George & James
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Artist: The Residents
Label: East Side Digital
Category: Music
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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 021561814820
EAN: 0021561814820
ASIN: B00004R96I
Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
George & James
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Tracks:
- Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin
- I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
- Summertime - George Gershwin
- Intro
- I'll Go Crazy
- Try Me
- Think
- I Don't Mind
- Lost Someone
- Please, Please, Please
- Night Train
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Customer Reviews:
Interesting but clinical.......2003-05-18
The Gershwin tracks are minimalist deconstructions sounding a bit clinical although they have their eerie phases. The James tracks have their amusing moments, especially in the audience participation and I suppose they go a long way to deconstructing James Brown' legendary Live At The Apollo set, but of course it lacks soulfulness, thereby completely missing out on the point of James Brown's music. The structure is there, but it's like a mere skeleton without the flesh of the soul, with the possible exception of Night Train which is quite rousing. I can't imagine this music having anything but an intellectual appeal. Rather give me The Residents with Snakefinger doing their own stuff!
Awesome.......2002-03-17
At first I thought the American Composer Series was a stupid idea, well this album rocks! The George side includes 3 awesome covers of his works and is great to mellow-out to. The James side is good too. I thought his voice would be totally unbearable, but I actually kinda like it. Worth it for "I'll Go Crazy" alone.
Underrated.......2000-12-19
Why do many people not like this cd? I am a long time Residents fan and it is one of my favorites by them. The George side is very soothing and respectful of the original material, with just the right touch of their trademark creepiness. The James side is an absolute stunner. That voice!!! I crack up every time I hear "I wanna hear you say OWWWWWWW"You should give it another chance.
The Resident's Miss Their Mark.......2000-11-27
It is unfortunate that such a good idea as the Residents doing reworking of other's music did not work out any better than the first few cuts of the Stars and Hank recording. This recording, like Stars and Hank, was originally released as a plastic LP with one side being the George Gershwin and the other a reworking of the James Brown "Live at the Apollo".
It starts out promising enough, with an air siren melding into the first few notes of George Gershwin's masterpiece "Rhapsody in Blue" (a decent job by the Residents). Unfortunately, the rest of the Gershwin works pale quickly.
The James Brown side is amusing, for a bit... but never quite makes it as a decent parody of the works of that troubled artist.
Two stars, but not recommended.
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