10 Years After - Roy Cousins & The Royals

Advantages: Great songs, easy listening, fantastic!
Disadvantages: None

...I have always liked Ronan Keating's music from when he was in Boyzone to when he was manager of Westlife and his individual songs so I love his 10 years of songs CD! The songs are mainly easy listening love songs / boy band type songs and I like them because they always have beautiful lyrics which tell a meaningful story or message. They also sound really personal like he has written them about his own feelings and he has even used his wife in the video for "If Tomorrow Never Comes" and wrote "There's Somebody Else Now" after the birth of his son. Track 1 - When You Say Nothing At All Used on the soundtrack of Notting Hill, a song about how a girl can talk to him and his heart without saying a word. Track 2 - Life is a Rollercoaster A catchy song (quite upbeat for Ronan!) A great song about life being like a rollercoaster... Read review

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Advantages: The Very Best Of The Big O
Disadvantages: I had to review 41 Songs... phew

...Everyone knows Pretty Woman, most have heard of Only The Lonely, a lot of people recognise I Drove All Night, the one with Jason Priestley in the video and any fan of Only Fools And Horses knows Crying is the song that the guy who can't pronounce his R's right sang to hilarious effect. Cwying, Cwying, Cwyyyyyying….you remember it I'm sure. But if you are not of a certain age you probably don't know a lot of Roy's stuff. Not many of my friends were familiar with him, a lot even laughed when they saw I had bought this CD but when they got to hear a few of the songs, their appreciation rose until I was getting pestered for copies. I guess it's because he's a golden oldie that most young people pass him by so lightly, he hasn't the protest cool of Bob Dylan or the iconic image of David Bowie but after many drunken renditions of I Drove All... Read review

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Advantages: Well worth the money, can watch over and over again
Disadvantages: A little bit short on running time

...this live session is the obvious fun of it all, it’s not taken seriously, and just comes across as being pure enjoyment, which in turn rubs off on the viewer. I’d like to point out that this review is about show/DVD. It would be an injustice for me to try to give an account of the lifetime achievement of this performer within this review. However, in brief summary, Roy Orbison had string of hits throughout his musical career which spanned from the 50’s through to the 90’s. His earlier personal life however was laced with tragedy, where his first wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident, and he later lost two sons in a fire which burned down his home. After believing he would never find happiness again, he eventually remarried some years later, to his second wife Barbara, whom he lived with up until his untimely death.. He sadly... Read review

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