Best Of June Christy, The - June Christy

Advantages: A living legend
Disadvantages: He's retired now

...Since this is the first review of Christy's work I will concentrate not entirely on traveller, but on the man himself. For many many years now I have been a huge fan of Christy Moore. Other artists have come and gone but Christy has stood the test of time and still remains my all-time favourite. The esteem with which Christy is held in Ireland and by the Irish community worldide is astonishing. Wherever his name pops up it is invariably accompanied by the words 'the great'. This description really does sum Christy up, no one else in Irish Folk circles can even come close. In the late 1960's the interest in Folk music was almost non-existent in Ireland. Christy Moore, almost single-handedly reversed this and started the trend that has seen the Irish Folk scene emerge as one of the most popular genres throughout the world. Christy has... Read review

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Advantages: none
Disadvantages: the main diadvantage was that this was allowed to happen

...the worst kind of tat is when music is held to ransome by novelty which occurs quite a lot especially around christmas. I dont know where this Rupaul came from, probably american chat show it had 15 minutes of fame and decided to cut a record. Rupaul I think is a lanky bloke dressed up as a woman. The supermodel song was rubbish. I remeber seeing the video on The Box channel, just this freak poncing about in a dress while calling out the names of the famous models like kate and christy.... Read review

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Advantages: More recognisable songs than Now 60, Olympics London 2012 Anthem added
Disadvantages: Crazy Frog?? WHY!!!!!!!, Songs on here from about March time

...in this album and it is no wonder why I like it...it's a big hit!! James Blunt's debut album has already racked up over half a million copies. 2Pac feat. Elton John - Ghetto Gospel Since the death of tupac, he has achieved more chart success. Eminem has provided with the beats to this single and also included the vocals of Elton joh n singing "Indian Sunset". the video is a big impact as it shows how his incident leading to his death happened. Coldplay - Speed Of Sound This latest single from Coldplay is in my opinion their best yet. From June 2005, they racked up over 450,000 copies of their latest album, "X & Y". They recently been backing Richard Ashcroft at Live 8 and also covered Kylie's Can't Get You Out Of My Head at Glastonbury. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. This single is their first from the new album, Demon Days. I first heard this track... Read review

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