What'd I Say - Ray Charles

Ray Charles on my mind

Advantages: Superb performance by Jamie Foxx
Disadvantages: Long and dull at times

Born Ray Charles Robinson in 1930 in a poor part of Georgia, the singer and pianist we know simply as Ray Charles did not have the easiest of starts in life. Cared for by his single mother, he witnessed the drowning of his brother at a young age, and by seven, was blind in both eyes. Despite this, his mother entreated him to keep working and to never let his disability get the better of him. His drive and enthusiasm for life was soon to pay dividends in the form of a successful music career, with hits in the charts and a lucrative record contract. Yet his life was not all roses - addicted to heroin, Ray was nearly imprisoned more than once and had extra-marital affairs. Would heroin be the end of his family life? And how would it affect his musical career? I am not a big fan of biopics; the problem with the story of someone's life ...

sunmeilan 21.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ray (DVD)

iSayYes

Advantages: Video Playback, Photo Viewer, Games, Alarm, Stopwatch, Various Colours, Lightweight
Disadvantages: Prone to Scratching

This is the perfect mp3 player for teenagers. You hear parents say that it is just the same as any other mp3 player and the only thing that sells it is it's image, but in actual fact,there is a good reason this is true. The battery boasts 24hrs music playback and 5hrs video playback, perfect to prevent "are we there yet" syndrome. In addition to this, the nano plugs straight into the computer and after one simple download, everything is ready to go, pretty good for the computer-obsessed generation. It also comes in a variety of colours to help show off to your mates, and although elders say it doesn't matter, it really does! Alright it may be good for the younger generation, but this mp3 player is certainly not limited to youths. Britain is now becoming obsessed with being 'fit'. Joining a local gym, chewing on celery instead ...

crewealexfan92 18.06.2008 · Read full review
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RAY OF LIGHT--- RAY CHARLES, The movie.

Advantages: Really innovative. One of the best reenactment of a legend
Disadvantages: Some unneccesary Inclusion.

! (remember, he was blind).That was really extraordinary. Ray Charles..... The Legend..... I dont wanna call him "the man" here, let's give honour to whom it is due, Ray is a legend, not a man.Or what else should we use to describe a man who went against all odds, despite being blind (completely) to become one of the greatest American pianist in the world?(yes I say in the world) Ray is a legend. His life has not been rosy at all right from his birth.He came from an ''impoverished'', not even ''poor'' family in Albania His father left them (little charles and his mother) while he was still very young, his baby brother died in a washtub accident, and he himself developed glaucoma when he was 5 which by the age of 7, had turned into total blindness.Yet Charles never give up even when his parent passed away when he was only thirteen, He ...

tomi111 10.05.2005 · Read full review
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