Showing posts with label music worth buying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music worth buying. Show all posts
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CD Reviews The Fixx & Foxy Shazam MWB Episode 101
This week Robert discusses the new album by The Fixx Beautiful Friction, and TJR talks about why Foxy Shazam are heir to Queen's throne with their new album The Church of Rock'n'Roll
Listen to more samples and get The Church of Rock and Roll here
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Live Release Roundup: The Doobie Brothers, Rockpile, Whitesnake
Artist: The Doobie BrothersTitle: Live at the Greek Theatre, 1982
Worth buying: Yes
You might be interested in this CD if you like: Christopher Cross, “American Idol" Taylor Hicks, Michael McDonald’s solo work, 1970s soft rock
Tell Me More: By the time the Doobies' farewell tour hit this Berkeley, Calif. venue, they had racked up multiple platinum albums and top 40 pop/rock singles over the course of a decade. This gig found them in solid form, giving several songs a more laid back treatment than the studio incarnations. Whenever McDonald takes over lead vocals from Patrick Simmons, the audience seems to get more excited (a testament to McDonald’s then-burgeoning popularity). In fact, his rich, soulful singing on “You Belong to Me (written for Carly Simon), “What a Fool Believes" and “Taking It To The Streets" are standouts among the set.
Former members Tom Johnston, John Hartman, Tiran Porter and Michael Hossack all make guest appearances. The CD booklet includes background on the show and a dozen live color photos (The CD has 15 tracks + 4 bonus songs; a companion DVD is also available).
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Title: Live at Montreaux, 1980
Worth buying: Yes
You might be interested in this CD if you like: Graham Parker, Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe’s early solo material
Tell Me More: By the time this critically acclaimed pub rock group released its lone studio album (1980’s Seconds of Pleasure), the U.K. musicians - Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Billy Bremmer and Terry Williams - had already been playing on each others' records for years. The first two guys even notched a few hits along the way. Tours were infrequent, so this appearance from Switzerland’s long-running Montreaux Jazz Festival was a real treat. The quartet sounds great throughout and turns in a raucous, high energy set with lead vocal tradeoffs. Although the sonic quality wavers a bit at the start, irregularities are corrected promptly.
Early new wave, rock ‘n' roll and even roots enthusiasts will find plenty to savor here, including Rockpile’s takes on Parker’s “Crawling From the Wreckage," Costello’s “Girls Talk," Chuck Berry’s “Let it Rock" (incorporating a key lick from Bill Haley & the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock”), the Fats Domino-popularized “I Hear You Knockin' (Edmunds' biggest solo single), “Queen of Hearts" (later a career
best mark for Juice Newton) and Lowe’s own “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)." The CD booklet includes a few live photos and background about the band and concert.
best mark for Juice Newton) and Lowe’s own “I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)." The CD booklet includes a few live photos and background about the band and concert.
Artist: WhitesnakeTitle: Live at Donington, 1990
Worth buying: Yes, for those into mammoth guitar solos
You might be interested in this CD if you like: Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot
Tell Me More:Whitesnake was frequently a stopping ground for some of hard rock’s most prominent guitarists - including Steve Vai and Vivian Campbell, later of Def Leppard, as well as a lengthy list of other musicians prominent in the genre. The sleazy hair metal band reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late Eighties. This double disc set was taken from a headlining appearance at the Monsters of Rock Festival at England’s Donington Park. A few tracks broach and even surpass the 10-minue mark, thanks to Vai and Adrian Vandenberg’s blazing fretwork bonanzas.Since I used to enjoy the pop-oriented Whitesnake (1987) and Slip of the Tongue(1989) albums and subsequent radio hits, I was interested to hear what they sounded like on tour around that time. Yet it really takes a diehard fan to get through these songs. Leader David Coverdale’s raspy voice is in ok shape. He provides a brief introduction in the CD booklet, which has stage and memorabilia shots from the 1989-90 world tour. Music from the performance (also available as a separate DVD) was remixed too.
Get Whitesnake: Live at Donington 1990 (2011)
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Music: Then and Now
Singer songwriter Alan O'Day (writer of such hits as Angie Baby, and Undercover Angel) asked a bunch of us to write a comparison of our relationship with music "Then and Now". I wrote a response and thought I would share it here.
Then:
At one time in my life I had no great interest in music. My parents got me a radio with built in cassette deck for Christmas. They got it for me because I liked playing with tape recorders. I realized that I could tape off the radio and for the first few weeks I sat monitoring radio and taping songs (Kind of a lo tech version of file sharing). I began to realize what kinds of music I liked. Then I started buying music at the record store. At first just greatest hits albums, then I got into the full length albums. Then I began to feel that just listening wasn't enough and I wanted to learn how to play.
Now:
I have been let down by today's music radio and so I don't listen to it anymore
The ipod is my favorite personal belonging. I have over 6800 song on it. I use it to listen in the car, while I work around the house, while I am shopping, I listen to my itunes while I write this.
I buy more music now then ever before. I check the Amazon mp3 store every day for their album deal of the day and their free song of the day (I make lots of purchases there). I check the Best Buy sunday ads to see what new releases are going to be on sale that week.
I believe that there is tons of great new music out there. Just don't expect mainstream radio to find it for you, You have to find it yourself. But it's out there and it's fantastic. That is why I write music reviews at musicworthbuying.com
Then: I liked rock and pop
Now: I keep expanding and growing. When I was a kid I hated 50's rock. Now I love it. I think we grow up with lots of prejudices about music, but I think you can learn to shed them and open your mind to new and different kinds of music. You don't have to like everything though. In fact, sometimes to be passionate about music you might have to hate a few things in order to really know what you love. But you should always be open to the idea that you might start to love what you used to hate....It's happened to me.
Then:
At one time in my life I had no great interest in music. My parents got me a radio with built in cassette deck for Christmas. They got it for me because I liked playing with tape recorders. I realized that I could tape off the radio and for the first few weeks I sat monitoring radio and taping songs (Kind of a lo tech version of file sharing). I began to realize what kinds of music I liked. Then I started buying music at the record store. At first just greatest hits albums, then I got into the full length albums. Then I began to feel that just listening wasn't enough and I wanted to learn how to play.
Now:
I have been let down by today's music radio and so I don't listen to it anymore
The ipod is my favorite personal belonging. I have over 6800 song on it. I use it to listen in the car, while I work around the house, while I am shopping, I listen to my itunes while I write this.
I buy more music now then ever before. I check the Amazon mp3 store every day for their album deal of the day and their free song of the day (I make lots of purchases there). I check the Best Buy sunday ads to see what new releases are going to be on sale that week.
I believe that there is tons of great new music out there. Just don't expect mainstream radio to find it for you, You have to find it yourself. But it's out there and it's fantastic. That is why I write music reviews at musicworthbuying.com
Then: I liked rock and pop
Now: I keep expanding and growing. When I was a kid I hated 50's rock. Now I love it. I think we grow up with lots of prejudices about music, but I think you can learn to shed them and open your mind to new and different kinds of music. You don't have to like everything though. In fact, sometimes to be passionate about music you might have to hate a few things in order to really know what you love. But you should always be open to the idea that you might start to love what you used to hate....It's happened to me.
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