(The) Essential Domingo

The Essential Soundtrack To My Youth

Advantages: Great Songs You Remember From Films
Disadvantages: Dancing The 'Hot Stuff' From 'The Full Monty'!!

I am a huge music fan, I have been since I was old enough to listen and since that day, I have had a diverse music taste, I cannot pin point my favourite genre and I find music very uplifting & I especially love music in films. So, did you, like me, love the music used in Uma Thurman & John Travolta's dancing scene in 'Pulp Fiction', did you feel Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff' dancing scene in 'The Full Monty' was great, did you love the hustle soundtrack to 'Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels'? Are you a Film Four fan? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, I am certain you'd find something you like on this album. Essential Soundtracks was released back in 1999, the second year of my A-levels and I bought this CD in Woolies for a mere £4.99 for a 40 track double CD, I purely bought this for the more trendy numbers from ...

memphisto_chick 19.09.2006 · Read full review
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Essential Afrobeat

Advantages: Great triple CD
Disadvantages: None

Essential Afroboeat is essential if you are in any way interested in Afrobeat music. The CD sleeve notes bake a somewhat bold claim. "This is Afrobeat: The past, the present and the future. Contributions to this compilation come from all the corners of the Earth, with influences from every culture of the world. Fela said that Africa was "The centre of the world." This compilation has proved him right: Afrobeat is afrian and Africa is at the centre. The contribution of each artist to this compilation is testimony to the fact that Afrobeat is universal." But are these sleeve notes right? Yeah. I guess they are, pretty much. There's a glittering array of some of the best of the most talented musicians from Africa. There's Fela Kuti himself, with his super-eclectic style, which combines elements of R&B, Reggae, Ska and some hard pushing ...

Martinscholes 05.11.2005 · Read full review
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Santo Domingo

Advantages: Eating yourself to bursting point in the fully inclusive hotels
Disadvantages: Not much to do and rip off prices

Domingo, which turned out to be pretty unimpressive. We did an interesting half day trip to the river where they filmed the Rambo films and that included a trip on a 'Gator' which is like a double decker bus which can go on land or in water which was a great experience. There wasn't much to buy in the way of souvenirs apart from cigars, rum and oil paintings which are copies of old Haitian pictures. On account of the lack of interesting souvenirs I ended up buying a dead tarantula encased in a picture frame. One thing I can thank the Dominican Republic for is my introduction to scuba diving. I found the place so boring that my husband and I decided to do a couple of try dives and have since completed our Padi Open Water and Advanced Open Water certification in Scotland where we live. ...

rustifer 09.02.2001 · Read full review
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