Fish & Vegetables [Explicit Lyrics]

fish & vegetables [explicit lyrics]

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DR KNOW - It's blistering live shows are proof positive that Dr. Know hasn't missed a step. In fact somw have said that the band has even stepped it up a notch. Having toured with such legends as Gang Green, The Vibrators, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, D.R.I., and Poison Idea, Dr. Know is ready to come to your town and show you that they are back for good. Mixing such old favorites as "God Told Me To" and "Burn" with its newer material, Dr. Know is appealing to punk rock fans both old and new. FANG - Hailing from San Francisco, Fang has been playing their unapologetic street-punk anthems since the early 1980's with an unabashed sense of urgency. With such landmark punk albums as Landshark and Where the Wild Things Are, Fang quickly established itself as one of the true punk pioneering bands. Over the years, their songs have been covered by such bands as Metallica, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Green Day and the Butthole Surfers to name a few. The Hellions - The Hellions are a relatively new band out of Dallas, Texas that is already makin waves across the country. Fronted by Dave Woodard (former Billy Club, Speedealer, Agitators vocalist) and Casey Orr (Gwar, Rigormortis) on bass, they've already built a solid reputation as a mindblowing live act. Their debut release, a 3-way split with punk veterans Dr. Know and Fang, is available right here, right now! Their debut full length, released on Hello Records will surely be a must have when word gets out.

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3 band compilation of pure hardcore punk rock!

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Fish & Vegetables [Explicit Lyrics]
Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good Album
  • They Just Came To Party Down
  • It's a good time
  • The Fish are Back
 Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free
Reel Big Fish
Manufacturer: Rock Ridge Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000QGE7OI
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

  1. Party Down
  2. Another F.U. Song
  3. Live Your Dream
  4. My Imaginary Friend
  5. Slow Down
  6. The New Version Of You
  7. Will the Revolution Come?
  8. Another Day In Paradise
  9. Everybody's Drunk
  10. Please Don't Tell Her I Have a Girlfriend
  11. Way Back
  12. Hate You
  13. Call You
  14. Why Do All Girls Think They're Fat
  15. I'm Her Man
  16. Til I Hit the Ground
  17. Cannibal

Album Details

After More Than 15 Years of Conveying Negative Vibes, Warning Listeners About the Dangers of Being in a Band and Lamenting their Time in the Music Industry (Case in Point: The Band's Radio Hit, "Sell Out"), the Members of Southern California Ska-punk Stalwarts Reel Big Fish Want to Let the World Know of a Big Change: They're Finally Happy. The Self-produced Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free is Reel Big Fish's First Independent Studio Album Since Leaving their Former Label and it Finds the Members of Reel Big Fish Doing Things their Way. In Fact, it features Material Done their Way, from Quite a Long Ways Back.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Album.......2007-07-16

just bought the album and i like it, i dont think it is their best work, but seriously its great.

5 out of 5 stars They Just Came To Party Down.......2007-07-13

Reel Big Fish couldn't have picked a better mission statement for new album "Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free" than lead track "Party Down." In addition to boldly stating that "[Reel Big Fish] just came to party down," the hyperactive romp offers a smorgasbord of musical styles from disco to country to glam rock. Casual RBF fans may identify this diversity only with the band's practice of playing their many versions of "S.R." live, but it's really been a hallmark of their studio work since "Why Do They Rock So Hard."

This album's best moments continue in Reel Big Fish's tradition of mixing ska energy with other musical conventions and interesting arrangements, from "My Imaginary Friend" - which sounds like the theme song from a children's show about atheism - to "Please Don't Tell Her I Have A Girlfriend," where the band sounds like They Might Be Giants and Billy Joel teaming up to sing a sweet drinking sway about infidelity (from the cheater's point of view, of course). It's also hard not to crack a smile during the hair metal guitar solo on "Drunk Tonight" (And, if not during the solo, at least during the hilarious Twisted Sister breakdown). Album closer "Cannibal" is another standout, as Reel Big Fish unleashes their inner Oingo Boingo for about three-and-a-half minutes before launching into an epic heavy metal epilogue.

RBF has a strong contingent of fans who (for whatever reason) profess only to like the band's first two albums. These traditionalists will enjoy the more straightforward ska-punk of "Another F.U. Song," "Live Your Dream," and "The New Version of You," not to mention a cover of Phil Collins's "Another Day in Paradise," danceable tracks that hearken back to the band's roots in the 1990s ska explosion.

Though the mood on this CD is lighter than other RBF efforts, lead singer Aaron Barrett still exudes some of his trademark pessimism. Not only does he ponder life in a godless universe, but he also notes in "Will the Revolution Come?" that "each generation's mess is bigger than the one before them has made."

MFNATCFF also includes re-recordings of old songs reaching as far back as "Everything Sucks," and even a pre-"Everything Sucks" demo. "Hate You," "Call You," "I'm Her Man," and "'Til I Hit The Ground" all sound ten times better on this disc, aided largely by the addition of Scott Klopfestein's excellent backing vocals, which have been one of RBF's best features since "Turn the Radio Off." It doesn't hurt that they've been re-recorded on such a clean-sounding album, which is a refreshing change from "We're Not Happy...," a disc whose vocals could have been recorded in a port-a-potty using an iBook's onboard microphone. Highly recommended!

4 out of 5 stars It's a good time.......2007-07-13

This album is nothing less of a good, fun, energetic ska album. However, it's barely more. The new songs that were written for this album are fun to sing along to and make us longtime Reel Big Fish fans happy because of the abundance of upstrokes and horns, but after a few listens, the songs start to get boring. When I first heard this album, I was putting it right up there with Why Do They Rock So Hard? and Turn the Radio Off, but then a week or two later I started to realize how generic some of these songs are.

However, in the end this album is saved by the last few tracks which include mostly re-recorded songs off of Everything Sucks, and they sound amazing, and completely original because they were written when Reel Big Fish hadn't run out of material to write about. But don't take this review and my negativity the wrong way. It's a very good album, and there are some amazing songs on here, re-recorded and new, but it's apparent how little time they spent on it which was said to be just around a few months.

Overall, I loved to see that Reel Big Fish has made a full return to their ska roots, and the only thing this album is short of is just a pinch of originality and it'd be a 5 star album no doubt. Definitely check this one out!

5 out of 5 stars The Fish are Back.......2007-07-12

Lets face the facts. Reel Big Fish's last true album was the downright disappointing "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy." It had a few gems in it, but it quickly grew stale after track 5 or so. "Cheer Up," which was before that, introduced our fellow Fish to a slightly different Ska-Punk / Ska-Pop sound, with slightly more 'teenage nerd-slash-loser"-esque lyrics. And you couldn't deny it with songs called 'Dateless Losers" and "What Are Friends For." But Cheer Up was still a great album in its own sense, but it didn't have that RBF sound many fans were used to listening to.

Now, after a few years, a great live album, a worthless Greatest Hits album released by the evil mind monkeys at Jive, Reel Big Fish are back. Now here is a disclaimer: Not all of these songs are "new" songs; some of them are past songs that have been redone. But that just adds to this albums greatness. RBF truely return to form in this album, and by form I mean the "Sell Out" days. The ska rhythm makes a comeback for RBF. Where as the past 2 albums have been full of power chords and have drifted away from the whole ska beat, this album finally brings it back.

And its orgasmic. Bottom line, this is far from RBF's best album, but my todays ridiculous music standards, this album is a pure gem. If you are a Fish fan, you need to get it, no matter what.
Electric Music for the Mind and Body
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Whoah there.
  • A Masterpiece
  • Waiting for the remaster
  • Psychedelia's greatest moment was a miraculous fluke
  • One Thing To His Credit
 Electric Music for the Mind and Body
Country Joe & the Fish
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000EJE
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Flying High
  2. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
  3. Death Sound
  4. Porpoise Mouth
  5. Section 43
  6. Super Bird
  7. Sad And Lonely Times
  8. Love
  9. Bass Strings
  10. The Masked Marauder
  11. Grace

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Given their origins, both geographically (San Francisco) and stylistically (founder Joe McDonald and lead guitarist Barry Melton first hooked up in a jug band), it wasn't surprising that the ragtag Fish sounded like an acid-soaked, plugged-in folk band when they debuted in '67. Simultaneously the most political and funniest of all the Northern California bands, the Fish's yippie-hippie philosophy was reflected in songs like "Superbird" (about Lyndon Johnson), "Flying High" (about getting you-know-what), and the bluesy free love saga, "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine." That they could periodically wax serious as well (the wide-angled instrumental "Section Forty Three" and the moody "Bass Strings") only added more bite to their satiric pungency. --Billy Altman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Whoah there........2006-11-08

This is hands down, the best album of all time!!!! Sounds best on vinyl.

5 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece.......2006-03-29

Wow! What to say about this highly entertaining and great piece of music. So, the Commie Pinko band can really rock! Everyone (conservative that is) back in the sixties thought of these guys as communists and agitators. Funny thing is they only had a few political songs. The rest make some of the greatest psychedelic music to come out of San Francisco.

I remember seeing this album in the record stores and always wanted to get it but just never did. I ended up getting Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die instead. Now that album is fantastic... but we are talking about this one.

Some 30 odd years later, I finally get a copy of the CD. Wow! The tunes are mostly blues based and Barry and David have incredible guitar chops. I particularly like their minor key runs and the fuzz guitar. This group of guys had some real chemistry and I don't know about the third album, but this one and the Fixin' album are just incredible. Favorites are Death Sound, Flying High, just to name a few. Death Sound is how psychedelic blues should be played! When I think back on it, I can hear a lot of Barry Melton and David Cohen influence in my guitar playing.

Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Waiting for the remaster.......2006-03-11

This album is an all time classic, as it is, but would be amazing if it were remastered. Come on Joe, get with it.
As a side note, I melted a hole in my first copy while trying to read the song titles on the album by the light of a lit stick of incense as the record was spinning around on the turntable.
Ahhhh, those were the days...........

5 out of 5 stars Psychedelia's greatest moment was a miraculous fluke.......2004-11-16

Have you ever wondered why ELECTRIC MUSIC is a masterpiece and why all of their subsequent records are absolute crap? Yes, they obviously dried up too soon. But there's a big reason why they dried up too soon. Turns out The Boys lost their religion. Consider the following dialog:

From CJ FISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT [1968] by Richard Goldstein: "I asked him why his music had changed. He straightened up slowly and took off his hat. 'See, we're not what we thought we were.'/'How so?'/'Well, 2 years ago, we believed in music like a god. If you're gonna get into a heavy acid trip, you're gonna get religious. If you stop taking acid, you stop being religious.'/'Our audience knew we got stoned and we knew they got stoned and it all worked in a big circle', Barry added./'Yeah, but music's nothing to believe in. I mean, it's just sound.'/'Do you feel like quitting now?'/'No, I still dig playing. If it got really bad, I couldn't even get up on the stage. But today, the only emotion I associate with music is pleasure. There used to be all kinds of...well...connotations.'"

A lot of people use music to drown out the silence of God. I wish they'd realize that the silence of God is merely the space between the notes. As you can hear in this record's last track: GRACE. My favorite moment in GRACE is Joe's descending delivery of the phrase "every day colored gold". No--wait. I take that back. My favorite moment comes after that. When either Melton or Cohen (I can't remember which) plucks those 4 perfect eerie notes that accompany the phrase "gold our love".

Melton & Cohen are also responsible for my fave passage on the entire record. The guitar section in THE MASKED MARAUDER. Specifically, the churning first part of it. It's a lysergic shade of melancholia.

Profound sadness is also present in the final section of SECTION 43. You hear a hard-to-identify instrumental timbre that sounds like a faint radio signal from outer space. The signal strengthens and it turns out to be Joe's harmonica.

1 out of 5 stars One Thing To His Credit.......2004-07-02

I say this as honest as I can this is one of the most annoying albums ever released. There's no real originality to it at all just alot of blues music. If you heard one blues artist you've heard them all. The only thing different is they have an annoying organ, or keyboard, but remind me never to buy the brand. It just cuts me to the core, and makes me feel so melancholy. To me this is just another San Francisco band that decided to record music played while stoned out of thier minds. If this is for the mind and body sorry my body's supposed to be a temple. Of course strike 2 is the blasted harmonica playing. Having an annoying organ is bad enough, but now you throw a harmonica into the mix you've gone too far. "Section 43" while annoying is rather creative in a macbre sense. I've pictured the little guitar interlude where I get the sensation of walking into a lovely garden, and following where my heart leads the sun is out, and I keep walking along, and spot a lovely girl, and pursue her, and I go further and further without a fear in the world as the sun's shining, but then I'm deep in the woods, and the dark clouds roll in; I rather not tread there again. Anyway I'll stick with the "Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag". I love kazoos. Country Joe knew what he was talking about when writing that song after all he did do time in the navy. That would be one thing to his credit. Otherwise I'm left with the decision to see which was worse; this album, or his forgettable 1971 movie "Gasssss".
Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Capture the essence of a live show!
  • AMAZING!!
  • Their best live album!
  • If you like hepped-up ska. . . .
  • It kicked my @$$
 Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album
Reel Big Fish
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ASIN: B000GEU6OA
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

  1. Trendy
  2. Everything Sucks
  3. The Bad Guy
  4. Maximum Swearing
  5. Ban The Tube Top
  6. She's Famous Now
  7. Drinkin'
  8. Boys Don't Cry
  9. I Want Your Girlfriend To Be My Girlfriend Too
  10. Dateless Losers
  11. The Set Up
  12. Somebody Hates Me
  13. Valerie
  14. Talkin' Bout A Revolution
  15. Beer
  16. Take On Me
  17. S.R. (The Many Version Of)

Tracks:

  1. Kiss Me Deadly
  2. So Much For Rock And Roll
  3. The 90's
  4. She Has A Girlfriend Now
  5. The Kids Don't Like It/In The Pit
  6. The Fire
  7. A Little Doubt Goes A Long Way
  8. I'm Trying To Be Funny
  9. Awesome
  10. Turn The Radio Off
  11. Where Have You Been
  12. Good Thing
  13. Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)
  14. Nothin'
  15. Best Band Ever
  16. Don't Start A Band
  17. A Fond Adieu
  18. Sell Out

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Capture the essence of a live show!.......2007-06-03

No matter how long you've been listening to RBF, this album is sure to please. With awesome recordings and live antics, it appeals to any kind of listener

For older fans, it showcases their best work, with fresh recordings and pleasurable stylized versions of songs. These unique performances give a variety to those who already own the original CDs, and make the purchase worth it.

For new listeners, it invites you to see the breadth of their work. And, like a live show, it builds as it goes on, so listeners are encouraged to listen through to the end. This compelling nature of each track leading to another gives their music a great, fresh feel.

For the low cost of this album, and the immense length of it (over 3.5 hours), including a DVD with an entire show, make this a great deal all around. I can't think of another live album I've enjoyed so much.

5 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!.......2007-05-08

Best RBF album yet. Hilarious and great music. A must for any RBF fan or any human actually.

5 out of 5 stars Their best live album!.......2007-04-10

Fans of Reel big fish and fans of ska and the like, rejoice. Finally Reel big fish released a live album. Giving people the chance to experience the magic of RBF live. Although it still doesn't beat going to their show, it gives you a nice look of what they have to offer. Especially (The many versions of) S.R. gives me the feeling of standing in front of a stage where they go and have fun with music.

A must have for fans of Reel big fish and a recommendation for everyone who loves ska or just music in particular.

5 out of 5 stars If you like hepped-up ska. . . ........2007-04-10

. . .this album is for you. Few live albums catch the true feel of a band in the concert hall, but this one does. I've seen RBF live, and this CD (with bonus DVD) does one of the best jobs of replicating the experience. Okay, I'll admit, Aaron and Scott's "witty" banter gets a little annoying at times (damn, need the Tivo for music), but the energy of the songs makes it worth putting up with. This band like few others know how to engage an audience in a show, and the CD captures that experience as best as is possible. No ska band playing today can match their horns (sorry, Bosstones fans). Don't miss the chance to catch RBF live, but if you can't do that (and even if you do), this is the next best thing to being there and having the F-bombs dropped on you in person.

5 out of 5 stars It kicked my @$$.......2007-04-04

This is the best CD i have ever purchased. It sounds awesome for having been recorded live and the diolouge is pretty entertaining and just fun to listen to. 2 CDs and a dvd for 15 bucks its a steal! seriously if you even kinda sorta like ska youll effen love this cd. Its an andvanced cd so it doesnt play on older cd players...like mine. I just ripped it to my comp and then burned it and that seemed an easy way around that. realy this is an amazing album.
God of War II
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • God of Music too...
  • Good Soundtrack!
 God of War II

Manufacturer: System Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJM6O6
Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

  1. God of War II-Main Titles 2:59 Gerard K. Marino
  2. The Glory of Sparta 3:10 Mike Reagan
  3. The Way of the Gods 2:13 Gerard K. Marino
  4. Colossus of Rhodes 2:22 Gerard K. Marino
  5. The Bathhouse 2:02 Mike Reagan
  6. Death of Kratos 4:12 Gerard K. Marino
  7. The End Begins 1:57 Gerard K. Marino
  8. Typhon Mountain 3:14 Mike Reagan
  9. Waking the Sleeping Giant 1:49 Cris Velasco
  10. Battle for the Skies 2:12 Mike Reagan
  11. Exploring the Isle 2:19 Gerard K. Marino
  12. The Isle of Creation 3:20 Cris Velasco
  13. The Summit of Sacrifice 2:35 Ron Fish
  14. An Audience with Cronos 2:07 Ron Fish
  15. The Barbarian King Returns 2:00 Cris Velasco
  16. Bog of Lost Souls 2:19 Ron Fish
  17. Battle in the Bog 2:00 Mike Reagan
  18. Crossing the Lowlands 2:07 Gerard K. Marino
  19. Atlas 3:37 Ron Fish
  20. Palace of the Fates 2:46 Ron Fish
  21. Phoenix Rising 2:16 Cris Velasco
  22. Ashen Spire 1:06 Gerard K. Marino
  23. Athena 0:56 Mike Reagan
  24. The Battle for Olympus 3:11 Gerard K. Marino
  25. Junkie XL Colossus Remix 4:24 Junkie XL
  26. Blood of Destiny 2:43 Shadows Fall
  27. God-Like 2:14 George "TraGiC" Doman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars God of Music too..........2007-06-03

Wonderful, heavy, it's a complet class of soundtrack... punch since the beginning...the most impressive soundtrack from epic works... it really deserve an award for that...if you liked Conan, 300, Gladiator and Lord of the Rings, buy it now! but I warnning you...this is heaviest them all!!!

4 out of 5 stars Good Soundtrack!.......2007-05-18

This is one great cd. If you love this game, pick up the cd now! The bonus tracks are the best of them all.
Mirrormask
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great movie, better soundtrack
  • great collection of unusual music
  • Supurb
  • Amazing!
  • excellent
 Mirrormask
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Manufacturer: La-La Land Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007RTARU
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Sock Puppets / Flyover
  2. Circus Overture
  3. Spanish Web
  4. Gorillas!
  5. Running For The Bus
  6. Abandoned Hall
  7. Leaving The City
  8. Arresting Helena
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  11. The Library
  12. The Myth Of Creation
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  14. Looking Through The Window
  15. Giants Orbiting
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  18. Meeting The Sphinx
  19. Monkeybirds
  20. Dream Park / Meeting In A Dream
  21. Conjuring A Dome
  22. In The Dark Forest
  23. Betrayed!
  24. Close To You
  25. A New Life
  26. A Rather Tense Dinner Party
  27. Butterfingers
  28. Discoveries / Fight Or Flight? / Goodbye Evil Helena
  29. My Waltz For Newk
  30. If I Apologised

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great movie, better soundtrack.......2007-05-19

I just recently saw this movie and the only thing I could think about afterwards was that I had to get this soundtrack. I'm not usually a big fan of movie soundtracks, but this cd is unlike any other out there, soundtrack or not. The use of strings and carnaval type instruments is completely unique and makes this a must by for any fan of music.

5 out of 5 stars great collection of unusual music.......2007-05-07

Rented the movie on reccomendation from Netflix, it was pretty good. But the music was the star of the show. The soundtrack follows the course of the movie pretty closely, it's kind of like listening to the movie. Each track brings to mind a specific scene in the movie. One of the highlights is the ecclectic treatment of Burt Bacharach's "Close to You". Most will remember the super-sweet Carpenter's version, but this interpretation was the main reason I bought the music. Unusual augmented chord progressions and almost minimalist format (complete with the mechanical background sounds made by the female jack-in-the-box-like, life-sized, mostly metal toy dressers) make the tune as captivating as in the movie when they 'convert' the trapped Helena into the black princess. Great music to play while relaxing, too.

5 out of 5 stars Supurb.......2007-03-08

This soundtrack is truly a delight to listen to. It ranges from quirky circus music to deep and melodic mysterious tunes. It is a great CD to relax to and to use as background music for most any relaxing time hanging out with friends.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing!.......2007-02-24

This is a very good soundtrack to a very good movie. The music is amazingly composed and is nice to listen to.

5 out of 5 stars excellent.......2007-01-17

This CD is excellent! All the music from the movie in its entirety, all the songs are complete songs, and the songs are all top notch compositions.
The Apple Tree (1966 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Very good show which I hadn't heard of...
  • THE APPLE TREE (1966 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST)
  • I still remember these songs after 40 years
  • Really 2.5
  • Boring material that you forget very easily
 The Apple Tree (1966 Original Broadway Cast)
Sheldon Harnick
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000027WD
Release Date: 1992-11-24

Tracks:

  1. Eden Prelude
  2. Here In Eden
  3. Feelings
  4. Eve
  5. Friends
  6. The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit)
  7. Beautiful, Beautiful World
  8. It's A Fish
  9. Go To Sleep, Whatever You Are
  10. What Makes Me Love Him?/Eden Postlude
  11. The Lady Or The Tiger? Prelude/I'll Tell You a Truth/Make Way
  12. Forbidden Love (In Gaul)
  13. The Apple Tree (Reprise)
  14. I've Got What You Want
  15. Tiger, Tiger
  16. Make Way (Reprise)/Which Door/I'll Tell You a Truth (Reprise)
  17. Passionella Prelude
  18. Oh, To Be A Movie Star
  19. Gorgeous
  20. (Who, Who, Who, Who) Who Is She?
  21. I Know
  22. Wealth
  23. You Are Not Real
  24. Passionella Postlude/Finale

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Very good show which I hadn't heard of..........2007-05-13

I was very into theatre in high school and college and thought I was up on most musicals, but had never heard of this show until recently. It's comprised of three short stories which were adapted into the musical format. The first two stories are tied together very well, although the last seems tacked on. But the songs are catchy and it's fairly easy to figure out what's happening simply by listening to the songs. There are two songs which are tied for my favoritism: "It's a Fish" from Adam and Eve and "You Are Not Real" from Passionella. Check it out.

5 out of 5 stars THE APPLE TREE (1966 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST).......2007-04-10

IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I WENT TO THE REVIVAL OF THE APPLE TREE ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK CITY AND LOVED THE SCORE BUT THERE WASN'T A SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE SO I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL VERSION AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

5 out of 5 stars I still remember these songs after 40 years.......2006-11-05

I saw this show on the stage when it first ran, and have never forgotten it. The key to a good Broadway show is this question: Are you humming the songs when you leave the theatre? In the case of The Apple Tree, the answer is a resounding "Yes." I have been waiting 40 years for this show to be revived, and I have tickets for the revival opening in December at the Roundabout. I hope not to be disappointed, for the trio of Barbara Harris, a very young Alan Alda, and the late Larry Blyden were terrific. The three-part concept can be jarring because just when you're getting into the story, it ends -- but just enjoy the kind of songs they just don't write anymore.

3 out of 5 stars Really 2.5.......2006-07-25

SO this is another show thats actually three one acts. The first "The Diary of Adam and Eve" is the best by far. It has really cute songs and nice plot. Thats the only reason I rounded this up from 2.5 to 3 stars. The rest of the show is nothing great. "Lady and Tiger" is short and boring. And "Passionella" is exactly what it sounds like, a knock off of Cinderella. But hey, its a good show for collectors and "The Diary of Adam and Eve" is nice. Favorite Song: "Its A Fish"

1 out of 5 stars Boring material that you forget very easily.......2006-06-29

According to some reviews, this musical was supposed to be very good and I bought it. Unfortunately, I was quite dissapointed. It's composed of three different tales, the first one referring to the Adam & Eve biblical story. The lyrics here are very silly and tedious. The second tale, "The Lady or the Tiger?" contains songs that are simply awful, probably the worst ever written for a Broadway show. The third story, "Passionella", contains music that does nothing to make things better. The album contains a good informative booklet in English, German, French & Italian (as Sony uses to do)which says that Time magazine defined this show as "three moldy figs". I entirely agree. I would recommend this musical to those suffering from insomnia: it will put them to sleep right away.
Turn the Radio Off
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Turn the Radio Off
Reel Big Fish
Manufacturer: Mojo / Jive
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ASIN: B00005RKU0
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

  1. Sell Out
  2. Trendy
  3. Join The Club
  4. She Has A Girlfriend Now
  5. Snoop Dog, Baby
  6. Beer
  7. 241
  8. Everything Sucks
  9. S.R.
  10. Skatanic
  11. All I Want Is More
  12. Nothin'
  13. Say 'Ten'
  14. I'll Never Be
  15. Alternative, Baby
  16. Off

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Y.......2007-02-16

Good cd, have liked it since I was younger. Very pleased w/ price and shipping time.

4 out of 5 stars Fun Ska CD.......2006-10-30

This is a very fun ska CD. The band is tight, the lyrics are cheeky, and the experience of listing to these guys will put a big smile on your face. Would highly recommned this CD to any ska fan looking for an addition to their collection. Also would recommend Save Ferris and anything by Bop Harvey.

5 out of 5 stars looking for an album to cheer you up?.......2006-09-08

this is by far the best cd reel big fish has made. there is not a song that i don't like on here. reel big fish can always cheer me up with their uptempo popska. this album ranges from the funny "she has a girlfriend now", to a little aggressive "skatanic", to just plain catchy "sellout" and "trendy." the only people who i know that don't enjoy this album, don't like this kind of music.

5 out of 5 stars buy this now!.......2006-08-31

If you're a fan of ska, you should definitely buy this album. hey, even if you don't like ska you should still buy this because it is just that good. This is probably the greatest reel big fish album ever (although they have never made a bad one).

5 out of 5 stars best ska cd ever.......2006-07-27

In my opinion, this is the best ska cd ever. I was first introduced to Reel Big Fish, like many of us, with the radio success of "sell out" around 1997. Over the years, i forgot about Reel Big Fish as my music choices went down the drain. However, about a year and a half ago, i saw this cd in the record store and picked it up.

My life was completely changed. This cd made me an instant ska fan, and I have continued to grow into a bigger ska fan since that time. "Turn the Radio Off" is filled with catchy rhythms, humorous lyrics, and fantastic horn lines. Even today, after the thousands upon thousands of times that I've listened to this cd, there is not a single song I can skip.

Whenever anyone asks me about ska, or "what's a good ska band", the first thing I tell them is to pick up this cd. This cd has made me the ska fan that I am today. This album is an essential to any collection, whether you like ska or not. Virtually every true music fan that I know loves this album, ranging from other ska fans to punk kids to alternative kids and even to emo fans. Go out and get this cd today, either here on amazon or at any record store. You won't regret it.
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Right on Target
  • Time travel to the fall of 67...
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Country Joe & the Fish
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000EJS
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
  2. Who Am I
  3. Pat's Song
  4. Rock Coast Blues
  5. Magoo
  6. Janis
  7. Thought Dream
  8. Thursday
  9. Eastern Jam
  10. Colors For Susan

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Right on Target .......2007-06-14

I bought this on vinyl the day it was released in my home town. I had played the grooves out of the first Fish album and this one was no different. I recently decided that I wanted to hear this one again after so long a time. I really was surprised at the way that this captures the feel and mood of that era. For a while I was back in time and I really didn't want to return to 2007. A great experience. Forget about being analytical or critical of the level of guitar work or instrumental expertise and realize that it was all about painting pictures and creating a feeling and a mood and sometimes relating a message.

5 out of 5 stars Time travel to the fall of 67..........2007-05-24

...was the title of the review-via-reminiscense I originally started writing, but it inexorably turned into a personal re-living of a particular year when Country Joe (along with Spirit, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver, the Dead, HP Lovecraft and a lot of other SF-sound bands) was the theme music for my own off-kilter real-life summer movie about being a Teenage Hippy In Love. That review ended up as something else entirely, its relevance best summed up by saying that this album, along with their first, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, captures, for me, the spirit of psychedelia, the essence of the Summer of Love, the sense, in that Era, that somehow the potential for greater and freer self-invention than had ever been possible before was being unleashed, and that this would change the world.

More fools, we. The Old Hippy's Lament.

Anyway, give this a listen. It may require some parameter-realignment for younger folks, or people steeped in modern music that is seldom as spare or as gloriously unconstrained by musical precedent or expectation as this. If, as some intimate, these albums by CJ and the Fish sometimes show underwhelming instrumental technique and musical sophistication, I say they benefit thereby, as the musical "innocence" displayed seems to have facilitated the creation of music that is wonderfully inventive and somehow, pure. And if, as some others intimate, the music sometimes brazenly displays another kind of creativity, facilitated by powerful psychedelic drugs, I say "So what?" Music is written to accomodate people celebrating the humors of Venus, Mars and Bacchus, why not Morpheus as well?

And that's what this music is. A blissful, mystic, stoned-out pean to possibility, to shared moonlight, kisses at the edge of consciousnees, ecstatic dance at noon and always, always, this newborn thing, Love. I keep coming back to that, about 1967. When you listen to Porpoise Mouth, or Pat's Song, or Janis, you hear love songs for first loves, searingly sincere. Compositions like Grace or Magoo, or Colors for Susan show a willingness to pare the music down to a perfect, no-thing-more-than-necessary, purity and pace, as needed to convey a mood or color or emotion.

As conceded, this music surprised me with how powerfully it summoned up memory of that experience, of that time...so powerfully it must surely overwhelm any modest critical facilities I might otherwise apply to it. So the only recommendation I can honestly make is to observe that for myself, and others, Country Joe and the Fish ARE The Sixties. Which recommendation might get the curious to listen, and maybe hear an echo, bounced off Mars perhaps, of the tremendous, naive, and always-doomed yawp of Love still resonating from those years.

4 out of 5 stars Country Joe Now.......2007-04-04

We need Country Joe now more than ever. This is a good collection of some of the classics that Country Joe and the Fish made in the 1960s, and the title song is as relevant in this wartime period as it was during Vietnam. These songs span a wide range from the sharp satire in the title song to surprisingly tender songs. Although the sound quality could be somewhat better, the quality of the singing and instrumentals is quite good. These are songs that people should be listening to--and singing--now.

4 out of 5 stars Collection Piece.......2007-03-23

I am creating a 60's CD collection and this is one I needed.

5 out of 5 stars Compliments lit course.......2007-01-04

I bought this for the title song, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," to use in the Vietnam War Literature class I'm teaching. My high school students loved it immediately.
You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish
Reo Speedwagon
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000051Y0I
Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

  1. Roll With The Changes
  2. Time For Me To Fly
  3. Runnin' Blind
  4. Blazin' Your Own Trail Again
  5. Sing To Me
  6. Lucky For You
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  9. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the Best.......2007-05-26

One of REO's best - I had the album, cassette, & now I'm updating my CD collection with all my favorite music.

4 out of 5 stars You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish.......2007-05-06

more mature studio refined rock and roll

5 out of 5 stars REO's You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish .......2007-03-20

Trying to get everything I had in the late seventies through the mid eighties that I used listen to as I cruised around in my 72 AMX and this one is a must. This is a classic for that time period and a must have which goes along very well with Ted Nugent- Ted Nugent, Kansas, Styx, early Journey (Wheel in the Sky), Bon Scott's ACDC, Head East, Sweet, ELO, Pat Travers, Fog Hat, Boston, BOC, and a couple most of you never heard of that are real classics Greame Edge Band's Kick off your Muddy Boots and Moon Martin. All are simply outstanding. Getting back to REO, Gary Richrath had his own sound on the guitar which I would say is the true signature of the bad. Not enough has been said about Neil Droughty and his ability to play the piano and everyone knows what Kevin was good for. That three-some were the nucleus of REO like Dennis Deyoung, Tommy Shaw, and James Young for Styx and Roger Boyd, Mike Summerfield and John Schlitt for Head East all really great bands. If you are looking for bands of the late seventies and early eighties these are some of the best. Let keep putting these and more onto CDs, bring them all back.

5 out of 5 stars REO's Best Album Gets Better.......2006-10-02

YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO BUT YOU CAN'T TUNA FISH is REO Speedwagon's best album, made even better with top-notch remastering. Such songs as "Roll With The Changes" and "Blazin' Your Own Trail Again" have inspirational messages; "Sing To Me" and "Do You Know Where Your Woman Is Tonight" speak of the uncertainties of love; and "Time For Me To Fly" and "Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight" could, in the wake of the belief among past and present band members that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia since 2005 for drug-smuggling was unjustly convicted, be interpreted as a guy telling his woman, "If you want a romantic getaway in Bali, I'm leaving you." REO would have bigger albums in the 80s, but they never made one better.

5 out of 5 stars REO's best Tuna's!.......2006-08-04

These guys were SO popular in Illinois when I grew up. Since they got their start in Champaign, people in Central Il were very proud and couldn't get enough of 'em. My parents liked them too (suprising- since this is kinda hard rock for it's day). After Hi Infidelity, I stopped listening. They stopped Rocking. We all forgot about what once was...

Now it's time to remember and start playing these songs again.
The Collected Country Joe & the Fish
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 The Collected Country Joe & the Fish
Country Joe & the Fish
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B000000ECN
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Superbird
  2. Bass Strings
  3. Section 43
  4. Flying High
  5. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
  6. Death Sound Blues
  7. Porpoise Mouth
  8. Sad And Lonely Times
  9. The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
  10. Rock Coast Blues
  11. Janis
  12. Eastern Jam
  13. Good Guys / Bad Guys Cheer
  14. Rock And Soul Music
  15. An Untitled Protest
  16. Here I Go Again
  17. Maria
  18. Crystal Blues
  19. Rockin' Round The World

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Somewhat disappointing.......2006-12-15

There is good music here, but the cd compiler failed to 'edit' the sound volumes from the sources. Upto about track 8 the volume is low, then for the rest of the cd (from later recordings), the volume is significantly higher.

To make a consistently listenable compilation, some volume tweaking would have been desirable.

The only other disappointment for me, is that one song I remember having on an LP didn't make this compilation. I think it contained the line "the subway is not the underground" but I can't remember the title.

5 out of 5 stars Country Joe and the Fish Collect It.......2006-08-09

The best psychedelic band of the era. The music is still great 35 years later.

2 out of 5 stars Sorry I bought it.......2006-08-07

The title says it all. They could have put a better group of songs togather.

5 out of 5 stars Great Music.......2006-07-23

I am a bit uncomfortable with some of the lyrics in these songs (especially Superbird) and at the time these songs came out I probably was on the opposite political spectrum from Country Joe. I did my duty and went to Vietnam and was never a war protestor. I did NOT consider the "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" as offensive; more of an almost funny novelty song. I don't think many guys were thrilled to be going to Vietnam and the song really was kind of a morbid "in your face" way of dealing with it, regardless of one's feelings about the war. That song might possibly have meant more to some who went than those who didn't. All that being said, forget that one song and forget the politics and just listen to the music on the remainder of the album. Good music is good music, regardless of what message is trying to be conveyed. What you have here is really good music. I am really surprised this band didn't have more hits as they certainly know how to make appealing music with a variety of sounds. I didn't quite get the point of the good guys/bad guys cheer, which is not a song. Rock & Soul Music has a little too much crowd noise; it might be live; the other selections don't appear to be live. In spite of some things I didn't like, this is still a solid 5-star album.

5 out of 5 stars Great complication of the band, and time capsule of the 1960.......2003-11-23

This is, so far, the best commercially available album that chronicles "the band from Berkeley."Though no live tracks are included, several cuts from every studio album performed by Country Joe and the Fish is included here.
The band Country Joe and the Fish started out as a "jug band" from Berkeley,CA.The leader of this band is a musician and social activist named Joe McDonald. Anyway, as the 60s era progressed, CJ&F became a band of protest and psychedelia.To illustrate my point, let's look at the first few tracks.
The first track well demonstrates the overall theme of the band's future work and is a tune which was aimed at then President Lyndon Johnson-which may had created a lot of controversy at the time.
On this CD, you are exposed to jugband, psychedelia, and folk rock,not to mention anti-war satire.Let us explore some of the psychedelia.The song "Bass Strings," the Rag Baby single version, is an excellent example of the band's psychedelic side. Here, you hear the playing of the harmonica-which f a d e s into the sound of a dreary organ.In addition,the lyrics,well, has cryptic references to hallucinatory drugs-that is all I am going to say. The next track, Section 43, is another trippy song/Rag Baby single.An instrumental, Section 43 is organized in such a way that you may compare it to weaving in and out of a dream-beautiful piece. The song "Not so Sweet Martha Lorraine" is an organ-drenched classic that is about a reclusive woman who is unpredictable and is obsessed with death.
The landmark theme, in my opinion, is the band's anti war stance.The controversal "Fish Cheer/Fixin To die Rag" is a song mainly about satire and giving an "in your face" approach to expressing their anti-war attitude. On a serious side, the song "An Untitled Protest" is a song of both poetry and tragedy. Here, McDonald goes into extreme graphical detail about the atrocities of the Vietnam war.
These are just some of the highlights of this CD. There are other tracks included which contains references to hard luck(Sad and Lonely Times,Janis) and substance abuse (Flying High, track 4) which exhibit the common qualities of the sound of the 1960s. Though it would be nice if some live tracks or some outakes were included in this CD, this CD is a good place to start.

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