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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Only When I Sleep | |||
| 2. When He's Not Around | |||
| 3. Dreams | |||
| 4. What Can I Do | |||
| 5. I Never Loved You Anyway | |||
| 6. So Young | |||
| 7. Don't Say You Love Me | |||
| 8. Love Gives Loves Takes | |||
| 9. Hopelessly Addicted | |||
| 10. Paddy McCarthy [Instrumental] | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. I Never Loved You Anyway [Acoustic] | |||
| 2. Right Time [Live] | |||
| 3. Queen of Hollywood [Live] | |||
| 4. Toss the Feathers [Live] | |||
| 5. Closer [Live] | |||
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Asian edition of the hit Irish sibling's smash 1998 albumwith a bonus disc featuring five non-album tracks, 'I NeverLoved You Anyway' (Acoustic) and live versions of 'The RightTime', 'Queen Of Hollywood', 'Toss The Feathers' & 'Closer'.NONE of these bonus
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Carmen Jones (1943 Original Broadway Cast)
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ASIN: B00008BNUK Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
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Carmen Jones is one of the weirdest projects to ever hit the American musical theater. In 1943, lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II adapted Georges Bizet's Carmen for Broadway. The music was pretty much left intact, but Hammerstein transferred the action to WWII America. Carmen's tobacco factory became Carmen Jones' parachute factory, bullfighter Escamillo became boxer Husky Miller, and so on. As if this weren't enough, there also was the "small" detail of casting the show only with African-Americans. All in all, this ambitious endeavor makes Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme seem timid. Hammerstein's attempt at writing "black" hasn't aged all that well, but many of the show's songs retain a surprising impact. The feverish intensity of "Beat Out dat Rhythm on a Drum," for instance, hasn't dimmed over the years, and the song's been covered by a wide variety of performers, from Pearl Bailey and Marc Almond to Mandy Patinkin. The track is reprised as a bonus track at the end of the CD in a version sung by Kitty Carlisle (who's rather stiff compared to the show's June Hawkins). --Elisabeth VincentelliCustomer Reviews:
A Contemporary Adaptation of Carmen.......2003-12-02
What makes CARMEN JONES different, however, is that it uses Bizet's original music, though it changes the setting and the lyrics (they're in English, too, rather than the original French). And who would have done such a thing? Oscar Hammerstein II (as in Rodgers & Hammerstein, I know you've heard of them. If not, shame on you, go straight to OKLAHOMA, do not pass go, do not collect CD of CARMEN JONES). This is one of Hammerstein's earlier works, and it's a great show. (There's a very successful movie version available on video, if you want to see it.)
CARMEN JONES updates the story of CARMEN. The original plot took place in Spain in 1820, Carmen was a gypsy. The first performance of CARMEN was in Paris in 1875. (Wow! Over 125 years, and it still plays regularly all over the world, talk about a great run!) What Hammerstein did was akin to what our current composers are doing with shows like RENT. He updated the show for his audience. Instead of Spaniards and gypsies, he used African-American factory workers, and set the story in 1943 during the war in a Southern town.
The story makes this a darker musical than Hammerstein's later shows like OKLAHOMA, CAROUSEL, THE KING AND I and SOUTH PACIFIC, some of which had their heavier elements, but were focused more on the romance. The tone of CARMEN JONES is more akin to his first show (the first musical) SHOWBOAT. It is also unusual not just for it's time but in general that it had an entirely African-American cast. While recent shows like Disney's THE LION KING and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND have also had predominantly African/African-American casts, these shows are few and far between. Another comparable show in terms of music and style would perhaps be Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, though it's considered an opera rather than a musical.
Now THIS is how CARMEN JONES should sound like!.......2003-02-26
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ASIN: B00005AV2A Release Date: 2001-05-22 |
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BEWARE!!! Unauthorized recording! Poorly mastered!.......2003-02-26
A Unique Blend!.......2001-07-03
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