Venus in Overdrive
by: Rick Springfield
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Rating:  - * WOW!! ... PEOPLE THIS CD IS A MUST IF YOU ARE A RS FAN!! I WAS A LITTLE LET DOWN WITH HIS S.D.A.A. CD, BUT NOT SO WITH THIS CD! OK I can stop shouting...=D Seriously, the first 5 songs are instant classics! The other 7 are still open for debate. It is very cool to hear him making music like this! Very solid!! Rating: - * Rick Springfield wieder in Topform ... Da ich mir alles was es von Rick Springfield an Musik gibt zulege, muss ich sagen, dass die neue CD Venus in Overdrive wirklich gelungen ist. Er hat einen guten Mix aus Rock-Songs und ruhigeren Stücken gefunden. Ein bisschen Working Class Dog" (What's Victoria's Secret?) und etwas SDAA (Venus in Overdrive) ist auf der CD zu finden. Nach der etwas enttäuschenden Cover CD "The day after Yesterday" hat er jetzt wohl seinen Weg zum guten Songwriter und Rockmusiker wieder gefunden. Keine Ahnung was der Mann mit seinen unglaublichen 59 Jahren noch vorhat, aber meinetwegen kann er noch ein paar CDs dieser Güte produzieren! Ich werde sie kaufen! Rating: - * Great CD ... This is a great CD whether you are a Rick Springfield fan or not. For all the Rick Springfield fans planning on going to his concert this year, he sings about 6-7 songs from this CD so it would be helpful getting this and learning the songs before the concert. I am glad I did! I listen to this now more instead of his old stuff. Great CD!!!! Thanks Rick!! Rating: - * Vital, refreshing, re-invented Rick. Great disc! ... Rick Springfield has reinvented himself yet again. I remember when he was the teenybopper heartthrob for the prepubescent girls - and so us young guys just couldn't care less... However, when his highly underrated 1976 LP "Wait For Night" [with Nigel Olsson and the late Dee Murray] came out - I realized that this guy was serious about music, and could create some compelling art. He's actually a hell of a guitarist and quite a pianist as well. Still, it took 5 years more for him to achieve the prominence that he deserved after "Jessie's Girl" ascended to the top of Billboard's Hot 100. Public tastes are fickle and music changes with fashion. Many artists, I am sure, become confused about how to appeal to the masses that once were with them... Rick has hit the target once again and is on fire with this disc. Hopefully enough will hear and buy it and we'll get to see Rick out on tour again soon in the neighborhood! Listen to the samples! They convinced me to grab this one. Rock on, Rick! Rating: - * Great CD! ... Rick Springfield is better than ever! Every track on this CD is great. Buy and listen! |
It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.
It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon
It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.
It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon
