Where To Buy Live Bites by Scorpions At The Lowest Price?

Why Buy A Live Bites by Scorpions?
Includes 2 tracks not on the US version: Ave Maria No Morrow and Hit Between The Eyes.

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Which is the best Scorps live album?
My brother and I have a disagreement over which Scorpions live album is better; this or World Wide Live. I am partial towards World Wide Live. It perfectly captures Scorpions at the pinnacle of their success right after the release of Love at First Sting during their 84-85 world mega tour. In World Wide Live, the sound is rawer and you hear the echoes from the huge stadiums the Scorps were playing in at the time. Live Bites is a very good album in its own right, but it feels “less live” and more “perfect” than World Wide Live for me. The album is more polished and you can hear each one of the musicians perfectly. That is what my brother really likes about the album, the amazing quality and clarity of scorpions on this album which is in stark contrast to World Wide Live, where the sound was much rawer but the clarity is not there. It is just a difference in preference of styles. My brother has his own band and is really into high quality sound which is why he likes Live Bites more. Me, I’m more impressed by the feelings that huge crowds and stadiums in World Wide Live inspire; they make you feel like you are at a mega show.

Some people would say that after the release of Love at First Sting Scorpions went down hill. I would challenge them to listen to this live album. While other than Wind of Change, the songs on this album are not as well known, that does not mean they are not good. The material on this live album is great! You also get a feel for the world audience that scorpions have played live to with songs recorded in Berlin, Munich, San Francisco, Mexico City and Leningrad.

The guitar riffs on Tease Me, Please Me are good. Is There Anybody There sounds great. Scorps slowed down the song and heavily accented the beat giving the song a great feel. I also really like the inclusion of In Trance in this cd. The version is great. Another highlight of the cd is Wind of Change played live in Russia I think (Living for Tomorrow is played for sure in Leningrad). My favorite song on this cd has to be When the Smoke is Going down. I know that is a weird choice, but something about this version just makes it magnificent. I can never get enough of it. Klaus Meine’s voice is fantastic, the crowd cheering gives it a great feel and even though the acoustic guitar chords are very simple, they are also quite powerful (reminds me of Acoustica). You expect the song to errupt into a hard heavy metal song any minute (like Coming Home) but that is where its greatness lies in. It never does, but it keeps you thinking it will.

Overall, if you like Scorpions and/or Metal you should buy this. It is well worth your money. One final word, there are two versions of the CD, Live Bites 1988-1995 [LIVE] and Live Bites [IMPORT]. I would purchase Live Bites [IMPORT] as it is a dollar cheaper and you get one more track. More importantly the difference between the two cds is Live Bites [IMPORT] has two more live tracks while Live Bites 1988-1995 [LIVE] has an extra studio track. I haven’t heard the extra studio track, Edge of Time but it can’t be that good because it wasn’t included in any of their best of compilations, boxed sets ect, so it probably isn’t worth it. Go for the Import version where you get the two extra live songs: Ave Maria no Morro (played live in Mexico city, Klaus Meine’s Spanish is not his forte, but if you know Spanish well you can understand what he is saying, meaning I don’t agree with the reviewer who says he can’t understand him, that reviewer just isn’t a good Spanish speaker, but then I am a native Spanish speaker [born in Colombia]) and Hit Between the Eyes (played very heavy here!)

GREAT LIVE ALBUM
i f you think you are going to listen to new live version of scorpions 80’s hits like ” rock you like a hurricane, still loving you, etc ” then this CD is not for you. as i see it, every new live album must contain fresh material, otherwise your are listening the same classics over and over again, this hanppens on judas priest live albums for instance.

This album has great sound and performances, do not compare it to ” world wide live ” this one had its glory days already.

SCORPIONS -TRUE LEGENDS-
This album is their 3rd LIVE album. 1st being “Tokyo Tapes” (1978), and the 2nd “World Wide Live” (1985). What a band! At this point in their careers, they’ve done it all. But this album proves that they simply love doing what they do best. Killer guitars, great instrumental (Concerto in V), and Klaus’s voice is on the money! I totally recommend getting the import, as it has 2 additional live songs, (Ave Maria No Morro, and Hit Between the Eyes). However, you miss out on the in-studio single (Edge of Time), I think it’s a fair trade off. Great album, great band, and these guys are STILL rocking. Their newest album, “Humanity-Hour 1″ is arguably their finest since “Crazy World” (1990). Even though the Scorpions got there recognition over the years, I don’t think they TRULY got the recognition they rightfully deserve. They have to be the greatest and most deserving band that has yet to be inducted in the rock n’ roll hall of fame. But I know that it will happen ! ! !

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Where To Buy Reservation Road by Music By Mark Isham At The Lowest Price?

Why Buy A Reservation Road by Music By Mark Isham?
Reservation Road is a bleak movie about the death of a child in a hit-and-run accident, and the web of lies and obsessions thats spun from that event. Composer Mark Ishams heavily atmospheric style is perfectly suited to director Terry Georges somber story. Creating the impression of a long piece, rather than individual cues, the tracks blend into one another, like a night drive on a lonely country road. An electronic pulse underscores Fatal, a lonely piano echoes on Peanut Jar, a sense of nerve-fraught tension runs through Walk Away (by far the most action-packed track, even if thats not saying much in this context). Evoking New Age tones at times, this is a muted soundtrack that never feels as if its tugging at cheap heartstrings. –Elisabeth Vincentelli

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The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy – Save 20% Today!

Why Buy A The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy?
In the Irish town of  Schancarrig, the young people carve their initials–and  those of their loves-into the copper beech tree in  front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father  Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes  on behind Shancarrigs closed doors, or Dr. Jims,  the village doctor, who knows all the rest,  realizes that not everything in the placid village is  what it seems.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Where To Buy Wild Grass ChineseEnglish edition Echo of Classics by Lu Xun At The Lowest Price?

Why Buy A Wild Grass ChineseEnglish edition Echo of Classics by Lu Xun?

A towering figure in the literary history of twentieth-century China, Lu Xun has exerted significant and continuous influence through his short stories, which remain as powerful today as when first written. Echoes of these stories are audible in fiction from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Like many Chinese intellectuals searching for a solution to Chinas problems, Lu Xun went to Japan to study medicine, which he later abandoned for a career in writing. As a writer he hoped to be a far more effective weapon in the effort to save China. A prolific author of pungent and dagger-like essays, Lu Xun was also a tireless translator of Western critical and literary works. Wild Grass is a collection of 23 prose poems written between 1924 and 1926.

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The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter – Save 22% Today!

Why Buy A The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter?
A reissue of a collection of short stories first published ten years ago. They include The Company of Wolves, on which the prize-winning film of the same name was based. Angela Carter is the author of Nights at the Circus and The Magic Toyshop.

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Prince Charming is a Woman – Finally, Heroines reign in fairy tales
This is the first I’ve read of Angela Carter and the book is wonderful. Amazingly beautifully written revisioned fairy tales that put women characters in control of the action. A consciously re-imagined set of stories where there is no damsel in distress – poetic, beautiful, and everything you wish those stories you grew up on showed you long ago.

“Nothing Human Lives Here…”
According to the introduction by Helen Simpson in my copy of Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber,” the author herself is adverse to the description of this anthology as “retold, adult fairytales.” Instead she claims that: “my intention was not to do “versions”…but to extract the latent content from the traditional stories and to use it as the beginnings of new stories.”

That is as may be, but the truth is that the simplest way to describe “The Bloody Chamber” is to say that it is a collection of reworked fairytales geared toward adult readership. Ten in all, each one is based on an old fairytale, and Carter explores her own personal ideas and understanding of these familiar stories in her “new stories;” being particularly concerned with the metaphorical meanings that are inherent in each one.

Perhaps the best way to describe them is to say that they have echoes of the old symbolism and imagery of the old tales, but act as “remakings” rather than “retellings.” As such, what is gathered here is a series of stories that delve into themes of sexuality, femininity, mutability, transformation and the capability of humankind for change and growth. It is not for the faint-of-heart reader, for often these stories can be violent, crude or grotesque. At their core, all fairytales are about two things: life and death, and in “The Bloody Chamber” they are transposed and presented as sex and violence.

Yet there is an hypnotic quality to them in their atmosphere and resonance that kept me hooked (and certainly leaves room for multiple re-reads).

Carter’s language is opulent, rich, sensual and complex. That sentence is a preview of what you’ll find in this book, as Carter seems to adhere to the general rule that no noun must go without an adjective – or several. Yet it never seems to tip into purple prose, not even when she’s comparing water-stains on the dark red wallpaper to the indentations left by lovers on black satin sheets. (Of course, if any of that just made your eyes hurt, then it’s certainly best to give “The Bloody Chamber” a miss).

Yet it didn’t bother me at all: perhaps it was Carter’s mastery of language, or the fact that sensory pleasures are such an important part of the narratives, or perhaps such dense prose just works better in short-story form. Like eating dark chocolate or drinking red wine: you can’t have too much of it, but it works extremely well in small doses.

Exploring these stories on your own makes up most of the enjoyment of the book, so I won’t give too much away in regards to the content of the stories. However, they range in length from the almost-novella size of the titular story “The Bloody Chamber”, based on the story of Bluebeard and his murdered wives, to the page-long “The Snow Child”, a sort-of inverse version of Snow White in which the maiden is born out of her father’s desire as opposed to her mother’s.

There are the comparable “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” and “The Tiger’s Bride,” both of which are based on Beauty and the Beast, and both providing alternative versions of the final metamorphosis scene for your consideration. These are followed by the only truly comedic effort in the collection, “Puss-in-Boots”, narrated by the cat himself in raucous, witty prose as he helps his master win a lady’s heart. If a cat could talk, it would sound like this, and he has some rather wonderful gems of wisdom to share: “All good women have a missionary streak, sir; convince her that her orifice is your salvation and she’s yours.”

“The Erl-King” and “The Lady of the House of Love” are stories centered around a mystical, powerful character; male in the former and female in the latter. Both are based not so much on fairytales as they are on the Germanic/Romanian legends of dark elves and vampires. As Helen Simpson puts it, in each story: “lovers are lethal, traditional romantic patterns kill, and sex leads to death.”

Finally there is a “trilogy” of sorts that ends the collection: “The Werewolf,” “The Company of Wolves,” and “Wolf-Alice,” which deals with (obviously) the legend of the werewolf and the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood. They give us three very different and intriguing points-of-view as to the nature of this particular creature, based around the archetypal figures of the wolf, the old woman, and the child. Incidentally, The Company of Wolves was adapted into a rather fascinating film that is also recommended to those who enjoy this collection.

One thing that does emerge very clearly from these stories is the subversive role of women in breaking their traditional fairytale forms. No longer passive objects of desire, they here become self-knowledgable saviours or furious harbingers of justice. And yet even then these subversions are surprising in the way they unfold. In such cases, saving someone can be an act of violence, and terrible vengeance can be construed as a merciful act.

In short: this is an anthology of intriguing, thought-provoking stories that invokes the landscapes and imagery of fairytales, a healthy dose of Gothic sensibilities and Carter’s own brand of morbid beauty. I’d certainly recommend it, for though it is certainly not for everyone, it should be reasonably obvious from the outset as to whether these grim, dark fairytales would appeal to you or not.

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