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Music CD - Keb' Mo': Peace...Back by Popular Demand
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Music CD: Peace...Back by Popular Demand
Artist: Keb' Mo'
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $4.93
Your Save: $ 7.05 ( 59% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks:
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1. For What It's Worth
2. Wake Up Everybody
3. People Got to Be Free
4. Talk
5. What's Happening Brother
6. The Times They Are A-Changin'
7. Get Together
8. Someday We'll All Be Free
9. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding
10. Imagine
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0827969268728
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2004-09-21
Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Blues Man with a Conscience
Comment: I have owned this CD for a while and I keep coming back to play it for comfort. I love his blues style and interpretation of old Vietnam war classics. The timeing and message is clear, but the songs are beautiful. He can do it all! What a musician!
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Summary: Different - and an impressive effort
Comment: Having been a fan for years - and seen Keb play live - this is a different bag from the blues-inspired material that put him on the map. Some have knocked this CD as it ain't blues; don't much matter to me - the guy is still a great musician. Nice arrangements of some oldies played with a lot of heart.
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Summary: As meaningful, uplifting, and enjoyable as ever!
Comment: I have loved Keb' Mo for about 10 years. I knew that there were mixed reviews for this CD, but I still put it on my Christmas wish list and I'm glad I did. He makes the covers his own. I don't hear the original artists, but the message of the songs which seems to be his intent. I love how he applies his style especially to the Bob Dylan song which I understand more now than before! With every song I thought, "Okay, this is my favorite." Now it's impossible to decide. Some of the songs made me want to dance and think at the same time!
I respect the man and his music because he always seems to be earthy and true to his heart no matter the subject. He expresses his heart for the world using the message of these carefully chosen songs. (Inside the CD sleeve there is a line from each song that seems to be the reason it was chosen.) He has written songs like Victims of Comfort (Keb Mo) and Stand up And Be Strong (The Door) that show his long-standing concern for people to take responsibility to change the world.
As meaningful, uplifting, and enjoyable as ever!
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Summary: I want my money back
Comment: I keep buying Keb Mo's new records, everytime thinking "Well.. this time i'm sure there will be more blues and less pop rubbish", But i keep getting fooled all the time. Why in the world is he considerd being a blues artist? I can't find one single blues tune on this album for crying out loud! And to think what other albums i could have bought for the kind of money a brand new CD like this cost. I recently saw Keb Mo' in Martin Scorseses "The Blues" series, where he said that when he was young he would always take his car and see Led Zepelin. What? I would have gone to see BB King, Muddy Waters, The Wolf, John Lee Hooker, or maybe Ray Charles or The Good Doc. (You know who i'm talkin about). I haven't heard Led Zepelin, but i'm pretty sure it isn't blues.
Keb Mo's second album titled "Just like you" (1996) has alote of blues on it. That's a real good album. Of all the Keb Mo albums i've got, that has got most blues. But i mean.. look at these other cats who are listed under blues, they don't mix this kind of pop trash into their albums. they simply play the blues, and nothing else. This was the biggest disepointment so far from Keb Mo, silly pop abum. I'ts obvious that blues isn't what Keb Mo wants to do. I think Keb Mo's albums should be listed under "Pop" in the future. was this rewiev helpfull to you, muppets? I will probrably keep buying Keb Mo albums and keep getting screwed. By the way, i sent this CD back.
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Summary: Great new interpretations
Comment: These great songs and the original artists are honored by Keb'Mo's new and wonderful interpretations. Listen to it a couple times and then decide. Keb'Mo' adds grace and beauty to everything he does.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The velvety voiced Mo' shifts away from his usual matters of the heart to matters of the world on this disc of predominantly covers. He has also abandoned his bluesier roots in favor of a slicker, jazz-based pop. The result is a protest album for the double-latte crowd, most of whom can hum along to chestnuts from the Rascals ("People Got to be Free"), John Lennon ("Imagine"), and Bob Dylan ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"). While a jaunty banjo- and fiddle-flecked version of the Nick Lowe-penned "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" (popularized by Elvis Costello) uses a questionable rearrangement to convey the song's message, Mo' really connects when he raids the soul vaults for tunes by Marvin Gaye, Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, and Donny Hathaway. It's a pleasant, subtle, and always professionally performed detour that's as comfy as a warm cup of hot chocolate on a chilly day. --Hal Horowitz
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