Dancing in the Street

Artist: Band of Oz
Label: Ripete Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 028437223229
EAN: 0028437223229
ASIN: B00000I7G0

Release Date: 1999-03-09

Dancing in the Street

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Tracks:

Fly Me To The Moon
Dancing In The Street
Countdown To Love
Temptation 'Bout To Get Me
Love-A-Holic
Shing-Yo-Ling
Wall To Wall
My Blue Heaven
My Heart Belongs To You
House Of Blue Lights
Mills Brothers Medley: You Broke The Only Heart That Ever Loved You/Cab Driver...
Smoke From A Distant Fire
Can't You Take A Hint
Four Tops Medley: It's The Same Old Song/Reach Out I'll Be There/Baby I Need Your Lovin'...

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Customer Reviews:

Embarrassingly bad music for people with embarrassingly bad taste.......2006-02-28

The originals by the Band of Oz or any "Carolina Beach Music" act are of course, awful by definition. Some good songs are covered here, but done so much better by the original artists, so why bother?

Enough of this compilation is pure "Carolina Beach Music", music so awful that outside of the the two Carolinas, Georgia, maybe Virginia, no one knows what it is or could stand to listen for long. While in the majority of the known universe, the term "shag" refers to the sex act, the ironic thing is that "shag" refers to something altogether different in the Bible-Belt extremist conservative southeastern US (and thank God, nowhere else), that being a sped-up swing dance done to mostly really bad local R&B music performed by really talentless groups of the region. That is the garbage you will hear in this compilation.

While the word "shag" speaks to the sex act, the shag dance is definitely a mood-killer for any normal human being. You've got to see it done to see what a total sexual turn-off this dance is - it's about as sexy as a Texas two-step, yet an entire culture of mediocrity that only exists in the south Atlantic has grown up around this effeminate, laughable Lindy done at warp-speed. It's definitely more embarrassing to witness when performed by a male of the species, but is still pathetic when done by anything with two legs.

Notwithstanding their on-stage outfits of the period, the Beach Boys music of their golden days in the 1960's had much too much class and sophistication to qualify as beach music (plus, you can't shag dance to it), but those unsuspecting people who move to the southeast from other parts of the US or world always assume that is what is meant by "beach music". Maybe that is true in the universe at large, but not in the southeast. Although the great songs of the Drifters and many classic Motown songs have been unfortunately labeled as "beach music" by those involved in the culture, "Carolina Beach Music", more specifically, is much more often than not simply embarrassingly awful music written and performed by bands from the Carolinas, usually aging white men wearing Sansabelt pants and Hawaiian shirts. The Band of Oz, the Embers, the Breeze Band, the Poor Souls, Billy Scott and the Prophets, the Catalinas, the Fantastic Shakers, are but a few of the local bands that make tons of money in the southeast and that could not get arrested off of their home turf. The popularity of this garbage being confined almost exclusively to the Carolinas says alot about the taste of the residents of those two states.

Carolina Beach Music is Alive!.......2004-05-13

The only problem with the Band of Oz is that there is such a long period between releases! This is an incredible beach music lovers CD. If you don't know what "Carolina Beach Music" is, I can't help you in this space. I can, however, highly recomend this CD. This is truely a full band effort as each member shines. It's great to hear Jerry West (formerly of Sugarcreek) nail the vocals on "Smoke from a Distant Fire". Chuck French is just killer on "Fly Me to the Moon"!

One of the many gems on "Dancing in the Street" is band member Rick Strickland's original "My Heart Belongs to Me". This guy can write, arrange, and sing!

The vocals, harmonies, and horns all come together to make this one of, if not the best OZ Cd. Vocal contributions from Mel Carter and Kip Anderson add to what is already a beach music 4 star CD!

While this is an excellent CD, your best bet is to see the band LIVE. If your in the Mid-Atlantic region, you probably have a chance. If you don't have that opportunity, buy a twelve pack, put on the Band of Oz, and it will be easy to imagine yourself in Cherry Grove!

a must for carolina beach music fans.......1999-04-19

if you are in va.,or the carolinas and love beach music this is the best of 1999. the vocals of rick strickland,jerry west, chuck french, etc are flawless. the 'breeze horns' add the necessary musical background to an already superb group. the mills bros. medley and the 4-tops medley will have you singing along. 'temptations bout to get me ' has to be the best slow dance of the year. close your eyes and you are at 'club faces' with the band live.a sure fire cammy award winner.

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