Ariel

Dean Friedman | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Dean Friedman

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 27, 2004
• Label: Lifesong
• Copyright: 1991 Lifesong
• Duration: 4:23 minutes
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Singer-Songwriters, International/Europe, Pop/Easy Listening, Pop/Pop Rock, Pop/Singer-Songwriters, Rock/Singer-Songwriters
• ASIN: B000SF2OMY
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,815 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars More wordy than the single version, September 9, 2010

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Karl logan "Karl L." (new york) - See all my reviews
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This is a great song, and let's face it--a throwback to the days when you could actually get stuff like this played on the radio. It's got a compelling, innocent, kitschy story line, a great chorus, and Friedman's voice is "everyman"--certainly not "great", but he's on pitch, and that's all that really counts.

I was actually hoping to find the edited "single" version with which I first became familiar with this tune; the one that actually played on radio. The edited version has the first chorus come right after the line "She was looking for change--and so was I". Then the second verse is actually the second part of the FIRST verse in THIS version--"She was a Jewish girl, I fell in love with her..." The song actually worked much better with the editing, as the original second verse about going to Dairy Queen and the girl forgetting to tell him that she didn't eat meat is just really poorly-presented; it almost sounds hurriedly composed, and the rhyme meter in it is awkward and weak. Friedman should have recognized that the produced did him a favor by editing this verse out, but it seems to be included on all the version (here, iTunes) that I have found.

Still, the song works alright, I just wish you could find the more charming single version.

5.0 out of 5 stars old tune, November 22, 2009

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Mr. Kenley C. Vogt "kcventures" (Penfield, New York 14526) - See all my reviews
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I love this old tune - I wanted it for my Sony MP3 player - I could not find it on the other more popular MP3 site but Amazon had it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Aerial is a hard to find classic, March 15, 2009

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Robert M. Mcclain - See all my reviews
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I've been wanting a copy of this song for years. I did not find this on I tunes; but, I'm glad I found it here. It's a kitchy old song but I like it and it's lots of fun. Highly recommended.