Hello Motherfucker [EP]

hello motherfucker [ep]

Track Listings
1. Nipplemountain Clapdown
2. After the Riot
3. I Don't Bleed (For You)
4. Fear and Loathing Everywhere
5. Names on Walls
6. Inri
7. Muscledog Shot

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Hello Motherfucker [EP]
Out Of Africa: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Simply beautiful
  • CD has missing track
  • Disappointed
  • Worth Buying!
  • Great Album
 Out Of Africa: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Mca
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ASIN: B000002O4X
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Main Title (I Had A Farm In Africa)
  2. I'm Better At Hello (Karen's Theme l)
  3. Have You Got A Story For Me
  4. Concerto For Clarinet and Orhestra
  5. Safari
  6. Karen's Journey - Siyawe (African Traditional)
  7. Flight Over Africa
  8. I Had A Compass From Denys (Karen's Theme II)
  9. Alone On The Farm
  10. Let The Rest Of The World Go By
  11. If I Know A Song Of Africa (Karen's Theme III)
  12. End Title (You Are Karen)

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The great irony of John Barry's Academy Award-winning score for Out of Africa (which also took the Oscar as Best Picture) is that it almost never was; director Sydney Pollack had originally envisioned the film with native African music, going as far as laying the indigenous score down as he was editing. But the weight of John Barry's arguments--not to mention his considerable track record and composing gifts--held sway, and the composer delivered on his intent: a lush, romantic masterpiece for the ages. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful.......2007-01-11

Out of Africa is a CD with beautiful music. When I listen to it, I imagine myself in the nature of Africa. You will enjoy it!

2 out of 5 stars CD has missing track.......2006-12-03

John Barry's compositions are pleasantly sweeping. There's nothing wrong with this album, just not really enough to recommend it.

I was puzzled to learn that some time between my buying the LP record and the issuing of this CD, the track "The Music of Goodbye (love theme from Out of Africa)" was omitted. It's not that this song, sung by Melissa Manchester, is a must-have; it's more that it's sneaky to leave off tracks when you reissue a soundtrack in another format.

1 out of 5 stars Disappointed.......2006-11-10

I absolutely love the music from Out of Africa, but I do not recommend this CD at all. The sound quality is so poor that I could only bear listening to it once.

5 out of 5 stars Worth Buying!.......2006-11-06

Highly recommended for those who love instrumental music. A lot of beautiful flute, strings and some piano and harp. Very contemplative and hauntingly beautiful music.

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2006-11-04

For me, one of the best music of last decade. Romantic, full of sense. Please give a listen at least
The King and I (1956 Film Soundtrack)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • FINALLY, KEER AND NIXON BOTH SING
  • The King and I--a distinguished, beautiful score laced with tenderness and sorrow
  • A fine King and I soundtrack reissue
  • great album
  • a classic
 The King and I (1956 Film Soundtrack)
Deborah Kerr , Yul Brynner , Marni Nixon , Rita Moreno , and Alfred Newman
Manufacturer: Angel Records
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ASIN: B00005A7XC
Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

  1. Main Title - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  2. I Whistle A Happy Tune - Marni Nixon/Rex Thompson
  3. My Lord And Master - Rita Moreno
  4. The March Of The Siamese Children - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  5. Anna And The Royal Wives - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  6. Hello, Young Lovers - Marni Nixon
  7. A Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
  8. Getting To Know You - Deborah Kerr/Marni Nixon
  9. Garden Rendezvous - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  10. We Kiss In A Shadow - Leona Gordon/Reuben Fuentes
  11. I Have Dreamed - Leona Gordon/Reuben Fuentes
  12. Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You? - Deborah Kerr/Marni Nixon
  13. Something Wonderful - Terry Saunders
  14. Prayer To Buddha - Yul Brynner
  15. Waltz Of Anna And Sir Edward - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  16. The Small House Of Uncle Thomas - Rita Moreno
  17. Song Of The King - Yul Brynner/Marni Nixon
  18. Shall We Dance? - Deborah Kerr/Marni Nixon/Yul Brynner
  19. The Letter - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman
  20. Something Wonderful (Finale) - Chorus/Alfred Newman
  21. Overture (LP Version) - 20th Century-Fox Orchestra/Alfred Newman

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Compared with the Broadway cast recording, the 1956 soundtrack to the film version of The King and I wins hands down. Yul Brynner is the king (literally and figuratively) in both formats (how could anyone else own such a role?), but the movie's score has better sonics, Brynner's voice is stronger, and the tunes are more memorable (thanks to Alfred Newman's conducting and Ken Darby's scoring) than on any of the various cast recordings. Marni Nixon sings the role of Anna (played onscreen by Deborah Kerr), Brynner delivers his hallmark performance, and the best-loved tunes--"Hello, Young Lovers," "Getting to Know You," and "I Whistle a Happy Tune" are the versions we'll always remember. A classic. --James Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars FINALLY, KEER AND NIXON BOTH SING.......2007-05-26

WHAT A COMPLETE JOY TO HEAR MARNI NIXON AND
DEBORAH KERR BOTH SING. TRULY A COLLECTORS
ITEM WITH ALL THE NOSTALGIA, OUTSHINES ALL
OTHER ATTEMPTS TO RE-MASTER THIS MAGNIFICANT
MUSIC.

5 out of 5 stars The King and I--a distinguished, beautiful score laced with tenderness and sorrow.......2007-04-08

The King And I soundtrack is presented magnificently on this excellent 76 minute CD. This CD offers us much music and vocals that were cut from the film as well as material that never made it to the record album release of the soundtrack back in 1956. We get stunning performances by giants including Yul Brynner, Terry Saunders and Marni Nixon. This CD is so complete and generous with it's treatment of the soundtrack that it must be considered as the definitive soundtrack edition of the music from The King And I.

The CD starts off with the music for the "main title" of the film; and this also serves as an appetizer to whet out appetites for what's to come. "I Whistle A Happy Tune" gives us Marni Nixon singing the vocals for Deborah Kerr; the melody is infectiously catchy; this song is one of the highlights of the CD. "My Lord And Master," performed by Leona Gordon who sang the vocals for Rita Moreno, is another masterpiece with a softness to it that belies the pain Rita's character Tuptim feels because she is separated from her one true love. "The March Of The Siamese Children" is performed by the 20th Century Fox Orchestra to perfection without a single superfluous note; the melody infuses this number with an Asian flavor as well.

Other gems on this CD--and that would, quite honestly, include every single track--include "Hello, Young Lovers" sung by Marni Nixon as Deborah Kerr's character Anna Leonowens laments a love gone awry back in England; the touching and heartrending "We Kiss In A Shadow;" Terry Saunders as Lady Thiang performing "Something Wonderful" with exceptional sensitivity and "Shall We Dance?" which is performed by Deborah Kerr, Marni Nixon and Yul Brynner. As you listen to numbers like "Shall We Dance?" that calls for Anna, played by Deborah Kerr, to speak and then sing, you will have a hard time discerning where Deborah Kerr leaves off speaking and Marni Nixon starts singing. It's THAT good.

As long as I include the words "Something Wonderful" when writing this review I must add that the extras you get are stupendous. As I stated above, the CD boasts much that the record album soundtrack never included. Indeed, we get music that didn't even make it to the final cut of the movie! I loved the beautiful and sensitive rendition of "The Small House Of Uncle Thomas" which was previously unreleased and "Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You" is a marvelous song--cut from the final edited edition of the film--that highlights Anna's contempt for the King's backward ways.

The CD package offers more still. Along with the CD comes a generous 32 page booklet with an extensive essay by Charles L. Granata that tells the history of both the stage play and the making of the stage play into a major motion picture at Fox. In addition, you get the song credits and there are rarely seen photographs as well.

The quality of the sound shines like solid gold. These performances reflect great sensitivity to the emotions each character felt. It is a special treat to listen to Yul Brynner's songs; he infuses each song and even every word with just the right emotions so that the listener experiences exactly what his character feels at every turn.

This CD is one of the very few that truly remind me of the old MGM logo which boasted of having "more stars than there are in the heavens." Indeed, five stars are nowhere near enough for this treasure. I highly recommend this CD for people who truly loved and appreciated The King And I both in its several onstage productions as well as on the big screen; and fans of show tunes will delight in this CD soundtrack with its' diamonds scattered broadly in all directions.

5 out of 5 stars A fine King and I soundtrack reissue.......2007-02-10

Of the three recent EMI-Angel R&H film soundtrack reissues, I find that this reissue of the King & I soundtrack is the best-executed. The King and I shows a new maturing of the R&H element and this superb 1956 film adaptation more than certainly does it justice. The superb soundtrack presented here includes the complete score, along with some of Alfred Newman's underscoring, and boasts splendid performances by Marni Nixon and Yul Brynner. And of course the orchestra is sumptuous and properly lush, enveloping us in sweltering renditions of some of Rodgers' most heartfelt melodies.

I won't reiterate the critic-proof performances here. Other reviewers have covered them elsewhere. Nixon as a voice-dubber is in her element as Anna, and portrays her characterfully. Brynner is in his element as the King, as firm, commanding and authoritative as we've always known him to be. This performance shows him at his best, ripe, fresh and mature. Leona Gordon and Reuben Fuentes shine as the star-crossed lovers Tuptim and Lun Tha, bringing a melancholic quality to their brief numbers. It's really a treat to hear their renditions of the omitted songs My Lord and Master and I Have Dreamed. Rita Moreno as the real Tuptim acquits herself well when narrating the Uncle Tom's Cabin ballet sequence, presented for the first time on an official soundtrack recording. It's good to also hear Terry Saunders as Lady Thiang, in a heartfelt, humane and imploring rendition of Something Wonderful, and she is the icing on the cake of this superb soundtrack recording.

This EMI-Angel R&H soundtrack offers an extra benefit in addition to the extra musical sequences. Unlike the companion CDs of Oklahoma and Carousel, it presents the extra material from the original unmixed studio vault masters, except for the Prayer to Buddha and the Uncle Tom's Cabin ballet. This means that this reissue is blessedly free of the extraneous sound effects that plague the Oklahoma and Carousel CDs. I know that the sound effects and little snippets of dialogue drown out the music, but at least these reissues are a start in presenting comprehensive R&H soundtracks worthy of their films. What a pity that none of these R&H soundtrack reissues aren't 2-CD sets, otherwise we would have been able to hear the underscore.

In short, this is a superb presentation of a fine R&H film soundtrack.

5 out of 5 stars great album.......2006-07-15

Great songs for kids to learn to sing along, instead of bubble gum fluff.

5 out of 5 stars a classic.......2006-06-05

A true musical theater classic. Wonderful melodies that will last for years to come.
Other classics not to forget about are:
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
The Wizard of Oz
Chitty Chitty Bang Band
The first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Sound of Music
Oliver
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof
Singing in the Rain
The Wiz
Little Mermaid
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Grease
The King and I
Oklahoma
The Music Man
South Pacific

My Voice Students are always asking me for recommendations so I though I'd post it for all! We can't forget about these great musicals!
Hello Love
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Voices don't sound any better than this
  • i LOVE the tanyas!
  • The Tanyas "Are Good"
  • The Be Good Tanyas Sooth the Soul
  • Some Great Songs and Some Good Background Music
 Hello Love
The Be Good Tanyas
Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records
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ASIN: B000I0QKBK
Release Date: 2006-10-10

Tracks:

  1. Human Thing
  2. For The Turnstiles
  3. A Thousand Tiny Pieces
  4. Ootischenia
  5. A Little Blues
  6. Scattered Leaves
  7. Hello Love
  8. Nobody Cares For Me
  9. Out Of The Wilderness
  10. Song For R.
  11. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
  12. Crow Waltz
  13. When Doves Cry

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When the Be Good Tanyas released their heralded debut disc, Blue Horse, in 2000, much of the magic came from the discovery of a talented new group whose whole was stronger than the sum of its parts--especially in the unique harmonies and mature songwriting skills. When it comes to their third disc, Hello Love, the subtle delights are all there, from the goose-bump creating vocals of co-frontwoman Frazey Ford on the title track, to the trio's bluegrass-laden instrumentation ("Little Blues" "Crow Waltz"), which provides listeners with an invitation to a Be Goods back porch jam. As is the band's way, there is an abundance of compelling cover tunes, from a Tanya-esque take on Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles" to a revisit of the underappreciated Sean Hayes's "Thousand Tiny Pieces." The originals, however, stand up equally well; highlights include "Ootischenia" and "Song for R." While the trio hasn't managed to outshine their spectacular debut, Hello Love is a CD filled with cross-generational charm and musical riches. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Voices don't sound any better than this.......2007-07-13

This cd isn't a classic, but music doesn't get much better than this. Jolie Holland rejoins the band for some of the songs and it's like she never left. There are songs that are stronger than others; "Human Thing," "Ootischenia," "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today," are all among the best that BGTs have ever done. "When Doves Cry" is a nice cover of the Prince song that is unlike anything I would have ever expected. The Be Good Tanyas are among the most intelligent bands out there and they stay true to their craft with this cd.

5 out of 5 stars i LOVE the tanyas!.......2007-04-02

this is my absolute favorite CD right now. i fell in love with the tanyas on this CD, and their others are great, but this is my fav. Their cover of "for the turnstiles" is great, but i wish they did more of their own songs, because those are wonderful. the tanyas have kindled my love for folk music!

3 out of 5 stars The Tanyas "Are Good".......2007-03-10

This album follows int the footsteps of their previous albums, so if you like their style this album will not disappoint. It does, however,have a little less focus and sounds like they didn't have a unitary theme to carry them through from beginning to end. If a smorgasbord approach doesn't bother you then I think you will enjoy this album.

5 out of 5 stars The Be Good Tanyas Sooth the Soul.......2007-01-23

These beautiful women write such amazing songs!
I've been lucky enough to catch their shows a few times in the U.S and Canada and they just quietly blow me away each time. If you love their rootsy folkin' sound, check out Po' Girl and The Old Crow Medicine Show's CDs, fellow friends on the scene.
The pluck a mean fiddle and strum a sweet guitar and their voices soothe what ails ya...
I hope they continue on and on into purpetuity with all their sweet little children at their sides...telling tall tales and spinning yarns, people from far and wide leaning in to hear their voices mingling, giving us a glimpse of heaven right here on Earth.

4 out of 5 stars Some Great Songs and Some Good Background Music.......2007-01-10

I bought this album after hearing "For the Turnstiles," the cover of the Neil Young song. The other highlights are the innovative cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and the upbeat "Ootishenia." I find we listen to The Be Good Tanyas first album, "Blue Train" more, but this is a very good album.
Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • They Might Be Cover Songs
  • worth it
  • Full of suprises, both good and bad
  • Not worthy
  • awesome tribute to a great band
 Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Bar/None Records
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ASIN: B000FQVYF4
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

  1. Ana Ng - Self
  2. Pet Name - The Long Winters
  3. Narrow Your Eyes - David Miller
  4. She's An Angel - Charles Douglas
  5. Road Movie To Berlin - Frank Black
  6. They'll Need A Crane - The Wrens
  7. Dead - Steve Burns
  8. Letterbox - OK Go
  9. Boat Of Car - Recepter
  10. Don't Let's Start - This Radiant Boy
  11. Doctor Worm - Jason Trachtenburg
  12. It's Not My Birthday - Fluid Ounces
  13. Another First Kiss - Brett Kull
  14. The End Of The Tour - Hotel Lights

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars They Might Be Cover Songs.......2006-07-14

TMBG rocks and so does this tribute album. Best of the best is Frank Black, Long Winters, Charles Douglas, & The Wrens. Good is Self, David Miller & Hotel Lights. Decent is Steve Burns, Ok Go, Brett Kull & Fluid Ounces. Bad is Recepter, This Radiant Boy, & Jason Trachtenburg and the fact that Reel Big Fish are MIA. If you get this you will like it, though as many of the covers top the TMBG originals.

4 out of 5 stars worth it.......2006-07-13

I've been waiting for this collection to be released for a while now. The easiest way to review it is just to do a track by track breakdown of the good songs. I'll pass on the ones I didn't like and let someone else savage them!

1. "Ana Ng" by Self. On first listen this sounded somewhat close to the original, mainly because of the vocals. HOWEVER, this is now my favorite track and is far better than the original. It's done with tons of guitars and layering, and sounds like Self (duh) and a little like some of Brendan Benson's more rockin' stuff. Grade: A+

2. "Pet Name" by The Long Winters. I love the Long Winters, but this track is not as good or polished as their albums/eps. The vocals sound kinda sloppy and off. But it's also much better than the original TMBG track, which I always found annoying. This sounds like some drunken garage-rock REM or Replacements b-side (in a good way). Grade: B

3. "Narrow Your Eyes" by David Miller. Very cool 60's sound on this one--made me think of classic power pop stuff (Who, Raspbberries, mid-Kinks). I've never even heard the original but this is neat, thanks to great guitars and handclappy choruses. Grade: A

4. "She's An Angel" by Charles Douglas. This one's also a really great track that I like more than the original one. Sounds like the Pixies or Lou Reed, and has Pavement-y guitars galore. Nice strange keyboards at the end too. Fantastic, weird stuff that transforms the original catchy oddity into a great spiky rock song. Grade: A

5. "Road Movie to Berlin" by Frank Black. Strange to think the previous Charles Douglas track sounds more like the Pixies than this does, but there it is. Another strong cover that reinvents the original as a country-rock stroll. Not perfect, but I love Frank Black, so this gets Grade: A-

6. "They'll Need a Crane" by The Wrens. My second personal favorite track on here. A complete deconstruction of the song. It becomes an agonizing, bizarre lament that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stick up. The Wrens are such an incredible band. This, like most of their music, gets a Grade A+

7. "Dead" by Steve Burns. The guy from Blues Clues! This one doesn't blow me away, but it's nice enough. Sticks close to the original but with a little bit of a psychedelic/laptop element, if that makes any sense. Pleasant but not essential. Grade: B-

Pass on tracks 8,9,10--none of them hooked me.

11. "Dr. Worm" by Jason Trachtenburg. This is a love-it-or-hate-it song to begin with. I personally find this version endearing and fun to listen to. It sounds folky and playful. Yet obviously some people are going to hate its silly quality... Grade: B

tracks 12 & 13 are okay, but not great.

14. "End of the Tour" by Hotel Lights. This blows the original right out of the water--completely perfect in every way. Hotel Lights have taken a great song and made it completely their own. Sounds mellow, emotional, reminds me of Hotel Lights other stuff, also Kingsbury Manx, and 70's singer-songwriter stuff. Grade: A

Thus concludes my overview of this album--hope it's useful to some of y'all.

4 out of 5 stars Full of suprises, both good and bad.......2006-07-13

No matter the what band you base them on, tribute albums always have the inherent quality of being both great albums and total letdowns. However, in an offhanded sort of way, that is the point of a tribute album: to show how different classic songs can be interpreted by different groups of people. With that being said, "Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants" does exactly that. And while some of the covers do tend to fall flat, the number of good (and great) completely outweighs the bad.

While some of the more faithful covers (see: "It's Not My Birthday" and "Another First Kiss") tend to be strictly "just fine," a few of the more deviant covers are the ones that stand out the most. The Long Winters' more upbeat, somewhat racous version of "Pet Name" is terribly fun to sing along, as is David Miller's "Narrow Your Eyes" (listen for the great The Who inspired guitar solo in place of Linnell's accordion solo), and Receptor's "Boat of Car" is suprisingly well done, making the song sound much more interesting, as well as more grimm at times.
As far as the less-than-favorable tracks, This Radiant Boy's obligatory punk cover of "Don't Let's Start" is so lazily performed that it almost sounds more like a parody than a tribute (at least there's already a great cover of "Don't Let's Start" by Common Rotation on their "The Big Fear" album to make up for it). OK Go doesn't do much better either with their cover of "Letterbox." While I commend them for experimenting outside of their usual upbeat sound(the song has a very glitchy and fuzzed out distortion feeling to it, almost reminiscant to Trent Reznor's work), it fails completely engage the listener.

Overall, "Hello Radio..." does exactly what a tribute album should do, and nothing less. Still, I completely recommend that any fan of They Might Be Giants should buy it to at least view (and possibly rediscover) some of their favorite songs from a different perpective.

3 out of 5 stars Not worthy.......2006-07-13

I have been a big TMBG fan since... forever. I preorded this disc a while ago, and it showed up an hour ago. My initial analysis of this is that it should be in the collection of a die-hard TMBG fan, but it is not great. A lot of tribute albums are more enjoyable to listen to than the originals straight through. However, this is not the case for this one. Get this if you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to spend, but don't spend your hard earned cash on it.

5 out of 5 stars awesome tribute to a great band.......2006-07-13

They Might Be Giants is one of my favorite bands. However, you don't need to be a fan to enjoy most of the stuff on here. Most of the songs on this album basically take a guitar based indie rock approach to TMBG's catalog. Some of the cover versions are better than the originals, especially Self doing "Ana Ng," but also the tracks by Frank Black, The Wrens, and Hotel Lights. I would definitely recommend picking this up if you're into TMBG or some of the bands on here.
Hello Nasty
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Solid Beasite Boys FLAAAAVA
  • This CD is sweet cuh
  • Great
  • I used to have this
  • a different sound
 Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B000007TE8
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

  1. Super Disco Breakin'
  2. The Move
  3. Remote Control
  4. Song For The Man
  5. Just A Test
  6. Body Movin'
  7. Intergalactic
  8. Sneakin' Out The Hospital
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  17. Electrify
  18. Picture This
  19. Unite
  20. Dedication
  21. Dr. Lee Ph.D - (with Money Mark)
  22. Instant Death

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It's been a dozen years since the Beastie Boys broke, and on Hello Nasty, they show that--though they've grown up, matured, and just gotten older--they're still in touch with the inner brat that always made them so much fun. Turns out that the brat's turned into an ace record collector with choice taste in collaborators, too. --Randy Silver

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On their previous album, Ill Communication, the Beastie Boys expanded their parameters yet again, melding cutting-edge hip-hop with slinky jazz, butt-wiggling funk, weepy classical, and combustive punk rock. Four years down the line, the group's music isn't nearly as organic. They've all but abandoned the guitars and returned to the kind of old-school beats and rhythms that defined their groundbreaking 1989 disc, Paul's Boutique. But Hello Nasty isn't a regression, and it's anything but a cop-out: in addition to resurrecting the best elements from their past, the Beastie Boys have embraced the dopest high tech gizmos of the computer age. Hello Nasty gurgles like galactic sulfur pools, whizzes like a Sega game, and slurps and thumps like the best backward Hendrix loops. Add in a cavalcade of Latin percussion, calliope keyboards, and exotic samples (Stravinsky, Stephen Sondheim, Jazz Crusaders, Rachmaninoff), and you're left with one of the most creative and jubilant hip-hop records to date, even if you exclude witty lyrics like, "I'm the king of Boggle / There is none higher / I get 11 points off the word quagmire" ("Putting Shame in Your Game"). To paraphrase über-critic Robert Christgau, Paul's Boutique may have been the band's Pet Sounds, but Hello Nasty is the Beasties' Sgt. Pepper's. --Jon Wiederhorn

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Solid Beasite Boys FLAAAAVA.......2007-02-10

'Hello Nasty' by the Beastie Boys is one of their best offerings ever put down. With this album the Beasties felt like they were as solid as they ever were and you could just get the general feel that they really enjoyed making this album. Even the commercially friendly tracks such as 'Intergalactic' and 'Body Movin' could be enjoyed by the alternative masses, and there are plenty of other tracks here ~20 in total with all sorts of different styles that many a fans will appreciate the smooth sounds coming out of their speakers.

If you like Rap and/or alternative hip-hop you owe it to yourself to pick up 'Hello Nasty' and enjoy one of the most unique bands in the genre.

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

5 out of 5 stars This CD is sweet cuh.......2007-02-03

the best song is probably Intergalactic, Body Movin', 3 MCs and 1 DJ, or Remote Control. This is the epitome of classic Beastie Boys. RAW and Gangsta str8 outta Brooklyn & Manhattan NAMEAN!

5 out of 5 stars Great.......2006-04-06

i found out about the beastie boys after buying their solid gold hits cd, and i loved intergalactic and body movin, so i got this. this is great too, but my only complaint is the instrumental tracks. what is their point? other than that this is a great cd.

2 out of 5 stars I used to have this.......2006-02-21

I left this cd under the seat of my car for like 3 years, during which time, it had popped out of the crappy case and got all scratched up. When I finally cleaned out my car, I threw the cd away.

5 out of 5 stars a different sound.......2006-02-20

I like how the beasite boys experiment with their sound and they definitley do that on this one,it's a must own.
Hello, I Must Be Going!
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Phil's best drum song on the first track!
  • Hello, I must be going
  • over and i over i keep on getting back to this
  • Fabulous! Collins best album. Energetic and insightful.
  • Hello, I Must Be Staying!
 Hello, I Must Be Going!
Phil Collins
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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ASIN: B000002IG4
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. I Don't Care Anymore
  2. I Cannot Believe It's True
  3. Like China
  4. Do You Know, Do You Care?
  5. You Can't Hurry Love
  6. It Don't Matter To Me
  7. Thru These Walls
  8. Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
  9. The West Side
  10. Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning

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If you are considering divorcing a rock star, let Hello, I Must Be Going! serve as fair warning of what you're likely to face once the papers have been signed and the settlements made. Collins got the last word on sundering his relationship with first wife Jill (he actually addresses her by name on the album!), and managed to deliver it to millions of homes via this album, which contains one blistering diatribe after another: "I Don't Care Anymore," "I Cannot Believe It's True," "Do You Know, Do You Care?," and "It Don't Matter to Me." The mood is tempered a bit by a lively remake of the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" and "Like China," a sprightly rocker celebrating new love. Yet as listenable and engaging as it is, Hello, I Must Be Going! has to be regarded as one of the angriest albums in mainstream rock history. Great stuff, when you're in the mood for that sort of thing. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Phil's best drum song on the first track!.......2007-01-11

If you like Phil Collins, you will love this album. A good recording, although this special foreign mastered CD is not as loud as other CDs in my collection.

4 out of 5 stars Hello, I must be going.......2007-01-07

This is a very good CD from Phil, I think, being a great fan of him. There are some very serious but also one hilarious number on it. Serious like "Do You Know And Do You Care" and "I Don't Care Anymore" and hilarious is "Like China". It is about Phil loving a girl but her family doesn't agree with the relationship. He brings it on quite funny though. He sings: "I promise not to hurt you, I'll hold you like china"

Very good! Thank you Phil!

4 out of 5 stars over and i over i keep on getting back to this.......2006-12-12

I just wrote this review because I have to say this...

"I don't care anymore" is probably the best whiteboy-style "i don't care about you, girl, even though here I am writing songs about you" songs ever recorded. Minimalist and wonderful.

The motown stuff is fine, and the rest is decent, but that lead track is a keeper.

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous! Collins best album. Energetic and insightful........2006-07-30

I didn't think Collins could top his first solo effort, but he sure did - even in his selection of Mowtown tunes. It's clear that Collins still had a lot to say about his failed first marriagne, and-or relationships themselvses - hence, the pleading "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away," and "Why Can't It Wait Till Morning," or even the shock of "I Cannot Believe It's True". And his restrengthening is apparent in "It Don't Matter To Me," and "Do You Know, Do You Care". But Collins begins to show a side that will be expected from him on future efforts, both of his own and Genesis. His self deprecating edge in "Like China" and the quirkiness of "Thru These Walls" animates this and future efforts more economically than some of the earlier Genesis epics used to, and that formula will become a familiar staple. And you'll get debate over his cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" and whether he does it better or not, though even Collins would never purport to exceed the Supremes. This is the one Collins album that is easy to listen from beginning to end. Great R&B backed by a great brass section (The Hot Tub Club toured with him on this effort), outstanding ballads and great early 80s pop. "No Jacket Required" will come close, but no future albums will have as broad an appeal. The dependence upon video to promote CDs for the next decade will affect the way Collins music is received in the future, and how he presents it to an extent. And fortunately (or unfortunately), Collins will no longer have his divorce to rely on for emotional depth. I must say (selfishly) that musically, that's too bad.

5 out of 5 stars Hello, I Must Be Staying!.......2006-02-02

A great collection of songs! This is one of the albums Phil did that sold over five million world-wide! Though there were only ten songs on here (and some that didn't impress me much) this is a must buy for any fan of Phil.
Goodbye and Hello
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B000005ITY
Release Date: 1989-07-10

Tracks:

  1. No Man Can Find The War
  2. Carnival Song
  3. Pleasant Street
  4. Hallucinations
  5. I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain
  6. Once I Was
  7. Phantasmagoria In Two
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Before Tim Buckley got carried away with jazz rhythms in the '70s, he made profoundly moving folk-rock albums that showcased his stunning vocal range, thoughtful lyrics, and penchant for occasionally imbuing tracks with surprisingly soulful, non-blue-eyed grooves and infectious jangle-pop melodies. Goodbye and Hello, his second album (recorded in 1967 when he was only 20), runs the gamut. Here Buckley hints at the sensual howl that would blossom in the '70s ("I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain," "Pleasant Street," "Hallucinations"). While he goes into hippie-poet-deep-thinker mode on a few songs, the excellent folk-soul tracks win out. --Lorry Fleming

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A great disc.......2006-03-19

A great disc from Buckley's folksie period. "Once I Was," one of Buckley's best songs, is worth the price of admission by itself. Pure angst. Musically, this is a five-star disc. Downrated to four stars because of sound quality. Although never the world's greatest sounding disc even on LP, this disc sounds like it may be a generation or two removed from the master tapes, and would DEFINITELY benefit from a remastering job by one of the boutique audiophile lables like Audio Fidelity or Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. Don't let that deter you though; this is a great disc, and a great introduction to Buckley for anyone who isn't already a convert.

5 out of 5 stars You reel you feel you kneel down.......2005-11-13

Tim Buckley recorded quite a few albums and even his live recordings can't capture what it was like to actually see him perform live. Goodbye and Hello is in my estimation his finest studio album because it highlights his extraordinary vocal talent. His voice was like no other artist, at times powerful, sexy and angelic it defied the usual labels and stood alone.
This album would be worth owning just for the song Pleasant Street, but most of the songs are first rate and Once I Was is a heartbreaker.

3 out of 5 stars so overrated.......2005-03-29

Is it me? Critics and now you lot give this album praise it simply doesn`t deserve. I love Tim Buckley, but this - in spite of two of his loveliest songs, Once I Was and Morning Glory, which represent two stars of my three-star rating - is mostly pseudo-poetic, musically angular stuff.
I`d suggest getting the mid-priced two-in-one of this and his wonderful debut album, and then look for Blue Afternoon, Happy Sad, Lorca - well, all the rest, really. Yes, even the much-maligned Sefronia and underrated Look at the Fool.

5 out of 5 stars A LIGHT FROM THE 60s THAT STILL SHINES BRIGHTLY..........2004-01-25

There's no denying that some of the lyrics on this album apply specifically to the incredible era that was the 1960s - but have the values and beliefs they espoused so vibrantly faded into nonexistence? I don't think so. Emphasis shifts, forms of expression change - but the things about which Tim Buckley sang so eloquently on this recording are eternal: war and peace (both internal and external); love and loneliness; the strife that is born between generations. The 60s era was full of bands and songwriters wrestling with these subjects, striving to help us all deal with them - and more than a few who tagged along for the ride with the hope of making a buck out of the movements that arose around them. Buckley - and his (then-) lyricist Larry Beckett were, as artists, reaching desperately and honestly for something higher, not for any accolades that might come their way as a result, but to latch onto something they could use to pull themselves (and the rest of us) up to a higher level. Tim Buckley succeeded in this more than most of his contemporaries.

The musicianship on the album is superb. Buckley has moved to a 12-string acoustic guitar, the instrument which was soon to become his main choice. Lee Underwood is along on lead guitar - and I can't say too much about Lee's contributions to Tim's music (and his life - he was one of Buckley's closest friends). Carter C. C. Collins makes his first recorded appearance on congas - another musician who would become a close friend to Buckley, as well as a frequent, welcome accompanist. Jim Fielder is along on bass on some of the tracks. Most of the rest of the musicians, while talented, are studio players brought into the recording by producer Jerry Yester - Elektra recognized Tim's potential, and wanted a fairly slick, commercial recording. It turned out pretty good from all angles - but it would be the last bow to commerciality that Buckley would make.

The album begins with a song dealing with the horrors of war - it was, after all, the era of Vietnam - but in the case of `No man can find the war', the lyrics suggest that the real war is not in the jungle, but in the minds of men and women: `Is the war across the sea? Is the war behind the sky? Have you each and all gone blind? Is the war inside your mind?' It is only when we fight - or at least make an attempt to do so - the battles that rage within us that real peace will come. `Carnival song', the next track (written by Buckley alone) speaks to hypocrisy and truth, and does so more directly than many of the more popular tunes of the day that addressed this subject. `Pleasant Street' (also written by Buckley alone) is one of his finest tunes - `Hallucinations' is just that - the melody, lyrics and arrangement combine to produce a gently swirling maelstrom that draws the listener into the images spun by the singer.

The next track, `I never asked to be your mountain', is in my opinion one of the best things Buckley ever wrote. In it, he addresses his first wife, speaking openly and poetically of the forces that pull two people together and drive them apart. His 12-string guitar thunders out the rhythm on this track, drawing the other musicians along with him into one of the most powerful pieces he ever recorded. At the end of the song, the listener aches to hear Tim cry out `...please come home...' over and over - this is piercing music straight from the heart, which is where all of Tim's songs originated.

`Once I was' follows, a song that speaks gently of love and change - a beautiful song. `Phantasmagoria in two' (which Tim and Lee called `The fiddler'), is a deceptively progressive step in Tim's songwriting - giving free rein to the meaning at the heart of the song, Tim abandons completely attempting to force the words into rhyme. The effect is perfect - Tim's lyrics are so moving, combined with his amazing voice and the melody, that it almost goes unnoticed, form being overshadowed (as it should be) by substance. `Knight-errant' is next - a nod to the romantic attitudes of the era that uses the images of a knight and his lady nicely, if a bit naïvely.

`Goodbye and hello' is Larry Becket's magnum opus - at least among the songs he co-wrote with Tim. It's quite a piece of poetry, with two stanzas existing side-by-side in several places (and sung that way by Tim) - the fact that Tim was able to take this challenge up and write the melody for it says a lot about his skills as well as his determination. This is a tune that, due to its complexity, was only performed live on a couple of occasions. It borders on being overwrought - but it stands nevertheless as a valuable document.

`Morning glory' ends the set - this was covered more popularly by Blood Sweat and Tears - a gentle song that is deceptive in its depth, dealing with the romantic notion (held by the `character' who sings it) that simply by asking a hobo about his life, that life can be experienced by the questioner. The hobo makes his point by his refusal to tell his stories to the singer - and Beckett's lyrics make the point as well, that experience is the greatest teacher.

This is an amazingly good album - a wonderful example of Tim's most `accessible' work - and one which will shine for many years to come. Once you've dipped into the rich well that is Tim Buckley's voice, allow yourself to become adventurous and move on into his jazz explorations (on HAPPY SAD and BLUE AFTERNOON), then on to his more experimental works (LORCA and STARSAILOR, which he considered to be his greatest achievement). It's a journey you won't regret.

5 out of 5 stars One of Buckley's best.......2003-07-01

This, of course, was Tim's second album for Elektra, and where his first seemed a bit tentative at times (though still good), Goodbye and Hello shows Buckley more in command of his songwriting and singing talents. Favourite tracks: "Phantasmagoria in Two," "Morning Glory" (an oft-covered classic, but few have done it as well as Tim did originally), "Hallucinations" and "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain." The title cut itself seems a little overproduced or overarranged at times, but that in no way detracts from the overall excellence of the album. For a true masterpiece, however, Tim's next album, Happy Sad, comes highly recommended. Goodbye and Hello is, nonetheless, a fine companion piece. Get them both, as these are *the* Tim Buckley albums to have.
Best of the Red Army Choir
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!
  • Good music.
  • Magnificent!
  • I loved it!
  • The ultimate collection
 Best of the Red Army Choir
Red Army Choir
Manufacturer: Silva America
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ASIN: B000066RMJ
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

  1. Kalinka
  2. Partisan's Song
  3. Souliko
  4. Korobelniki
  5. On The Road (A Soldier's Song)
  6. My Country
  7. The Red Army Is The Strongest
  8. Moscow Nights
  9. Along Peterskaia Street
  10. Smuglianka
  11. Troika Gallop
  12. Ah Nastassia
  13. Echelon's Song
  14. My Army
  15. Civil War Songs
  16. Bella Ciao

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  1. National Anthem Of The USSR
  2. Oh Fields, My Fields
  3. The Cliff
  4. The Cossacks
  5. In The Central Steppes
  6. Gandzia
  7. Cossack's Song
  8. The Roads
  9. Song Of The Volga Boatman
  10. Dark Eyes
  11. Let's Go
  12. The Birch Tree
  13. The Road Song
  14. The Samovars
  15. Varchavianka
  16. Slavery And Suffering

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Soviet Army Band & Chorus aren't taking any prisoners!.......2007-05-12

If you enjoy a good stiring martial male chorus then spend some time with these guys. They're all graduates of Soviet musical acadamies and any one of them could have graced the top opera houses of the world. You don't have to know any Russian to appreciate this CD. The songs are glorious (just don't translate them -- machine guns, death to foes, etc.), and will make you want to march on Berlin all over again.

5 out of 5 stars Good music........2007-03-09

I had heard a few songs by the Red Army Choir in the past and happened upon this CD set a while back, I found it to be far better than I had hoped and would reccoment it to anyone who enjoys Russian folk music, choir in general, and cultural items from when Russia was still the Soviet Union.

5 out of 5 stars Magnificent!.......2007-02-27


I'm so glad I stumbled onto this.

Spirited, committed, manly singing. Soul-shaking stuff! The ensemble is incisive; soloists are marvelous. The folk melodies are enchanting. The songs--and the singers--are bound up in the cultural fabric of the Cossacks, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky...on and on.., Chekhov, Trotsky, Nabakov... This music conveys the great romantic, dignified, boistrous soul of the Russian People. (Loosely speaking. Some members of the chorus were presumably of other nationalities once part of the Soviet Union. And some of the songs are not Russian).

I don't speak Russian, but listening to this makes me wish I did. What a beautiful-sounding language it is.

5 out of 5 stars I loved it!.......2007-02-22

Even though I cannot speak Russian, the quality of this choral group is beyond excellent. Many of these pieces are extremely moving and stirring. The rendering of the Soviet anthem and the song "Let's Go" (V'put) come to my mind. "Let's Go" became a huge hit in Russia when it was featured in a movie about the Great Patriotic War, and indeed, hearing it - you can well imagine ranks upon ranks of hard-eyed, grim-faced Soviet soldiers striding into battle against the Wehrmacht.

5 out of 5 stars The ultimate collection.......2004-06-15

Excellent performance by the choir and the orchestra. The grandeur, the charm, and the romance! Great collection of songs, sure to bring back memories!
Hello, Dolly! (1964 Original Broadway Cast) (Deluxe Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful Soundtrack
  • DOLLY WILL NEVER GO AWAY
  • The excitement is there, but.....
  • Goodbye, Dolly!
  • Toxically Corny!!!!
 Hello, Dolly! (1964 Original Broadway Cast) (Deluxe Edition)
Jerry Herman , and Carol Channing
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ASIN: B000099SZ0
Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

  1. Prologue
  2. I Put My Hand In
  3. It Takes a Woman
  4. Put on Your Sunday Clothes
  5. Ribbons Down My Back
  6. Motherhood
  7. Dancing
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  10. Hello, Dolly!
  11. It Only Takes a Moment
  12. So Long Dearie
  13. Finale
  14. I Put My Hand In [*] - Mary Martin
  15. Before the Parade Passes By [*] - Pearl Bailey
  16. Hello, Dolly! [*] - Pearl Bailey
  17. So Long Dearie [*] - Mary Martin
  18. Love, Look in My Window [*] - Ethel Merman
  19. World, Take Me Back [*] - Ethel Merman
  20. On Recording Hello, Dolly! [*] - Carol Channing
  21. When Did You Sense That Hello, Dolly! Would Be a Hit? [*] - Carol Channing
  22. On the Title Number [*] - Carol Channing
  23. "Dolly Changed Me..."; the Book [*] - Carol Channing
  24. Plot [*] - Carol Channing
  25. Optimism, And Finding One's Character [*] - Carol Channing
  26. Prime of Life [*] - Carol Channing

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Sitting in the balcony at the final preview of this 1964 Jerry Herman show, still very much in school and long before my career as a critic began, I knew somehow that I was witnessing theatrical history. Even as that callow youth, I was certain that Carol Channing had been born to play the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, the meddling turn-of-the century New York widow who had been adapted from Thornton Wilder's straight play The Matchmaker. Channing has proved me right by playing the role ever since, of course, miraculously only improving with age. Beyond Dolly herself, however, the musical emitted a synergistic exuberance (at least five years before we used the word "synergy"). The supporting cast, including David Burns, Eileen Brennan, and Charles Nelson Reilly, were terrific. Herman's tunes and lyrics were sublimely crafted both to create their characters and stand alone. (The title song took on a life of its own.) The show's designers, librettist Michael Stewart and director Gower Champion, combined to transport the audience to 60 years earlier in little old New York. This wasn't all just my opinion: Hello, Dolly! won a record 10 Tonys. The original cast recording can still take you to that other time and place, even if you didn't see the original show. But, at the risk of offending my inner adolescent, the 1994 revival, naturally starring Channing, was even better--both on stage and on disc. --Robert Windeler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Soundtrack.......2007-06-27

This is the original recording, with all of the best names included. Wonderful, wonderful music.

5 out of 5 stars DOLLY WILL NEVER GO AWAY.......2007-05-17

Great re-mastering of original BWay cast album with wonderful other Dollys, particularly Pearl Baily who makesHello, Dolly! (1964 Original Broadway Cast) (Deluxe Edition) the title tune her own. It is still a great score and a delight to own.

4 out of 5 stars The excitement is there, but............2007-01-24

Hello Dolly is one of my favorite shows. When you listen to the cast album, you really do--as others have said--feel the excitement of being there on opening night when Broadway history was being made. The wonderful RCA cast album has been a best seller for 43 years. But while I do feel it is necessary for any musical fan to have this cast recording in their collection, this is not personally my "Dolly" album of choice. I have three of the 5 major DOLLY recordings in my collection; this Original Cast, the Barbra Streisand movie soundtrack, and the Mary Martin London cast on LP (the others I do not have are the Pearl Bailey cast album and the Carol Channing revival). My preferred recording is a tie between the movie soundtrack and the Mary Martin album, with this one trailing (not far) behind. As far as the supporting cast are concerned, the original cast wins hand down. But HELLO DOLLY is really about the star, and in my opinion, Carol Channing can't sing...err, croak...her way out of a cardboard box. I realize that that is Channing's trademark, but it just doesn't work for me. As I said, this album is required equipment in any serious musical lover's collection, but I think that I too will "stick with Streisand." And for God's sake, I wish RCA would get off their rump and get the Mary Martin cast album out on CD, and reissue the Pearl Bailey cast album too while they're at it!

2 out of 5 stars Goodbye, Dolly!.......2005-10-30

This Deluxe Edition of the orginal "Hello, Dolly!" has three distinct problems.

For starters, this is not the classic musical that afficianados would have you believe, nor is it Jerry Herman at his best (that honor goes to "Mame"). Rather, this is a fair to middling score with three socko numbers (title tune not included), three rather fine songs (title song included) and the rest either average or inadequate. "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and "Before the Parade Passes By" are two of the most galvanizing songs ever written for the Broadway stage and no singer can detract from their euphoric energy (though Carol Channing tries -- more on that later). "So Long, Dearie", though slower in tempo than Barbra Streisand's definitve rendition, is a showstopping character song that's both clever and compelling. These three numbers are what gives "Dolly" it's class and they are three of the best things Herman ever wrote. Then we have "Dancing", "Elegance" and (gulp!) the by now overly familiar title song, each an accomplished tune that propels the plot with, well, elegance. The song "Hello, Dolly!" may now annoy as a Broadway warhorse, but it was as fresh as daffodils when it first premiered. The rest of the score, sadly, isn't up to these standards. "It Takes a Woman" and "It Only Takes a Moment" are indistinguished at best, and "Ribbons Down My Back" is downright annoying. Worse still, "I Put My Hand In" is a lackluster opener that pales in comparison to "Just Leave Everything to Me", its replacement in the movie and a bonifide Jerry Herman rouser. And "Motherhood" sounds like exactly what it was, a stage wait for the scenery to move in. Totally expendable.

The second problem here is that this may be the worst sung original cast recording in Broadway history. Charles Neslon Reilly's wobbly tenor struggles to maintain pitch, Eileen Brennan's stilted soprano sounds more like light operetta than musical comedy, and David Burns makes his movie counterpart, Walter Matthau, sound like Mario Lanza in comparision. Then there is Dolly, the incomprehensibly overrated Carol Channing. From her first froggy notes in "I Put My Hand In" you know it's going to be rough sledding and, sure enough, she croaks and screeches her way through one song after another, rendering most of what she sings unlistenable. Channing's voice is thin, harsh and completely unequalized throughout its range and she effectively saps all of the charm out of "...Sunday Clothes" and "Parade". By the time the recording has ended, you want to banish this CD to a deserted island. But wait, there's more! An almost unrecognizable Mary Martin starts the "extras" on this disc with a shock. Some of her last recordings, these "Dolly" numbers unfortunately display how Martin's once lovely instrument had deepened and thickened over the years. A full throttle but somewhat tremulous Ethel Merman fairs little better on some poorly recorded songs added to the show when she took over. These two giants actually make the songs Pearl Bailey does on this disc seem all the more astonishing. While arguably not as talented as Martin or Merman (although, in reconsidering this recording and her career, I think I'm entirely wrong in that observation), Bailey hits a home run on each of her renditions and her recording of the title song is absolutely definitive. Someone should quickly get the cast recording of her "Dolly" back in circulation. "She" and "we" deserve it.

The final problen here is a lengthy recent interview with Ms. Channing that has to be heard to be believed. Does she actually think we're buying the idea that she was doing high kicks in the studio while recording her songs? Please! She barely catches her breath between phrases. And her comparing her premonition that the show would be a hit to a passage in the bible is as laughable as it is sacriligious. Yes, she may have done the show over 5000 times, but she lucked into a classic without earning her own classic status. No wonder all she could do was repeat herself for the rest of her career. Stick with Streisand.

And I guess from the reviews of THIS review, disliking Channing is sacriligous. I better watch my back.

1 out of 5 stars Toxically Corny!!!!.......2005-01-22

A lot of my friends wonder why I violently detest Broadway Musicals so much. Well, this particular recording is at least one reason why. Exposed to this piece of Toxic Schlock at a very young age (about 4 I reckon), and ever since, for me it has epitomized EVERYTHING I detest about musicals, the thin corny plots, even cornier songs, people breaking out into song at the most ridiculous times and so much glitz that my system nearly went into toxic shock. The worst part of it all, CAROL CHANNING!!!! This woman CANNOT SING TO SAVE HER LIFE, PERIOD!!!

I've even asked people who DO like B'way what is the deal with her? I hear it's that she has charisma. OK, since when does charisma equal talent (I honestly believe they are NOT the same thing).

And I have even tried to listen to other musicals over the years, and I just CANNOT get the appeal of it on ANY level! I guess this is well-done as these things go (there is work involved), but I just CANNOT understand what the fuss is all about.

Signed,

One perplexed Owl.



Hello Dummy!
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Great and Funny if a little dated
  • Awful.
  • One long,but funny routine
  • Just as funny as when we were kids
  • He would never work anywhere Now with this material. Fascinating.
 Hello Dummy!
Don Rickles
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-01-24

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  1. Hello Dummy!

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great and Funny if a little dated.......2006-05-11

This is a great example of Don Rickles humor from the late 60s. The judge it by what is funny in todays politically correct time is to due it a great injustice. Rickles has always been great and this shows him at his prime. The humor is a little insensitive but perhaps we as an audience have just become too sensitive. Judge it as a record of it's time and not as Rickles today. If you are judging comedy of the past by today's standards then don't listen to L.Bruce, R.Pryor,G.Carlin, or even R.Dangerfield because they all would fail today's "PC" police.

1 out of 5 stars Awful. .......2006-01-19

I agree with the nay-sayers. I have always liked Don Rickles, but this CD isn't just not clever or funny, it's embarassingly bad. (Maybe he was better on TV??) Times have changed, of course, but besides the political incorrectness - picking on "the Mexican" and "the queer" in the audience - (very weak, unfunny jibes )- it just isn't good Don Rickles. I agree with someone else's comment that there must be much better Rickles material than this, available in the vaults. I have now heard this CD, and have just thrown it in the trash. I wouldn't give this to anybody as a gift. I can use the plastic case that it came in, at least.

5 out of 5 stars One long,but funny routine.......2005-11-11

This album was originally released on the Warner Bros. Seven Arts label in 1968 in stereo only. The label had just begun its phaseout of mono. The original catalog number was WS 1745,at least in the United States. Don Rickles,who made a few television appearances prior to recording this album at Las Vegas's Sahara Hotel and Casino was,I guess we can say,competing with Bill Cosby,who also recorded for WB. We see on the cover,a tuxedo-clad Rickles,with mike in hand,of course. The back cover features a short written interview with Rickles. I remember Rickles guest-starring on a 1965 episode of CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies. This episode was one of the last black-and-white ones. Rickles' follow-up,DON RICKLES SPEAKS!,never was re-issued on CD. Rickles continued making television appearances after releasing this album. He still does today.

5 out of 5 stars Just as funny as when we were kids.......2005-09-19

My brothers and I died laughing at this when we were kids and it's just as funny in 2005 as it was then. This brand of comedy would not fly today, I dare say, but if you can suspend your political correctness for half an hour you'll laugh like you haven't in a long time. Way to go Don!

5 out of 5 stars He would never work anywhere Now with this material. Fascinating........2005-07-26

Prepare to have your politically correct self tweaked and assaulted. A remarkable testament to what used to be the status quo.

A similar disc you might buy is the live Dean Martin, F. Sinatra, S.Davis Jr. concert at the Sands hotel in the 60s.

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