Women in Pop Music

July 28, 2008 | By Doug In Pop Music |

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Customer Review: Hilarious
For any dancer this is brilliant!!!!! The characters are cleverly developed, showing dancers of different abilities, shapes and sizes! Liza minelli portrays Mavis who has been let down by the west end - yet finds a new career in teaching dance. Its a must see!
Customer Review: Liza, you’re the BEST!
Great entertainment! Liza shows us what a great talent she really is in this movie about hope, patience & love. The dancing numbers are stunning & so are the songs. Liza shines the brightest in this film. Not many films like this one come around too often these days!!!! A big Bravo to all the supporting cast & crew. This film was a wonderful experience…
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Customer Review: Not too bad
The program is easy enough to use; you simply mix ‘n’ match samples from different genres. One day I needed to quickly form a tune, so I chucked a load of samples together, and surprisingly it worked. There is little room for subtlety, however, and anyone wishing to create a stirring melody may be disappointed, but a wide array of features such as the mixing desk allow you to alter the sounds beyond all regonition, so with a little work it is possible to create a slow-paced tune. Genres range from 70’s Funk to Techno and Drum ‘n’ Bass, so a varying range of sounds can be created with a little patience.
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Sigur R?s–the sound of snow-capped peaks. Or winged things flocking over vast plains. Or salmon making that final courageous, muscular leap upstream, homeward bound. Ever since the BBC so aptly enlisted the help of their “Hoppipolla” single to theme their groundbreaking natural history series Planet Earth, the ever-ethereal Icelandic band have become somewhat typecast, finding themselves conducting the awe across the backdrops of nearly every other programme in that broad genre. And with that came the danger that all which followed would automatically become an instant cliche. And though their last album Takk saw a slowing of their evolution in favour of solidifying the established sound in accessible earfuls, the reassuringly unpronounceable Me? Su? ? Eyrum Vi? Spilum Endalaust (which translates as “with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly”) sees enough of a stylistic twist to keep things moving, without undercutting this new approachability. Where previously they sounded untouched by human hands, all alien post-rock abstractions, they now sound much more organic, sometimes literally like men playing instruments in a room. Albeit pensively, and extraordinarily. It is a perky record, attentive and exquisite, familiar but not derivative. The rhythmically adventurous “Gobbledigook” reminds of Brooklyn experimentalists Battles, unplugged, the xylophone heavy “Inn? M?r Syngur Vitleysingur” is this album’s “Hoppipolla” and “Ara Batur” is trembling, lonely and eventually triumphant. “Festival”, the album’s centrepiece, melds the old and new Sigur R?s dramatically over nine majestic minutes and must number amongst the best moments of their career. –James Berry
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Customer Review: Sigur Ros
Quite simply the most beautiful, amazing album from Sigur Ros. Much catchier music, but they still haven’t lost their allure. Their earlier music is somehow heavier. If this is the first album you listen too , you’ll fall in love with Sigur Ros like I have.
Customer Review: Doesn’t hit the heights of Takk but still good
I salivated at the prospect of Sigur Ros’ latest offering as I couldn’t get enough of them after the brilliant last CD/DVD, Heima. Sigur Ros are one of the few truly remarkable bands out there and their music is ethereal, beautiful, poignant and at times completely odd. While there are some wonderful pieces of music here-in, I don’t think the album works as well as their previous albums. I’m just not sure Gobbledigook works for me but thereafter and as the album progresses, they claim you. I can understand the slight change in their work and fair play to the band, they are continuing to evolve and certainly are more accessible but I feel that this is slightly detrimental to the ethos of Sigur Ros. We love them because they are so out there on their own, producing music that is peerless. Still one of the best groups ever though!
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