War - The Best of War and More
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Free Music Notes for The Best of War and More
Free Music Review: A Piece of Chicano Culture...
Hit: 4 Stars
Funk, Oldies but Goodies, of course Latin Rhythms are all blended together to make a band that has been and will remain a staple in the Chicano commnity...WAR. I can remember that WAR was one of my first musical influences. I play a lot of their music today as they haven't faded a bit in popularity. Great classics like The Cisco Kid, Slippin into darkness, and Spill the wine are classics and have been handed down from one generation to the next. A lot of the younger generation may credit the George Lopez show for regenerating interest in the song "LOWRIDER" but that's not really true...as a Dj i know that if you're at a good party that means that you're gonna hear some WAR. Other noteables on this album are obvious...All day music, Summer, Me and Baby brother with "Why can't we be friends" being one of their signature hits...the two exceptions on this album that truly belong are "Don't let no one get you down" & "the World is a ghetto"...classic chicano oldies...in all fairness i have to say that WAR IS (ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD)has to a certain extent been excepted by the masses...this is not thier best album but the group itself is timeless Free Music Review: Once upon a time...
Hit: 4 Stars
During the early seventies, WAR irrupted with vigorous freshness in the musical sand, to fill a demanded space, a required balance between the jazz, the Latin favor best known as fusion. You may argue the true pioneers in this field were Carl Tjader an Tito Puente in the sixties and fifties respectively and eve before with Poncho Sanchez in the late forties.
But even so, the most relevant aspect to remark is this music contained in its inner structure the seminal roots of the reggae and this public was immediately engaged with this rhythmical melodies conquering of this way the applause of a neglected audience. If not so, the names of Jimmy Cliff, Bobby Bloom and his Montego
Bay, Shango, Mungo Jerry and the legend of Bob Marley would have been ignored or underrated. In this sense Spill the wine (watch the flute solo as musical curtain and essential support) may be considered the jewel of the crown and likewise the funny theme Cisco Kid
So this album constitutes y itself a decisive breakthrough as well as a vigorous ipulse to the new tendencies that would become inspiration' s source to many ensembles and great audiences all around the world.
Free Music Review: excellent cd
Hit: 4 Stars
I found this cd to cover the songs of War that I wanted. It is worth buying.Free Music Review: I Declare "WAR" On This Disc!!
Hit: 4 Stars
Hey Rhino, if you're gonna do War, DO WAR!(The un-edited version of "City/Country/City," "Deliver The Word," "The World Is A Ghetto," "Southern Part Of Texas")
This band built it's rep on long,loose free jams, so any War "Hits" compilation should mirror that.
Free Music Review: The Best of War and More
Hit: 4 Stars
Love that Latin group from Long Beach! All Day Music is my favorite song on this wonderful CD. That cut is so relaxing. Low Rider and Summer were big hits from my high school senior year. I like having this CD in my library for a reminder of my happy high school years. Hey, Spill the Wine, which is cut 9, has to be one of the most unusual songs in pop music history. That song, of course, was done when Eric was with the group. Two totally different kinds of songs are Spill and All Day Music, a good example of War's diversity. I still cannot believe I got this at such a low price (-: