Morning Wood [Explicit Lyrics]

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Carrington's got an ugly, agitated view of the world. That's the exact reason why some people like the comic and others don't. In the CD's opening minutes the comedian proudly indulges in some nasty ethnic caricature, but before long he settles into the raunchy redneck sex routines he's best known for. At times, Carrington's all-consuming horniness sounds more like a nagging Pavlovian itch than adult sexual yearning. The central figure in Rodney's world continues to be the male member and references to his favorite organ abound on Morning Wood. About half of the disc is taken up with the comic performing dirty ditties. The title track works the same turf as "Letter to My Penis," a song from Carrington's 1998 album, Hangin' with Rodney. This guy definitely has an obsession and he wants to share it with the world. --Fred Cisterna

Morning Wood,Rodney Carrington,Capitol,Country Comedy,Pop,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows,Spoken Word Comedy

Average customer rating: Morning Wood Funny Stuff Rodney Carrington My Favorite Rodney Album!! Funny Stuff

Morning Wood Rodney Carrington Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Nut Sack Hangin' with Rodney Greatest Hits Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards King of the Mountains ASIN: B00004W55G Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

1. Fat Girls, Nebraska Farmers, Japanese Restaurants
2. Rodney's Wife & Kids, Marriage, Vacations
3. All About Sex
4. Play Your Cards Wrong
5. T**ties & Beer
6. In Her Day
7. More Of A Man
8. Gay Factory Worker
9. A Dozen Roses
10. Carlos
11. Morning Wood
12. Pickup Truck
13. More Of A Man
14. Older Women
15. Great To Be A Man
16. Play Your Cards Wrong

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Carrington's got an ugly, agitated view of the world. That's the exact reason why some people like the comic and others don't. In the CD's opening minutes the comedian proudly indulges in some nasty ethnic caricature, but before long he settles into the raunchy redneck sex routines he's best known for. At times, Carrington's all-consuming horniness sounds more like a nagging Pavlovian itch than adult sexual yearning. The central figure in Rodney's world continues to be the male member and references to his favorite organ abound on Morning Wood. About half of the disc is taken up with the comic performing dirty ditties. The title track works the same turf as "Letter to My Penis," a song from Carrington's 1998 album, Hangin' with Rodney. This guy definitely has an obsession and he wants to share it with the world. --Fred Cisterna

Customer Reviews:

Morning Wood.......2006-03-23

Funny, might be a bit raw for some. Duplicate of some of his other albums.

Funny Stuff.......2005-09-24

There is no end to Rodney's talent and comedic abilities. Though not quite as strong as his first 2 CDs, Morning Wood is sure to entertain. Full of all new material, this CD is great for any fan of Rodney of someone who's looking to see what he is about. Also, check out his TV show, "Rodney."

Rodney Carrington.......2005-07-22

I am pleased to have all of my Cds delivered promptly and without fuss to Australia (downunder) andf would happily purchase from Amazon.com again.
Thank you David Williams from Tasmania Australia.

My Favorite Rodney Album!!.......2005-07-17

This was the first Rodney Carrington album I've ever heard... my absolute favorite, a great first album to buy, a great intro to his comedy and his music which I love as well!!

Funny Stuff.......2003-04-06

This CD has to be one of the funniest CD's in my collection. It is filled with non-stop laughs from begining to end. If you are thinking about buying this CD have no doubts that it will be one of the funniest CD's you'll ever hear.

Average customer rating: It's lovely - But not newly recorded! Yet another compilation how precious! Disappointing Duplication If you like this sorta thing

Song of America Charles Tomlinson Griffes , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Charles Naginski , Ned Rorem , American Traditional , Elinor Remick Warren , Kurt Weill , Haydn Wood , Michael Parloff , Jay Ungar , Armen Guzelimian , Craig Rutenberg , David Alpher , Evan Stover , Garrison Keillor , and Mark Rust Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Thomas Hampson Christmas with Thomas Hampson Long Time Ago - Copland / Dawn Upshaw & Thomas Hampson American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Leading Man ASIN: B000BGR0TW Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

1. As Adam Early In The Morning
2. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)
3. Shenandoah (Traditional)
4. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
5. Danny Deever
6. Roses Of Picardy
7. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (1854)
8. Hard Times Come Again No More (1854)
9. Molly, Do You Love Me? (1850)
10. An Old Song Resung
11. Tomorrow (When You Are Gone)
12. The Erie Canal (Traditional)
13. We Two
14. The Nightingale (Traditional)
15. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
16. Luke Havergal
17. To What You Said
18. Look Down Fair Moon
19. Dirge For Two Veterans
20. Ethiopia Saluting The Colors

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Thomas Hampson is a persuasive advocate for these treasures from the Library of Congress' vast collections, so this CD's generous sampling leaves you wanting more. It covers the American songbook in all its variety, from traditional "folk" items like Shenandoah to Stephen Foster to the immigrants Erich Korngold and Kurt Weill to Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers. Hampson adjusts his flexible, light baritone to fit each song. The voice is full and resonant on Danny Deever, simple and direct in 19th-century traditional songs and ballads, and nuanced in songs like Ned Rorem's "As Adam Early in the Morning," one of several on the disc with texts by Walt Whitman. A standout is the last song in this recital, one that leaves you with thoughts about music, history, and our nation's continuing issues, "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," by Henry Burleigh. Most of the selections are performed with piano accompaniment, but several are with a small ensemble of traditional instruments. A word of caution: everything was recorded in the 1990s and presumably was available piecemeal on previous releases, although few are likely to have more than a handful of these 20 gems. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

It's lovely - But not newly recorded!.......2006-10-04

I don't think this recording deserves One Star ratings or that the artist deserves such crude bashing. And re: Hampson's eye-colour.... Uh, these aren't lenses? He has blue eyes. I met him many times and...indeed, they are dark blue.

Anyhow, this is what Hampson is focusing on right now, American song. While those aren't exactly my thing I have to say that he sings them beautifully. I wish he'd stick to that rather than heavy Verdi and Wagner which his voice isn't right for.

Yet another compilation.......2006-06-13

I am a huge Tom fan. I go to his concerts and buy all of his CDs. I must say that I have been disappointed by this CD because it's entirely made of old recordings. There's a new photo on the cover, but that's all that is new here. So if you've bought your share of Tom CDs over the years, you want to check out the track info before you guy this one.

Now, Tom has been on tour and I STRONGLY recommend that you go see him next year when he comes through your city.

The other thing really annoying is that on the CD where you'd expect information about the music or the recording co., you instead get a large warning label from the FBI on pirating.

how precious!.......2006-05-08

Thomas Hampson swoons and croons to monotonous effect throughout this tired collection; again displaying his ego and faux scholarship in ample measure. Oi-vay, what a disaster! And what is with the blue contact lenses in the Jacket phot? Hampson's eyes are brown. What an unbelievably vain Diva!

Disappointing Duplication.......2006-01-17

I have not even heard the album, and I will not. Although I revere Mr. H. in just about everything he does, especially in song and Lieder, I am very disappointed that so many of these songs appear on other cds of which I already have about 19 of him. I think he and the producers should have chosen totally NEW material for this instead of drawing on his past achievements. I have no reservations about his performances, for I have seen him at the Met in opera and at Carnegie Hall in Mahler. I value them and all of his past cd productions.

If you like this sorta thing.......2006-01-17

Here Mr. Hampson is in his element. Unlike his less than viable attempts at Opera, Mr. Hampson is a thorough and intelligent singer of songs. His affectations, so fully inappropriate in bigger operatic literature, work well with the intimate nature of these sweet and personal songs. If you are Hampson fan, this album will thrill you.

Average customer rating: Best Album Ever It's still around! Fans would not enjoy this album at all One of the best things I heard in San Diego FUN,DIFFERENT AND MORE FUN !!

Morning Wood Rugburns Manufacturer: Manifesto Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mommy I'm Sorry Taking the World by Donkey One Left Shoe Taking the World by Donkey Hitchhiker Joe ASIN: B000005DDP Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Single Life
2. Gold's Gym Guy
3. Pitbull
4. My Boyfriend
5. I Want To Learn About Love
6. Holliston Street
7. Football Tonite
8. Rioting
9. Hitchhiker Joe
10. My Carphone's On The Pill
11. Kilkenny Man
12. You Should've Told Me
13. Rub Somebody (The Right Way)
14. Me And Eddie Vedder

Product Description

1. Single Life 2. Gold"s Gym Guy 3. Pitbull 4. My Boyfriend 5. I Want To Learn About Love 6. Holliston Street 7. Football Tonite 8. Rioting 9. Hitchhiker Joe 10. My Carphone"s On The Pill 11. Kilkenny Man 12. You Should"ve Told Me 13. Rub Somebody (The Right Way) 14. Me And Eddie Vedder

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Best Album Ever.......2003-03-10

Like I said above, this is THE BEST ALBUM EVER. Almost every song is great- for the liberal listener with a sense of humor. I love this album more than the guy that introduced me (which I think partially explains where our relationship went wrong- that, and that I think "Gold's Gym Guy" intimidated him). Anyway, absolutely fabulous music. It's mostly upbeat, and sends a good, wholesome message that the whole family can enjoy. No, wait... it's totally raunchy, but wonderful.

It's still around!.......2001-12-24

I was stationed in San Diego with the Navy while these guys were playing in the bars that I would visit. I bought this album in a bar during one of their shows when it was first released. I played the hell out of it during a 6 month deployment in late 94, and then somehow during my transfer to Hawaii in 95 I misplaced the CD.

I can't say how many times I've thought of the album in the 7 years since, and missed having it, and today, out of boredom I do a search here, and there it is! Amazing!

This band deserves to be around as much as Barenaked Ladies. The lyrics are cleverly amusing. It's a shame these guys never found themselves in the right place at the right time - they belong side-by-side with BNL, Cake, etc. Buy this CD - you won't regret it.

Fans would not enjoy this album at all.......1999-10-06

Not being a fan of the Rugburns before hand, I was disgusted at the cowboy crap coming out of my cd player when I played it.But apparently they have a following, or had. I think they broke up. I only bought this because I liked the song "Suburbia" on the Bio-Dome soundtrack a lot. And they soud nothing like that on this album.

One of the best things I heard in San Diego.......1999-02-21

This is one of the best albums I have. I've listen to the Rugburns since their humble beginings. Each song is creatively humorous. Great feel good music anyone can enjoy.

FUN,DIFFERENT AND MORE FUN !!.......1999-02-21

I FELL INTO THE BURNS ON COMPLETE ACCIDENT . I BELIEVE THAT STEVE POLTZ IS A FINE LIRICYST WITH AGREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. HIS SOLO VENTURE SHOW HIS ABILITY TO GO A LITTLE MORE TO THE SERIOUS SIDE TOO. MOMMY IM SORRY WAS THE FIRST BURNS I HAD HEARD,AND IS STILL PROBABLY MY FAVORITE OF THEIRS. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE STEVE POLTZ OR THE RUGBURNS LIVE, DO IT!!

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All Things Bright and Beautiful Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lead, Kindly Light: Hymns of Faith and Assurance English Hymn 1 English Hymn 3 Jerusalem the Golden ASIN: B00008ZZ3Z Release Date: 2003-07-08

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating: A century of British art songs to delight those who love them

English Song Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Treasury of English Song Favorite English Songs Songs by Roger Quilter The Complete Songs, Vol. 4 Silent Noon ASIN: B0002JEG6I Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

1. A Soft Day - Bernadette Greevy
2. Irish Skies - Bernadette Greevy
3. Cherry Ripe - Janice Watson
4. Mustard And Cress - Neal Davies
5. The Lily Of A Day - Janice Watson
6. Henry King - Neal Davies
7. Fain Would I Change That Note - Graham Johnson
8. In Summer-Time On Bredon - Christopher Maltman
9. The Lads In Their Hundreds - Christopher Maltman
10. Among The Rocks - Graham Johnson
11. It Was A Lover And His Lass - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
12. The Water Mill - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
13. On Wenlock Edge - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
14. The Call - Graham Johnson
15. Silent Noon - Graham Johnson
16. Now In These Fairylands - Philip Langridge
17. The Dream-City - Philip Langridge
18. Margrete's Cradle Song - Susan Gritton
19. The Heart Worships - Christopher Maltman
20. Take, O Those Lips Away - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
21. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Graham Johnson
22. Love Calls Through The Summer Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
23. I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing - Graham Johnson
24. The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) - Ian Partridge
25. Theodore, Or The Pirate King - Ian Partridge
26. A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) - Ian Partridge
27. Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - Bernadette Greevy

Tracks:

1. The Grenadier - Richard Edgar-Wilson
2. The Young Lover - Richard Edgar-Wilson
3. Betty And Johnny - Richard Edgar-Wilson
4. Rise Up And Reach The Stars - Richard Edgar-Wilson
5. The Bells - Nik Hancock-Child
6. Ann's Cradle Song - Nik Hancock-Child
7. As I Lay In The Early Sun - Nik Hancock-Child
8. The Cherry Tree - Nik Hancock-Child
9. Dusk - Nik Hancock-Child
10. Peter Warlock's Fancy - John Constable
11. The Frostbound Wood - John Constable
12. Chopcherry - John Constable
13. A Sad Song - John Constable
14. Rutterkin - John Constable
15. Bethlehem Down - John Constable
16. Wapping Old Stairs - Felicity Lott
17. Long Steel Grass - Martyn Hill
18. Tango-Pasodoble - Martyn Hill
19. Popular Song - Martyn Hill
20. Beatriz's Song - Felicity Lott
21. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love - Philip Langridge
22. Early One Morning - Felicity Lott
23. The Foggy, Foggy View - Philip Langridge
24. Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast - Philip Langridge
25. Tell Me The Truth About Love - Della Jones
26. The Choirmaster's Burial - Philip Langridge

Customer Reviews:

A century of British art songs to delight those who love them.......2006-06-26

These 53 songs have been collected by Naxos from their extensive acquisitions from Collins Classics, and perhaps other British sources now out of business. There's a steady cottage industry, year after year, producing the typical English art song, which is usually based on folk songs, but even in more modern idioms is profuondly conservative and nostaligic. Half these songs, not to mention half the composers, are totally unknown to American audiences, but the familiar names of Vaughan Williams and Britten represent high quality, and the lesser lights, such as Warlock and Quilter, are mainstays in this repertoire.

I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than htis colleciton reveals.

Average customer rating: Woke up this Morning, and I found out I had Wood! Classic gets re-relased for the masses

Tony Harnell & Morning Wood ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Starbreaker Westworld Transistor Knights of the New Thunder Intuition ASIN: B00006IGQW Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

1. Not Scared Anymore
2. Love The One Your With
3. Tonight Im Falling Crazy On You
4. Desperado
5. More Now Than Ever
6. Give A Little Bit
7. Whats Going On
8. Midnight Rider
9. Silence
10. One Of These Nights
11. Love Hurts
12. Sun In Your Sky

Album Description

Hard rock/AOR supergroup featuring Tony Harnell (TNT), Al Pitrelli (Alice Cooper, Dee Snider's Widowmaker, Joe Lynn Turner, Savatage, Megadeath), Chuck Bonfonte (Michael Bolton) & Danny Miranda. Escape Music. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Woke up this Morning, and I found out I had Wood!.......2004-03-18

Tony Harnell's Morning Wood is a one-off CD that is all acoustic
rock songs. Most of the songs are covers with some originals thrown in. I do not have any idea of when this was recorded as it is not listed inside the insert or CD cover. But I guess it's around 1994-1995. Tony Harnell is one of my favorite vocalists! I love some of his work with T.N.T. but it's his newer band Westworld that is killer. To me that band is the best band in the last 5 years. They've released 3 studio and 1 live effort from 1999 - 2002. But that is Westworld, and this is Morning Wood. I like this CD. It is a strong 4 star effort, and Tony is in amazing voice throughout this whole CD. The only weak moments are with the originals. Not Scared Anymore is awesome. Tony and guitarist Al Pitrelli (of Trans-Siberian Orchestra among many others) are great. Tonight I'm Falling/Crazy on You, which is a remake of the TNT track is great, absolutely beautiful and to segue into Crazy on You is so powerful, Tony makes both songs all his own. More Now than Ever, and Silence are pretty, but they are weak and not really memorable. Sun in Your Sky is good, and a bit better than the last 2 tracks but not as strong as Not Scared Anymore. Now onto
the covers. Love the One Your With (unsure of who actually sang it) is very good. I like it. There are 2 awesome songs from the Eagles. Desperado (which Tony just nails!) and One of these Nights (another great one!). Midnight Rider from The Allman Brothers is relaxing. What's Going On (A Marvin Gaye song) is strong. Love Hurts is weak and maybe I am being bais because I really don't like the song in the first place. Lastly
Give A Little Bit is good, however, again I do not know who sang the original. Morning Wood was just meant to be a one off recording but you'd never know it by how tight the band plays and how much emotion Tony Harnell pours into every song
even if some of the songs don't work well. A must get for TNT fans, and Westworld fans!

Classic gets re-relased for the masses.......2004-03-17

For any fans of Tony Harnell or melodic and acoustic rock buy this album!

I had a copy of this CD on tape from a friends' Japanese import from 10 years ago and was absolutely stoked to finally be able to purchase my own copy (and at less than $50!). This cd of covers and originals was recorded mostly live over 3 days and the energy and spirit of the songs really comes through. Tony sings like a superstar as usual (listen to Tonight I'm Falling/Crazy on You to hear the man wail) but the additional treat is Al Pitrelli's guitar playing. The solo in One Of These Nights is a corker that still brings a smile to my face after all these years!

Average customer rating: Great music - fun to singalong Very fresh and fun. Refreshing Change from Tired Carols

Seasons for Singing: A Celebration of Country Life Manufacturer: Revels Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wild Mountain Thyme Revels Celebration Of Spring Summer & Fall ASIN: B0000002BD Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

1. Now We Are Met
2. Good Ale
3. Speed The Plough
4. Hal-And-Tow
5. Well Rung, Tom
6. Under This Stone Lies Gabriel John
7. Hark! The Bonny Christ Church Bells Ring
8. Byrd One Brere
9. The Turtle Dove
10. Jones's Ale
11. Dance Reels: The Wind That Shakes The Barley/Harvest Home
12. On Ilkla Moor Bah T'at
13. Mairi's Wedding
14. Say, Mighty Love
15. Say, Mighty Love
16. The Wedding Hymn
17. In Wisdom's Lovely, Pleasant Ways
18. The Earth Is Our Mother
19. The Rivers Of Texas
20. Palms Of Victory
21. Once More A-Lumbering Go
22. Fare You Well, Mary Ann
23. Fathom The Bowl
24. The Farmer
25. As I Was Going To Banbury
26. Green Broom
27. Bridgwater Fair
28. One April Morning
29. Miri It Is
30. Sellenger's Round
31. The Padstow Mayers' Song

Customer Reviews:

Great music - fun to singalong.......2007-03-10

We have the Christmas Revels CD and loved that, but I can't stand Christmas music in February, so I bought this CD. My family adores it -- my kids, 4 and 6, love to sing along to it. There are a few drinking songs that praise alcoholic beverages (Good Ale, Jone's Ale), but I'm not sure my kids get the gist and it doesn't bother me.

I felt this was well worth the cost -- there are a lot of songs on here. I love that we can sing along to music that isn't sacchrine, dumb-downed, kids music and I like the historical nature of the tunes (the liner notes are great -- they give background on the May festival and each song has a few sentences of background, as well as providing the lyrics. There are a few songs that are instrumental, but most have singing).

Another album my family is enjoying is Dean Shostack Davy Crockett's Fiddle - they are instrumental early American fiddle tunes.

Very fresh and fun........2001-09-06

I defy you to not sing along with this album. The songs are catcy without being tiring, folksy without being simple, nostalgic without being sentimental. The Revel Singers make you feel like you're in the midst of a big party full of boisterous people having a great time. I was introduced to this album via my local eclectic radio station that played "Jones's Ale" one morning and I was hooked.

Refreshing Change from Tired Carols.......1999-12-29

Probably taken from one of the delightful annual Revels Christmas/holiday musicals, the sound is Christmas-y without being cloying. It's joyful, fresh and charming.

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The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1930s Manufacturer: Guild ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002Z9XBA Release Date: 2005-01-17

Tracks:

1. Curtain Up [From Ballerina Suite]
2. Wedding of the Rose - Jack Hylton
3. Westwards [From Four Ways Suite]
4. Tea Dolls' Parade - West End Celebrity Orchestra
5. Plymouth Hoe
6. Glow Worm Idyll
7. March of the Bowmen [From Robin Hood Suite]
8. Immortals - Concert Overture - The London Symphony Orchestra
9. Butterflies in the Rain
10. May Day Overture
11. Moths Around the Candle Flame
12. Overture from Terische Suite [Dance Suite] - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
13. Nightingale's Morning Greeting
14. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [From On Your Toes] - Paul Whiteman
15. Dance of the Icicles [From the Wooing of the Snowflakes]
16. Samum - BBC Dance Orchestra
17. Music from the Movies - 1937 Selection: March of the Movies/We Saw the

Average customer rating: ... recalls the primordial sounds of Shrek Brilliantly mixes Nu Jazz, Downtown, Noir, & White Noise buy it now Poor effort - Not my cup of tea...

Scelsi Morning Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Shoe String Symphonettes Spiritual Unity New Monastery Lawn Chair Society Metheny Mehldau Quartet ASIN: B0000ADXG4 Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. Bataille
2. Scelsi Morning
3. And Then She Fell...
4. Earth
5. Pennies From Hell
6. Geese
7. Our Daily Bread
8. Identity I-Shmentity
9. The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (And Again)
10. Kabukitsch

Customer Reviews:

... recalls the primordial sounds of Shrek.......2004-05-16

Scelsi Morning finds guitarist Marc Ribot exploring the possibilities of "classical" forms in adherence to the rhythms of modern dance. The tracks on this album are taken from scores Ribot wrote to accompany both Wim Vanderheybus dance piece Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed and Yoshiko Chuma's Reverse Psychology. Tribal percussion, brittle electric guitar, ominous pump organs and droning clarinets all combine to make a sound not unlike Marc's old band - Shrek.

In the mid-80's, Ribot found himself in demand as THE avant garde guitarist for personalities like Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and the Lounge Lizards. Currently, just about any John Zorn gig needing a guitar features Ribot. In between, Ribot founded Shrek, a powerful unit that transposed the energy of Albert Ayler's 1960's free-jazz maelstrom into a rock guitar context. After signing with Atlantic Records for a few albums to explore his more accessible Los Cubano's Postizos band, it seemed as though Ribot had abandoned Shrek's primal sound. Apparently not; if anything, this album is a throwback of sorts.

Opening with blistering guitar work and settling into a familiar tribal pattern of ritualistic percussion, Scelsi Morning takes the listener back to Ribot's Shrek days with a vengeance. Further tracks reveal a compositional maturity un-hinted at in those halcyon days. Clarinets play interweaving harmonies, organs bubble and drone while Ribot coaxes out ethereal as well as discordant shards from his guitar. Although having been conceived as music to accompany dance, these pieces more than stand on their own.

Brilliantly mixes Nu Jazz, Downtown, Noir, & White Noise.......2003-10-15

Most definitely not for everyone, Scelsi Morning presents some of the most interesting and challenging music being performed and recorded today.

Originally composed for two different dance pieces, the music resonates with other performance-oriented music, such as soundtrack recordings, having suite-like sensibilities and a vingnette-like feel. Dedicated to Giancento Scelsi, a modern Italian composer, who also creates uniquely atmospheric soundscapes, this discs stands out by virtue of its drama, menace, and beauty.

What I especially like about Scelsi Morning is its gloriously varied and unusual sound palette. Ribot not only employs a wide variety of instruments, he places them in unique settings. Thus you get Ned Rothenberg making his bass clarinet sound like a didjeridu and honking goose on "Geese," backed by intriguing string and pump organ voicings interspersed with mesmerizing fugue-like passages. Much of it is very atmospheric, like a soundtrack to a noirish sci-fi movie (check out esp. "Our Daily Bread," with its blasts of fuzz guitar, Chinese-water-torture percussion, and very in-your-face violin playing). I especially like the faux-anthemic, Chinese-tinged "The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (and Again)." All in all, garage-soundtrack-Nu Jazz might best describe what's going on here.

As I say, not for everyone, but highly recommended for those with big ears and not afraid to encounter a truly different music experience.

buy it now.......2003-10-14

i must say that this album is one of my favorite ribot works...his guitar playing is top notch and the compositions display yet another side of the musical chameleon that he is...no more words, buy the record.

Poor effort - Not my cup of tea..........2003-08-28

I've been a big fan of Ribot's (even met him once) especially in the Zorn realm. Filmworks 8, his Cubanos project - both ablums are very good, even some of his other Tzadik releases are intersting but this album just seems to fail on many levels. I don't understand this type of stuff. First of all, it's been done already and secondly, here it's not done all that well.
For a real Ribot album try Filmworks 8 or Circle Maker by John Zorn. Ribot tears up the fret board on those - or look for Los Cubanos projects he did for Atlantic. All are great. He even did some great things with James Carter on "Layin' in the cut" - and his "Saints" album isn't bad either... Pass this one up though. It's not likely I will listen to this album again in the near future. I couldn't even get all the way thru it the first time...

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