Meet Me at the Fair

meet me at the fair

Track Listings

1. Prelude

2. Me

3. Lack of Motion

4. Sinking in It

5. Circus Town

6. Shy

7. Wild Irish Rose [Live]

8. Well Anyway

9. Can't Shake It

10. One Summer Day

11. Other World

12. Tilt-A-Whirl Girl

13. Shameless Explantion

14. Silvertown

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The 1996 Push Stars debut release originally on Imago
Records. Started the buzz on the band by lifting them to the top of
the Boston Rock scene and into national recognition.

Band members are...
chris trapper
dan mcloughlin
ryan macmillan --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Meet Me at the Fair,The Push Stars,Imago Records,Alternative Pop/Rock,Popular Music,Post-Grunge,Rock

Meet Me at the Fair

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song
Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005S85Q
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Don't miss out!
A bit more "raw" than After the Party, But still Great...
A Great Debut Cd!
It catches you.
You can look but you'll unlikely find a better CD

meet me at the fair

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Binding: Audio CD

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Opening Time
Paint the Town
After the Party
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Burning in the Sun

ASIN: B00001ZWUH
Release Date: 1996-01-04

Tracks:

Prelude
me
lack of motion
sinking in it
circus town
shy
wild irish rose
well anyway
can't shake it
one summer day
the other world
tilt-a-whirl-girl
shameless explanation
silvertown

Album Description

The 1996 Push Stars debut release originally on Imago
Records. Started the buzz on the band by lifting them to the top of
the Boston Rock scene and into national recognition.

Band members are...
chris trapper
dan mcloughlin
ryan macmillan

Customer Reviews:

Don't miss out!.......2000-06-16

This is a nessisary disc to have in any alternitive/pop music collection. There is a song for any mood, and beware because these songs are almost guarenteed to evoke memories that will make you an emotional roller coaster. Not violent at all. Great with Meet me at the Fair their other CD. Once you know the Push stars you will be hooked

A bit more "raw" than After the Party, But still Great..........2000-03-07

This one is a bit more "raw" than After the Party, but still a great CD. If you liked "After", you'll like this one too. Not quite as much "pop", but the same kind of great song writing and tempos that make the newest release great. You can tell that most of the songs were first tried in small clubs, and they work just as well on the CD...

A Great Debut Cd!.......1999-09-24

For those of you who have discovered the Pushstars since "After the Party", I highly recommend this - their first recording. It is an upbeat, thoughtful cd that will make you think while you dance. The songs flow together nicely and there are many brilliant moments showing the versatility of the band and the stellar songwriting of Chris Trapper. I love the live, acoustic "Wild Irish Rose", but I also love the show stopping rockers like "Me" and "Lack of Motion". There's no filler or wasted space on this one - every song is good and if you're feeling a little down - just stick it in your cd player, turn the volume up a bit and I GUARANTEE you you'll feel better. It's hard to describe - you really have to hear it for yourself - but if you appreciate well crafted, catchy, intelligently written songs that have something just a little different about them, check this one out - you'll be hooked.

It catches you........1999-05-19

I have to concur with the other review. I discovered this disc when I was working at a college radio station a couple of years ago. It is catchy and it is fun and it can be complicated and meaningful. New album comes out today, 5/18/99, and I'm buying it today based solely on "Meet Me at the Fair." "Lack of Motion" was the first track I heard, and it's still my favorite.

You can look but you'll unlikely find a better CD.......1999-05-18

Luckily I heard about this band long before they got huge (and they will). I have been able to catch them live as an opening act twice. The album captures the energy of the live performance and is an excellent recording. Looking forward to the new release and to some headline shows. If you like Marshall Crenshaw, Candy Skins, Lighting Seeds or anything else that's pop candy and will give you cavities, you'll like the Push Stars. Improve the quality of your miserable life by picking up this great recording. Then continue to ride the wave by sharing with friends. You'll be the envy of all. My favorite part... all that sound from three people.

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English is an asset and a drawback
You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English
A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!
I love Carmen!

Carmen (Sung in English)
Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Mozart - Don Giovanni / Garry Magee · Cullagh · Banks · Plazas · Shore · Tierny · PO · David Parry

ASIN: B00007JGRN
Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

Prelude
In The Plaza
Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
Off With You Old Soldier Boys
Corporal! Sir!
We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
Ah, Just Look!
But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
The Cheek Of It!
Give Me News Of My Mother!
Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
I See My Mother's Face!
Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
Come And Help
So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
Where Are You Taking Me?
There's An Old Bar In The City
Careful - It's Lieutenant!
Entr'acte
From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
You're Most Kind
We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
Toreador, Be Ready!
At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
Being In Love Is Not A Reason

Tracks:

To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
La La La La La La La La...
Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
No, It's Not Love At All!
Hello! Carmen!
Lieutenant Fair, It's True
The Sky Above The Open Road
Entr'acte
Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
Right! Let's Stop For A While
Shuffle! Cut Them!
In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
You're Back!
As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
Is This The Place?
I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
She Had A Lover Here
Hola! Hola! Jose!
You Should Take Care, Carmen
Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
Entr'acte
A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
Here They Come! Here They Come!
If You Love Me, Carmen
It's You! It's Me!
Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!

Customer Reviews:

English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20

The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.

Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.

This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.

You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09

What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.

The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.

A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17

This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.

I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15

I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.

And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.

The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.

The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.

Tracks:

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Entertainer
Liberty Bell March - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
St. Louis Rag
Rag-Time Skedaddle
On the Pike
Sunflower Slow Drag (Two Step)
St. Louis Tickle
Favorite - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
St. Louis Exposition March
Strolling 'Long the Pike
At a Georgia Campmeeting - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Cascades
Peacherine Rag - Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
Harlem Rag - Trebor Tichenor
Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)
Funny Folks
Stars and Stripes Forever - The New Columbian Brass Band
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis (Piano Roll)

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Meet Me at the Fair
Pushstars
Manufacturer: Koch Entertainment D
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000DUI6
Release Date: 1996-02-20

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Meet Me at the Fair
The Push Stars
Manufacturer: The Push Stars
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA98QA
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

Prelude
Me
Lack of Motion
Sinking in It
Circus Town
Shy
Wild Irish Rose [Live]
Well Anyway
Can't Shake It
One Summer Day
Other World
Tilt-A-Whirl Girl
Shameless Explantion
Silvertown

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