Three Score And Ten - Peggy Seeger

Advantages: Absolute stunning Scouse Genius - You Have Never Heard Anything Like This
Disadvantages: Hard to track down - Phone Probe Records - Liverpool

...this songs sums him up perfectly. 9: Venus In Flares “A million housewives every day, Pick up a tin of beans and say ‘What an amazing example of synchronisation” “The grand old duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill, Then he had them all again” More HMHB madness and genius. There’s not much more I can say about these songs apart from the fact that they all score ten out of ten, well this gets twelve. 10: I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves) “My girlfriend looks like Peggy Mount, What Am I supposed to do?” An HMHB love song. Jim Reeves had a hit in 1964 with “I Love You Because”. Blackwell has a superb knack of making these totally mad associations up into song titles. And the songs ARE as good as the titles. 11... Read review

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Advantages: Not difficult listening
Disadvantages: So boring you could cry

...Pearl Harbor was a much anticipated and hyped film about the Japanese attack on the American naval base Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It boasted of great visual effects, historical accuracy and actors Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale to excite the young film goers. The film was shot down by critics and theater goers alike. Of the three-plus-hours of the film, the first two were wholly dismissed as boring and tedious, and when you got to the attack itself near the end, it wasn't enough to save the film from total destruction (despite the stunning visuals). The score reflects the film perfectly. It was mainly composed by Hans Zimmer, a well-known veteran of film scoring and the founder of Media Ventures organization, a house for young, similarly inclined composers like James Newton Howard, Steve Jablonski and Klaus... Read review

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Advantages: Foot Stomping, An introduction to Folk Music
Disadvantages: Does it do the music justice?

...Released: 24 April 2006. Springsteen's 21st album features Bruce's personal interpretations of thirteen traditional folk songs, all of them associated with Pete Seeger, the legendary guiding light of American folk music. Song Listing: 1. Old Dan Tucker 2. Jessie James 3. Mrs. McGrath 4. O, Mary, Don't You Weep 5. John Henry 6. Erie Canal 7. Jacobs Ladder 8. My Oklahoma Home 9. Eyes On The Prize 10. Shenandoah 11. Pay Me My Money Down 12. We Shall Overcome 13. Froggie Went A-Courtin' As he explains in the little booklet provided with the album, Bruce first tackled American folk music, and particularly the music of Pete Seeger, in 1997 when recording songs for a Pete Seeger tribute album Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger. He says that he went to a record store and came home with an armful of albums... Read review

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