Music : The Complete Flanders and Swann: at the Drop of a Hat/at the Drop of Another Hat/the Bestiary of Flanders & Swann

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077779746422
Format: Box set
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 3
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: October 14, 1991
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 1729

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Disc 1:

1. Transport of Delight
2. Song of Reproduction
3. Gnu Song
4. Design for Living
5. Je Suis Les Tenebreux
6. Songs for Our Time
7. Song of the Weather
8. Reluctant Cannibal
9. Greensleeves
10. Misalliance
11. Kokoraki
12. Madeira, M'Dear
13. Too Many Cookers
14. Vanessa
15. Tried by the Centre Court
16. Youth of the Heart
17. Hippopotamus Song

Disc 2:

1. Gas-Man Cometh
2. Sounding Brass
3. Olividados
4. In the Desert
5. Ill Wind
6. First and Second Law
7. All Gall
8. Horoscope
9. Friendly Duet
10. Bedstead Men
11. By Air
12. Slow Train
13. Song of Patriotic Prejudice
14. Built up Area
15. In the Bath
16. Sea Fever
17. Hippo Encore

Disc 3:

1. Warthog (The Hog Beneath the Skin)
2. Sea Horse
3. Chameleon
4. Whale (Mopy Dick)
5. Sloth
6. Rhinoceros
7. Twosome-Kang & Jag (Kangaroo Tango and Jaguar)
8. Dead Ducks
9. Elephant
10. Armadillo
11. Spider
12. Threesome-Duck Billed Platypus/... [Medley]
13. Wild Boar
14. Ostrich
15. Wompom
16. Twice Shy
17. Commomwealth Fair
18. p**p*b****b**d******
19. Paris
20. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Cha Cha Cha
21. Hundred Song
22. Food for Thought
23. Bed
24. 20 Tons of TNT
25. War of 14-18

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Rating: - You may be a trifle concerned at the thought ...
... of buying three CDs of two men singing comic songs.

Don't be.

Flanders and Swann's "comic songs" are different from most. They have bite, wit, character, fire and - just below the surface - sometimes profound meaning. These are no "ordinary" comic songs.

Neither is Swann's accompaniment at the piano ordinary.

These are CDs that contain true gems. Buy them.

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Rating: - Witty, civilised, scintillating
Bliss! If you tire of entertainment aimed purely at the lowest common denominator then this is the welcome antithesis. The other reviews say it all really. The wordplay of Flanders is just fabulous, the wit perfect, Swann's music light but expertly arranged, and they're not afraid to make references that are, for want of a better word, "intellectual" - in other words, for all the fun and silliness (and they really are very funny), they treat their audience like grown-ups. The result is a box set ... Read More

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Rating: - Timeless humour
I don't expect there are many 20-something year olds who enjoy Flanders and Swann but I am proud to be one of them. I learnt to sing the Hippopotamus Song at school and then my mum introduced me to this fine collection.

Nothing makes me giggle more that The Gas Man Cometh or playing the Song of Patriotic Prejudice at top volume with 'foreigners' in the house!

I am proud to say I once saw Donald Swann on stage about a year before his death (and, thanks to a kindly employee, ... Read More

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Rating: - Comedy changes with the seasons, wit is timeless
Comedy changes with the seasons, but wit is timeless. Oscar Wilde never goes out of fashion, because he ignored fashion. In the same way, Flanders & Swann remain relevant because their material was selected with care to tap into the eternal concerns of middle-class audiences.

There is still much to surprise and delight as F&S take on public transport, hi-hi, parking, xenophobia, relationships, popular songs, animals fictional and real, even war (arguably, F&S were never more powerful ... Read More

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Rating: - Two Gentlemen of Music
I was fortunate enough to see At The Drop of Another Hat in London. These CDs bring back the memory of that evening very clearly indeed. The gentle satire of Flanders' words combined with Swann's incomparable music epitomise that era. If in doubt, buy it. You won't regret it at all.

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