Waiting for You

Waiting for You

ASIN: B000063LG4

Track Listings

1. Waiting for You

2. Love Your Blues Away

3. Mr.Right

4. Hole in my Heart

5. Good Enough for Me

6. My Word, My Love

7. Window Shoppin'

8. Neon Sign

9. Big Country

10. Another Chance

11. Turn It Around

12. Dreams

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Seth Truscott spent his boyhood growing up in California's San Joaquin Valley and listening to the songs of Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard as well as the more "rockin'" sounds of The Eagles, The Byrds, Poco, and Gram Parsons and Neil Young. From the age of 12, when Seth got his first guitar, he has been singing and writing songs. As comfortable performing in clubs as on the concert stage, Seth and The Connectors, a formidable array of Northern California's finest contemporary country musicians, present original material in an instrumentation of guitar, pedal steel, fiddle, and keyboard fronted by strong male and female lead and background vocals.

Product Description
Fresh country/pop tunes that you can both dance and cry to that reflect the writer's observations, both positive and poignant, about life and love. These are songs that will linger in your mind long after you have listened to them.

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

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Gord's magic
A comeback album worth waiting for
My favorite and maybe the best Lightfoot
"Any Way The Wind May Blow"
Waiting For Lightfoot's best? Look Elsewhere.

Waiting for You
Gordon Lightfoot
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002MII
Release Date: 1993-04-13

Tracks:

Restless
Ring Them Bells
Fading Away
Only Love Would Know
Welcome To Try
I'll Prove My Love
Waiting For You
Wild Strawberries
I'd Rather Press On
Drink Yer Glasses Empty

Customer Reviews:

Gord's magic.......2007-01-16

It's all here! Having been a Gordon fan since the day he released his first single, I have yet to be disappointed. This is a must have for your collection. If you see "Gordon Lightfoot" anywhere on a cd, get it! He is a master and a gem so rare, he is one of a dying breed of musicians that do it all. I love this cd, but then again, I love everything he's ever done!

A comeback album worth waiting for.......2006-10-06

It was seven years between albums, 1986-93, but it was worth the wait! This set of recordings has some of the most memorable material that Lightfoot has ever created. Restless stands out as a masterpiece. There is a synthesizer note held throughout most of this song that is hypnotic, and two of my favorite instrumental breaks that Gordon has ever done. Combine that with a set of atmospheric and meaningful lyrics and you have a great song that combines introspection with nature. My favorite line "Do you get that restless yearning when you think about your dad, and the scrimshaw that he had - of an old schooner roving 'neath a sky that's ironclad."

The title track "Waiting or you," is a highly-conversational piece that will give you much to contemplate. It leads in with the stirring line, "Say what you will, I will miss you my friends." Again, nature is front and center in this song. And I do believe that you too will see the night sky while you're listening.

Drink Yer Glasses empty is an inspiring set of lyrics that you might not have heard much about. It paints the experience of the WWII generation, with Lightfoot working in the fact that he was 1 year old when the war started in 39. This is musical poetry. "Drink yer glasses girls and boys, it's time to hit the sky - to the tune of thunder, there's no time to wonder why." Work in a couple of references to John Wayne movies to combine the mythology with the pain, and you have still another powerful and meaningful song.

In addition, there's a fine cover of later Bob Dylan (Ring them Bells). I would rate the other tunes, including the single release "I will prove my love to you," as listenable and enjoyable. For Gordon, they're more of stock tunes (which is still A+ in most books). The revelation that he apparently wears "polka dot underwear" on stage comes at an unpredictable moment in one of the songs. It's little things like this that make the entire album listenable. And to summarize the positive - some of his best material ever!

My favorite and maybe the best Lightfoot.......2006-08-14

My favorite used to be Endless Wire, which was 8 great songs with two snoozers that I found just too slow to keep me interested. This song has no filler. It's 10 great songs. I'm not sure that the 8 best here are better than the 8 best on EW, but maybe so. There is great variety and the Bob Dylan song is one of his best performances. His voice sounds a bit thin on the first two songs, and thinner on all than in the 70s & 80s, but you get used to that and the lyrics and melodies set this album apart.

"Any Way The Wind May Blow".......2006-03-10

'Waiting For You' released in '93 was Gordon Lightfoot's eighth and probably last collaboration with Reprise. Definitely Gordon's best days are behind him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a nugget or two left to offer his adoring fans.

Now late in his career we hear an aged, weathered balladeer who has just about experienced all there is to experience in this life. Older and hopefully much wiser Gordon presents his audience with -10 tracks- of musings about the road he has trod. His tunes are simple and uncomplicated. There are a number of weak tracks on this album/CD but a couple of very good ones as well. My particular favorites are 'Restless', 'Ring Them Bells' and 'I'll Prove My Love.'

One thing you can always be certain of when it comes to Gordon Lightfoot, there's a message in each and every song. That's the mark of a true poet.

Waiting For Lightfoot's best? Look Elsewhere........2005-11-12

I have always appreciated Gordon Lightfoot's music, but of all of his albums I have, this one is by far his weakest effort. The opening cut "Restless" is half-decent and autumnal, but the rest of the album is forgetable. Lightfoot's vocals are lackadaisical and uninspiring, and the lyrics are often very difficult to understand. Sadly, it often sounds like he's just mumbling to himself. This is a dull and unimaginative album, and would only appeal to only his most avid fans. His best days of making really good music have long since passed, and maybe it's time for Lightfoot to sit back, relax, and take the rest of life off by going fishing or hunting in his native Canada (See my album review for his double CD set "The United Artists Collection" for reviewing Lightfoot's BEST music).

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)

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A maginificent evening, a magnificent album

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
Being Alive--Patti LuPone
Good Thing Going--The Tonics
Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."

What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas
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Good CD but not great

Buena Timba Fuerte

What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas
Tiempo Libre
Manufacturer: Shanachie
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Lo Que Esperabas
Manos Pa'rriba
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A Bayamo en Coche
Tengo Que Olvidarte
Ven A Bailar
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Timba is the supercharged successor to salsa, and this Miami-based, Grammy-nominated group is one of hottest exponents of this still-evolving genre. Led by keyboardist/arranger Jorge Gomez, a graduate of Cuba's famed Escuela Nacional de Arte, and vocalist Joaquin (El Kid) Diaz , this unit lights it up with a fiery, Earth, Wind and Fire-style horn section, rap-friendly vocals, and killer Afro-Cuban percussion. Aside from a spirited update of the Aldalberto Alvarez classic cha cha cha, "A Bayamo en Coche," the selections are original compositions with a dancing agenda, including the title track, the infectious descarga "Manos Pa'rriba," and the Weather Report-like sound of "Ven a Bailar." All told, this disc is an excellent follow-up to their 2005 effort, Arroz Con Mango. With larger recording budgets and even more expansive musical vistas, who knows how far this band will go. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Customer Reviews:

Good CD but not great.......2007-02-09
I really liked the first cd but this one seems to somewhat repeat the first. I'm really a timba fan and expected this new cd to experiment with different sounds and it just did not. I hope the next cd moves towards good timba music like Klimax, or Charanga.
Buena Timba Fuerte.......2007-01-06
Este disco se destaca por ritmos agresivos, montunos medio locos, y una musicalidad de alta clase. Todos los musicos tocan bien. Este es definitivamente para fiestas, baile, y los que les guste la musica latina agresiva.

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Good side project

Wow.

A Fun Listen but May be Better to Buy Just the Songs You Like

Great CD!

Not so much about the lyrics

What Are You Waiting For?
FM Static
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Customer Reviews:

Good side project.......2006-08-03
I wanted to clue people in on something in case they are unaware. This band and album were created as a side project for two members of the band Thousand Foot Krutch. This album was not necessarily intended to be serious or thought-provoking. Thousand Foot Krutch is where these band members choose to be more serious about their song writing subjects. FM Static is an opportunity for them to let loose and goof around. I think this is very fun album. The band members are writing songs in this way on purpose. So listen to the album for what it was intended to be, fun.
Wow........2006-07-27
This is possibly the worst cd ever created. The music is terrible and could have easily come off of a blink 182 cd. It sounds like every other crappy pop-punk band, except for the lyrics. Blink 182 is Shakespear compared to this garbage. It's like it was taken directly from some 15 year old's diary. Actually, make that a 15 year old with ADD.

"I met a girl named Tara
She lived in the heart of America
She liked black caddies
Listened to Puff Daddy"

How intriguing! How incredibly profound! This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life. At least they're good at rhyming... even if you know, it sounds completely idiotic. And after that brilliant stanza, it actually gets WORSE somehow.

Maybe they could have careers as rappers, since obviously they have no talent as musicians.
A Fun Listen but May be Better to Buy Just the Songs You Like.......2006-06-16
My sister had downloaded this CD and said she thought I would enjoy it as well. I have it now and have listened through it several times. It is a fun listen but there are only a few songs that I would want to listen to more than once.

I really liked Stereo 1 and Donna, they have entertaining lyrics and a good sound. The remaining songs do come across a bit repetitive and the music choices are not as interesting. The band is very talented though. If you listen close each song seems to almost sample a bit from some very popular songs. This holds up my feeling that these young artists are focusing on the world around them and quoting it.

As noted in the title, I would purchase the individual songs you like off a reputable sight if you only like 1 or 2. If you like more than that then get the whole CD!
Great CD!.......2006-06-07
This is one of my favourite CDs - it's fun and catchy, and great to fall asleep to. I go through periods of listening to it nonstop, then move onto something else. However, I always come back, there's something about it that just won't get out of your head! Yes, perhaps the lyrics aren't "deep" but they suit me just fine. I'm greatly looking forward to their next CD.
Not so much about the lyrics.......2006-05-16
I don't quite get why so many people are bashing this cd. Okay, the lyrics aren't deep. Big deal. This is a summer album. You are supposed to turn it up loud, roll down your windows, and have fun listening to it. It does that extremely well. I've never listened to another cd where the whole album was stuck in my head at the same time. If you want a cd to spend hours pondering the deep meaning of the songs, you definitely won't want to buy this cd. If you want a fun cd that you can't stop listening to, then you absolutely have to buy it.

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Songbird of the South
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Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix

Jacques Lu Cont mix is worth the price alone

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TOP REMIX OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alice never behaved like this down the rabbit hole!

What You Waiting For
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What You Waiting For [Jacques Lu Cont TWD Remix]

What You Waiting For [Instrumental Version]

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Music idol, fashion idol, role model - Gwen has already conquered the entertainment world. Now she embarks on her first solo music project. 'What You Waiting For?' was penned by Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes, Pink) & produced by Nellee Hooper. Taken from the 2004 album 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby'. The album version is backed with the video & 2 non-album versions - Jacques Lu Cont Twd Remix & Instrumental. 2004.
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Stefani's First Solo Single Aside from her Regular No Doubt Activities from her Debut Solo Album "Love, Angel, Music, Baby". "What You Waiting For" was Penned by Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes, Pink) and Produced by Nellee Hooper.
Customer Reviews:

Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix.......2006-07-09
When u first hear the TWD Mix ur like okay... that was weird, but then ur like play it again! play it again! okay i admit i don't have the CD but i've heard the [original] song online and i bought the TWD Mix on iTunes and they're both very good i haven't heard all of the TWD Dub or any of the bootleg remixes (but i love remixes and would like to hear them (I have about 16 or 17 remixes, and some I had to import like P!nk's Stupid Girls remixes and if u like this you should check out that
Jacques Lu Cont mix is worth the price alone.......2006-05-09
The original was very catchy, and the jacques lu cont mix is indeed a fine mix of it, and so on that basis alone, it's worth buying.

However, I should clarify that the "ultra rare vinyl" which has an armand van helden mix definitely does not include the andreas churchill mix on it, as it's an unofficial bootleg remix, and so if it has turned up on an official release, I'd be very surprised, especially I am the guy who did that particular remix :)

Ha ha!.......2006-02-21
I found this in the store and got it for only 8 out of 13 bucks. On top of that, it was the last one left! Anyway, sorry about that. I just can't believe that it costs so much onlne. Here's a review & rating of each track:
1. Album Version (3:45)-The best song of 2004. 10/10
2. Jacques Lu Cont's TWD Mix (8:04)-Really cool and 80's-sounding. TWD either stands for Thin White Duke or Thin White Duck. 10/10
3. TWD Dub (8:18)-Okay. Too many tick-tocks. 8/10
All in all, a good CD. Oh, and to the reviewer who said this was "crap", you are sick. This was the best song of 2004.

PS: Try to find the rare vinyl record that has the Armand Van Helden Remix & Dub, Felix da Housecat's Rude Ho Mix, and, I believe, the Andreas Churchill Remix.
TOP REMIX OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-02-04
AMAZON BUYERS!

THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING REMIXES EVER DONE. GWEN AND JACQUES LU CONT ARE ABSOLUTE GENIUSES. I WOULD SPEND THE MONEY JUST FOR THE REMIX ALONE!!!!! I HOPE GWEN GETS THIS DUDE TO REMIX MORE TRACKS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT I'M BUYING THE VINYL.

BUY IT BEFORE IT BECOME LIMITED.
TRUST ME...THIS TRACK GETS ANYONE JUMPIN!
VICANTH
Alice never behaved like this down the rabbit hole!.......2005-01-31
When I first heard this song on the radio I thought, "You have GOT to be kidding?" and then I saw the video on TV and my second thought was, "Dear God Gwen's on Prozac whilst writing her songs now, someone get that girl SOME serious help!"

However I have to admit the song and the video has grown on me very quickly, I think she sings it in a VERY tongue in cheek way and Gwen's sultry high pitched voice does the lyrics and the tune justice.

I was quite startled by the vitriolic criticism that other reviewers have directed at this particular song, okay so the lyrics aren't thought provoking and the video is quite surreal but that makes it all the more interesting.

The Japanese girls in the video with Gwen are great with their immobile but quite beautiful faces watching the blonde singer as she struts her stuff in outrageous outfits combined with those equally if not more outrageous shoes that most women would secretly kill for!

And then there is the Alice in Wonderland theme, it's just so delicious!

Keep writing and singing Gwen, you'll always have a fan in me, no matter how wonderfully strange your songs are!

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Underappreciated!

I agree with previous customers!

Garbage!

What is the world coming to?!

A Forgotten (But Lovely) Jewel

The Rescuers Down Under
Bruce Broughton
Manufacturer: Disney
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-04-16

Customer Reviews:

Underappreciated!.......2006-04-29
The Rescuer's Down Under came out when I was 9 years old and now as a 24 year old, I love the music as much as I did as a child. The entire score is beautiful but I must say that "Cody's Flight", "Main Title", and the "End Credits" stand out. "Cody's Flight" runs chills up my back every time and just puts me in a wonderful, carefree mood. I am curious why there have been a few viewers who didn't care for the music, I simply don't understand how this is possible! It's beautiful, Bruce Broughton: A+!
I agree with previous customers!.......2006-03-01
The first The Rescuers film had the most charming and soothing tunes, that one should have had a soundtrack released way before this one. It is obvious the Disney studios felt the need to add songs from the original classic film in order to boost sales, and the three songs they added are the real reason as to why you should buy this CD. Unfortunately, The Rescuers had more songs and much better melodies than the sequel, so naturally I expected Disney to know better.

Disappointed. 1.9/5
Garbage!.......2005-08-01
Where is the original movie's soundtrack?! I've been waiting years for Disney to release it, instead, they release a soundtrack to the unfamous, wretched sequel from the early 90's!

Skip this trash, the only tracks worth listening here would be the bonus 3 from the original motion picture. I would give it negative 5 stars if I could!
What is the world coming to?!.......2004-10-30
I couldn't believe that Disney had actually released a soundtrack for one of their horrible sequels and not to the original masterpiece. The only tracks worth listening to on this CD are "The Journey," "Tomorrow is Another Day" and "Someone's Waiting for You." Disney should have definately released a soundtrack to the original "The Rescuers," which featured outstanding '70s music and some of the sweetest bedtime melodies I had ever heard.

The only reason I give this one star (I couldn't give it 0, even if that's what I wanted!), is because of the original film songs, although we are still missing the fun-filled "Rescue Aid Society." Disney, once again you've let me down, I hope you plan on releasing "The Rescuers" on a Special Edition DVD someday, together with a remastered soundtrack.
A Forgotten (But Lovely) Jewel.......2003-08-09
This hard-to-find soundtrack is one of my favorite scores (from one of my favorite films). The Rescuers Down Under is often forgotten (for many reasons), as it got sandwiched between The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, and it opened around the same time that Home Alone did...but it's a gem, this one, and the music is one of the film's many highlights.
You get around 35 minutes of score (the film was around 77 minutes long). As a whole, the music has a Down Under feel, with many unique instruments, and many strong themes. You have the theme for Cody and the Great Golden Eagle, the Down Under theme...which is soaring and grand, and is repeated in several variations. Very graceful...along with a new Rescuers theme (highlighted during the Message Montage, which also sneaks in the original Rescuers theme at the end). It's very noble and rousing. And then you have the Bernard/Bianca love theme, which is incredibly sweet (and heartbreaking, in a way), as it chronicles Bernard's repeated attempts to propose to the lovely Miss Bianca...
Aside from the themes, the rest of the disc is lively and animated, and as a whole it's a rich work. The score does a good job of stirring imagery (and moments) of the film in your head. Bruce Broughton is to be commended. As a bonus, you get three vocal tracks from the original film, The Rescuers, of which the best is Tomorrow is Another Day. But if you love this animated film (and the characters), or love Disney, and don't mind creative orchestral works...you'll love this.
In further conclusion, my favorite tracks were: Answering Faloo's Call, Cody's Flight, Message Montage, Bernard Almost Proposes, and End Credits, though all of them were enjoyable.

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Sondheim recital

Also a very dissapointed fan

Adequate performance; poor entertainment

a very disappointed fan

What a train wreck!

Sings Sondheim
Mandy Patinkin
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

Opening

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Another Hundred People

When?

Someone Is Waiting

Johanna

Green Finch and Linnet Bird

Pretty Women

Finishing the Hat

If You Can Find Me, I'm Here

Live, Laugh, Love

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Our Time

Broadway Baby

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Uptown, Downtown

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Sunday

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Recorded live at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, this double CD is one heck of an extensive tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Backed only by Paul Ford on piano, Mandy Patinkin gets through nearly three dozen songs penned by the Broadway master. Some are obvious (excerpts from Sunday in the Park with George, in which the singer created the title role), others less so ("If You Can Find Me I'm Here" from Evening Primrose). Patinkin is often mocked for his shivering falsetto, but here, it's actually when his voice explores a lower register that it falters. What's more interesting is when he tackles songs usually sung by women, such as Follies' "Broadway Baby" and Company's "Another Hundred People" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy"--the latter hammed up so much that you can hear the chewing of the scenery. A distinctively mannered interpreter, Patinkin remains an acquired taste, but fans of his will be in heaven with this set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews:

Sondheim recital.......2007-01-22
Probably the best way to approach these disks is to treat them like a recital in a concert hall. Rather as you would listen to a Schubert or Schumann song cycle. Taken together this way, we come to hear Sondheim as one of our finest composers, serious, comic, manic, depressive, always dead on target no matter what the subject matter. And Patinkin is perfect for these songs; he understands the meaning and value of every note and every word, just as a fine concert singer would do, and he makes his listeners understand, too. One of the most intriguing concept albums in recent memory, and a joy all the way through. Bob Finley, Palm Springs, CA.
Also a very dissapointed fan.......2003-08-22
I too LOVE Mandy and Stephen Sondheim and own just about everything both has ever made! I also have been to 6 of Mandy's live performances. This was truly a big dissapointment to me. Every concert I have seen Mandy in has been filled with emotion and his personality just grabs hold of you for an evening of wonderful escape-ism. This to me was very un-entertaining and I actually became irritated after awhile of listening to it. It seemed to drone on with out the wonderful feelings and emotions and soaring voice that Mandy typically puts into his music. I gave this as a gift too (since my friend and I had missed Mandy at his Sondheim review in DC last year) and felt badly that I had. There are so many other great recordings of Mandy...Kidults, Saturday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Mandy sings Rogers & Hammerstien and Sondheim. This one has just sat on my shelf after I played it through twice hoping to warm up to it...while my other recordings are very worn out with years of playing!
Adequate performance; poor entertainment.......2003-05-04
I received this disc the same day a "Philip Quast Live at the Donmar". The Quast disc has its own flaws (and I dont wish to compare the two performers) but it has been strung together in a more thoughtful manner, with witty imagination and using a more dangerous in the choice of songs, which is really where this disc fails. The songs here are generally enjoyable though rather standard, and the lack of cohesion (running the songs together doesnt count) means I just dip into the discs listening to a few favourites, rather than enjoying the whole show.
a very disappointed fan.......2003-02-05
I have every recording Patinkin appears on, even if he's only on one track; I adore his voice, his flair, his emotion, his ability to deliver a song.
But (much of) this recording is disappointing, mainly because Mr. Patinkin's voice in the lower range sounds muddled and forced, as though he's lost ability to control it (however, the more falsetto sounds are as clear and sharp as ever).
And I don't care for the format of this performance. Live recordings should have live audience reactions: one (often unrelated) song after another without applause had me wondering when--if ever--was the audience was going to be allowed to react.
Also, while I've never had the privilege of attending a Patinkin concert, I imagined that--above all-- he would be passionate. Perhaps he was. But what (mostly) comes across on the CD is a somber--almost technical--performance.
I hope he's healthy, that mixed quality of singing on this recording was just a fluke, and that his next CD will be a Five-star as all his previous ones have been
What a train wreck!.......2003-01-15
Hate to join the chorus of neigh-sayers, but jeeeez! I have to agree that with the exception of a few cuts (such as "Hyphenated Harriet") Mandy is a vocal bull in a china shop -- what he doesn't shatter he ... on. What should have been a tribute (I love Sondheim, but do we need ANOTHER anthology recording of oft sung songs?)is more like a wake. Mandy seems intent on becoming the male Ethel Merman -- if you can't hold the note, belt it out with a misplaced vabrato and maybe no one will notice. I REALLY wanted to like this recording, but is truly horrible. If the pipes are gone, Mandy, I hope you get back to acting.

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Simply, she's one of the best sopranos I've ever heard!

I am enraptured

Beautiful music oversung

Beautiful Korean Art Songs

Korean Songs; Hei-Kyung Hong
Myung-Mun Yang , Kwang-Suk Lee , Su-Hyun Gum , Mal-Bong Kim , Duc-Ki Kim , and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

Mount Peak-Du Of Mine

The Barley Field

Missing You

The Daffodil

I Want To Go Home

New Arirang

The Hamlet In The Mountains

An Ode For My Home Town

The Swing

My Heart

Because You Are Here

Love

A Boat Sailing Away

My Heart Is Waiting

Dongshimcho

I Miss Mount Keumkang

Customer Reviews:

Simply, she's one of the best sopranos I've ever heard!.......2004-10-03
First of all, my review is not about this particular album. The previous reviewer compared her to Sumi Jo. If Hong should have a lesson on how to sing Korean songs from Jo, then Jo should learn how to act on the stage from Hong. I'm a Korean myself and I have almost all recordings of Ms. Jo including my favorites of her recordings, "Carnaval" and "Ariadene Aux Naxos." I also went to operas and heard both great singers on stage. I'm not an opera expert..but as an opera lover, I truely think Ms. Jo has technical perfection. However, that's not enough for singing an opera. Ms. Jo can sing beautifully in recordings but on the stage, her voice is not big enough and her acting is weak. I'm not talking about physical expression. but vocal expression. Ms. Jo is a Great coloratura soprano but I don't think she's a Great opera singer. I still remember Kei-kyung Hong in Turandot. I don't understand Italian and I didn't even have to read translations because my heart already understood every word she sings.
I am enraptured.......2004-08-31
I listened to this because I am studying Korean, and I have been listening to anything Korean that I can get my hands on.

On my first listening I was not too impressed. But subsequent listenings have left an indelible impression of incredible beauty that grows and grows with every return.

I have only one complaint. The CD includes translations of these traditional Korean songs in English, German, and French, but without either the Korean or a transliteration.
Beautiful music oversung.......2003-10-27
I would actually give this about 3 and a half stars if that were an option. I enjoyed Hei-Kyung Hong's recital disc from 1998 immensely, and I've seen her live and she is amazing. However, on this disc of traditional Korean songs she seems to be over-singing. Her vibrato is uncontrolled and sometimes she actually sounds like a parody of an opera singer. Which is unfortunate, because her voice is gorgeous and if she had held back a little bit this album could have been amazingly beautiful.
Korean coloratura Sumi Jo is a singer who understands that you must change the way you sing when you sing different styles of music. Perhaps she could have given Ms. Hong lessons on how to sing this type of material, as she released a couple of similar albums several years ago. She still sings them "correctly," that is to say, operatically, but her vibrato doesn't get in the way and she doesn't try to sound bigger than she is. Her CD's are difficult to find, but if you can, I highly recommend them over this version.
Beautiful Korean Art Songs.......2003-10-08
Considering the status of Korean Music in the classica field, it is very understandable that this CD didn't get much publicity from media like Bartoli or Fleming's new CDs.
However, in my opinion, this CD deserves some attention.
Because it has beautiful art songs from Korea. You will find something new from this CD. It can be said something Oriental flavor from some songs like "mt Paek du"
or "New Aririang". But, generally, I don't think you can tell much difference of it from the European operatic art songs especailly if you are not familiar with the language.
So I have to say this CD is worthy for listening to because it is so beautiful and moving.
My favorites are "Mt Pake-du(reminds of a piece of dramatic opera aria), "Missing You", "I want to go home", "my heart",
"Boat sailing away", "Dongshimcho".
For me, these songs are quite familiar since I have CDs by
Sumi jo and Youngok Shin for same songs.
Unlike Jo or Shin's, Hong's interpretations for songs are quite
dramatic and expressive. In terms of who was the best, I guess,it depends on songs.
For instance like "Barley field", Jo has more suitable voice.
Shin has her own merit as well for her soothing and vulnerable voice.
Anyhow, Hong did express her own color on each songs.
I loved this CD more aftering listening several times since her voice was too dramatic for some songs(needed time to get used to it).
For Marketing aspect for EMI, I am not sure if this was good decision to release Korean songs for first project by EMI for Hong(in my opinon, neither Hong or Korean art song doesnot have big name recognition in the market except New York area and Korea). She might have released more safe well-known opera arias.
Anyhow,I hope you could enjoy these songs as much as I enjoyed.
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