Tim Curry: Read My Lips (CD)

Tim Curry

Read My Lips

CD

CD (Compact Disc)

Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.

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EUR 18,99*

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Label: Bad Reputation, 1978
Bestellnummer: 7505360
Erscheinungstermin: 25.8.2017

Product Information

The undisputed star of the Rocky Horror Picture Show debut A&M album from 1978. Working closely with ace producer Bob Ezrin and Ezrin's partner Michael Kamen, Curry created what amounted to a potent sendup of nearly every major musical style of the last 50-odd years, a compelling, musically valid, wonderfully funny rich tour de force that added another dimension to his already extensive creative repertoire.

Musicians included Richard Wagner, John Tropea and Robin Miller (guitars), Philly International drummer Charles Collins and Bob Babbitt – the leading studio bass player on both coasts. Guest artists included Nils Lofgren, fiddle- player extraordinaire Joe Venuit and the entire bagpipe and drum regimen of Toronto's 48th Highlanders. From the heraldic magnificence of Scottish bagpipes on the epic »Wake Nicodemus«, an old folk song given a zesty rock arrangement, to the reggae kicker of the Beatles »I Will«, right through to the funky rock-cum-30's reading of Irving Berlin's »Harlem On My Mind«, Tim manages to cover just about every musical waterfront.

(Do The) »Brontosaurus« is a delicious sendup of the heavy metal rockers, and on »Sloe Gin« he takes on the blues. »Birds of a Feather« conveys an ambiguous sexual message in a quasi-sleazy sendup that gives Afro / Latin rock a run for the money. Joni Mitchell »All I Want« is given a total facelift. The classic »Anyone Who Had A Heart« is rendered with Wagnerian bravado that tugs at your heart while it tickles your funny bone.

And it all works, both as solid music and as light, right-on-target humour. Or as Tim put it: »It covers a lot of bases, it's relentless rock, and it's a pretty pushy album.«