Bizarro [Import]

Product Description
Part of the 'UK New Wave Renaissance' series. Japanese K2 24-bit remastered reissue of 1989 album features 17 tracks including 7 bonus tracks, 'Unfaithful', 'One Day This Will All Be Yours', 'It's Not Unusual', 'Brassneck' (single version), 'Don't Talk, Just Kiss', 'Gone', & 'Box Elder'. RCA. 2004.

Bizarro,Wedding Present,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: Different, but in a good way Something New... Great Piece of Post Modern Music Daugherty : Music :: Lichtenstein : Art World of Imagination for Man of Tommorrow

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony/Bizarro Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Daugherty, Michael | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Michael Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories; UFO UFO: The Music of Michael Daugherty Jackie O - The Opera Sojourns John Adams - Harmonielehre · The Chairman Dances · Tromba lontana · Short Ride in a Fast Machine / Sir Simon Rattle ASIN: B000004CWL Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. Metropolis Symphony: Lex
2. Metropolis Symphony: Krypton
3. Metropolis Symphony: Mxyzptlk
4. Metropolis Symphony: Oh Lois!
5. Metropolis Symphony: Red Cape Tango
6. Metropolis Symphony: Bizarro

Amazon.com

Michael Daugherty is one of a talented and eclectic group of American composers who have successfully worked in both rock and classical music styles. His compositions celebrate American popular culture--his latest opera, Jackie O, is based on the life of you know who. His largest and most ambitious work to date is this suite of pieces based on characters and events from the Superman comic strip. Rumor has it that the original title was supposed to be "Superman" Symphony, but Marvel Comics wouldn't give permission to use the name. In any case, the music is jazzy, snazzy, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to ... you get the picture. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Different, but in a good way.......2007-05-23

Michael Daugherty's music seems to spark primarily extreme reactions: it's either detested or adored. I'm in the latter category.

"Metropolis Symphony" is one of the most complex and rigorously structured orchestral scores of the last twenty years. I performed the fifth movement last spring; at every rehearsal I was amazed at how well it was put together, and how thoroughly the material was developed. Hardly characteristics you'd expect from a "trite" composition!

I highly recommend "Metropolis Symphony". The zaniness, the relentless energy, and the strong elements of popular music make this an excellent first choice for fans of classical music trying to inch their way into the music of 20th- and 21st-century composers, or for fans of popular music trying to inch their way into classical music, or for anybody willing to try something new.

(I might add that it's a refreshing break for those of us who are tired of hearing and performing nothing but 19th-century Romantic music on orchestra concerts..)

Don't be afraid!

Something New..........2005-04-03

I just bought this recording, as my high school marching band will be playing selections from the Metropolis Symphony in our show this year. At first, I was surprised at HOW contemporary it was. I was expecting something a bit more majestic and hero-like than what I was hearing. However, I was not disappointed. The more I listened, the more I understood and liked. You simply have to let it paint and create images in your mind. That is when it becomes a successful work. -Let it take you away.

Great Piece of Post Modern Music.......2004-09-14

I bought this to find out what the orchestra I play in was getting into for a concert last spring. What a great piece of music! Fun to play, fun to listen to. I was a little discouraged to discover that his "Dead Elvis" (from another CD) was VERY close to "Red Cape Tango," but all-in-all, it's still full of interesting ostinati and fun little hooks.

I'd love to see Bizarro done on a marching band field, but I know it'll never happen. There's a great interplay in the piece between the horns and percussion that I just scan back and play, scan back and play, scan back and play...

Daugherty : Music :: Lichtenstein : Art.......2003-04-16

The music of Michael Daugherty is deeply rooted in the American psyche because of his focus on pop culture. In an analogous way to the pop art style of some modern visual arts, Daugherty uses familiar motifs and patterns to create soundscapes that are quite evocative.

Some of his critics claim that portions of his music are 'trite' or 'cliches', but this is precisely the point with pop art. Daugherty is able to create beauty from new use of the mundane.

While not everyone will enjoy Metropolis, it is an emminent work in the sense of connections between movements in visual art and music. Just as Schoenburg reflects Kandinsky, Cage reflects Pollak, and Stravinsky reflects Picasso, so does Daugherty reflect Lichtenstein.

World of Imagination for Man of Tommorrow.......2003-01-17

Michael Daughtery's METROPOLIS SYMPHONY is a fitting tribute to the American mythology of the Superman story. He creates an environment of imagination and even suspense starting with the oddly spinning "Lex" which pulls us along with it, trying to keep up with the orchestra trying to keep up with its violin virtuoso. Other movments include "Krypton", a dirge-like piece complete with funeral bells, "Mxyzptlk", a somewhat mystical and confused musical metaphor for the imp from the 5th dimension, "Oh Lois", which is a little campy and gives the feeling of the damsel in constant distress relying on her hero.
The symphony itself ends in the dramatic fight to the death of Superman and Doomsday in "Red Cape Tango". There is also another piece Daughtery composed with the Superman folklore legend in mind called "Bizarro". It is strange, awkward, amusing, and potentially dangerous, just like it's supposed to be, forging off with superpower going...well,somewhere. All music makes full use of a fully structured orchestra tightly conducted by David Zinman. A great ride.

Average customer rating: Fantastic album

Bizarro The Wedding Present Manufacturer: Bmg/Camden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Seamonsters George Best Tommy (1985-1987) Saturnalia Watusi ASIN: B00005NOSV Release Date: 2004-03-22

Tracks:

1. Brassneck
2. Crushed
3. No
4. Thanks
5. Kennedy
6. What Have I Said Now?
7. Granadaland
8. Bewitched
9. Take Me!
10. Be Honest
11. Unfaithful [*]
12. One Day This Will All Be Yours [*]
13. It's Not Unusual [*]
14. Brassneck [Single Version][*]
15. Don't Talk, Just Kiss [*]
16. Gone [*]
17. Box Elder [*]

Album Description

Originally released in 1989 now includes 7 bonus tracks all the B-sides from the hit singles Kennedy and Brassneck. Standard jewel case in a slipcase.

Album Details

Remastered with Improved Artwork and Sleevenotes. Reissue of their 1989 Album, Now with Seven Bonus Tracks Including all the B-sides.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic album.......2005-08-26

I bought this album months ago on cassette in amoeba records on a whim one weekday afternoon and I was blown away. the trouble with a lot of recordings from the eighties is that otherwise fantastic albums can be bogged down with cheesy, dated production quality. however, this album (production included) sounds just as fresh and vibrant today as it did when it first came out almost twenty years ago. the songs are excellent. two chords never sounded this good. some of the songs go on forever using the same basic chord structure. yet, somehow, it never gets dull. i have the feeling that if this band were to come out today instead of twenty years ago, they would be instatly popular with today's music scene. this is very original, timeless music.the wedding present were definitely one of the best bands to come outta england in the late eighties.

Average customer rating: Lost your love of life, too much apple pie... music fan from Seattle Furious Energy Unleashed Energy Unleashed

Bizarro The Wedding Present Manufacturer: Manifesto Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Seamonsters Hit Parade 1 Take Fountain ASIN: B000002NVI Release Date: 1996-08-06

Tracks:

1. Brassneck
2. Crushed
3. No
4. Thanks
5. Kennedy
6. What Have I Said Now?
7. Granadaland
8. Bewitched
9. Take Me!
10. Brassneck
11. Box Elder Mo
12. Don't Talk, Just Kiss
13. Gone
14. Be Honest

Album Description

Out of print for many years, Manifesto re-issued this 1990 classic in 1996 in its 'American' version, with the four extra tracks from the 'Brassneck' single.

Customer Reviews:

Lost your love of life, too much apple pie..........2005-02-02

Buy this NOW. That's about all I can say. This is a phenomenal, criminally underrated album, easily in my top 5 of all time, strong from start to finish. The more you listen to it, the more you'll want to listen to it, again and again, which is, after all, the mark of a true classic.

music fan from Seattle.......2004-01-02

I first bought this album after seeing The Wedding Present play in Paris in 1995. I was so blown away by their great performance that they soon became my favorite band. Bizarro is one of my desert island disks for sure. Very unique guitar stylings, meaningful lyrics, and great musicianship. Great place to start on TWP but shouldn't be your final destination. Check it out.

Furious.......2002-12-17

As a previous reviewer mentioned, this player is fast!! First caught the wedding present in early 90's having heard dalliance (from 'Seamonsters') and decided to purchase this player. My vinyl copy is now a little frayed and have since upgraded to cd. I usually find frenetic guitar bands to be hollow and tuneless but this one stands out. Melody appears in all the tunes and it certianly is powerful. As with most of his work, Gedge writes about love lost. His lyrics are jealous and maudlin. He doesnt really paint a picture lyrically, hes no poet, but its honesty grabs you. The music is mostly full on natural guitar butchering, doesnt appear to be put through too many effects (how many strings must these guys have gone through), but the songs really keep the tune. And what with his angry little writings the power really shines through. You cant help but feel his emotions. Comparisons to the Smiths dont ring true for me. The Smiths never made anything this hard and rough, and lyrically this is playground material to Morrisey. I highly recommend 'what have I said now?', 'bewitched', 'take me' and 'granadaland'. Other reviewers have noted about 'kennedy', which for me is the weakest track, but it has been played to death as an indie anthem over here. That really is the only track i skip. For me, this is the best wedding present player. All in all a very pleasing collection and one that you will come back to, i promise.

Energy Unleashed.......2001-12-30

David Gedge & co at their vey best. With a mixture of fast and slow this is an album of great intensity and power. Be prepared for `KENNEDY', this song was meant to be heard.

Energy Unleashed.......2001-12-30

David Gedge & co at their vey best. With a mixture of fast and slow this is an album of great intensity and power. Be prepared for `KENNEDY', this song was meant to be heard.

Average customer rating: Kennedy's parent

Bizarro The Wedding Present Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music | Vinyl Records | American Punk | British Punk | Emo | Garage Punk | Hardcore | Post Hardcore | Proto Punk | Punk | Punk Revival | Punk-Pop | Riot Grrl | Ska Punk | Straight Edge Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008FMPG Release Date: 1990-04-24

Tracks:

1. Brassneck
2. Crushed
3. No
4. Thanks
5. Kennedy
6. What Have I Said Now?
7. Granadaland
8. Bewitched
9. Take Me!
10. Brassneck
11. Box Elder
12. Don't Talk Just Kiss
13. Gone
14. Be Honest

Customer Reviews:

Kennedy's parent.......2005-03-11

Bizarro was the Weddoes' second proper album (after George Best, they had released Tommy, a compilation of singles and session tracks, and the unlikely Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela, containing two John Peel sessions of acoustic Ukrainian folk tunes). It included the single Kennedy (number 2 in the John Peel Festive 50 that year, one of five songs from the album to be voted in) and the original version of Brassneck, which was to be remade as a single recorded for them by Steve Albini. Each of Wedding Present's albums has a distinct identity although Bizarro retains the blistering guitar of George Best, and David Gedge's lyrics continued to mine the dark pits of romantic and sexual hell and dark despair. The longest track, Take Me!, ends in an extended instrumental section but there is no soloing, just the intense, repeated accompaniment, expressing all the emotion and pent up frustration in noise to trance-like effect. Glorious.

Average customer rating: Mars does need women Tonio K. is a true musical hero for our twisted times. Doggytime, hampsers?

Rodent Weekend 1976-1996 Tonio K. Manufacturer: Gadfly ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Yugoslavia Amerika Olé Life in the Foodchain Tonio K. and 16 Tons of Monkeys Live ASIN: B000009Q08 Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. The Funky Western Civilization, Phase II
2. Hey John
3. You Make It Way Too Hard
4. Too Cool To Be A Christian
5. Baby Don't Do It
6. I'll Wait Here
7. Don't Talk To Me
8. Doggytown
9. Storytime
10. Fools Talk
11. New Dark Ages
12. Los Gringos
13. Mars Needs Women
14. Party On The B Ring
15. You're Never Too Smart
16. The Hunter
17. Everything, Including You, Disgusts Me
18. I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You
19. Harness the Hamster/Rodent weekend '76

Customer Reviews:

Mars does need women.......2004-06-08

Much like the career of new wave/punk Steve Krikorian (aka Tonio K.), this compliation is an uneven collection of unreleased material. Can't blame Krikorian with this though, as he clearly warns you in the liner notes that this was material that was never good enough to make an actual album.

With that in mind, however, there are some superb songs that definitely make the album worth owning. The opening track, "Funky Western Civilization II" is a nice take on the original. "Too Cool To Be a Christian" rocks, but seems almost ironic now, considering Krikorian softened over the years after embracing Christianity. "Everything, Including You, Disgusts Me" (angry to the supreme) and "I'm Supposed to Have Sex With You" (his lone, unreleased 'hit' and most 80s-sounding) are groovy as well.

But for me, the two best tracks on this album are "Mars Needs Women" and "You Make it Way Too Hard." The version of "Mars" that appears here is an alternate take, complete with funky cow bell and bass line. His song writing here -- always terribly underrated -- is great: "Mars needs women/You should apply/Don't worry 'bout me baby/Have a good time."

Overall, this album loses a star because of simply too many throwaway songs. But if you want an album that fills in the blanks between Steve's other 'must-have' albums, "Life in the Foodchain" and "Amerika," then this will do nicely.

Tonio K. is a true musical hero for our twisted times........1999-06-15

I haven't heard this cd in its entirety, yet there is previously released material that I own on vinyl that is just the coolest stuff out there. "I'm Supposed to Have Sex with You" from the "Summer School" movie soundtrack is amazing! This stuff is truly intelligent rock and pop.

Doggytime, hampsers?.......1999-03-20

And "everything, including you, disgusts me"? I'm buying this CD for the titles alone.

Average customer rating:

Plastic Nebraska Manufacturer: I-Town Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFW9M Release Date: 2003-06-03

Average customer rating: Infected Mushroom is Amazing!

Israelians V.2: Bizarro Various Artists Manufacturer: Phoko ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TF88 Release Date: 2000-05-01

Album Details

Psy-Trance. Features: Infected Mushroom - 'Classical Mushroom', Passenger - 'All System Go', Green House Effect (a.k.a. Sandman) - 'superfly'.

Customer Reviews:

Infected Mushroom is Amazing!.......2004-07-19

I'm a huge fan of Infected Mushroom, and I have to say that Into the Matrix is my favorite song of all time by them. The album is worth it just for that song.

Unfortunately I have not heard the rest of the album, just this one song.

Average customer rating: Not Soda Stereo but lots of infectious random energy! Buen album Malísimo, un verdadero tributo a la mediocridad Desastroso Que tecateria!!!!!!!!

Gracias...Totales!!! Tributo Bizarro a Soda Stereo Various Artists Manufacturer: Aries Music Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Compilations | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00001O321 Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Primavera O - La Nueva Ley
2. Sueles Dejarme Solo - Ave Murta
3. Nuestra Te - Ul Trageno
4. En Camino - Pichi
5. En Remotinos - DJ Batti
6. No Existes - Timmy Otool
7. Imagenes Retro - Crisalida
8. En El Spetimo Dia - Sinergia
9. Juegos De Seducion - Hustler
10. En La Ciudad De La Furia - Fuerza Interna
11. Te Para Tres - Acuadeliga
12. Zona De Promesas - Turbomente
13. Un Misil En Mi Placard - A Sesino Serial Hawaiano
14. Ella Uso Mi Cabeza (Como Un Revolver) - La Triada
15. Signos - Mestizo/Extra
16. Corazon Delator - Ojota Criminal
17. Mi Novia Tiene Biceps - Andiscos
18. Fue - Soma
19. Profugos - Era-D
20. Luna Roja - Sleaze

Customer Reviews:

Not Soda Stereo but lots of infectious random energy!.......2007-06-01

Maybe because I don't know Spanish yet and Soda Stereo is sometime a bit too mellow or maybe too sophisticated for my tastes but I love to play this CD especially for dancing or before certain meetings with my boss when I need to get energized and optimistic and ready to take on anything! Fun dancing also. Don't expect typical Cerati however. That is not on this CD.

Buen album.......2006-06-15

Jeeeee, casualmente el mismo Gustavo Cerati dice que es el mejor disco que se sacado de Soda.

Malísimo, un verdadero tributo a la mediocridad.......2006-04-06

Una banda de la talla de Soda Stereo merece ser interpretada sólo por músicos y sonidos de altura. Este cd consiste en un montón de sonidos feos que provocan náuseas e insultan a los genios de Soda Stereo. Me pesa haberles dado una estrella, pero tuve que hacerlo para poder escribir este review, ya que no puedo dejar el campo en blanco. No compren este cd, no apoyemos a estos "músicos" mediocres que creen que pueden seguir los pasos de Soda. A estos grupos no los conocen ni por su casa. Aquí nos damos cuenta que cualquiera puede sacar un cd. Recomiendo a los "músicos" que participaron en este "tributo" que donen sus instrumentos y se metan de vuelta a su closet. Saludos.

Desastroso.......2005-11-10

Hace tiempo leí los reviews de otros usuarios, hasta que me animé a oir los samples. Realmente solo a un retrasado mental podría gustarle este disco. realmente insulta la música de soda

Que tecateria!!!!!!!!.......2005-05-05

Opino honestamente que este cd es la porqueria mas grande que he oido en mi vida. Los Cd's que tiene mi hermano de Cepillin estan mejores que este tributo.

Average customer rating:

Tango Bizarro Seis Luces ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BYRAQC Release Date: 2005-11-01

Average customer rating:

Bizarro World Radio Network Noble Gas Manufacturer: Green Menace Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000CRR2SE Release Date: 2005-12-06

Tracks:

1. Digital Devil
2. Blather Microbiologist
3. To Tell A Lie
4. Blather Chastity Insert
5. Holy Porn
6. Blather WARP
7. The Land Between
8. Bizarro Motor Works
9. Seance with Dead Presidents
10. Timewave Damascus
11. Queen Sumerius and Pepperfingers
12. Science Faction
13. Blather War Toys
14. A Tale of Two Sandboxes
15. Blather Depleted Cranium
16. Grunts and Groans
17. Neo-Consumption

Product Description

A political satire based upon the upside down logic square world, where up is down, stop is go, and is applied to the current situation we face.

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