Wild Side of Life [Import]

1. Wild Side Of Life

2. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart

3. Hangover Heart

4. New Wears Off Too Fast

5. Cold Hearted Can You Get

6. It's Better To Have Loved A Little

7. No Help Wanted

8. Rub-A-Dub-Dub

9. I'll Sign My Heart Away

10. I'd Never Have Found Somebody New

11. Yesterday's Girl

12. John Henry

13. When You're Lovin' You're Livin'

14. Wake Up Irene

15. Breakin' The Rules

16. Fooler A Faker

17. Go Cry Your Heart Out

18. Honky-Tonk Girl

19. We've Gone Too Far

20. New Green Light

Wild Side of Life,Hank Thompson,Country Stars,Country/Bluegrass

Average customer rating: if you like female jazz vocalists you'll love this album Everyone does it, and seldom as well... Everyone does it, and seldom as well... Oh Yeah Great voice, great music

Play It Cool Lea DeLaria Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Gay & Lesbian | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Double Standards Bulldyke in a Chinashop Lea's Book of Rules for the World Box Lunch Very Best of Lea DeLaria ASIN: B00005J9X2 Release Date: 2001-06-12

Tracks:

1. Sweeney Todd: The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd
2. West Side Story: Cool
3. Little Me: I've Got Your Number
4. City Of Angels: With Every Breath I Take
5. Chicago: All That Jazz
6. Faust: Life Has Been Good To Me
7. The Wild Party: Welcome To My Party
8. The Wild Party: Lowdown-Down
9. Stop The World I Want To Get Off: Once In A Lifetime
10. Follies: Losing My Mind
11. Franks Wild Years: Straight To The Top

Amazon.com

Standup comedian, actress, and singer Lea DeLaria presents a less confrontational image here than she did on 1994's Bulldyke in a China Shop, adopting the role of seductive, witty, confident, and heterosexual jazz chanteuse to perfection. Her voice ranges from little-girl-lost innocence to harder-edged tones, both suited to the opening "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd." With stylings from Billie Holiday to Judy Garland, "I've Got Your Number" heads straight for the heart of 1950s big-band balladry, improvised scat vocals proving DeLaria can swing with the best. "Cool" is anything but, the accompaniment understated, that voice dripping with the promise of sex. In "With Every Breath I Take," we get to imagine every late night smoky bar in every old Hollywood film we've ever seen--while it is pastiche, the characterization is startlingly evocative.

DeLaria sums it up with "All That Jazz," confidently suggesting, following her recent twin roles in the lavishly acclaimed 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, that this girl just wants to have fun playing bad. When she sings "Life Has Been Good to Me," she has such an upbeat twinkle, you suspect she means every word. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews:

if you like female jazz vocalists you'll love this album.......2004-07-27

I wish Delaria would put out more albums like this one. Her voice and interpretation of the songs on the album are really great and withstand lots of repeat plays. Highly recommended. Many of the cuts are worth 5 stars, but I didn't really like all of her song choices, so that's why I rated the album 4 stars.

Everyone does it, and seldom as well..........2004-04-10

All I can say is...WOW.
When my partner and I saw Lea perform her routine in P-town, she wowed us with a stunning version of one of my all-time favorites, "The Ballad of Sweeny Todd." We bought her CD on the spot and it stayed in my car's CD player for weeks on end (and then I only took it out because I had to switch cars).
I enjoyed the whole album, but I found myself playing the first track over and over, and even singing it in the shower. I must disagree with the "Cigar" review on all counts, at least regarding this track. The song lends itself so beautifully to swingin' jazz I can't believe nobody thought of it before. But I'm glad no one has, because Lea DeLaria knocks it out of the park. The smooth delivery is perfect for the dry humor of the lyrics, her belts are such a perfect blend of head and chest it sends chills up my spine, and the arrangement is spot-on. The best part - it stands up beautifully to repeat listenings; I just can't grow tired of this rendition. The opening track alone is worth twice the price of this CD.

Everyone does it, and seldom as well..........2004-04-10

All I can say is...WOW.
When my partner and I saw Lea perform her routine in P-town, she wowed us with a stunning version of one of my all-time favorites, "The Ballad of Sweeny Todd." We bought her CD on the spot and it stayed in my car's CD player for weeks on end (and then I only took it out because I had to switch cars).
I enjoyed the whole album, but I found myself playing the first track over and over, and even singing it in the shower. I must disagree with the "Cigar" review on all counts, at least regarding this track. The song lends itself so beautifully to swingin' jazz I can't believe nobody thought of it before. But I'm glad no one has, because Lea Dellaria knocks it out of the park. The smooth delivery is perfect for the dry humor of the lyrics, her belts are such a perfect blend of head and chest it sends chills up my spine, and the arrangement is spot-on. The best part - it stands up beautifully to repeat listenings; I just can't grow tired of this rendition. The opening track alone is worth twice the price of this CD.

Oh Yeah.......2003-01-05

...This bull... in a china closet just flat kills.. you like your jazz delivered with power, style, and class.. Lea delivers. You want your jazz to swing? It does that too. My highest rating. It won't leave your cd player anytime soon. Did I mention the musicians helping Lea are just as hot?

Great voice, great music.......2002-08-10

If you're looking for a modern jazz singer with a lesbian edge, this CD is it!

Average customer rating: Terrific and Bizarre Kick ass Country from it's glory days!

Rebels & Outlaws: Music From The Wild Side Of Life Various Artists Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Country | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000IWUY Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Live Fast, Love hard, Die Young - Faron Young
2. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
3. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
4. Branded Man - Merle Haggard
5. (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill - Johnny Paycheck
6. Evil Hearted Me - Dick Curless
7. Cocaine Blues - Hank Thompson
8. Downtown Poker Club - Tex Williams
9. Riot In Cell Block Number Nine - Wanda Jackson
10. Knoxville Girl - The Louvin Brothers
11. You Clobbered Me - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
12. Shootout At The Rocket Club - Dusty Chaps
13. Ain't Life Hell - Hank Cochran & Willie Nelson
14. Blood On The Saddle - Tex Ritter

Amazon.com

This compilation from the darker strains of classic country provides an antidote to the sanitized, suburbanized fare that Nashville favors today. From Faron Young's "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" credo through Tex Ritter's lethally deranged "Blood on the Saddle," the selections celebrate a musical multitude of sins. The most homicidally serious highlights are Johnny Paycheck's "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill" and the Louvin Brothers' "Knoxville Girl," which make some of the rest (particularly Spade Cooley's "You Clobbered Me") sound like novelty toss-offs in comparison. Wanda Jackson's deliciously bad-girl cover of "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" rocks harder than anything by the boys. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Terrific and Bizarre.......2001-04-02

This one is surely not for all tastes, but if you want music from the traditional sounding and bloody-themed side of country, here is the sampler to get. Judging by the stylings and sound, you would think all the cuts date from about the mid- to late-fifties, but some of them are significantly newer. A few are sheer novelty, including Downtown Poker Club, You Clobbered Me (sung by an unidentified female vocalist, but credited to Spade Cooley who, as the CD liner notes and every review -- mine too! -- can't resist noting, later beat his wife to death. Without that life imitating art twist, this tune surely and deservedly would never have been heard again), and Shootout at the Rocket Club. You get the old chestnuts in Folsom Prison Blues -- always worth hearing of course --, Hank Thompson's version of Cocaine Blues and a lesser known Marty Robbins song, Big Iron. Merle Haggard's Branded Man is a flat-out classic, as is wild Wanda's Riot in Cell Block Number Nine. The three songs that give the CD its most chilling edge are Johnny Paycheck's matter-of-fact (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill, in which a guy finishes drinking at a bar and announces to all that he's now going off to shoot his wife and her lover, Tex Ritter's truly bizarre Blood on the Saddle, wherein a cowboy is crushed by his horse, and the Louvin Brothers' Knoxville Girl, the tale of a young man who kills his sweetheart for no apparent reason at all during a Sunday walk, throws her body in the river, and explains away all the blood on his clothes to his mother by saying he "was bleeding from the nose." The version is based on an old English folk song and very strong stuff. One listens in kind of amazement to this sometimes powerful, sometimes mindless CD and wonders how and why Nashville ever let itself become the purveyor of the homogenized pap it spews out today.

Kick ass Country from it's glory days!.......1999-06-20

Killer compilation of old country songs. I'd never heard "Pardon Me I've got Someone to Kill". There's some incredible Merle Haggard and other stuff on here too. This is the real deal from the 50s. These guys were so cool.

Average customer rating:

The Wild Side of Life Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Country Stars ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009B0GVS Release Date: 2005-03-21

Tracks:

1. Wild Side Of Life
2. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart
3. Hangover Heart
4. New Wears Off Too Fast
5. Cold Hearted Can You Get
6. It's Better To Have Loved A Little
7. No Help Wanted
8. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
9. I'll Sign My Heart Away
10. I'd Never Have Found Somebody New
11. Yesterday's Girl
12. John Henry
13. When You're Lovin' You're Livin'
14. Wake Up Irene
15. Breakin' The Rules
16. Fooler A Faker
17. Go Cry Your Heart Out
18. Honky-Tonk Girl
19. We've Gone Too Far
20. New Green Light

Average customer rating: merely OK transfers from vinyl to CD

Wild Side of Life Burl Ives ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000EMSP2Y Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. Wild Side of Life - Burl Ives,
2. Little Green Valley - Burl Ives,
3. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - Burl Ives,
4. Left My Gal in the Mountains
5. Crawdad Song - Burl Ives,
6. Lonesome, So Lonesome - Burl Ives, Anita Kerr Singers
7. One Hour Ahead of the Possee - Burl Ives, Anita Kerr Singers
8. Great White Bird - Burl Ives, Anita Kerr Singers
9. Hound Dog
10. There's a Mule Up in Tombstone, Arizona - Burl Ives, Anita Kerr Singers
11. It's So-Long and Good-Bye to You - Burl Ives,
12. Close the Door Richard
13. Leather-Winged Bat
14. Cotton-Eyed Joe
15. Sweet Betsy from Pike
16. On Top of Old Smokey
17. I Know Where I'm Going
18. I Know My Love
19. Cowboy's Lament
20. Wee Cooper O'Fife
21. Riddle Song
22. Tam Pierce
23. Peter Gray
24. Darlin' Cory
25. John Hardy
26. Colorado Trail
27. Roving Gambler
28. Bonnie Wee Lassie
29. Divil and the Farmer
30. On Springfield Mountain
31. Little Mohee
32. Troubadour Song
33. Robin, He Married
34. Lavender Cowboy
35. High Barbaree

Album Description

With his grandfatherly image, Burl Ives parlayed his talent as a folksinger into a wide-ranging career as a radio personality and stage and screen actor. Wild Side Of Life features 35 folk classics including 'Cotton Eyed Joe', ' John Hardy', 'Colorado Trail', 'Wild Side Of Life' and 'The Little Green Valley'. Prism. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

merely OK transfers from vinyl to CD.......2006-07-19

I bought this CD because the LP of "The Wild Side Of Life" was on high rotation in our family home when I was VERY young. I've heard some of these songs ("Wild Side Of Life" and "Great White Bird") on CD in pristine condition, however I was disappointed to find that all tracks on this CD are merely quite average digitally treated transfers from vinyl which was mostly in very bad condition.

There's no excuse for this because this week I imported (from the USA for US$6) a very good condition copy of the LP which, with a day's careful editing, has given me a CD which sounds absolutely perfect.

Burl Ives' arrangements were as amazingly good as the musicians and backing vocalists he chose to work with - and this album really deserved to be released as mastered from the original tapes (or at least from excellent condition vinyl).

Average customer rating:

A Proper Introduction to Hank Thompson: The Wild Side of Life Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Proper Introduction ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979 The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) Hillbilly Fever The Essential Hank Snow Hank Thompson - All-Time Greatest Hits ASIN: B00069I7XC Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

1. Californian Women
2. (I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart
3. Green Light
4. Woah Sailor
5. Wild Side of Life
6. Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart
7. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
8. Yesterday's Girl
9. Wake Up Irene
10. Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer
11. Cat Has Nine Lives
12. Swing Wide Your Gate of Love
13. I Find You Cheatin' on Me
14. Tomorrow Night
15. Humpty Dumpty Boogie
16. Hangover Heart
17. Soft Lips
18. She's a Girl Without a Sweetheart
19. Grass Looks Greener
20. If I Cry
21. Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea
22. I'd Have Never Found Somebody New
23. Simple Simon
24. When You're Lovin' You're Livin'
25. New Wears Off Too Fast
26. I'll Sign My Heart Away
27. If Lovin' You Is Wrong
28. Most of All
29. It's Better to Have Loved a Little (Than to Have Never Loved at All)
30. No Help Wanted

Album Description

Hank Thompson was perhaps the most popular Western swing musicians of the 50s and 60s, keeping the style alive with a top-notch band, tremendous showmanship, and a versatility that allowed him to expand his repertoire into romantic ballads and hardcore honky tonk numbers. This Proper Introduction presents many of his biggest hits. 2004.

Album Details

Hank Thompson was Perhaps the Most Popular Western Swing Musician of the '50s and '60s, Keeping the Style Alive with a Top-notch Band, Tremendous Showmanship, and a Versatility that Allowed Him to Expand his Repertoire Into Romantic Ballads and Hardcore Honky Tonk Numbers. Thompson Scored his First Major Hit for Capitol in 1949 with the Smash "Humpty Dumpty Heart," the Biggest of his Six Charting Singles that Year. In 1951, He Hooked Up with Producer Ken Nelson, who Would Helm Many of his Most Successful Records. This Proper Introduction Presents Many of his Biggest Hits.

Music Album:

1. Willie Nelson Favorites
2. You Light Up My Life [CD-single]
3. Your Final Ride
4. 21 Golden Hits
5. A Good Friend
6. (AKS-10001) Sing Like Gretchen Wilson
7. All Roads Lead To You: Male Country Hits (Karaoke)
8. Any Other Way
9. Beginnings of an Icon
10. Best Of [Import] [Original recording remastered]

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