Celtic Thunder - It's Entertainment!
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Artist: Celtic ThunderBrand: PBS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-02-09
Music Label: CELTIC THUNDER LTD
Soundtracks:
- Home
- Life With You
- Lough Swilly Railway
- Hallelujah
- Just Like Jessie James
- Hard To Say I'm Sorry
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Doo Wacka Doo
- Amazing Grace
- Hello Again
- When You Wish Upon A Star
- Standing On The Corner
- Surfer Medley
- Sway
- (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Music reviews of It's Entertainment!
Music Review: Just as Described!
Rating: 5 Stars
The product description of It's Entertainment is spot on. What you get here is an enthusiastic collection of songs from some of their own musical influences and favorite artists. You can tell that they've had a blast doing their own take on music that speaks to them.
You might see this as a departure from what you'd expect from a "Celtic" group, but as the producer behind the group has described them as a fresh take on the modern Celtic man, I feel it makes perfect sense to take a moment and look at the songs they listen to and celebrate. What better way to do so than to make them their own?
The album as whole is a wonderful collection of fun songs, songs that touch the heart, and songs that make you smile and reminisce (or in my case, imagine life from decades prior to my birth).
For Damian, "Home" is a fantastic choice. Knowing that he is a Michael Buble fan makes hearing him sing it even more special, but he certainly delivers! This more mature song really gives his talent the opportunity to shine while letting him prove that he has grown up a bit since we first encountered him.
Keith gets to do another popular ballad on this CD, but it's the "Surfer Medley" that makes me smile. Now, why would a young Irish man sing a compilation of popular surfing songs? It's a lifestyle choice, you might say, but that little fact makes it a ton of fun to hear Keith sing some of the most popular hits from this genre.
For Ryan, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" is just a perfect choice. The animation in his voice is enough to give this upbeat classic plenty of life! If you think it can't get any better, pop in the corresponding DVD, though, and just watch him bring the lyrics to life.
With Paul, "Doo Wacka Doo" (another Phil Coulter original) is a big leap from what you'd tend to want to expect from a tenor of his caliber. What's fun about Paul, though, is that while he does have his serious stage moments, he also loves to have fun while performing. This song in particular gives him a chance to mesh his talents, personality, and humor all together, and the result is absolutely delightful.
Neil, who you know as Celtic Thunder's lead guitarist, auxiliary percussionist, and background vocalist, steps up as a soloist this time around. Neil's version of When You Wish Upon A Star is a light, inspiring reminder of why the song is a Disney classic. I can't wait to hear more of him!
George, though, has my favorite song on this CD. I had thought that we had found the perfect song for him once I heard him sing Life With You the first time, but I was mistaken. "Hello Again" is a beautifully written song to start with, but once this version starts, you feel like it was written for George. His voice is so sincere that you can't help but run through a full range of emotions, from happy to sad to happy again while taking it all in.
It's Entertainment is different from Celtic Thunder's past albums, but it all fits in with who they are as human beings. It's a celebration of what drives them, and I love that they are sharing this with us.
Description of It's Entertainment!
Overture and beginners please... Strike up the band... Stand by for Celtic Thunder... and It s Entertainment . This stylish and high energy trip through some of the great songs of the last 30 years is pure showbiz! It is a tribute from Celtic Thunder to the legacy they have inherited from the great entertainers of the past, and a mark of how far they themselves have travelled as performers, in a few short years. It evokes an era of big bands and boulevards, top hats and tails and singing and dancin in the rain! It makes for irresistible listening as the principals from this generation pay their respects to the stars of an earlier time. In the true tradition of variety the music covers a mix of styles, of songs and of singers, as the lads salute their musical heroes- from Fred Astaire to Neil Diamond, from Jim Croce to Chicago, from Michael Buble to The Beach Boys!Each member features with two songs, one a serious workout, the other a bit of pure fun and a chance to let the hair down! These lighter choices have George stomping around to The Proclaimer s My Life With You , while Ryan takes on the persona of a Chicago gangster with Bad, Bad Leroy Brown . Keith slips right into character with a Surfer Medley and Damian becomes a bit of a boulevardier with Standing On The Corner . Paul steps up to the plate as an accomplished song and dance man with the rooty-tooty Doo Wacka Doo , specially written by Phil Coulter. One big surprise package is guitarist Neil who not only joins Ryan and Keith in a haunting, close harmony version of Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah but also delivers a superb, soulful solo on the Disney classic When You Wish Upon A Star . The show is rounded off by a couple of ensemble numbers, featuring all six singers, the perennial Amazing Grace and U2 s anthemic Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For . All in all, this is an inspired celebration of wonderful songs and great singers, an uplifting feel-good package that is the perfect antidote to the recession blues!
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