Hey Love (The Songs Of Mary Rodgers) - Original Cast

Advantages: Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Alan Jay Lerner's lyrics, Frederick Loewe's music-most of it.
Disadvantages: Some shopworn, predictable tunes and weak orchestrations.

..., 'What Do the Simple Folk Do?' in which they wonder how non-royals deal with marital ennui such as theirs. It's deceptively lighthearted in tone, ends on a sombre note, and suggests the beginning of the end for Arthur and Guenevere. My fondness for 'Camelot,' especially this original Broadway cast recording, may stem from my childhood exposure to it. Having now understood many of the situations portrayed in the play, I've come to appreciate the plot more. Yet, I've grown more critical of the music, too, beautiful as some of it remains. The spare and skeletal orchestrations serve only to shadow the singing lines, without offering any interesting emotional or musical counterpoint in the harmony, unlike the music of that towering genius on Broadway, Richard Rodgers ('The Sound of Music,' 'Carousel,' etc.). My final assessment... Read review

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...even more success. Her image has changed slightly but her raw vocals and song writing skills have improved dramatically. She has returned with new and producers she has worked before with, and out came “No More Drama” This album is fairly new and released winter 2001. It is hard to say that this album is a classic, like many of her others, but I’m sure that time will tell. The title of the album may not be a coincidence, Mary is known for her tantrums and has said for a few years that she has grown up and those days are past, so the title of the album confirms this. The title track (current single) is very emotional and the strongest song on the album. Love A fast track to start off her return, a really great song, as soon as I heard it I liked it, it is a fast beaty track with a lot of emotional vocals from... Read review

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Advantages: A compilation of great songs from a great musician
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

.... Although not as universally known as some other tracks on the album arguably, it's still a cracking little number! The same can be said of "The Wind Cries Mary" - a far more laid back offering this time around - lovely and melodic. Chilled out and almost hypnotic. It's seemingly effortless and an enjoyable bit of music. The next two tracks; "Hey Joe" and "All Along The Watchtower" are another of his famous tracks. The former incorporates a bluesy guitar solo with some very straightforward rhythm work - often learnt very early on by people learning the guitar. The latter is a cover of a Bob Dylan track, but extremely different to it's original brother. Instead of Dylan's whining harmonica, this time lavish guitars expectedly are used. Hendrix was a well-documented fan of Dylan's, and had many covers of his under his belt, such as this one... Read review

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