone.
Flutes and trombones mix with cellos, dulcimers, and violins in these works. Perry's drumming is integrated into most of the works.
The influences are from Renaisance Christian chants, Middle Eastern chants from Egypt and Palestine, and Germanic-Celtic-Druid folk music.
The mood is usually moody, brooding, dark, somber, meditative rather than gleeful. In fact Dead Can Dance is never 'gleeful'. It is well integrated world music with a spiritual or contemplative direction.
The CD starts out strong with a call to worship piece called "The Host of Seraphim". I also liked Brendan Perry's percussion work in "Mother Tongue"; strong, decisive, elegant, and complex. The final work, "Ullyses" with its influence of ancient Greece and its long dreamy myth-like narrative by Brendan Perry is a favorite.
The arrangements are deceptively simple. Repeating patterns of synthesisers, flutes, dulcimers and exotic doo-dads slide in and out of one another, and the beautiful voices of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry present complimentary opposites - the tracks on which Perry sings serve to ground Gerrard's swooping operatics with his deep, velvety tones, and the closer "Ulysses" serves as a book-end to almost match "Seraphim" in quality.
If there's one falter here it might be the dense drumming of "Mother Tongue", which is still a very good track, but fills somewhat out of place. But even with this minor quibble, Serpent's Egg is still one of the few albums that I can say without qualms that you must hear.
I was curious, and I live in the area where they grew up in central Oklahoma, and pretty much ignored them up until about a year ago. Now I have all of their CDs except for one of them.
You should be curious if you consider yourself to be an explorer of artistically viable music. The Flaming lips have obvious influences from the classic/acid-rock era including Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and many others. But this collection reveals how they developed their ideas from a Punk Rock Acid Rock perspective, and, depending on your frame of mind, and how receptive you are to noise/Acid/punk and their newer musical ideas, you should find The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg rewarding--I did.
Disc one includes the "Preist Driven Ambulance" album, which was their last pre-Warner Bros. album, and also their last album without Steven Drozd on the drums. It is looser, and much more guitar driven than their recent recordings, although all the recordings prior to Soft Bulletin are more guitar/noise driven. There are plenty of mind-blowing ideas and many beautiful songs. The bass is more prominent in the mix. The rawness is there but the punk-influenced Acid sound is there and it plays very well. Some of the stand-out songs from disc one are played again as out-takes, different versions and they are on Disc Two, the Mushroom Tapes. This disc took me a few plays to enjoy but I now listen to it more than the others. There are some songs that are beautiful, such as the Stones-influenced Five Stop Mother Superior Rain, with its slide guitar work, harking back to Stones Wild Horses, or Pink Floyd.
Anyway, I won't go into the details. Listen and experience this collection on your own. With an open mind, you'll be richly rewarded.
Yes, there is a lot of guitar noise. But the noise is not an end in itself. It is a tool that the Flaming Lips deploy with surgical precision. In this album's best moments, feedback effects laden guitar riffs alternate with periods of unsettling quiet to create a heightened sense of dramatic tension. This tension, which is sustained for most of the album, turns what would otherwise be a bunch of very catchy country and blues inspired melodies into an edgy psychedelic masterpiece.
It may take a few listens to really appreciate what the Lips are doing here; but, in my opinion, the reward is well worth it.
"Ambulance" is The Flaming Lips' fourth album (released in 1990), and it's a major improvement. The haze of psychedelia, punk, and white noise that made up their previous three albums is still in tact..but now they've injected the music with a heavy dose of pop. In other words, these songs actually have distinguishable melodies and hooks!
"Shine on Sweet Jesus" combines caterwauling guitar feedback and Wayne Coyne's shrill vocals with an irrestiable singalong hook. It's like white noise meets bubblegum pop.
"Unconsciously Screamin" is a glorious psychedelic mess, as are the noisy assaults "God Walks Among Us Now" and "Mountain Side".
There's actually a lot of quieter moments on the album too. "Rainin' Babies" is a really gorgeous ballad; it's like a lo-fi precursor to "The Soft Bulletin". The majestic "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" is similar fare that also works well.
Other highlights include the thumping bass weirdness of "Take Meta Mars", the trippy "Stand In Line", the unsettling, parking-lot folk of "There You Are" and their cover of "What a Wonderful World" (which surprisingly stays pretty true to the original).
The outtakes are hit or miss. There's some decent stuff on there. And the demos are interesting, but not something you'll probably listen to over and over again. But "In a Priest Driven Ambulance" is a true gem; not only their best early work, but one of their best altogether. And that's why "..Jesus Egg" is an essential purchase.
the 2 collide on this cd.
she has writers come in to work with her on this effort. i can't say that she's running from her past... it's admirable. MYOB is a perfect connection to her older self, and newer self.
"M.Y.O.B."
the song is a celebration of deborah. it's risky. it's good. it is elemental of every stage in her career, and it's fun. i love the remix at the end of the album with the "work it out." rap included. the song kicks. 'nuff said.
"YOUR SECRET"
not my favorite deborah song. i like her for different things, but i can't say it's a bad song. it still jams. i wonder if it's her call out to all of us, saying... hey, i know you're out there; speak up for me!!
"WHAT YOU WANT"
oooh. perfection, yet again. this is a killer song. it deserved a place on modern radio. it's energy is great. you'll dance your butt off to this one, and feel good about yourself doing so. she's fun.
"DOWN THAT ROAD"
i love this sound from her, and the songwriting is incredible. reminisent of "I Can't" from "Deborah" (or "Moonchild"). i'd like to see the 2 on an album next to one another holding hands... it flows along just above land.
"THE ONE"
the line "if i could i would remember to forget you." makes me think of another line "and remember to forget" from "Any Other Man" that shows up on her "Memory Lane Vol I" album. To me, "Any Other Man" is the superior song by far!! and so it shadows over "the one" for me, and i would've rather seen it here in it's place.
"WISHING YOU WERE HERE"
this is maybe my favorite deborah song ever. her "mmm hmm" is just exactly what i want from her. her long island soul. i know she can hang, and here she does. she's tough, and she knows how it goes.
when the album first came out, and i of course could not find it anywhere. i downloaded a remix of this song that was listed on the then napster prog called "Ybor Mix." because i lived in Tampa, Florida at the time, i couldn't resist, and that remix blows the hell out of this version. if it's a valid remix or not, it's amazing. if you can find it, you should. it's intense. that remix should've been the lead off single for this album!! the clubs would've been all over that... but then it's deborah, so... rules just somehow don't apply.
"WHAT PART OF NO"
okay, she already did, "when i say no" so... it's sorta repeating the point, right? her voice though, is steller here, and this is the better of the two "I SAD NO" songs. like i said, she can hang. she comes out with this soul sound that just blows me away.
"IN BLUE"
why does this song remind me of the "anything is possible" album? i guess deborah and the color blue have a long history. she sounds wonderful here. a very good song. "i guess he likes me in blue." aww.
"JADED"
it's strange that when i think about it, this is probably my 2nd favorite song on the album after "wishing you were here." she knows she can sing this song, and she does, without apology. very cool song.
"KNOCK THREE TIMES"
ok.... i kinda don't get it. but it really rocks, and is so much fun. where did this come from???!!!! speaking of florida, this reminds me of my time there, big time.
summer, palm trees, and water =) love it. love it.
"MYOB DANCE MIX"
we covered this. hott!
"WISHING YOU WERE HERE (YBOR MIX)"
we covered this too. this is my favorite of all her stuff. it's so full of life. [...]
WE LOVE YOU DEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should pick up this cd it's great.
UK reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1970 debut album includes two bonus tracks, 'Seven Is A Jolly Good Time' & 'You Are All Princes'. Eclectic. 2004.
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1776 (1969 Original Broadway Cast)
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ASIN: B0000027WJ Release Date: 1992-05-19 |
Tracks:
- Overture - Orchestra
- Sit Down, John
- Piddle, Twiddle And Resolve/Till Then
- The Lees Of Old Virginia
- But, Mr. Adams
- Yours, Yours, Yours
- He Plays The Violin
- Cool, Cool, Considerate Men
- Momma Look Sharp
- The Egg
- Molasses To Rum
- Is Anybody There
- Finale
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Evidence that one can make a musical about anything, Exhibit A: 1776. As one might expect, the whole concept of making a musical about the creation and signing of the Declaration of Independence was greeted in the late 1960s with, well, ridicule. The show debuted on Broadway in 1969, and three years later, when its run finally ended, it was its producers who had the last laugh. In addition, it toured for an additional two years and beat out Hair (in 1969 yet!) for a Tony Award. This recording, with the original Broadway cast, includes many of the same actors who went on to star in the film, the version with which most audiences today are probably familiar. One notable exception is Rex Everhart, who replaced Howard da Silva at some performances and on this recording. But there's still William Daniels as John Adams, though in some cases his performance is more subdued than it was on film. Musically, 1776 is an odd creation, considering when it came into being. As one might expect, there's a lot of fife and drum going on, especially in the opening number and during "The Lees of Old Virginia." For those less than familiar with the plot, it hinges on the idealism of Adams, who's trying his best to back up the American Revolution with some legislative action, and spends much of his time arguing with either the Continental Congress or God, as in "Piddle, Twiddle, and Resolve": "A second flood, a simple famine / Plagues of locusts everywhere / Or a cataclysmic earthquake / I'd accept with some despair / But no, you sent us Congress / Good God, sir, was that fair?" (One could argue that he gets further with God.) While not entirely historically accurate, and containing some rather peculiar numbers (Franklin, Jefferson, and Adams sitting around debating what their new country's national bird is going to be ranks among the oddest), there's no questioning 1776's staying power. --Genevieve WilliamsCustomer Reviews:
Sound Quality not perfect on CD.......2007-07-18
Before Sondheim's COMPANY and after MAN OF LA MANCHA..........2007-04-30
And as to the reviewer who was shocked that it would win out over HAIR? Listen to "Mamma Look Sharp" or "Molasses to Rum to Slaves" to hear exactly the play's political and often-unflattering ideological landscape. This was definitely a Vietnam-era play whose content was as disturbingly pertinent, then, as it is, now. And, despite all of this, the score and play never become leaden or preachy. On the contrary, each performance is a gem, and each character is witty and unique. Who knew that history could be a passionate and fun adventure?
Overrated Tony Award Winner.......2006-06-16
Brilliant, Definitive and Remarkably Accurate!.......2005-12-18
William Daniels IS John Adams to many people, and even though the story of the birth of the United States probably wasn't this lyrical and lively, Composer Sherman Edwards was historically accurate in the facts of the tale.
In addition to learning about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this is also love story... in fact two love stories, with John Adams and his wife Abigail, separated by circumstance and interacting only in his mind, and Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha, here, played by the big throated (and now legendary) Betty Buckley.
There is also a sense of fraternity, with the members of the Continental Congress grappling with the concept of breaking away from a tyranical ruler. And even though you know the outcome, the story is still filled with tension and excitement in the mechanics of it. Just how DID this country get formed?
The disc's liner notes explain the show's libretto and give you some rare behind-the-scenes info about the creation of the musical, the challenges it faced before becoming the standard that it now is, and a bit about the amazing Mr. Edwards, which is a story worthy of being told as well.
It's an Independence Day must!
Saw this on Broadway .......2005-11-12
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1776: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1997)
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ASIN: B000000GU0 Release Date: 1997-12-16 |
Tracks:
- ACT I: Sit Down, John - Brent Spiner/Michael X. Martin/Richard Poe/Tom Aldredge/John Herrera/Tom Riis Farrell...
- ACT I: Piddle, Twidle and Resolve - Brent Spiner/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: Till Then - Brent Spiner & Linda Emond/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: The Lees of Old Virginia - Merwin Foard/Pat Hingle & Brent Spiner/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: But Mr. Adams - Brent Spiner/Pat Hingle/Paul Micheal Valley/John Herrara & Daniel Marcus/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: Yours, Yours, Yours - Brent Spiner & Linda Emond/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: He Plays The Violin - Lauren Ward/Pat Hingle & Brent Spiner/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: Cool, Cool, Considerate Man - Michael Cumptsy/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT I: Momma Look Sharp - Erik J. McCormack/Macintyre Dixon & Joseph Cassidy/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT II: The Egg - Pat Hingle/Brent Spiner & Paul Michael Valley/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT II: Molasses to Rum - Gregg Edelman/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT II: Compliments - Linda Emond/Orch/Mark Mitchell
- ACT II: Is Anybody There? - Brent Spiner/Orch/Mark Mitchell
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From someone who despises American musical theater.......2007-06-04
In the Brent Spiner Fangirl Legal Contract, it specifies that said fangirl must purchase any and all vocal recordings containing said Brent Spiner (and that she will not, in any way or at any time, mention how much he sounds like Judy Garland on steroids). Which is why I purchased this CD.
He... ripped... into... this... part. That's the only way I can put it. I was floored from start to finish.
The work, as a whole, is something of a consuming thing. Be prepared to sit in silence for a few minutes after you're done with this one, because after hearing the whole thing, silence will be the only followup that does it justice.
A Mans Show.......2006-07-24
Who knew Mr. Data had it in him?.......2006-07-05
The argument can be made that this musical was "of its time" meaning the 1960's, but I think the songs still hold up as they entertain as well as educate us. Much of the lyrics and dialogue are authentic.
Highly recommended.
I Love It!.......2006-02-27
SURPRISINGLY TERRIFIC.......2006-02-23
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Back To The Egg
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ASIN: B00000721D Release Date: 1993-08-16 |
Tracks:
- Reception
- Getting Closer
- We're Open Tonight
- Spin It On
- Again And Again And Again
- Old Siam, Sir
- Arrow Through Me
- Rockestra Theme
- To You
- After The Ball - Million Miles
- Winter Rose - Love Awake
- The Broadcast
- So Glad To See You Here
- Baby's Request
- Daytime Nightime Suffering
- Wonderful Christmastime
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae
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The promising career of this final edition of Wings was cut short in 1980 when Paul McCartney, perhaps just a bit too elated to be returning to Japan for his first performances since the Beatles' legendary visit 14 years earlier, was arrested by Japanese customs officials with a substantial stash of marijuana in his luggage. But though it's anchored by the muscular drumming of Steve Holly and the solid guitar work of the classically trained Laurence Juber (who's since carved out a comfortable niche as studio ace and innovative acoustic stylist), it's too often McCartney's songwriting that's the band's weakest link. Ostensibly upbeat numbers such as "Spin it On," "Getting Closer," and the big rock of "Old Siam, Sir" just can't overcome the MOR leanings of much of the rest, including "Arrow Through Me." The star-laden "Rockestra Theme" (featuring Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Dave Gilmour, and Ronnie Lane) is rollicking fun, but still not enough to surmount the artistic Battle of the Two Pauls; the Little Richard-inspired rocker and the Manilow-esque balladeer who too often gets the upper hand here. This CD also features the strong B-side "Daytime Nighttime Suffering," a track which may unintentionally comment on the other two "bonus" cuts here, the misfired McCartney holiday singles "Wonderful Christmastime" and "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reggae." --Jerry McCulleyAlbum Description
Digitally remastered reissue of their top 10 1979 EMI album featuring the hits 'Getting Closer' and 'Arrow Through Me', plus 'Old Siam, Sir' and 'Rockestra Theme', as well as threebonus tracks: 'Daytime Nighttime Suffering', 'Wonderful Christmastime' and 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae'. 17 trackstotal. 1993 EMI release.Album Details
Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Original Album with Getting Closer / Spin it on / Old Siam Sir / Rockestra Theme and More, plus Three Added Bonus Tracks: Daytime Nighttime Suffering / Wonderful Christmastime / Rudolf the Red Nosed Reggae.Customer Reviews:
Doesn't get the credit it deserves........2007-07-22
As others have commented, the ecletic melding of hard rock, soft rock and ballad brings the White Album to mind. First we heard "I Will" and "Helter Skelter" on the same album, now it's "Spin It On" and "After the Ball". Offhand I can't think of any other artist capable of pulling this off so competently. Denny Laine's composition "Again and Again and Again" is at least as good as anything else he's done for Wings. "So Glad to See You Here" is a terrific rocker that Macca hasn't equalled since. "Old Siam, Sir" reminds me of the vocal on "Oh Darling!" which he prepared for by screaming at the top of his lungs for a week to get the desired effect. Of course, the song is immediately followed by "Arrow Through Me" which features a silky smooth vocal. Quintessential McCartney. If You Don't Have This Album, Get It.
Diverse and overlooked.......2007-05-05
Diverse and overlooked. Has alot of atmosphere, its all over the place, not a focused album but a smorgesboard of Paul's ideas embracing music trends of the day. The last Wings album.
1. Reception - A funky dialogue and instrumental opening.
2. Getting Closer - Vintage Wings rocker with a pulsating closing with Paul screaming that I have always liked.
3. We're Open Tonight - A warm, atmospheric and welcoming ditty with a slightly dark vibe to it.
4. Spin It On - A fast paced attempt at punk.
5. Again And Again And Again - Denny Laine's song.
6. Old Siam, Sir - Wing's at their stadium rock best. Killer electric guitar work working nicely with keyboard work from Linda direct from the Orient and a menacing vocal from Paul.
7. Arrow Through Me - Smooth R & B effort. Was a single, quite underrated.
8. Rockestra Theme - won a grammy for best instrumental featuring a who's who of rock legends.
9. To You - Misfired effort.
10. After The Ball - Million Miles - Has a gospel feel to it.
11. Winter Rose - Love Awake - Winter Rose would have made for a fantastic concert opener like Venus and Mars did. I love the song, Paul never sung like that ever.
12. The Broadcast - Filler.
13. So Glad To See You Here - A wild rocker, appretiation for the audience.
14. Baby's Request - Something different, jazzy.
15. Daytime Nightime Suffering - A B-Side. One of Wings best songs, underrated somewhat.
16. Wonderful Christmastime - Festive Cheer
17. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae - Instrumental.
A Very Infectuous Record.......2007-04-15
A lot of reviewers (not for this album per se, but on reviews for other Wings albums) like to talk smack on Back To The Egg. they say, for instance, that its hard rock efforts fall flat on its face. and I say that's cobbleswattle! this album vyes for the top of the Wings catalogue, and is very nearly their most satisfying musical experience.
Its good, if you haven't heard it, but it now!!!
Drippy? Scattershot?.......2007-01-16
How did I miss this one?.......2006-11-19
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The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons, 1936-1958
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ASIN: B000002LJE Release Date: 1990-07-17 |
Tracks:
- Putty Tat Trouble Part 6
- Hillbilly Hare
- Early WB Scores: The Depression Era
- The Good Egg
- Various Cues From Bugs Bunny Films
- There They Go Go Go
- Stalling Self-Parody: Music From Porky's Preview
- Anxiety Montage
- Stalling: The War Years
- Medley: Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungary Cannibals
- Carl Stalling With Milt Franklyn In Session
- Speedy Gonzalez/Meets Two Crows From Taco
- Powerhouse And Other Cuts From The Early 50's
- Porky In Wackyland/Dough For The Do Do
- To Itch His Own
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For fans of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, et al., this is the essential cartoon soundtrack as well as a monument to surrealism. During his 22 years as a composer for Warner Bros. animated shorts, Stalling invented the musical vocabulary of cartoons. Producer Hal Willner has lovingly assembled a sonic collage that showcases Stalling's compositional genius and uncanny ability to borrow a tune. It's a whirling collection of random moments, chock full of music you never knew you knew, from Bugs Bunny's theme from "Rabbit Fire" to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" to Stalling's own "Woo! Woo!" Also included in the mix: outtakes from recording sessions, and several complete scores. --Heidi MacDonaldCustomer Reviews:
Best compilation CD ever.......2007-02-18
Only a handful of tracks are a complete score from one cartoon; most are snippets from several cartoons edited together with a common theme.
This CD is about a composer and his music, more than about the cartoons for which he composed it. To drive home this point, it includes the score from, of all things, 1939's "The Good Egg." No one would consider "The Good Egg" to be among the best Warner cartoons, but the score, heard by itself, turns out to be a tour de force that is highly representative of Stalling's work. That's what makes this CD such a great listening experience: It was pieced together by musicologists who chose the music based on its auditory qualities, and not on the relative fame of the cartoon associated with it. It is not merely a trip down memory lane (although it is that, too), but is a great creative work in its own right.
Despite the vast amount of Stalling music that exists, this CD provides as ambitious and exhaustive an overview as can be given, and its 1995 follow-up, while also worth having, is but a pale afterthought. There's no following this act.
Here we go........2006-11-16
Stallings CDs.......2006-11-10
Not to mention these are some of the finest musicians you will ever hear...a lesson in classical music, and cartoons.
The Carl Stalling Project.......2005-09-12
Carl Stalling was the chief music arranger for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1936 to 1958. He was one of the foremost composers of cartoon music. This disk is much better than "The Carl Stalling Project Volume II."
Warner Brother's King of Music.......2003-12-02
Willner sifted through hundreds of cartoons to choose about 40 with the most significant music. He presents the music in a variety of formats. A few tracks provide the soundtrack for a single entire cartoon. Others are medlies from a certain period in Stalling's career or pieces that set a particular mood (such as the "Anxiety Montage"). There are also tapes from recording sessions for 1951's "Putty Tat Trouble" that give insight on how this music was recorded. I couldn't recommend this CD any more highly. (After you've given it a listen, check out a Raymond Scott "best of" album like "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" to see just how many of its tracks are familiar from various cartoons.)
Stalling's music, instead of following the traditional rules of musical structure (exposition, development, theme, variations, etc.), was written to follow the rapid action of cartoons. Stalling would not compromise on this, even if it meant having the 50-piece orchestra play fortissimo for five seconds and then having only one piccolo playing the next four seconds. To ensure a perfect correspondence between the sound and the image, Stalling and the cartoon's directors would agree on a few sketches and on the timing of the action. This enabled Stalling to compose and record the music without even seeing the movie. Carl Stalling was also a master at telling a story through music, with gestures so clear, that there is never any doubt as to his intentions.
Stalling once said, "One problem with cartoons today is that they have so much dialogue the music doesn't mean much." Unfortunately, this statement rings true as we move into 2004. But keeping Carl Stalling from rolling in his grave is not why you need to buy this CD. You need it because it is IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a bad mood while this CD is playing. You need this to listen to as a stress reducer on those tough days. You need this because it is complete childhood in a disc.
I challenge you to turn on your television and watch some Looney Tunes. Turn up the volume and listen while doing something else (wash dishes, write a paper perhaps.) I guarantee you will know exactly what is happening, and to whom. This was the comedic skill and genius talent of Carl Stalling.
As Porky Pig would say: "abieh-abieh-abieh... That's All Folks!"
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Egg
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ASIN: B0002O399I Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Bulb
- While Growing My Hair
- I Will Be Absorbed
- Fugue in D Minor
- They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano...
- Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (Or Don't Worry James, Your ...)
- Boilk
- Symphony No. 2: First Movement
- Symphony No. 2: Second Movement
- Symphony No. 2: Blane
- Symphony No. 2: Third Movement [#]
- Symphony No. 2: Fourth Movement
- Seven Is a Jolly Good Time
- You Are All Princes
Album Description
UK reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1970 debut album includes two bonus tracks, 'Seven Is A Jolly Good Time' & 'You Are All Princes'. Eclectic. 2004.Album Details
Remastered Reissue featuring Previously Unreleased Tracks. Bonus Tracks Are "Seven is a Jolly Good Time" and "You Are all Princes".Customer Reviews:
An experimental, keyboard-led prog trio.......2006-07-30
The musicians on this album include keyboardist extraordinaire Dave Stewart (Hammond organ, acoustic piano, mellotron, and tone generator - it's a crude synthesizer); Mont Campbell (vocals, bass guitar); and Clive Brooks (drums). All of these guys are simply phenomenal musicians and the individual and ensemble playing is simply out of this world. With respect to the bass player, Mont Campbell does not simply follow the left hand piano part but is thoroughly contrapuntal, which makes an Egg composition very interesting. Although Mont's vocal abilities are not great and sound a tiny bit dated at times, the vocals are not a big part of the Egg sound and do not detract from anything at all.
The tracks on the album range in length from the 0'09" experimental track Bulb to the excellent 25+ minute multi-movement Symphony No. 2. In general, the music on the album mixes experimental passages with some very nice adaptations of classical pieces (J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D-minor along with Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King), incredible jamming, and quirky proggy tracks with vocals (While Growing my Hair, I will be Absorbed, and The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous). In large part though, the tracks are mostly instrumental and are dominated by Dave's incredible Hammond organ playing. Although this album is simply amazing and very enjoyable, there are moments when the avant-garde tendencies can get mildly irritating, but do little to affect the overall listening experience. This becomes apparent on "They laughed when I sat down at the Piano", which features a very nice classical piano piece that is countered with some abrasive noises on the tone generator - it's actually kind of funny really. There is also the tone generator "freak-out" on Symphony No. 2 during the Blane movement that gets a little nerve-wracking. Odd time signatures abound and meters such as 5/8, 7/4, 9/4, 9/8, and 13/8 are used along with frequent meter shifts. Chord structures are also pretty exotic and there are some very unusual root movements.
This remastered version by Eclectic discs is very good and features a ton of liner notes along with restored cover art and pictures of the band. Sound quality is also excellent. One of the features of this version of the album that is pretty cool is the addition of a previously unreleased fourth movement of Symphony No. 2. The additional tracks include Seven is a Jolly Good Time, which celebrates the jolly delights (or horrors, depending on your perspective) of playing in 7/4, along with "You are all Princes" (which ends abruptly). Both tracks were released as singles in 1969 and are pretty good. There are tiny bits of psychedelic influences on the two tracks.
All in all, this is excellent stuff that is highly recommended along with the superb follow up album Polite Force (1971).
That Other keyboard-led British prog trio.......2005-10-01
This band had the prog-rock pretention down in spades too, having the cheek to title a sidelong epic "Symphony #2" on this their FIRST album!
This CD features some absolutely phenomenal playing, and hardcore prog fans should give it a try. Keyboards fanatics should absolutely pick it up. Vocals are sparse and the long, inventive instrumental sections really suck you in and get you caught up in the classic prog jamming. For such "deep" prog, Egg manages to come up with tons of catchy riffs that are as addictive as pop music. Stewart was really a master of coming up with riffs that were both artistically pleasing and catchy and entertaining. The truly amazing thing about this 1970 debut is that the band members were all only about 20 years old at the time and had this amount of talent!
This CD features a segment of the "Symphony" that did not appear on the old vinyl album due to copyright issues with the estate of Stravinsky, who's music is quoted in the third movement. This CD also includes both the A and B sides of the band's one and only single, and for once I'm happy to report bonus tracks that are actually bonuses! "7 Is A Jolly Good Time" in particular is a classic, with cleverly constructed lyrics about the joys of playing music in offbeat time signatures that makes it a song that any prog fan with a sense of humor should hear at least once.
Recommended for hard core prog fans, keyboard maniacs, Soft Machine and Canterbury fans.
egg - 4 stars.......2005-09-07
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Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 2)
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ASIN: B0002WS3RS Release Date: 2004-12-28 |
Tracks:
- Other Side Of The Sky
- Sold To The Highest Buddha
- Castle In The Clouds
- Prostitute Poem
- Givin My Luv To You
- Selene
- Flute Salad
- Oily Way
- Outer Temple
- Inner Temple
- Percolations
- Love Is How Y Make It
- I Never Glid Before
- Eat That Phone Book Coda
- Other Side Of The Sky (Single Version)
- Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues
- Love Is How Y Make It (1973 Vocal Mix)
- Eat That Phone Book Coda (Early Version)
Album Description
Remastered reissue of the second installment in the Daevid Allen & Gong trilogy, originally released by Charly in 1973. Includes previously unreleased bonus tracks. Details TBA. Virgin. 2004.Customer Reviews:
I Have Seen The Way, and it is is OILY!!!.......2006-07-08
This is like early Pink Floyd - if Sid had remained in the group!
This is like King Crimson WITHOUT the technical chip on Fripp's shoulder - (...must...play....faster....)
This is like Zappa on mescalin!
This is post-Floyd psychedelia of a 'very high' calibre ;-)
Very well played space rock with a sense of humor.......2006-04-24
Excellent remaster.......2005-07-06
The original album was 45 minutes long. 15 minutes of extra tracks have been added, bringing the CD to just under 60 minutes. I don't think that any of the bonus tracks are all that great. They aren't bad, they just don't make it worth buying this if you already have an older copy.
This remaster has a nice 8 page booklet, containing the lyrics and all the info on Gong and the Pot Head Pixies. The only thing missing is the blue artwork that was on the inside of the gatefold of the original LP cover.
This is just another great Gong album. It has some of the spaciest and wildest music of any of the Gong albums. It also has a number of great songs. While it is very spacy, it is also very coherent and holds together well. The only downside is that there are a few short silly songs.
This album is as good as You, but somewhat different. There are more songs, and they are a bit shorter than what is on You.
Gong released 3 albums in the 1970's dealing with Radio Gnome Invisible and the Pothead Pixies (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and You). In all, Gong released 5 to 7 albums in the 1970's (depending on how you are counting) before splintering. The leader of the band, Daevid Allen left, and the remainder became a jazz fusion band.
Throught the eighties, Allen would reform the space version of Gong, and the jazz version got renamed Pierrie Moerlen's Gong. The jazz band disbanded in the eighties.
Allen reformed Gong permanently in the late nineties, and the band has put out a number of studio and live albums. They are all very good. The last three studio albums have carried on the story of the Pot Head Pixies.
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Serpent's Egg
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ASIN: B000002MQ8 Release Date: 1994-02-15 |
Tracks:
- The Host Of Seraphim
- Orbis De Ignis
- Severance
- The Writing On My Father's Hand
- In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One-Eyed Are Kings
- Chant Of The Paladin
- Song Of Sophia
- Echolalia
- Mother Tongue
- Ullyses
Album Description
Out of print in the U.S.! Import pressing of this classic 1988 album from one of the 4AD label's most popular and influential bands. At the core of Dead Can Dance is guitarist Brendan Perry and vocalist Lisa Gerard, who created a body of work that remains invigorating and uniquely their own. 10 tracks. 4AD.Customer Reviews:
Some great music here, but a mixed bag.......2007-04-15
The two standout tracks here are the ones that open and close the album. The Host of the Seraphim is probably the most stunning music Lisa Gerrard has ever recorded, particularly the achingly beautiful rise and fall of the final chorus, which brings me both goose bumps and tears with every listening. Brendan's Ullyses is dazzling in its creativity, and features a rare of example of him singing glossolalia (the kind of wordless non-language that makes up nearly all of Lisa's singing) in the introduction, segueing into a weirdly speeded up waltz evocative of a demented merry-go-round. Both of these tracks fit well in the gothic semi-orchestral style of their earlier work.
The rest of the tracks are more of a mixed bag both with regard to style and quality. Brendan's Severance and Lisa's The Writing On My Father's Hand are lovely, and feature the medieval influences that would come to full flower on their next album, Aion, while Lisa's stark a capella Song of Sophia features more of an Eastern European sound. Mother Tongue begins with a passage of infectious, lively drumming, then downshifts into a more dreamy combination of drumming and chanting by Lisa. Orbis de Ignis is another medieval track, but a bit dull, while the sonorous Chant of the Paladin is eerie at first, but eventually becomes monotonous by the end of its nearly four minutes. Brendan's In the Kingdom of The Blind is typical stylistically of his songs of this period, and is often included on best of compilations, but I actually find it somewhat grating, unmusical and forced in its climax.
So, overall not necessarily their most cohesive album -- and at barely 36 minutes, one of their shortest -- but worth getting for the handful of standout tracks alone.
Some of the most superb music of the last century.......2006-11-22
Spiritual and contemplative world music........2006-10-15
Flutes and trombones mix with cellos, dulcimers, and violins in these works. Perry's drumming is integrated into most of the works.
The influences are from Renaisance Christian chants, Middle Eastern chants from Egypt and Palestine, and Germanic-Celtic-Druid folk music.
The mood is usually moody, brooding, dark, somber, meditative rather than gleeful. In fact Dead Can Dance is never 'gleeful'. It is well integrated world music with a spiritual or contemplative direction.
The CD starts out strong with a call to worship piece called "The Host of Seraphim". I also liked Brendan Perry's percussion work in "Mother Tongue"; strong, decisive, elegant, and complex. The final work, "Ullyses" with its influence of ancient Greece and its long dreamy myth-like narrative by Brendan Perry is a favorite.
Dead Can Dance - Serpent's Egg.......2006-10-01
The arrangements are deceptively simple. Repeating patterns of synthesisers, flutes, dulcimers and exotic doo-dads slide in and out of one another, and the beautiful voices of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry present complimentary opposites - the tracks on which Perry sings serve to ground Gerrard's swooping operatics with his deep, velvety tones, and the closer "Ulysses" serves as a book-end to almost match "Seraphim" in quality.
If there's one falter here it might be the dense drumming of "Mother Tongue", which is still a very good track, but fills somewhat out of place. But even with this minor quibble, Serpent's Egg is still one of the few albums that I can say without qualms that you must hear.
Eternal Music.......2006-06-09
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The Day They Shot a Hole in the Jesus Egg - The Priest Driven Ambulance Album, Demos and Outtakes
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ASIN: B00006GSFF Release Date: 2002-10-01 |
Tracks:
- Shine On Sweet Jesus
- Unconsciously Screamin
- Raining Babie
- Take Me Ta Mars
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
- Stand In Line
- God Walks Among Us Now
- There Your Are
- Mountain Side
- What A Wonderful World
- Lucifer Rising
- Ma, I Didnt Notice
- Le Me Be It
- Drug Machine In Heaven
- Strychnine/ Peace, Love & Understanding
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- Take Me Ta Mars
- Mountain Side
- There You Are
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
- Raining Babies
- Unconsciously Screamin
- Stand In Line
- Gods A Wheeler Dealer
- Agonizing
- One Shot
- Cold Day
- Jam
- Shes Gone Mad
- Golden Hearse
- Unconsciously Screamin
- Stand In Line
- I Want To Kill My Brother
- Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
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Full Title - The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg. A two-disc set of Flaming Lips recordings from 1989 to 1991, reissues the complete In a Priest Driven Ambulance and adds (in effect) 23 bonus tracks - comprising B-sides (from the singles 'Drug Machine' and 'Unconsciously Screamin') plus a collection of four-track demos often bootlegged as The Mushroom Tapes. Of the extra material, the B-sides are best, especially a pair of covers - one of the Sonics' sullen garage nugget 'Strychnine' and the other of Elvis Costello's '(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.' Restless Records. 2002.Customer Reviews:
Grows on you like a patch of wildflowers.......2007-01-04
I was curious, and I live in the area where they grew up in central Oklahoma, and pretty much ignored them up until about a year ago. Now I have all of their CDs except for one of them.
You should be curious if you consider yourself to be an explorer of artistically viable music. The Flaming lips have obvious influences from the classic/acid-rock era including Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and many others. But this collection reveals how they developed their ideas from a Punk Rock Acid Rock perspective, and, depending on your frame of mind, and how receptive you are to noise/Acid/punk and their newer musical ideas, you should find The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg rewarding--I did.
Disc one includes the "Preist Driven Ambulance" album, which was their last pre-Warner Bros. album, and also their last album without Steven Drozd on the drums. It is looser, and much more guitar driven than their recent recordings, although all the recordings prior to Soft Bulletin are more guitar/noise driven. There are plenty of mind-blowing ideas and many beautiful songs. The bass is more prominent in the mix. The rawness is there but the punk-influenced Acid sound is there and it plays very well. Some of the stand-out songs from disc one are played again as out-takes, different versions and they are on Disc Two, the Mushroom Tapes. This disc took me a few plays to enjoy but I now listen to it more than the others. There are some songs that are beautiful, such as the Stones-influenced Five Stop Mother Superior Rain, with its slide guitar work, harking back to Stones Wild Horses, or Pink Floyd.
Anyway, I won't go into the details. Listen and experience this collection on your own. With an open mind, you'll be richly rewarded.
Give it a second spin.......2006-01-28
WOW.......2005-07-15
Yes, there is a lot of guitar noise. But the noise is not an end in itself. It is a tool that the Flaming Lips deploy with surgical precision. In this album's best moments, feedback effects laden guitar riffs alternate with periods of unsettling quiet to create a heightened sense of dramatic tension. This tension, which is sustained for most of the album, turns what would otherwise be a bunch of very catchy country and blues inspired melodies into an edgy psychedelic masterpiece.
It may take a few listens to really appreciate what the Lips are doing here; but, in my opinion, the reward is well worth it.
The Flaming Lips get...good? Whoa........2005-01-27
"Ambulance" is The Flaming Lips' fourth album (released in 1990), and it's a major improvement. The haze of psychedelia, punk, and white noise that made up their previous three albums is still in tact..but now they've injected the music with a heavy dose of pop. In other words, these songs actually have distinguishable melodies and hooks!
"Shine on Sweet Jesus" combines caterwauling guitar feedback and Wayne Coyne's shrill vocals with an irrestiable singalong hook. It's like white noise meets bubblegum pop.
"Unconsciously Screamin" is a glorious psychedelic mess, as are the noisy assaults "God Walks Among Us Now" and "Mountain Side".
There's actually a lot of quieter moments on the album too. "Rainin' Babies" is a really gorgeous ballad; it's like a lo-fi precursor to "The Soft Bulletin". The majestic "Five Stop Mother Superior Rain" is similar fare that also works well.
Other highlights include the thumping bass weirdness of "Take Meta Mars", the trippy "Stand In Line", the unsettling, parking-lot folk of "There You Are" and their cover of "What a Wonderful World" (which surprisingly stays pretty true to the original).
The outtakes are hit or miss. There's some decent stuff on there. And the demos are interesting, but not something you'll probably listen to over and over again. But "In a Priest Driven Ambulance" is a true gem; not only their best early work, but one of their best altogether. And that's why "..Jesus Egg" is an essential purchase.
Hot to Trot for them Flaming Lips.......2004-05-21
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I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine
Goon Moon Manufacturer: Suicide Squeeze ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0009G3BFG Release Date: 2005-06-07 |
Tracks:
- Wired Wood Shed
- Mud Puppies
- Inner Child Abuse
- Smoking Man Returns
- At the Kit Kat Klub
- Rock Weird (Weird Rock)
- Mashed
- I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine
- No Umbrellas
- Apartment 31
Album Description
Goon Moon is the spooky and dirgy alignment of a sorted and celebrated bunch, including Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, Zach Hill of Hella, and Chris Goss from Masters Of Reality. A startling bitches brew of outsider prog experimentalism and thrown-back, twisted stoner jams in the tradition of no one. Fans are sure to be challenged by the record's scope, but easily won over by the music's dark charm. Recorded with Chris Goss (producer for Queens Of The Stone Age, Screaming Trees, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan).Customer Reviews:
Decent Album.......2007-02-07
Goon Moon.......2005-06-19
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M.Y.O.B
Deborah Gibson Manufacturer: Golden Egg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00005ARDU Release Date: 2001-03-06 |
Tracks:
- M.Y.O.B.
- Your Secret
- What You Want
- Down That Road
- The One
- Wishing You Were Here
- What Part Of No
- In Blue
- Jaded
- Knock Three Times
- M.Y.O.B. Dance Mix
Customer Reviews:
A placer to buy at Amazom........2006-11-04
I bought copies for friends!.......2006-08-03
LOOKIN AT THE STARS!.......2005-09-13
the 2 collide on this cd.
she has writers come in to work with her on this effort. i can't say that she's running from her past... it's admirable. MYOB is a perfect connection to her older self, and newer self.
"M.Y.O.B."
the song is a celebration of deborah. it's risky. it's good. it is elemental of every stage in her career, and it's fun. i love the remix at the end of the album with the "work it out." rap included. the song kicks. 'nuff said.
"YOUR SECRET"
not my favorite deborah song. i like her for different things, but i can't say it's a bad song. it still jams. i wonder if it's her call out to all of us, saying... hey, i know you're out there; speak up for me!!
"WHAT YOU WANT"
oooh. perfection, yet again. this is a killer song. it deserved a place on modern radio. it's energy is great. you'll dance your butt off to this one, and feel good about yourself doing so. she's fun.
"DOWN THAT ROAD"
i love this sound from her, and the songwriting is incredible. reminisent of "I Can't" from "Deborah" (or "Moonchild"). i'd like to see the 2 on an album next to one another holding hands... it flows along just above land.
"THE ONE"
the line "if i could i would remember to forget you." makes me think of another line "and remember to forget" from "Any Other Man" that shows up on her "Memory Lane Vol I" album. To me, "Any Other Man" is the superior song by far!! and so it shadows over "the one" for me, and i would've rather seen it here in it's place.
"WISHING YOU WERE HERE"
this is maybe my favorite deborah song ever. her "mmm hmm" is just exactly what i want from her. her long island soul. i know she can hang, and here she does. she's tough, and she knows how it goes.
when the album first came out, and i of course could not find it anywhere. i downloaded a remix of this song that was listed on the then napster prog called "Ybor Mix." because i lived in Tampa, Florida at the time, i couldn't resist, and that remix blows the hell out of this version. if it's a valid remix or not, it's amazing. if you can find it, you should. it's intense. that remix should've been the lead off single for this album!! the clubs would've been all over that... but then it's deborah, so... rules just somehow don't apply.
"WHAT PART OF NO"
okay, she already did, "when i say no" so... it's sorta repeating the point, right? her voice though, is steller here, and this is the better of the two "I SAD NO" songs. like i said, she can hang. she comes out with this soul sound that just blows me away.
"IN BLUE"
why does this song remind me of the "anything is possible" album? i guess deborah and the color blue have a long history. she sounds wonderful here. a very good song. "i guess he likes me in blue." aww.
"JADED"
it's strange that when i think about it, this is probably my 2nd favorite song on the album after "wishing you were here." she knows she can sing this song, and she does, without apology. very cool song.
"KNOCK THREE TIMES"
ok.... i kinda don't get it. but it really rocks, and is so much fun. where did this come from???!!!! speaking of florida, this reminds me of my time there, big time.
summer, palm trees, and water =) love it. love it.
"MYOB DANCE MIX"
we covered this. hott!
"WISHING YOU WERE HERE (YBOR MIX)"
we covered this too. this is my favorite of all her stuff. it's so full of life. [...]
Can't leave the trademark..........2004-02-29
M.Y.O.B. ROCK'S.......2004-02-15
WE LOVE YOU DEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should pick up this cd it's great.
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