Friends of Mine [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
2004 single from the former Moldy Peaches mainman. The B-sides include a cover of Springsteen's 'Born To Run', 'I Wanna Die' recorded at home, and the video for 'Friends Of Mine'. Rough Trade. 2004.

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Average customer rating: Love that Rosie! Wonderful ... Rosie love it...love her Good timing...

These Friends of Mine Rosie Thomas Manufacturer: Nettwerk Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: We Walked in Song Over the Hills The Story The Reminder The Calling ASIN: B000MV8D3I Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

1. If This City Never Sleeps
2. Why Waste More Time?
3. The One I Love
4. Much Farther To Go
5. Paper Doll
6. Kite Song
7. Songbird
8. All The Way To New York City
9. Say Hello
10. These Friends Of Mine

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Rosie Thomas has a delicate, weird little voice and it's never really been the forefront of her music until now. The preteen Joni Mitchell/ choirgirl strains of her vocal tones are something to be played up, not down; thankfully she's finally realized that on her Nettwerk debut and fourth solo album. The album also includes studio patter tacked onto the beginning or ending of the songs, awesome little snippets of Rosie's famous comedic wit. Such material works in the album's favor, grounding the material by showing that Thomas is not some precious freak-folker. It also gives a glimpse of her live performances, where Rosie sometimes performs as a neurotic woman in a neck brace hopelessly in love with Leo DiCaprio named Sheila (really). The record's title likely refers to the batch of famous friends who act as accompanying musicians throughout. Thomas's core of musical compatriots in vaguely Christian dreamy emo folk-rock is here expanded from Pacific Northwesterners Damien Jurado, David Bazan, and Jeremy Enigk to include New Yorker Sufjan Stevens. Sufjan and Rosie duet beautifully and breathlessly on their cover of R.E.M.'s "The One I Love." This sparse and Beatle-length album (ten songs, just over half an hour) is her strongest by far. Huzzah! --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Love that Rosie!.......2007-07-13

This is one of my favorite cds. I LOVE Rosie Thomas! The Kite Song is wonderful - the lyrics are touching and the music beautiful.

Wonderful ..........2007-05-25

Bought on a whim, this CD has turned out to be a real treasure. Soft, lyrical and really comforting music. I'm lovin' it. The infectious giggling with her pals on one song has you enjoying it almost as much as they obviously enjoyed making it.

Rosie.......2007-05-07

Rosie Thomas is one of my favorite singers. I found her by "accident" over a year ago and have all her music. While this CD is great, it is not my favorite. It lacks some of the wistfulness that has made her music so unique. However, having said that, it is still sweet, silly, and magical and still at times, wistful. I would recommend this to any of her fans.

love it...love her.......2007-04-10

I bought this cd as a surprise to myself, as I had never heard of Rosie Thomas... AND I love her! The cd is beautiful, relaxing and even humorous at times. Super creative and FUN!

Good timing..........2007-04-05

I walked into a record store in Oslo, Norway on Monday and the guy behind the counter had just put "These Friends of Mine" on. My Norwegian husband, my teenaged son and I were all dumbstruck - what was this magic floating out of the speakers? We hung around the shop and listened to the first three songs - each one better than the last - before buying the CD. Our only multi-generational regret: "These Friends of Mine" lasts only 33 minutes.

Average customer rating: Friends of Mine and Ramblin' Jack Elliott The old guy can still come through... Elliott further establishes himself as a vital link in folk Good but mixed hard to define

Friends of Mine Ramblin' Jack Elliott Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Long Ride I Stand Alone Kerouac's Last Dream The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott South Coast ASIN: B000005Z1N Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

1. Ridin' Down The Canyon
2. Me And Billy The Kid
3. Last Letter
4. Louise
5. Rex's Blues
6. Walls Of Red Wing
7. Hard Travellin'
8. He Was A Friend Of Mine
9. Dark As A Dungeon
10. Friend Of The Devil
11. Reason To Believe - Ramblin' Elliot Jack
12. Bleeker Street Blues - Ramblin' Elliot Jack
13. Old Time Feelin' - Ramblin' Elliot Jack

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The spirit of Woody Guthrie lives on in Ramblin' Jack Elliot, a folk legend in his own right who got his start in the late '40s. A half century later, Elliott still lives in a parallel universe where Dylan (a one-time student of his) refused to go electric and Elvis never mattered. Friends of Mine is a collection of low-fi duets with Emmylou Harris, Tom Waits, John Prine, Rosalie Sorrels, and Bob Weir. But the album isn't so much about Elliott's famous pals as it is about songs that refuse to die: Joe Ely's "Me and Billy the Kid," Dylan's "The Walls of Red Wing," and even more grizzled standards like "Hard Travelin'" and "Riding Down the Canyon." Stripped of the Dead's hippie caravan, even "Friend of the Devil" sounds like something two itinerant musicians might have played on a '20s street corner. The only misstep is the shamelessly sentimental "Bleeker Street Blues." Written by Elliott when he heard Dylan was ailing in 1997, it exists mostly for the names it drops: Joni Mitchell, Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger, and even that avatar of folk, Eddie Van Halen. --Keith Moerer

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Friends of Mine and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.......2006-02-26

This is Jack Elliot at his best -- reminiscing through song. What is special about this CD is that it includes Ramblin' Jack with his friends and folk artists Arlo Guthrie, Peter Rowan, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris & Nanci Griffith, John Prince, Bob Weir, Jerry Jeff Walker and John Prine. All of this on one CD!

Friends of Mine makes a great gift for the folk music lover in your life.

The old guy can still come through..........2001-12-16

Most who would be reading this review already know that Jack has been more famous for his friendships than for his own performances. Woody's last protege, Dylan's first personal mentor, and all that. But in this recent album, he shows he can still create moments that are deeply touching. "Walls of Redwing" and "Rex's Blues" are the gems here...I listened to them over and over and over the first couple of months I owned the disc. There are three or four other fine selections as well, and then there are the misfires..."Me and Billy the Kid" and "Last Letter" and "Bleeker Street" didn't work for me. I bought this on impulse because I didn't even realize Jack was still making records, and I had not bought one of his albums since about l970. Despite it being a mixed bag, I don't regret paying full price for "Friends of Mine." What's good on here won't ever be done better by anyone...and what isn't great is still interesting. A new RJE fan should buy the reissues of his early work...but if you are in the upper 50's like me, and remember the birth of the folk revival in l957-58, it is kind of a kick to buy Jack's album and savor the fact that he has survived and still turns out good work.

Elliott further establishes himself as a vital link in folk.......2001-06-07

We should all be lucky enough to have Jerry Jeff Walker, Emmylou Harris and Tom Waits for friends. We should all lucky enough to have lived and toured with Woody Guthrie or influenced Bob Dylan early in his career. And while most of us can't count these among our personal experiences, we're blessed to share them through the life and music of Ramblin' Jack Elliot.

As a human confluence of forty years of people, places, and songs, Elliot draws from a bottomless well of experience in this series of duets. He recalls his earliest influence with Guthrie's "Hard Travelin'," and his Greenwich Village days with Dylan's "He Was a Friend of Mine." He harmonizes with Rosalie Sorels ("Last Letter"), trades verses with John Prine ("Walls of Red Wing"), and blends his vocals with Tom Waits on the newly penned lament, "Louise." Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith help conjure the spirit of Townes Van Zandt on "Rex's Blues."

With his latest, Elliot once again proves himself a vital link in the chain of folk-music tradition.

Good but mixed.......2000-05-26

About half the songs are gems, the other half either don't seem to work. Falls pretty squarely in the traditional 'folk' category so fans won't be disappointed. Only a few of the collaborations seem to really bring the best out of both parties (Rex's Blues) while the others, unfortunately, seem muddled. A slightly more successful experiment like this was Rob Wasserman's Duets. First timers to Ramblin' Jack should probably try one of the other albums.

hard to define.......1999-12-07

This disc isn't exactly country, it isn't exactly western and it isn't exactly folk. It's a good buy, the only sour note comes from the last track; it isn't even a song.

Average customer rating: Champagne Music!

Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights) Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights) Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights) Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights) ASIN: B00009KHY3 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
3. You've Gone Too Far!
4. May I Make Myself Known?
5. My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
6. When Diana Leaves The Mountains
7. To Arms!
8. When Jupy Feels The Inclination
9. Here Comes Orpheus
10. When I Was King Of The Boeotians
11. I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
12. What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
13. Minuet And Galop
14. Overture
15. How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
16. Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
17. I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
18. I Am A Native Of Brazil
19. In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
20. I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
21. We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
22. Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

1. Oh, Little Cloud
2. When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
3. Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
4. Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
5. I'll Have So Much To Say
6. It's Most Important You Should Show
7. Here You See The Place
8. My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
9. In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
10. Introduction
11. To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
12. We've Had A Night Out
13. On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
14. March And Entry Of The Kings
15. Entr'acte
16. We All Begin By Truly Trying
17. It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
18. Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
19. When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
20. Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.

Average customer rating: oh, that human voice.

Earth, Water, Air & Fire - A New Look At John Dowland And Friends / Rooley, Consort Of Musicke The Consort of Musicke , and Anthony Rooley Manufacturer: Gaudeamus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Consort of Musicke | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dowland: Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs ASIN: B00000I99Y Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

1. Come Again
2. Las, Je M'y Plains
3. Would My Conceits
4. O Let Me Live For True Love
5. Deep Lamenting
6. Leave Now Mine Eyes
7. Cease Sorrows Now
8. Weep No More, Thou Sorry Boy
9. Shall I Strive
10. Woeful Heart
11. Sleep Wayward Thoughts
12. Break, Distracted Heart
13. Toss Not My Soul
14. From Silent Night
15. Go Nightly Cares
16. Sorrow Stay
17. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
18. Thou Mighty God

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Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of "distraught melancholy" and flawless melodic and harmonic instincts. Familiar and beloved tunes are here, including "Come again!" and "Sleep wayward thoughts." But just as compelling are Tomkins's "Weep no more, thou sorry boy" and Claudin de Sermisy's "Las, je m'y plains." The four voices--some of England's finest early-music singers--are so distinct that rather than a carefully blended ensemble, we hear each individual voice clearly defined. It's an interesting effect that works well and adds immeasurably to the color and mood of the music. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

oh, that human voice........2007-04-03

four voices: evelyn tubb - soprano, lucy ballard - alto, andrew king - tenor, and simon grant - bass. for those of you who think that the human voice is about as pretty a musical instrument that's ever been invented, this is a disc for you. divine stuff. director, anthony rooley adds some nice lute, too. don't miss it.

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Nobody's Blues But Mine Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five & Friends Manufacturer: Opus 3 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000247A Release Date: 1995-12-29

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Friends of Mine Adam Green Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000QWXG8 Release Date: 2004-07-21

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track

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Friends of Mine Adam Green Manufacturer: Rough Trade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009EFVI Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Bluebirds
2. Hard to Be a Girl
3. Jessica
4. Musical Ladders
5. Prince's Bed
6. Bunnyranch
7. Friends of Mine
8. Frozen in Time
9. Broken Joystick
10. I Wanna Die
11. Salty Candy
12. No Legs
13. We're Not Supposed to Be Lovers
14. Secret Tongues
15. Bungee

Album Description

The Moldy Peaches singer songwriter's 2003 solo album featuring 15 tracks of his sophisticated indie-folk mix. Rough Trade.

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Friends of Mine Charlotte Moore Manufacturer: Charlotte Moore ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFMQ0 Release Date: 2004-12-28

Tracks:

1. Kind of Heaven
2. Forty-Five Minutes
3. Day with Julia
4. Writer
5. Have You Never Been in Love Before?
6. Whisper Away
7. Nine Years
8. Just the Same!
9. Every Single Day
10. Part of Me/Nothing Can Prepare You
11. You'll Never Want to Go Away
12. Dancin' Fool
13. Forever and a Day
14. Friends Ain't Supposed to Die Til They're Old
15. Kind of Heaven (Reprise)

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Friends of Mine Adam Green Manufacturer: Rough Trade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000285KVE Release Date: 2004-06-07

Album Description

2004 single from the former Moldy Peaches mainman. The B-sides include a cover of Springsteen's 'Born To Run', 'I Wanna Die' recorded at home, and the video for 'Friends Of Mine'. Rough Trade. 2004.

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Friends of Mine Adam Green Manufacturer: Rough Trade Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007M7O5K Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Bluebirds
2. Hard to Be a Girl
3. Jessica
4. Musical Ladders
5. Prince's Bed
6. Bunnyranch
7. Friends of Mine
8. Frozen in Time
9. Broken Joystick
10. I Wanna Die
11. Salty Candy
12. No Legs
13. We're Not Supposed to Be Lovers
14. Secret Tongues
15. Bungee

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