Still Crazy (1998 Film) [Soundtrack]

still crazy (1998 film) [soundtrack]

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Soundtrack to English director Brian Gibson's highly acclaimed 1998 comedy co-starring Billy Connelly about fictitious prog rock band Strange Fruit reuniting. The film has drawn comparisons to 'This Is Spinal Tap'. Features music by Mick Jones of Foreigner, Chris Difford of Squeeze & Jeff Lynne of E.L.O., plus legendary British producer Clive Langer. 14 tracks in all. 1998 release.

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Still Crazy (1998 Film) [Soundtrack]

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correction to the editorial review
Slippery slopes
A MUST HAVE!!!
Paul Simon in a different direction
Not crazy about it but worth it for the already converted

Still Crazy After All These Years
Paul Simon
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Tracks:

Still Crazy After All These Years
My Little Town
I Do It For Your Love
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Night Game
Gone At Last
Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy
Have A Good Time
You're Kind
Silent Eyes
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Paul Simon's third solo album unifies the varied threads running through its predecessors--confessional ballads, wily story songs, agnostic spirituals and snapshots of modern life, circa 1975, are extensions of the models on his self-titled debut and--There Goes Rhymin' Simon. Here, Simon and producer Phil Ramone establish a more cohesive, explicitly urban setting that burnishes the artist's acoustic folk accents to spotlight his sophistication as an inventive composer and, as always, deft wordsmith. Included is his last great collaboration with Art Garfunkel, the bittersweet "My Little Town," a pop gospel romp with Phoebe Snow on "Gone at Last," and the sly adulterer's solution of "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover" (arguably the antithesis of Willie Dixon's classic "29 Ways"), along with the tender "I Do It for Your Love" and the woozy, dissolute "Have a Good Time." Best of all, of course, is the brilliant title song, shifting from anecdotal verse to soaring bridge and colored by keening strings and Phil Woods's knowing tenor-sax solo. Simon was crazy, like a fox. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

correction to the editorial review.......2007-06-22

Track 1 (the title track) of this album has perhaps one of the greatest jazz/fusion tenor sax solos ever recorded by the late virtuoso Michael Brecker (RIP). As a s sax player, I cant sit here idily and read this aggregious error. Phil Woods is a great contemporary saxophonist, but he did not record this solo.

Slippery slopes.......2007-05-31

One of the neat things about living today is you can turn back to yesterday and plan tomorrow by accessing anything you want now in music in seconds....if you have money...so I thought of Slip Sliding Away (actually just a line with Delores in it-listen-) and down loaded the album to hear tonight as quick as you can hit the button on your bank account.
Of course being a day away from payday and slightly over drawn this buying of song will earn me a fee and another massive reminder of "who is the real boss around here." Slip sliding away. So go to Finland, leave your wife to go it alone and expect to be immortalized on return. I may order two more tonight. I kind of want that Aja download..and a Taj Mahal. And what about Graceland? Slip and slide right away...

This was a favorite album, listening I'm back in 1975-76 and I know exactly what I felt. Music is amazing this way. Feeling. Transported to a long streak of bad luck tune...pray it's gone at last. Man. I had long streak..pray it's gone at last....love the trip listening to memories to try to lift out of pain today.
This remix has a terrific couple songs at the end too (demo version whatever that is). Rhythm is great. Not the Ramones but I saw them too, and Simon in New York I think it was 1977 or maybe 80?, it was in the height of this, saw a Saturday Night Live...live.

In that time this album was so much fun to listen to, wistful, urban, interior, about love failed, changing. Of course I was young, 18. My daughters age now. What did I know then? Wow, we seem so very different. She's so very smart, choosing, charting. At that time I wasn't going to get married or involved, ever. Oh we are kind of alike in those words.

Hop on the bus Gus, drop off the key, slip out the back Jack, you don't need to discuss much, get yourself free. Running days....days I got around to sing and live. And here I am listening to these tunes some for the first time in 15 years. I'd forgotten My Little Town, hanging shirts in the dirty breeze...such a great tune about growing up in nowhere in the times I became me. My little town, just hanging your life on the line ...black rainbows. God what writing. The lack of imagination in a small town has never changed. I sang this to move away and beyond the dead and dying dreams I had...

I Do It For Your Love was a tune I love to hear others cover, but listening today I remember it was sweet to listen to Simon. Too much... we were married on a rainy day. The sky was yellow, grass was gray. I do it for your love....you can love that writing too. I recall all those early married years living in a migrant town in a shanty where I saw the dirt through the floorboards. And lost all my jewelry in a plastic bag to a break in.Worth only the memories. By the time I was married nine years and owned a mattress and a table, and three kids. Made the love fade, life so hard getting all the degrees after working all day and trying to do it all....on a shoe string I suppose. The orange bled the blue. Sting of reason, splash of tears. I do it for your love. Beautiful tune. Like listening to Bill Evans lay it out.

Do you like harmonica lilting through your head, listen to Night Game....I recall on this album Sanborn, Brecker, Bob James, Ralph Mc Donald, Grady Tate, Steve Gadd, Phoebe Snow...but you know poor memory... I mostly enjoy listening which I'm going to do now. Was this really the reason, "I like to sleep with the window open and you keep the window closed", so goodbye? Yeah, it's as good as any reason. Sad. I recall this is an 'after a marriage ends release', is that right...it fades in my memory. Goodbye was it?

This beautiful bed of stones holding Jerusalem...I'd forgotten it's here too. I was playing this one night years ago, over the December break...alone in my tiny apartment, no food...a friend stopped over just as I was singing this out (giving them a scary show I suppose) they'd brought me a food care package. That I was singing this ballad at the time struck me as something very like proving you have connections to universe...call of this song in the dark ...we tumble and fall through no fault of our own....never catching our stars......but times seem to leave me wondering listening tonight....his is a tune I can almost not take, bone felt, still. Very beautiful.

So now I'm slip sliding away. Again. Good thing we can sing. It's about all you've got in the dark. A day tomorrow, I lie in bed and think of things that might have been....have A Good Time those that can. Will.

Good memories. In a year with great music this got a lot of awarding. And I still enjoy it 'cause awards are a sure killer.

A MUST HAVE!!!.......2007-04-02

For serious Paul Simon fans only!!! This cd showcases the first glimpse of his musical genius!!! Still a relevant cd 30 yrs after it was first released!!!

Paul Simon in a different direction.......2006-10-29

The best way to describe this album would be "melodically pleasing and mellow". In fact, the mellow atmosphere combined with the excellent songwriting will show you that Paul Simon really is a great singer and songwriter. He can do it all, folks. Buy this collection for a completely consistent album.

Not crazy about it but worth it for the already converted.......2006-07-14

This album had a few too many low-key cuts that wafted by without a lot of impact. I love Simon's stuff (and not just the "hits", for instance "St. Judy's Comet" is one of my favorite songs of his..) but sometimes he veers a bit into pretension. He's at his best when he's doing stuff that COULD be hits..if they weren't a little "too smart" for the room.

HIGHLIGHTS:
The title cut picks up a nice smoky jazz ambience thanks to jazzers like Michael Brecker adding a tasty sax solo and the string and woodwind arrangement by Bob James heightening the drama of the tune while not plunging it into melodrama. Perhaps the last great pairing with Art Garfunkel, "My Little Town" is another high point as Simon recalls his childhood in a one horse town ("And after it rains/There's a rainbow/And all of the colors are black/It's not that the colors aren't there/It's just imagination they lack"). The duo share production chores on the song with Phil Ramone (Billy Joel's producer). Crisp military snare drumming from Steve Gadd guides cheater how-to "50 Ways to Leave your Lover" which became a #1 for Simon. Simon hooks up with Phoebe Snow on the gospel-esque barnburner "Gone at Last" with gospel's Jessy Dixon Singers along for the ride. The lazy musical backing for "Have a Good Time" perfectly enhances the 'take it as it comes' hedonism. ("I've been loving and loving and loving/I'm exhausted from loving so well/I should go to bed/But a voice in my head/Says 'Ah, what the h**l')

LOWS:
"Night Game" is a finely etched word painting but it just never grabs me musically. I can't decide if Simon is genuinely desiring Jerusalem in "Silent Eyes" or if it's an ironic lament. It's just another one that 'lays there' for me.

BOTTOM LINE:
If you're already a fan you'll probably like it but if you've heard NEGOTIATIONS AND LOVE SONGS (Simon's greatest hits) and you want to go on from there, I'd try THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON next or GRACELAND and RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS for his world music excursions.

3 1/2 stars

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A Portrait Of My Life........
Still Crazy, oh how it is true
These guys can REALLY sing! - 4.5 Stars
I Wish These Guys Would Tour
A great soundtrack!

Still Crazy (1998 Film)
Clive Langer
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ASIN: B00004T6V4
Release Date: 1999-02-23

Tracks:

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Album Description

Soundtrack to English director Brian Gibson's highly acclaimed 1998 comedy co-starring Billy Connelly about fictitious prog rock band Strange Fruit reuniting. The film has drawn comparisons to 'This Is Spinal Tap'. Features music by Mick Jones of Foreigner, Chris Difford of Squeeze & Jeff Lynne of E.L.O., plus legendary British producer Clive Langer. 14 tracks in all. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews:

A Portrait Of My Life...............2006-08-16

Still Crazy is very special to me. In 1998, my girlfriend showed up with a VHS copy of the movie, and it immediately became a favorite. The year before, the band with which I had worked in the '70s, had just done a 12 week reunion which, had disintegrated into thin air just as I was preparing to record them for the live CD they never got to do during their first incarnation (no name-dropping here, but they did have 3 major label studio releases). Needless to say, the film struck a chord with me....a very intense "power chord".
I was not a "computer-active" individual then and I could not find the music anywhere, so I took the movie and recorded the audio onto mini-disc and edited together as much as I could (sometimes only pieces of a song). As soon as I was able, I purchased the soundtrack CD, and have actually given it away and replaced it 3 times!!
Jimmy Nail's voice is pure magic (the guy really ought to form a band!!!), and the vibe of the project in general is as moving and authentic as Spinal Tap and The Rutles were funny. If you don't enjoy this album (and yeah, the movie made me sniffle a bit too), then you wouldn't have enjoyed the '70s music scene very much.
And oh, by the way......my guy's did reunite again in 2005, and we did that live CD.......The Flame Still Burns!!!!!!!!

Edgar

Still Crazy, oh how it is true.......2005-07-15

The first time I saw the cover, I was a bit skeptical of it's 70's music persona. Then, after watching it five times, I realized it became one of my favoriates. Like the others, I had to search for the soundtrack. At last, I had it in my hands, listening it for hours. Both for the movie and the soundtrack I give it an A++ and 5 stars. Yes, I cried too. How will the others feel about the movie and soundtrack? We wait with baited breath.

These guys can REALLY sing! - 4.5 Stars.......2004-12-05

Although not as widely available here in the US as Europe, I was very pleased to get hold of this soundtrack after seeing the movie. Having seen (and reviewed) the movie adds an extra enjoyment to the CD, but it is actually a pretty good stand alone album otherwise. If you don't know the movie - Strange Fruit are an allegorical world famous band from the 70's era, and as difficult as it is to recreate that kind of sound, the producers here are to be congratulated. You will listen and come away thinking these guys were real, and were previously huge, and that's an achievement when you consider that it is the cast of ACTORS in the movie actually singing on the soundtrack - NOT stand ins. Jimmy Nail revisits his dulcet tones, which brought him moderate success as a solo artist back in the late 80's / early 90's and there are a couple of tracks from other artists. Otherwise it's Bill Nighy and the cast belting out the tunes to great effect. An umistakable 70's panache underpins the all original score, with long instrumental bridge work breaking up lyrics, and some thrash guitars, and even "Glam" rock effects for good measure. This is a very good album for a lot of reasons, and will make you want to see the movie if you haven't, and underline it sweetly if you have. I challenge you not to be moved by the haunting lyrics of the first (and movie signature) track "The Flame Still Burns". Quite expensive here in the USA, so if you know anyone in Eurpoe, get them to send it to you! Enjoy

I Wish These Guys Would Tour.......2003-08-01

I discovered the movie, "Still Crazy" a year ago, and fell in love with it. Now I own the STILL CRAZY SOUNDTRACK, and this little jewel is just as entertaining as the film.

This CD brings back a flood of images from the movie, beginning with the first--and in my opinion, best--cut: "The Flame Still Burns." Some of my other favorites include "All Over The World" and "A Woman Like That." And I can't help but laugh out loud when I listen to "Scream Freedom" as I think about Bill Nighy's futile and hilarious attempt in the movie to create "shock rock."

Bill Nighy and Jimmy Nail are incredibly gifted vocalists as well as actors. Steve Donnelly is superb on the guitar; his rifts are clean, clear, and crisp. Kudos to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley for producing this phenomenal CD. Now let's just round up Strange Fruit and send them on tour!
--D. Mikels

A great soundtrack!.......2003-07-01

I saw the movie on a local cable channel and I couldn't get the songs out of my head. The next day I went all over the mall looking for the CD and just when I was about to lose hope, I found it! Worth my trouble. Love the smooth electric guitars and haunting vocals ( the flame still burns, what might have been). This CD is still in rotation in my CD changer. ;-)

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Wonderful
Pure joy
Copland's vocal work

A Copland Celebration Vol. 3

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Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Boatmen's Dance - William Warfield
Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: The Dodge - William Warfield
Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Long Time Ago - William Warfield
Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: Simple Gifts - William Warfield
Old American Songs, Sets 1 & 2: I Bought Me A Cat - William Warfield
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Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: II. There Came A Wind Like A Bugle - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: III. Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven? - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: IV. The World Feels Dusty - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: V. Heart, We Will Forget Him - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VI. Dear March, Come In! - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VII. Sleep Is Supposed To Be - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: VIII. When They Come Back - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: IX. I Felt A Funeral In My Brain - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: X. I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes - Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson: XI. Going To Heaven! - Aaron Copland
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The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Gently Flowing - Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderate Tempo: 'Once I Thought I'd Never Grow Tall As This Fence' - Joy Clements
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderately Fast: 'Do You Suppose They're Makin' Food In There?' - Richard Fredericks
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Somewhat Faster: 'We've Been North'/'We've Been South' - Richard Cassilly
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): With Motion: 'Halloo, Halloo' - Norman Treigle
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Moderately: 'If You Boys Work As Smooth As You Talk, We'll Make Good Time In The Fields' - Norman Treigle
The Tender Land: Act One: The Day Before Graduation (Late Afternoon): Trifle Slower: 'The Promise Of Living With Hope And Thanksgiving' - Richard Cassilly
The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Lively And Rough - Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Quite Slow: 'Thank You, Thank You All' - Joy Clements
The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Very Broadly: 'Ah, Laurie, You Are A Puzzle' - Norman Treigle
The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Briskly: 'Stomp Your Foot Upon The Floor' - Richard Cassilly
The Tender Land: Act Two: That Evening: Somewhat Slower: 'The World Seems Still Tonight' - Richard Cassilly
The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Introduction: Starting Slowly - Aaron Copland
The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): As At First: 'Daybreak Will Come In Such A Short Time' - Richard Cassilly
The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Fast Tempo: 'That's Crazy!' - Richard Fredericks
The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): Broadly: 'The Sun Is Coming Up As Though I'd Never Seen It Rise Before' - Joy Clements
The Tender Land: Act Three: Later That Night/Then Graduation Day (Dawn): (Still Slower): 'You Are Strange To Me' - Claramae Turner

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-04-22

I must confess I am unfamiliar with Copland's "The Tender Land" except for this reissue, which I find to be absolutely magnificent. I realize this is a truncated performance, eliminating what I assume to be a fair amount of spoken dialogue. But I don't care. What is presented here is simply one of the finest American compositions - forget American - one of the finest compositions of the 20th century. Period.

Pure joy.......2005-07-29

The recording of Copland's The Tender Land is alone worth getting this disc. The rest of the vocal works are just a bonus, a very good bonus! Copland directs a definitive account of his opera, and in this compressed version leaves out all the spoken parts of the full length opera, no doubt depriving us of a lot of good music but on the other hand giving listeners a very concise version that is even stronger musically (although dramatically a little lacking in logic because of the missing parts - for example without knowing of the confrontation during the party scene you would find the boys' departure the next morning puzzling, and the CD notes does not elaborate on the plot, which is about the only negative thing you can say about this set). Listening to the opera in this abridged version gives you the feeling of one hit after another, there is not a single weak point in the score and Copland has a gift for word-setting that can turn clumsy texts such as "girls come and go, some are good, some are not so good" into goosebumps stuff (a lovely dedication to Laurie sung by Grandpa). Other high points include the stunning transformation of the traditional Walls of Zion into the quartet piece The Promise Of Living and a rollicking Party Scene, which contains the best in Copland's clever orchestration and rythmic vitality - it seems all of the composers best traits have all come together in this work. Martin's Act 2 Song 'Laurie...You Know, Laurie' is a rare gem or an aria and beautifully sung. Other hidden gems include the comical 'We've Been North'. The cast is impeccable and the entire performance is flawless. Add to that one of those scores that simply win you over from start to finish, and you can't but fall in love with this music. I once thought that nothing could better Appalachian Spring but that was before I discovered this neglected work.

Copland's vocal work.......2002-08-08

And so on this third set of the celebration of Aaron Copland's music, all attention is on his vocal work including the opera, "The Tender Land".

I can't completely explain why I give this five stars after giving the first two sets four stars each. This is just the way the opera, in particular, strikes me. I'm no great opera fan, and to my knowledge, America just has not yet proved itself in the operatic field although it's tried. It will take time, but I do see Copland's work as someday being considered the best example of American opera. This is all subjective opinion, obviously, and I'm sure there are those more knowledgeable who will disagree. So be it.

Tracks:

Still Crazy After All These Years
My Little Town - Art Garfunkel
I Do It For Your Love
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Night Game
Gone At Last - Phoebe Snow/Jessy Dixon Singers
Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy
Have A Good Time
You're Kind
Silent Eyes

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Two and a half stars.......2006-06-28

Though there are some great songs here, this album finds Paul Simon beginning to run out of creative energy. It's all getting to sound by-the-book and it doesn't always sound like he's happy to be making music. There are two great songs - 50 Ways and My Little Town; and the title track, while subdued and downcast feeling, has a spooky, dreamy atmosphere and heartfelt vocal. Have A Good Time *might* sound better if he had someone else sing it, i.e. a female. To hear him wail away in a whiny falsetto for the WHOLE SONG is only slightly less grating than Prince's 'Kiss'. No wonder Art Garfunkel did all the falsetto stuff on the S&G albums. The rest of it is not bad, but suffers from blandness. No real catchy hooks or anything to make you remember the music. As far as the musicianship goes, it's top-notch throughout the album.

Still successful after all those years!.......2005-03-30

Yes,Paul Simon is still successful,by himself,after all those years since his musical partnership with Art Garfunkel dissolved. Don't worry,their friendship never was severed. Hits from this album include the title track,50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER,HAVE A GOOD TIME and MY LITTLE TOWN with Garfunkel. All but the latter appeared on NEGOTIATIONS AND LOVE SONGS 1971-1986,released in 1988. MLT also appeared on Garfunkel's 1975 album,BREAKAWAY. Also,MLT was reportedly the first Simon & Garfunkel recording since they recorded their BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER album in 1969. I guess the reason MLT didn't appear on N&LS was because it was Simon's album. The other songs are good.

THE LITTLE BROTHER IN A BIG FAMILY.......2004-07-21

STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS is regarded by many as Paul Simon?s last great album. Afterward he released two snoozers before he embarked on his ?world music? phase. As such this CD contains three of Simon?s great songs: ?Still Crazy?, ?50 Ways To Leave Your Lover? and ?Gone At Last?. He also includes the last duet ?My Little Town? he recorded with Art Garfunkel (at that point). On this basis alone STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS is regarded as a classic. Released in October 1975, millions snapped it up?myself included.

Listening to this CD after all this time, I am struck at how somber and depressed the atmosphere is in these songs. I tend to imagine Simon himself was going for a wistful and humorous attitude; still this is not a happy record. The songs cover one?s spirit much like a wet blanket. But to object to this CD on this basis: is it fair?

Indeed, a brief survey of the Paul Simon songbook reveals a singer/songwriter often in moments of clarity in which life and relationships are pretty much futile affairs prone to collapse. Naturally, there are important exceptions to this?most notably ?54th Street Bridge Song?, ?Loves Me Like A Rock? and ?Bridge Of Troubled Water?. Simon also has recorded his fair share of just plain goofy songs such as ?Cecilia?, At The Zoo? and ?Baby Driver? (I mean ?goofy? in the most positive sense). Still, in most of Simon?s songs there is more than just a touch of sadness. Consider both the words and the tone of the music in just this brief sample:

?The Sound Of Silence?
?Richard Cory?
?I Am A Rock?
?Scarborough Fair/Canticle?
?Dangling Conversation?
?America?
?Fakin; It?
?The Boxer?
?The Only Living Boy In New York?
?Mother And Child Reunion?
?Run That Body Down?
?American Tune?
?Take Me To The Mardi Gras?

So to complain that STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS is a bit of a downer in many ways is to state Simon?s standard operating mode.

It is said that while recording this album, Simon?s first marriage was falling apart. I can?t confirm this piece of ?common knowledge? but it makes sense and explains a lot about the overall tone of this album. What one can say is that Simon had a way of making a song beautiful as well as sad. Both ?Still Crazy After All These Years? and ?50 Ways To Leave Your Lover? carry an undertone of depression lightly. But ?My Little Town? is so bitter and bleak that I always found it crushingly oppressive. The rest of the album carries the face of irony, which covers forlorn hopes, and a sense of one having been dealt a bad hand of cards. Even such tunes as ?I Do It For Your Love? and ?Have A Good Time? betray a fair measure of sarcasm and disappointment beneath the surface of warmth and intimacy.

In my opinion, STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS is not as brilliant as THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON and not quite as interesting as PAUL SIMON (his first solo album). The lesser songs are not as memorable and their verbal images are not as vivid. Frankly, PAUL SIMON IN CONCERT: LIVE RHYMIN' [LIVE] is far more absorbing and satisfying. So by all means, purchase this CD. But I would get Simon?s first three solo CDs and all the Simon and Garfunkel CDs first. In the context of these other albums, STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS stands like the little brother in the family photograph: not as tall; but you can definitely see the family resemblance.

good stuff.......2003-12-04

not as good as his self-titled solo debut, but still quite good. some very well written songs like 50 ways to leave your lover and night game and you're kind.

Paul Simon's solo career turns towards the darker side.......2003-08-23

"Still Crazy After All These Years" was Paul Simon's third solo album and decidedly different from his previous efforts, "Paul Simon" and "Rhymin' Simon." For one thing, Simon's songs are much more introspective this time around, most of them dealing seriously with the subject of lost love (Of course, if you remember seeing Simon hosting "Saturday Night Life" and trying to sing the title song while dressed up as a giant turkey that seriousness is somewhat tempered). Musically, Simon is focusing more on the piano than the guitar in his compositions, and producer Phil Ramone clearly played a role in coming up with Simon's new sound on this album. Taken together those two factors would explain why "My Little Town," the song where Simon reunites with Art Garfunkel, sounds so different from previous Simon & Garfunkle songs. The album made it to the top of the Billboard charts in 1975 and three of the songs made it to the Top 40: the duet with Phoebe Snow, "Gone At Last" (#23), "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (#1), and "Still Crazy After All These Years" (#40). Those last two are the choice cuts off of the album and both reflect a wry sensibilities in the lyrics that was never as prominent in Simon's earlier work. The same applies to "My Little Town," and it is easy in retrospect to look at that song and "Night Games" as reflecting Simon's dark side. I was surprised that "Still Crazy After All These Years" was Simon's only #1 album, but "Graceland" only made it to #3. It is rather gratifying to know that Simon's serious work was more popular than his "fun" songs like "Kodachrome" and "Loves Me Like a Rock." The bottom line is that Paul Simon is one of those artists for whom a greatest hits collection does not suffice and the goal should be to have as many of their albums in your music library as possible tracing his ongoing musical evolution.

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Very good album

American Classics

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0007ZEBYY
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Fanfare For The Common Man - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Short Ride In A Fast Machine - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Center City Brass Quintet
The Stars And Stripes Forever - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Promenade (From Walking The Dog) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Giggling Rapids (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Riffs (From Prelude, Fugue And Riffs) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Solitude - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Adagio For Strings, Op.11 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Pavane (From Sebastian) - Richard Hickox
Gospel Train - Yuli Turovsky
Meander (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Mvt. II From Symphony No.2 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Washington Post - The Band Of The Blues And Royals
Girl Crazy Overture - BBC Philharmonic
Liberty Bell - Band Of The Royal Air Force College, Cranwell

Tracks:

Rhapsody In Blue - Howard Shelley
Steal Away To Jesus - Willard White
Summertime - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Chamber Ensemble
Must The Winter Come So Soon? (From Vanessa) - Susan Graham
Porgy Sings (From Catfish Row) - Howard Shelley
Nagoya Marimbas - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mvt. III From Symphony No.1 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Intermezzo (From Vanessa) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
America (From West Side Story) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble
It Ain't Necessarily So (From Porgy And Bess) - Center City Brass Quintet
Mvt. II From Concerto For Clarinet - Scottish National Orchestra
Riba (From The River) - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Simple Gifts (From Old American Songs, Set I) - Willard White
Blues (From Divertimento) - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Strike Up The Band Overture - BBC Philharmonic

Customer Reviews:

Very good album.......2007-06-24

Every song on this CD has such a crisp sound. Also, they are all perfectly arranged, classic American songs. I am very happy with this product. Great buy.

Great Country Love Songs: 16 TRACK KARAOKE BAY CD+G : Formatted for worldwide use : Lyrics Booklet Included

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Great Country Love Songs: 16 TRACK KARAOKE BAY CD+G : Formatted for worldwide use : Lyrics Booklet Included

Manufacturer: Great Country Love Songs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Karaoke | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
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Party Tyme Karaoke- Standards

ASIN: B000EAAUI8

Product Description

One of Karaoke Bay's most popular albums! Highlighted by classics like Crazy and You Were Mine, this album is a must have for any collection! Great Country Love Songs features karaoke versions of each song complete with onscreen graphics, background vocals and a lyric booklet! TRACKS: In The Style Of 1. AMAZED LONESTAR 2. YOU WERE MINE DIXIE CHICKS 3. I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE SARA EVANS 4. YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE LEANN RIMES 5. YOUR LOVE AMAZES ME MICHAEL ENGLISH 6. YOU'RE STILL THE ONE SHANIA TWAIN 7. I SWEAR JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 8. CRAZY PATSY CLINE 9. WHEN LOVE FINDS YOU VINCE GILL 10. BREATHE FAITH HILL 11. BUTTERFLY KISSES BOB CARLISLE 12. UNCHAINED MELODY LEANN RIMES 13. THE DANCE GARTH BROOKS 14. WHEN I SAID I DO CLINT BLACK 15. CAN I TRUST YOU WITH MY HEART TRAVIS TRITT 16. WHAT ABOUT NOW LONESTAR

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Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
Andr Kostelanetz
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00007L8X4
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
White Christmas
The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
Make Believe Bill
Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
Fascinatin Rhythm
Mine
The Man I Love
Embraceable You Soon
I Got Rhythm
Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
S Wonderful
Maybe
Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
Embraceable You
Strike Up The Band
Begin The Beguine
All Through The Night
I Concentrate On You
I Love You
Night And Day
In The Still Of The Night
Ive Got You Under My Skin
Blow Gabriel Blow
Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
Hallelujah Time On My Hands
Tea For Two
Carioca
Without A Song
More Than You Know
Orchids In The Moonlight
Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
Through The Years Drums In My Heart
Malaguena
La Cumparsita
Mexicana Medley
Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
Siboney
Caminito
Adios
No Taboleiro De Bahiana
The Moon Of Manakoora
Lotus Land
Kashmiri Song
Jamaican Rhumba
Flamingo
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
Andalucia
Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
Show Boat
South Pacific
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
An American In Paris
Porgy And Bess

Album Description

The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.

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A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel

Manufacturer: Oehms
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000E39L1
Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

Sound of Silence
Scarborough Fair, Pt. 1
Scarborough Fair, Pt. 2
Boxer
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Mrs. Robinson
April Come She Will [Instrumental]
(What A) Wonderful World
Bright Eyes
Condor Pasa
Still Crazy After All These Years
Cecilia
Crying in the Rain
59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

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The BEST Gershwin/Porter album
Glowing Coles of Porter...

Fennell Conducts Porter & Gershwin

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
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Liszt: Piano Concertos
Mercury Living Presence - You Are There - The True Story of a Legendary Label
British and American Band Classics
Hanson Conducts Hanson

ASIN: B0000057LZ
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

Blow, Gabriel, Blow
So In Love
It's All Right With Me
Ridin' High
In the Still of the Night
Begin the Beguine
Night and Day
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Anything Goes
I've Got You Under My Skin
It's De-lovely
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
I Got Rhythm
Love Is Sweeping The Country
Love Walked In
'S Wonderful
Bidin' My Time
Oh, Lady, Be Good
Fascinating Rhythm
Liza
Embraceable You
The Man I Love
Someone To Watch Over Me
But Not For Me

Customer Reviews:

The BEST Gershwin/Porter album.......2004-02-11

Perhaps I'm romanticizing, but this was THE cd I listened to in high school. The arrangements are absolutely captivating; building new material over the original themes while referencing them so purely. I couldn't imagine a better use of your money than purchasing this album, it will bring you years of joy!

Glowing Coles of Porter..........2004-01-15

I can only comment on the Porter half of this recording, as I own it on original vinyl. It's a mono copy, but you wouldn't know it. As usual, excellent engineering from Mercury, who set standards in the early 60's that still count (IMHO) as best practice.

Frederick Fennell is right at home in the warmth of these beautifully wrought Ray Wright orchestrations. As he should be; Wright's day job was orchestrating for Radio City Music Hall. The sound is lush, the dynamics amazing, the performance spot on. It gets four stars only because I can't justify five, not having heard the Gershwin half.

I suppose that if you can't find a nice copy to play on a good turntable with a warm amplifier, then this CD would do - but then, you miss the excitement of hearing sound you've been taught can only come from a CD, magically floating straight up from ancient vinyl.

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