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Music in High Places This is a great dvd but on some performances, mainly “P!$$ed off”, her backup singers can barley be heard. As great as Angie Stone is on this DVD, the sound should have been checked before filiming. …

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This has just about replace my laptop. I use my iPod Touch everyday for music, email, surfing the web, checking the weather, stock quotes… the list goes on and on. This is my first iPod. I don’t know how I ever functioned before I got it.
70s Music Celebration with

Oh my goodness. I cannot, I repeat, cannot believe that people hate this movie. I really can’t. I saw it, I watched it forty more times, and I STILL LOVE IT. People say it’s corny and has no content. NO CONTENT??!!! Please. Look a little deeper. This film is all about family and morals and values. How much more content do you want? You have no idea how many values and morals I have picked up from this movie. Not to mention the fact that “My Favorite Things” has yet to fail in making me feel better. How can you say this is corny? It’s a beautiful film. The scenery, the MUSIC, the content, it’s all beautiful (especially the music). To quote Shirley Jones: “The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it’s not reality, but who cares? There’s too much reality these days.” So true. The storyline is so beautiful. Maybe it’s not perfectly real, but it really can cheer you up. Maybe if we were all like the von Trapp family, this world would be a much better place. Oh, and if you think this story has no content, I suggest you read Maria von Trapp’s autobiography about her and her family. That should give some insight into just how wonderful her family was, and the values and morals this film gives to us. Not to mention the acting in this film. Christopher Plummer captures the essence of a strict, retired sea captain perfectly. And Julie Andrews. Her voice is absolutely beautiful and never fails. And her presence as Maria is wonderful. She has the humor, the voice, the happiness, she just fits the role perfectly. Just please, look a little deeper before you criticize this film as having no content. Please. It’s absolutely wonderful and mesmorizing if you look properly.
Sound of Music VHS

I’m a huge Ferry and Roxy fan from “back in the day” and was almost worried to watch this DVD incase they’d lost their edge. But no worries on that score! Fabulous concert — it took me back to the 70’s and 80’s. Great talent and Ferry is as gorgeous as ever. My 20 year old sons also got a kick out of watching it — it’s not just a trip down memory lane for the original fans. Very cool and well worth the $$ !!
Roxy Music Live At

This cable (Hdmi 2m (6 Feet) Super High Resolution Cable) was recommended with the Blu-Ray player I purchased, so I bought it. What I did not know was that it was NOT necessary because I had no intentions of connecting it my computer. What with restocking fees and cost to return, it isn’t worth it to send it back, so I’m stuck with something I didn’t need. You really should not recommend items to go with something else unless you give the buyer more information, especially people like me who are DVD/Computer illiterate.(I tried did not rate this because I’m not using it, but it would not let me continue without a rating.)
Country Music America

Deep Roots Music Vol

I love Shawn and her music! She has been an inspiration to me as an acoustic musician, and her alternate guitar tunings have helped me craft songs of my own. I loved this DVD because Shawn performed classic songs like Polaroids, Diamond in the Rough, Kill The Messenger and of course Sunny Came Home in their stripped down versions. As some reviewers have already stated, I too love Shawn’s music stripped down. I saw her in concert about a year ago and was mezmorized by her performance. The fact that the DVD has the songs without the voice overs and such is a nice touch and welcomed by this reviewer. If you love Shawn and her acoustic performances, buy this DVD. You will not be disappointed as this is a slice of Heaven as well as a snapshot of her career.
Music in High Places

Before the Music Dies is an interesting piece of work. It is a glimpse into the sometimes dirty business that we call the industry of music. I think it is essential for musicians to see this movie, because many of us don’t know the worst they have to offer us. From a non-artist point of view, B4MD seems to move a little slow at times, and I wish we could’ve heard from more “underground” artists, and artists who have had notable struggles with the record labels. But it is very informative, and at times engaging. “those that can, do, those that can’t..become critics! Or record execs.!!
Before the Music Dies

The first time I heard about this book was about two or three years ago when my cousin told me this was “soooo gooood!” and I had to read it. I didn’t at first because I knew it was in the Young Adult section of the bookstore and I am always a bit iffy about that section.
Then, once the movie came out and there was this huge craze that followed, I definitely didn’t want to read the books because I try to not get sucked into all the hype.
This past Thanksgiving, I saw that another one of my cousins had the books and I asked her if I could borrow the first book so I could find out what all this mess was about. I definitely didn’t want to waste my money if the books turned out to be as dumb as I thought they would be.
So, on the car ride home I started reading … and reading… and reading … I found that I couldn’t put the book down! When I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about the book and how I wished I could be reading. True this is no mind bending, life changing work of literature, but I found it to be quite addictive and I don’t know why!
As soon as I finished the first book, I ran out to Wal-mart and bought the other three books because I couldn’t wait to have them shipped to me from Amazon.
By the end of the next week, I had finished all the books!
I hate my self a little for getting sucked into these books, but I just found them so entertaining and addictive.
Lili Ivanova Selected Music

The copy of Office ‘97 I ordered from Amazon showed up with the last part of the product key sticker ripped off!
Rock Roll Music