La Via Vie [Import]

Barry Gemso | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Siesta
• ASIN: B00008LJI9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,445 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dial S for Siren

2. Sandman

3. Mr. Wonderful

4. Every Single Day

5. Wood and Magic

6. Hitching a Ride

7. The Tyranny of Dreams

8. Future Imperfect

9. Fuzz

10. Chiffon Samba

11. The Mysteries of Life

Editorial Reviews

Barry Gemso is a flamboyant philosopher. He would deny it if he could but he is a serious thinker. La via vie is the evidence of the wildean idea that the power\nand the beauty of art (imagination magic) lay in its distinction from the\nnecessities & vulgarities of utilitarian life. Indeed art should never imitate life -life on the contrary should aspire to the uselessness of art. In his first\nmusical parade -Ski lodge serenade- Barry Gemso took music as a source of\namusement (touri

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Some people today are just able to capture that sound of the 1960's so that it sounds like the real thing, October 21, 2008

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Mark Welsh "Eternal Fishoutawater" (Mayberry, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La Via Vie (Audio CD)

Apparently, the Barry Gemso Experience is actually of our time, and were not sent in a time tunnel by Dr. Raymond Swain and Dr. Ann MacGregor. If every track is as good as "Fuzz" then this is one of those CDs that is far up in line on my list to buy once this college-degreed economic functionary stops making poverty wages in our new post-George Bush neoconomy.

5.0 out of 5 stars It is like a soundtrack for a romantic foriegn film!, January 26, 2005

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Todd E. Jones "Music Journalist" (Edison, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La Via Vie (Audio CD)

It is like a soundtrack for a romantic foriegn film! This LP is much better than Ski Lodge (which is also brilliant). LA VIA VIE is a wonderful and diverse LP filled with marvellous arrangements, vocalists and melodies. IT is like a soundtrack for a romantic foriegn movie taking place in the 60's. EVERY SINGLE DAY and DIAL S FOR SIREN are my favorites!

5.0 out of 5 stars A pseudo soundtrack to a wonderful & glamouroforeign film!, November 10, 2003

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Todd E. Jones "Music Journalist" (Edison, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vie Vie (Audio CD)

A pseudo soundtrack to a wonderful & glamouroforeign film! Some of it is latin. Some of it is indie pop. Some of it is broadway. All of it is beautiful! This is probably the most imaginative LP I have heard in a while. The arrangements alone are magnificent. The variety of vocalists and lyrics are all wonderful too! There is not one bad track. "Dial S For Siren" and "Every Single Day" are my favorites.