Brave Combo - Musical Varieties
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Artist: Brave ComboBrand: BRAVE COMBO
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Anna
- People Are Strange
- Forozinho Aperreado
- Lorianna
- Gigi
- Ice Machine in the Desert
- El Cumbanchero
- O Holy Night Cha Cha Cha
- Julida
- Rosemary's Baby
- Viva Seguin
- Skokiaan
- La Turbina
- Clarinet Polka
- Watermelon Heart
- Habanera Rock
- Let's Trim Twist Again
- Sixteen Tons
- La Cumparsita
- Come Back to Me
- Speak Up Mambo
- Oaxaca
- Perfidia
- The Beer Barrel Polka
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Music Review: O Holy Night Cha Cha Cha And Other Classics
Rating: 5 Stars
Brave Combo never ceases to amaze me. Even though I have had this CD for a number of years, I have recently been listening to it routinely because it always puts me in a better mood. If you think that the world's greatest modern polka band would be a drag, think again. This CD is full of Brave Combo's best work, and crosses many musical boundaries in the process. My personal favorites are "O Holy Night Cha Cha Cha," which is exactly what you would believe it to be given the title, "Habanera Rock," an up-tempo re-rendering of a Latin classic, "Gigi," a wonderful and peculiar show tune (and I am someone who generally detests musicals), the African influenced "Skokiaan," "Sixteen Tons" done as an upbeat quasi-polka (certain to startle anyone familiar with the original), and my very favorite of all, the Doors classic "People Are Strange," a truth which will be more evident than ever after hearing this version, which is not at all what Jim Morrison had in mind.
Some of these are live and some are studio recordings, but the musicianship is first rate throughout. The band emphasizes unusual treatments of well known titles, intermixed with pleasantly surprising originals. Think of Brave Combo as Weird Al for intellectuals, or perhaps as Lawrence Welk for metalheads, although no categorization can really do them justice. This is the best CD to use as an introduction, but I warn you, this music is very addictive.
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No Description Available.Genre: World Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-2002
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