American
Hi-Fi. These guys rock. Hard. I bought the CD for the radio hit "Flavor
of the Weak" which I just adore and play over and over and over
and over...ahem...excuse me. But the rest of the CD is great, too.
It's what my sister calls "boy punk" which is not quite
full blown punk but certainly far from a boy band in the Backstreet
Boys sense. If you want to bounce around the room nodding hard to
the music, then this is a great CD for you. It works for me.
"Great Ladies of Song"--Peggy Lee. There's just something
about her. She may be incredibly white but her voice is so smooth.
Peggy Lee is the female Sinatra. She's perfect on songs like "The
Best Is Yet To Come" and "Too Close For Comfort," songs
I associate with Frank Sinatra. The only song that leaves me cold
is "If I Should Lose You," which I have on another CD sung
with such heartwrenching power by Billie Holiday that hearing anyone
else sing it pales by comparison. And Peggy is better at the breezy
tunes than the heartfelt ones and that's ok. That's exactly what I
need during a busy day at work.