Dangerous Curves

Dangerous Curves

ASIN: B000006PU9

Track Listings

1. Dangerous Curves

2. Rolling Thunder

3. Speedway Queen

4. Burning up the Road

5. Heart on Fire

6. My Way Is the Highway

7. Need for Speed

8. Should I Drive It Deeper

9. Final Turn

10. Heroes Behind the Wheel

Tracks:

Larger Than Life
What Do Ya Know About Love
Shot of Poison
Bad Love
Playin' with Fire
Hellbound Train
Black Widow
Little Too Early
Holy Man
Tambourine Dream
Little Black Spider [Instrumental]

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Excellent choice !
4 years and still smokin !!!!!
Dangerous Golub!
Golden Golub
Cruizin' Music

Dangerous Curves
Jeff Golub
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music
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Avenue Blue

ASIN: B00004SST7
Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

Dangerous Curves
Droptop
Another Friday Night
Mister Magic
Step Aside
No Two Ways About It
Gone But Not Forgotten
Lost Weekend
'Till We Meet Again
Let's Talk It Over
Walkin' On The Sun
Soul Serenade

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The title of the last cut on Jeff Golub's first outing for his new label, GRP, King Curtis's "Soul Serenade," provides a perfect summation of the CD's contents. Soul is exactly what separates Golub's blues-soaked guitar from the usual "contemporary instrumental" fare. In addition to his magnificently minimal fingersnap arrangement of the Curtis classic, he offers another soul-sax masterpiece, Grover Washington's "Mr. Magic." Golub's own compositions, such as "Droptop" and the title cut, recall yet another funky tenor titan: Eddie Harris. Golub's tone is sweet, but his attack is tangy; no flash, just the elegant and emotive instrumental phrasing of a great singer--Al Green, not Mariah Carey. At one time, there was a genre--"soul-jazz"--that would have fit the former Rod Stewart sideman's music like the proverbial glove; today, he gets lumped into "smooth jazz." Within that format, Golub's use of real instruments rather than programming, his rock edge, and his genuine feeling are dangerous indeed. --Michael Ross

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Excellent choice !.......2004-12-12

Dangerous curves is a punch song . It has swing all along the way and since Droptop is another triumph , it sounds terrific with an outstanding rhythmic section
Mister magic is a funky theme . easy to listen and a good reason to listen after a hard day .
No two ways about it is one of three best tracks . The acoustic and smooth guitar of Golub is delightful and persuasive .
Gone but not forgotten to my mind is the best track . Sugestive , with lights and shadows , the latin mood surrounds the piece . The curtains are brilliant and the rhythmic section works out admirably . Tastefully inspired and best played.
And finally we come to the second best track :Till we meet again . This smooth piece is a real hit .
A must in your collection .

4 years and still smokin !!!!!.......2004-08-23

I bought this CD when it first came out. I listened to it several times(like most good CDs) and then put it away. In the last year, I have seen Jeff perform live 3x. I pull out this CD and always find that the music is what most musicians (artists)desire....that there work stands the test of time.

The whole CD blends some funky upbeat guitar licks with an occasional mellow tune. If you haven't picked it up, get a good used copy. Jeff is always happy to sign after shows. Also, you should check out his Avenue Blue work.

Dangerous Golub!.......2001-07-31

Awesome CD !! I saw Jeff perform at the 2000 Pasadena JazzFest and was totally captivated by his performance and the music. I bought the CD, 'Dangerous Curves' that day, based on what I had heard. It has been a permanent fixture on my CD player this last year. It is hip,sassy,funky, with a blues feeling.Plus more! Check the smooth,romantic "Till We Meet Again" and the great cover of Smashmouths "Walkin' on the Sun" ! You will enjoy.

Golden Golub.......2001-05-02

Jeff Golub really hits home with this excellent recording. He attempted to capture the 70's funk sound and boy, did he get it right! The first two tunes will get you hopping and reel you in for the rest. Make sure to check out his own web site for his own take on each of the tunes (www.jeffgolub.com/dangerous_curves_jg.htm). Very insightful and most of the songs were cut with one take!

Cruizin' Music.......2000-10-24

This is a fun CD. Great music to cruise by. I love the title track! I hope Jeff keeps going into this musical direction....this release will not disappoint Golub fans!

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One of best of late 80s pop metal albums
Beautiful and Deadly...
If Stiletto was a stiletto, Dangerous Curves is a sword!
LITA ROCKS!!
A bit dated and too-slick, but Lita's got the grooves

Dangerous Curves
Lita Ford
Manufacturer: Spitfire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Lita
Stiletto
Black
Lita Ford - The Complete Video Collection
Stiletto

ASIN: B00005CEO3
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Larger Than Life
What Do Ya Know About Love
Shot Of Poison
Bad Love
Playin' With Fire
Hellbound Train
Black WIdow
Little To Early
Holy Man
Tambourine Dream
Little Black Spider

Album Description

After working with power-pop hero Mike Chapman on Stiletto, Lita Ford switched producers on Dangerous Curves and joined forces with another in-demand studio ace, Tom Werman. The result is a decent collection of slick, commercial hard rock that isn't much different from its predecessor. Glossy pop-metal cuts like 'Black Widow,' 'Hellbound Train' and 'Playin' With Fire' aren't the gems that Ford is quite capable of delivering (anyone familiar with her work with the Runaways knows just how talented she is), but they're fun and spirited. 'Bad Love,' meanwhile, is a noteworthy example of her dramatic ballad style. Ford gets in some nice guitar solos, reminding us that she definitely has solid chops. 11 tracks. 2001 remastered reissue.

Customer Reviews:

One of best of late 80s pop metal albums.......2004-09-17

I would place this as Lita's most overall enjoyable album, despite the fact that there are some bigger hits and very memorable songs on both Lita and Stiletto. This may be a bit slick for some tastes, but to me it is just an enjoyable listen from beginning to end. Shot of Poison seems to be every bit as good as Kiss Me Deadly. Bad Love is a good ballad. Virtually every song has good hooks. She plays her badgirl image for all it's worth. I find it every bit as good as the best albums by Poison, Bon Jovi,Crue,etc. And she's sexy. And she can play guitar just as well as the guys in those bands. If you like catchy pop metal, doubt you'll be dissapointed.

Beautiful and Deadly..........2004-08-01

My recollection of Lita Ford derives from the time I saw her in concert at The Country Club in Reseda with My friend Rick at the time, and our dates. She wore a skin-tight silver lame' body suit with a plunging neck-line, a studded belt around her waist with a huge belt-buckle inscribed with the word "Bitch" thereupon - and after the show, she actually leaned down towards the front row invariably displaying lovely cleavage, and bearing a bottle of wine or champagne to share with her fans in the front row.

I recall her fling with Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue primarily, her previous band The Runaways, and of course, that unforgettable duet with Ozzy Osbourne "Close My Eyes Forever"; her music contained a couple of catchy tunes from time to time, but it really derived a more distinctive character with the addition of the keyboards. Then it tool on a more dangerously erotic appeal accentuating her femme fatale persona - "beautiful and deadly" as she fancies herself. This took place with her prime release "Kiss Me Deadly" {containing the afore-mentioned Ozzy duet}. "Dangerous Curves" also certainly carries that theme to the hilt with songs like "Shot of Poison", "Playin' With Fire", "Black Widow", and "Little Black Spider" would indicate. Dangerous Curves has its moments, but it definitely comes in second to "Kiss Me Deadly" in most respects. Of particular mention, I did enjoy "Hellbound Train" with witch-cackles and all.

She actually did initiate what perhaps may be described as "dance metal" {which would rally not be Metal in actuality, but more in the lines of "hard rock"}, and serves as a passionate encounter with a lover, or stripper music for erotic performers. There certainly is an energetic quality to her music that makes one want to move and gyrate, especially in the bed chamber "in a super-sized bed", as it were.

If Stiletto was a stiletto, Dangerous Curves is a sword!.......2004-03-10

Or should that be scimitar? Where the diluted Stiletto, Lita Ford's followup to her breakthrough Lita album, only had a few songs to recommend it, such as "Lisa," Dangerous Curves shows Lita Ford back in top form, showing even more teeth than she did on Lita, teeth meaning her ferocious lead guitar and powerful vocals that belts out lyrics in songs like "What Do Ya Know About Love".

The chugging and hard-driving "Larger Than Life" with its visceral 80's drum and pulsing guitar attack demonstrates that she still teeth sharp enough to take on many male metal rockers. This is by far the heaviest song here. And if Cinderella and Britny Fox took heed, they would've come up with something like "What Do Ya Know About Love." Well, maybe not, as Lita's asking the question to the stereotypical macho type in snakeskin boots who's spreading himself all over town at the cost of little girls cryin' out loud.

The single "Shot Of Poison" isn't as hard-driving as "Kiss Me Deadly," with the same synths and guitar combination, only more radio-friendly. With Jim Vallance as co-songwriter and Heart's Howard Leese providing extra guitars, it was sure to make the Top 40.

"Bad Love" is a hauntingly stark and bitter ballad, with tempered keyboards and fiery guitar, even better than "Lisa." It's the end of the road with this song, with "I could never forgive you/and I damn sure won't forget/in heaven or hell every tear that I've cried/will come back to haunt you yet" being a pretty cold way to say "end of story." With the keyboards, I can picture Heart doing this on their 80's Ron Nevison albums.

"Playin' With Fire," also co-written by Jim Vallance, is another slamming tune, that could've been a single with the catchy chorus. "Little Too Early" is another singleworthy tune due to the lighter sound (at least compared to the other songs here).

The chugging rhythm section in the beginning does indeed mimic a train going down the tracks in the Bon Jovi-ish "Hellbound Train," with the wild as all-out protagonist's baggage being a devil in the brain, a fistful of whisky, a suitcase full of sin, and my favourite, "a thousand nasty habits underneath my skin."

"Black Widow," a throwback to harder-edged 80's metal, with the multiple backing vocalists in the chorus, is a chilling look at a seductive human equivalent of that deadly spider. Best lyrics: "Making love on a suicide bed/once you taste that poison darling, you're dead."

"Holy Man" begins with Lita and company singing the chorus a capella a la Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," but with a melody like Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is A Place On Earth." The similarities end there, and there's a reverse theme going on in the religious motifs. She demands to be lead into temptation, fair enough, but the analogy is completed when "You made the darkest night in my life into Judgment Day," which is a dark equivalent of "you made the brighest night in my life into heaven." She really catches fire for this one--pun intended.

"Tambourine Dream" is a mid-paced song, while the closing "Little Black Spider" is a short quiet electric guitar instrumental.

This album should have been another musical hallmark for Lita Ford, so why was it overshadowed? In looking at its release date, 1991, the answer comes in two words: grunge, Metallica.

LITA ROCKS!!.......2004-02-20

Yes this sounds like what it is: a fun CD from a bygone era when Rock & Roll still rocked and everybody wasn't depressed in flannel shirts or into quasi-disco pop crap. Lita was tough, and sexy and could play the guitar and had humor and attitude and guts that Avril and Britney and that ilk can only dream about. God Bless You Lita and ROCK ON!!

A bit dated and too-slick, but Lita's got the grooves.......2003-01-25

I recently put this on at a party and everyone was groaning, "what year is THAT from?" I guess it does sound like a relic from the Poison/Ratt/Twisted Sister era, but Lita's got some great grooves on this CD, beginning with the sinful "Shot of Poison" on down to the hellacious "Hellbound Train". "Holy Man" and "Tamborine Dream" show off a nice, commercial hard-pop sensibility, and "Little Too Early" is a ferverishly catchy ditty(co-written by one of Lita's heroes, Ritchie Blackmore). But "Black Widow" and "Bad Love" don't measure up as the "slower" songs(not really ballads)and I didn't much care for "Larger Than Life" which is trying too hard for pop single status. B+ overall, and the blurry-blue shots of Lita in the booklet are menacingly sexy.

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Blues/Surf/Party Music - Just Plain Fun
The saga continues...

Dangerous Curves

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004T332
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Album Description

'Dangerous Curves' marks the successful translation of the roadhouse flavor of the Bel Airs' live shows onto disc. The Bel Airs and stellar musical guests like Johnnie Johnson at the piano give twelve cuts their unique treatment powered by a rock-solid rhythm section. Even the uninitiated would suspect the sibling vocal harmonies to be more than coincidental. Fans who've seen the band perform will recognize some favorite quirky Bel Airs' originals like 'Girl On the TV News' and 'Chinese Rock', as well as house rockin' covers like 'Hook My Pony' and 'Nadine'. Sure to satisfy longtime fans and gain some new ones.

Customer Reviews:

Blues/Surf/Party Music - Just Plain Fun.......2006-06-14

I just started listening to the Bel Airs about a year ago. Picked up Dangerous Curves along with Voodoo Party. This one is my favorite of the two. Sucks you right in with my personal favorite, "Gonna Walk", and holds on solidly from there. These guys are just fun - great driving music. Just ordered their disc with Mark Wenner (formerly of The Nighthawks)and hope it's as good.

The saga continues..........2000-10-29

Another absolute WINNER with that midwest BLUES sounds coming some of the finest musicians the midwest has to offer. Rock solid groove, driving bass lines, and fat sounding skirting guitar.... NOT TO forget that distinct blues voice and harmonies. Belairs have scored with another WINNER... The Blues world is lucky to have 'em...

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Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar
Various Artists , Jimi Hendrix , Eric Clapton , Django Reinhardt , B. B. King , Chuck Berry , and Muddy Waters
Manufacturer: Museum Music, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056EZM
Release Date: 2000-11-05

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Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee Blues
Django Reinhardt with Stane Grappelli - Minor Swing
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Jimmy Rodgers - Blue Yodel #10
Wes Montgomery - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Muddy Waters - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page - Snake Drive
Doc Watson - Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
John Fahey - Sunflower River Blues
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
Gerardo N- Tobaco y Oro
Ali Farka Toure - Allah Uya
Luiz Bonf Manhe Carnaval
Ani Difranco - Overlap

Album Description

Developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this CD celebrates the guitar. It is part of a special MFA Collector series and features the artists, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Django Reinhardt, B.B King and more.

From court musicians serenading sixteenth-century royalty to rock bands blasting megawatts in packed stadiums, the guitar has been an enduring musical icon for over four centuries. To a far greater degree than any other instrument, it has been interpreted with extraordinary variety of form and decoration, always reflecting the aesthetics of the time. This CD celebrates, The Museum of Fine Arts' exhibition, Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar and explores this diversity, displaying how changes in fashion, technology, and musical tastes have influenced the look and sound of the world's most popular instrument.

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Dangerous Curves
Roy Waddell
Manufacturer: Select-O-Hits, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006PU9
Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

Dangerous Curves
Rolling Thunder
Speedway Queen
Burning Up the Road
Heart on Fire
My Way Is the Highway
Need for Speed
Should I Drive It Deeper
Final Turn
Heroes Behind the Wheel

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Dangerous Curves
Ford , and Lita
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LWMK6E

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Dangerous Curves

Manufacturer: Livin' Bones Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00020H2I6

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Dangerous Curves
Jeff Golub
Manufacturer: Grp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music
ASIN: B000051T5T
Release Date: 2000-07-19

Tracks:

Dangerous Curves
Droptop
Another Friday Night
Mister Magic
Step Aside
No Two Ways About It
Gone But Not Forgotten
Lost Weekend
Till We Meet Again
Broadway Strut
Let`S Talk It Over
Walkin` On The Sun
Soul Serenade(Bonus Track)

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track.

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