Forget the World

Forget the World

Forget the World

Track Listings
 
1. Intro
2. Public Love
3. Lost Paradise
4. Forget the World
5. Man Made Disaster
6. Risk Lover
7. Points of Interest
8. Industrial Park
9. Special Service Unit
10. We Are in Tomorrow Now
11. Termination Order
12. ...End

Forget the World,Gecko,Federation of Drums,Dance Music,Pop
Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Terrific!
  • So-So CD
  • This CD will put you to sleep
  • Mi piace davvero!
  • Viva Italia, excellent
Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics

Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002WXS
Release Date: 1996-07-02

Tracks:

  1. Mattinata - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  2. Mala Femmena - Frankie Fanelli
  3. Canto D'Amore - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  4. Guaglione - Carlo Savina And His Orchestra
  5. Lary Mary(Luna Mezza Mare) - Lou Monte
  6. Anema E Core - Perry Como
  7. Funiculi Funicula - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  8. Soldi, Soldi, Soldi(From 'Boccaccio '70') - Sophia Loren
  9. Santa Lucia - Gino Del Vescovo And His Mandolins
  10. Hey Gumbaree(Bibadee Bobadee Bu) - Lou Monte
  11. Come Back To Sorrento - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  12. Volare(nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Domenico Modugno
  13. A Man Without Love(Quando M'Innamore) - Sergio Franchi
  14. O Sole Mio - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  15. Forget Domani(From 'The Yellow Rolls Royce') - Perry Como
  16. Mama - Lou Monte
  17. O Mio Bambino Caro - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra
  18. Non Dimenticar(Don't Forget) - Lou Monte
  19. Al Di La(From 'Rome Adventure') - Frankie Fanelli
  20. Arrivederci Roma(Goodbye To Rome) - Romano Ledenzio And His Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Terrific!.......2007-05-30

I bought this CD because I missed listening to the music my grandfather played. This CD brought back a flood of memories for me. Wonderful compilation of my favorite italian classics.

3 out of 5 stars So-So CD.......2007-04-06

This is more cafe style but still worth listening to.
Great dinner background music.

2 out of 5 stars This CD will put you to sleep.......2007-02-26

We bought this CD for our daughter's wedding. After reviewing it, we could have saved our money. The version of Funiculi sounded like the Salvation Army band and it was totally lifeless. Lou Monte's Hey Gumbaree (it is actually Eh Cumpare in Italian--that should have given it away) was awful, and he consistently butchers the Italian language in all his other songs (annoying, I mean, couldn't he have learned the right pronunciation?).

While Perry Como and others have melodic voices (and very wisely sing in English because they don't know Italian), these are '50s versions of the songs, for the most part. While you have to appreciate them, they are really old and reflect the '50s type of instrumention and style. Would have loved to have heard all these songs done in a fresh and original way. Soldi Soldi was our favorite by far, and that is why we gave the CD two stars.

Could have gone to the library for this one.

Thanks for letting me voice our opinion. We are a big Italian family and just spent hundreds of dollars buying every CD out there for our daughter's wedding and figured we would share our opinion with others.

5 out of 5 stars Mi piace davvero!.......2007-02-20

This is a beautiful CD filled with the authentic sounds of Italy! Each track brings be back a little farther to the streets of Italy...Rome...Trevi Fountain...bellissimo!!!!

1 out of 5 stars Viva Italia, excellent.......2006-08-27

The CD was used as part of an Italia Fiesta we organised in Albury NSW, Australia. The music helped in setting the party atmosphere for the evening. The evening was held as fund raiser for the Murray Valley Sactuary Refugee Group. The evening was very successful.
Forget the World
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Go to the vagrant website
  • Forget You! No, Forget the World!
  • Must own CD!!!
  • not nearly as good as the follow up
  • Definitely one of my favorite cds
Forget the World
The Hippos
Manufacturer: Vagrant Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000616H
Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

  1. Far Behind
  2. Please
  3. When Will I Learn
  4. Diane
  5. Don't Worry
  6. Celebrate
  7. Irie
  8. Asleep At The Wheel
  9. So Lonely
  10. Rock 'N' Roll
  11. Forget The World

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Go to the vagrant website.......2005-02-03

If you dont want to pay alot for this album go to the vagrant website so you can pick it up brand new for 10 bucks 13 with shippings. I have no idea why it is so expensive on here but it isnt even a rare cd so just go pick it up with out getting screwed. Long live cheap music, peace

4 out of 5 stars Forget You! No, Forget the World!.......2004-01-31

This album was one of my very first ska albums. Very energetic horns, unique percussion style, good vocals, everything. I bought it in 1997 and unbeknownst to me at the time, my cousin was in high school with one of the horn players in Southern CA. I got to see the Hippos live once in Dallas, and they are fantastic both on and off stage. Their 2nd release - Heads Are Gonna Roll - is also a great CD, where their musical maturity really shines through. As of now they are broken up, but did manage to release a 3rd album because of an overwhelming number of requests (sometimes even bitter demands!) from their fans. This is incredible; I've never heard of any band putting out a new release after splitting up. It makes a good collector's item, but is somewhat evolved and has virtually no ska influence. Stick to Forget the World for your ska fix, and be sure to check out the band's updated website - www.thehippos.com. Peace.

5 out of 5 stars Must own CD!!!.......2003-12-18

If you only own one ska cd this definately should be it. A large variety of songs with many different themes (some love songs, serious and funny songs too). The title track for the cd "Forget the World," I think is the best ska song ever written both for the lyrics and the musical content. Overall the song writing on this cd is tremendous. Well worth putting out the money to get a hold of this music!!!

3 out of 5 stars not nearly as good as the follow up.......2003-07-25

Buy this only if you already own "heads are gonna roll."

5 out of 5 stars Definitely one of my favorite cds.......2001-12-27

I was never a really big fan of ska (i actually didn't even know what it was) until i heard the hippos. Now i'm addicted to ska! They are absolutely great! Some of the songs are so funny, and they are all great, even the filler tracks :). If you want something fun to listen to...this is definitely it! And if you love this cd, you'll love "Head Are Gonna Roll" even more!
Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Not impressed
  • Inexorable wonder!
Magical Musicals / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Not impressed.......2003-11-25

I was not terribly impressed with this CD. Fortunately, I decided to get it from the library to see if it was good before deciding whether or not to buy it.

Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

5 out of 5 stars Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

Where to start?! Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have had a track record for recording some of the most stupendous movie music ever. Magical Musicals is just another example of how audaciously bold, yet beautiful Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops have taken the original scores, molded them into the same pieces, yet at the same time, creating life of their own in each and every note. If you are looking for ANY soundtrack containing Disney music, this should be the first CD you listen to. There are others out there, and yes, they may sound beautiful and enchanting, but you won't find such a unique and compelling score anywhere else other than this CD. Check it out!!
81st Birthday Concert
Average customer rating: Not rated
    81st Birthday Concert

    Manufacturer: Bridge
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by CoplandAll Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000003GJ4
    Release Date: 1993-11-01

    Tracks:

    1. Zion's Walls
    2. At The River
    3. Simple Gifts
    4. Three Moods: Embittered
    5. Three Moods: Wistful
    6. Three Moods: Jazzy
    7. Night Thoughts
    8. Conversation With Aaron Copland, Donald L. Leavitt And Leo Smit
    9. Introduction By Jan DeGaetani/Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson
    10. Nature, The Gentlest Mother
    11. There Came A Wind Like A Bugle
    12. Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven?
    13. The World Feels Dusty
    14. Heart, We Will Forget Him
    15. Dear March, Come In!
    16. Sleep Is Supposed To Be
    17. When They Come Back
    18. I Felt A Funeral In My Brain
    19. I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes
    20. Going To Heaven
    21. The Chariot
    22. The Little Horses (From Old American Songs, Second Set, 1952)
    I Need You/Don't Forget to Remember
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • a great CD
    I Need You/Don't Forget to Remember
    Daniel O'Donnell
    Manufacturer: Dptv Media
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    ASIN: B0000AM6GF
    Release Date: 2003-08-12

    Tracks:

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    2. Sing An Old Irish Song
    3. From A Jack to A King
    4. Lovely Rose Of Clare
    5. Stand Beside Me
    6. Irish Eyes
    7. Dear Old Galway Town
    8. Three Leaf Shamrock
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    10. Kickin' Each Others Hearts Around
    11. Medals For Mothers
    12. Wedding Bells
    13. Snowflake
    14. Your Friendly Irish Way
    15. Lough Melvin's Rocky Shore
    16. I Love You Because

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    3. Old Loves Never Die
    4. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
    5. Don't Be Angry
    6. Roses Are Red
    7. Before I'm Over You
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars a great CD.......2007-05-29

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    You Won't Forget About Me
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Dannii Minogue vs. Flower Power
    Manufacturer: All Around the World
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    ASIN: B000661VW4
    Release Date: 2004-10-26

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    1. Radio Edit
    2. Instrumental Version

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    2004 single from Dannii Minogue is a collaboration with one of the biggest tracks of the summer, Flowerpower a huge club anthem coming out of Time in Italy which has been topping the European dance charts throughout the last few months. Dannii has co-written the vocal. Two tracks, 'You Won't Forget About Me' (Radio Edit & Instrumental). All Around The World.

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    The Younger Sister of Kylie Strikes Again with a Full Disc of Six Mixes of this Hit Floorstomper.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Another Hit.......2004-11-27

    Over the last few years Dannii has given us hit after hit. This is the new single from her new upcoming album which follows her succes from NEON NIGHTS.
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    Amazon.com

    Though American, Barbara Bonney has spent most of her career in Europe and, up until recently, never saw the need to sing in English. But this collection is entirely in English, featuring the title piece written for her by Previn--sort of a tone poem for voice, nice but not great--plus Samuel Barber's more familiar Hermit Songs, Dominick Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs and Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson. It's one of her best recordings and a big step in the gradual evolution of an artist who began as another pretty-voiced soprano and is becoming one of the most memorable recitalists of her generation. --David Patrick Stearns

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A soprano must!.......2007-01-08

    This collection of songs is very helpful for sopranos--all of you will need to know these pieces at some point!

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent album, with some minor quibbles.......2005-08-13

    One of my first experiences as an accompanist was to play the Argento Elizabethan songs, and ever since I've had a special affinity for them. That alone was my reason for purchasing this particular disc, and the fact that the Barber Hermit Songs were here was a major bonus!

    Bonney does a beautiful job with all the sets presented here, and Previn delivers a perfectly complimentary accompaniment to Bonney's soaring tone.

    One thing I found interesting about Bonney was her frequent use of straight tone. I can't verify if she's chosen to do so for interpretive reasons, but there are occasions in all the sets (esp. the Barber and Argento) where I find that it sticks out. In general, her tone is always beautiful, and the lack of vibrancy doesn't affect the pitch or flow of the line. It's a very minor issue, but I feel compelled to mention it for those who may not be expecting this stylistic detail.

    At any rate, the repertoire is amazing, and I think this disc is almost essential as the Rubinstein disc I reviewed elsewhere on Amazon. I'm not letting my issue with Bonney's vibrancy take away from the 5-star rating. :)

    4 out of 5 stars I like it!.......2002-03-04

    I bought this cd a while ago. The reason I bought it is because Barbara Bonney is my favourite artist. I think she sings beautifully in this cd. But for the repetoire, I think it's a litte bit too contemparory for me and I am not really into that. Still, I think she did an excellent job in this recording! It's really worth buying!

    5 out of 5 stars International, and yet local.......2001-02-20

    Mrs. Bonney, born in America but with several years in Europe is able to give us the best of the two worlds.

    The CD is a masterpiece of fantastic singing and with heart and the freedom that Mr. Previn adds to his piano playing.

    I bought the CD based in the recommendation of the Gramophone magazine, and again they are right.

    Previos review gives a good overall picture of the performance

    Buy it!

    5 out of 5 stars Bonney Changes Course.......1999-09-13

    This recording marks a new high for Bonney. While her silvery tone and lyricism have always been more than suffcient to captivate her listeners, Bonney takes risks on this disc like never before. She has a maturity and depth to her sound that makes one realize that her older recordings were more shallow in retrospect. Not only is she willing to step out of the box so many sopranos fall into: of wanting to sound "pretty" all the time; she is aggressive and surprisingly edgy in her interpretations of the Barber set, shockingly frank in the Argento, and convincingly ominous in the closing Previn vocalise. With this disc, Bonney has truly established herself as a force in vocal music, and as the definitive American singer today.
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      2. John Woods Duke: Lieder
      3. Favorite English Songs
      4. But Yesterday Is Not Today-The American Art Song 1927-1972
      5. Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers

      ASIN: B00005V9UK
      Release Date: 2002-01-01

      Tracks:

      1. Just-Spring
      2. Acquainted With the Night
      3. Water that Falls and Runs Away
      4. I Carry Your Heart
      5. The Mountains Are Dancing
      6. April Elegy
      7. Morning in Paris
      8. There Will Be Stars
      9. Good Morning, Midnight
      10. Heart! We will forget him!
      11. Bee! Im expecting you!
      12. The Bird
      13. Little Elegy
      14. All Music, All Delight
      15. Shes Somewhere in the Sunlight Strong
      16. Bells in the Rain
      17. Penguin Geometry
      18. O, it was out by Donnycarney
      19. Aubade
      20. I cant be talkin of love
      21. Walking in the Rain
      22. Merry-go-round

      Album Description

      John Duke (1899-1984) is one of the acknowledged masters of the American art song. This release of twenty-three of his finest songs will afford lovers of vocal music the opportunity to discover Duke's little-known corpus. Comparison with the musical language of other notable American art song composers (Griffes, Loeffler, or Ives, for instance) reveals an unusually consistent and personal style throughout most of Duke's career, the composer venturing only slightly afield of a conventional tonal practice derived mostly from European music of the nineteenth century. Musical influences on his language, in fact, are almost entirely European; most of his songs have an accompanimental texture unmistakably his, continuing, in a way, the tradition of the German Lied, using poems in English.

      Duke often claimed, both in his writings and in conversation with colleagues, to have developed his art song style somewhat self-consciously after having studied in great detail the historical, poetical, and musical contexts of three previous genres exhibiting a marriage of music and poetry: the Elizabethan song, the nineteenth-century Lied and the French mélodie of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His choice of poetry avoids almost completely the abstract in favor of the tried and true themes of love and mortality, themes that most composers have found the most suitable for musical treatment. Duke's music is taken very seriously by those who know his work intimately. After all, about how many American composers could it be said that all 265 songs have a natural feel for the voice, an elegantly matched pianistic accompaniment, a recognizable and personal style, and a musical language that never resorts to false syntax? It is easy to see why American singers love to sing his songs.

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars A Generous Packet of Art Songs by American Composer John Duke.......2006-01-27

      Though his name may not be a household word among American composers, to singers the lieder of John Woods Duke are a staple of the recital repertoire. A composer well respected in his lifetime (1899 - 1984), his 265 catalogued songs are the epitome of the marriage of text and music. His musical style never veered from melodic but his integration of poetry with his expressive understanding of the voice places him in the same category with Ives, Griffes, Rorem, Barber, Heggie et al.

      This fine recital by soprano Lauralyn Kolb, a former student of the highly regarded Howard Swan of Occidental College and a sought after oratorio soloist and recitalist, with pianist Tina Toglia is a study in musical intelligence. Kolb's soprano voice is beautifully focused and her communication of the texts ranging from ee cummings, Emily Dickinson, Elinor Wylie, Sarah Teasdale, Robert Frost, Richard Nickson, Mark Van Doren to James Joyce is pristine and warmly sensitive. Her collaboration with Toglia demonstrates the way musicians should approach the art song. There are many excellent songs in this collection that could be singled out, but the pleasure of the recital is that the variety selected by the artists is very satisfying for a survey of works by a relatively unknown (to the public) composer. Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

      5 out of 5 stars just spring review... great CD.......2005-08-20

      fast shipment, everything recieved as promised. good seller to buy from. thank you.
      Szep Vagy & Gyonyoru Vagy
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        Szep Vagy & Gyonyoru Vagy

        Manufacturer: Hungaroton
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000303C
        Release Date: 1995-12-12

        Tracks:

        1. SzVagy, Gyru Vagy Magyarorsz[A "Hamburgi Menyasszony" C O]
        2. Nem Lehet Azt Parancsolni Senkinek (You Can't Make Them Do ...)
        3. KorcsmsnAdjon Bort Hitelbe [Give Me Some Wine on Credit, Miss]
        4. Arad Felol (From Arad) [Az "Erzst" C DaljkbFrom Arad]
        5. Debrecenbe' Voltam (I've Been to Debrecen)/ik A, Hajlik a Bl
        6. Vecserny Sz Harang (The Call of the Vesper Bell)
        7. Hulllaton Tetej(On the Gentle Waves of ...)
        8. Te Szoke Gyerek (You Fair-Haired Child)
        9. Kesergo, Palot Friss (Lament, Palotand Quick)
        10. KNefelejcs [Blue Forget-Me-Nots]
        11. Kanyargsza Partj/Minden [On the Bank of the Winding Tisza River]

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