Alone With My Friends - Memphis Slim

Advantages: guitar
Disadvantages: none

...This is a good and cheap selection of some of the greatest blues musicians ever. The collection opens predictably with a muddy waters track (rollin’ stone) although probably not his best and then there appears the great elmore james performance on slide guitar in ‘dust my broom’ – a fantastically modern style of blues for the time. The j l hooker song is not ‘boom, boom’ thank god and the howlin’ wolf track ‘smokestack lightning’ features as track 9, this is a great song and I think once a budweiser advert song. There is a beautifully rough recording of memphis slim’s ‘guess I’m a fool’ towards the end which is for me the pick of the tracks. This is a solid album, nothing too new, but touches all the bases and is successful.... Read review

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Advantages: brilliant sound to it, I Don;t Know Why
Disadvantages: some mediocre songs esprciall "It's All About"

...I am not afraid to admit I like Marti Pellow. I think he has a fabulous soulful voice. However I get frustrated with some of the material he has recorded both in his solo career and with the Wets. He has done a lot of MOR, sickly sweet ballads. However when Marti is on full form such as on "Hard To Cry", the highlight of his debut album and more recently "Walking On Water" from the Wet's newest Greatest Hits CD, or even his version of "Heaven Help us All" from his original Memphis Sessions way back in 1986 he is hard to beat. His voice is powerful, soulful and just sends shivers down my spine. When I heard he was releasing the album he has always dreamed of recording backed with a stunning live performance on Jonathan Ross's Saturday morning radio show I decided to buy the album "Moonlight Over Memphis". Marti describes "Moonlight Over... Read review

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Advantages: Tells you the whole song
Disadvantages: Not a review

...is jail I used to be my mommy's little angel at twelve At thirteen I was putting shells in the gauge on the shelf, I used to Get punked and bullied on my block, till I cut a kitten's head off And stuck it in this kid's mailbox (HEY! MOM! MOM!), I used to give a Fuck, now I could give a fuck less What do I think of sucess? It sucks! Too much press *And stress, too much cess, and breasts, too upset It's just, too much mess, I guess, I must just blew up quick (yes) Grew up quick? (no) was raised right? Whatever you say's wrong, whatever I say's right You think of my name now whenever you say high, became a commodity because I'm W - H - I - T - E, 'cause MTV was so friendly to me, can't wait 'till Kim sees me Now is it worth it? Look at my life. How is it perfect? Read my lips bitch, what, my mouth isn't working? You hear... Read review

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