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Vienna Boys Choir Goes Pop

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I got this as a gift because my friend saw a holiday cd with Vienna Boys Choir at my house. My advice:listen to the music previews before you buy the cd. It's too freaky for me. Good Luck.

My God! I think I'm going to die. If you are sick and ailing stay away from this album; it will kill you, put you right over. If you're healthy it'll make you so ill you'll want to die. Such beautiful voices in the service of such dreadful material. Lord, help us!!

I was expecting something a lot better. One can't fault the choir for the recording. The fault lies with the director, arranger, and producer. The instrumental accompaniment over shadowed the boys singing. The arrangements of each song was too similar, and the boys sounded too restrained for this style. Pop is not the musical style of the Vienna Boys Choir. They need to stick what they do best - classical and sacred music.

This album is--from the bizarre "see my misdirected somber appearance at the wise age of 8-15" cover photo to the actual content of the disc--an embarassment of immense proportions to the recording, music, and academic industries, as well as to the collective cultural health of the globe. The Back Street Boys are bad enough on their own--to hear them "interpreted" by one of the most prestigious a capella ensembles in history is to be stripped of one's dignity. And I'm just talking about the listener. The members of the administrative team (there's no point in blaming the singers who probably understood the shame in providing their exquisite voices to this disaster but were powerless to plead otherwise) that greenlighted this project should be hanging their heads low enough that even the most inflexible of humans is not deprived the opportunity of delivering a swift kick to the skull of at least one of these idiots.

Trashy, kitschy, and horrible... and I love it. While the boys arguably do a better job with that dreadful Titanic song than Celine Dion, the real standouts here are the cringe-worthy covers of "Burning Down the House" and "Get Down." The faceless euro-pop arrangements only add to the utter oddness of the album--it's like the perverse antithesis of the Langley Schools Music Project.

As a lifelong musician, I have never been so disappointed in a recording as I am with this CD. For a choir as talented and prestigious as the Vienna Boys Choir, I am embarrassed that they would choose such an undertaking. I'm not one to dislike pop music, but this is horrible. I thought the worst music ever created was Madonna's "American Pie," but this takes the cake.

A terrible try to match Libera. Someone said it right: how dare those people use such marvellous voices to create such ugly
thing? Let Libera deal with amazing new age music, let Vienna Boys Choir continue being masters of their domains: classical music.

Listening to the Vienna Boys' Choir has always moved me, but when I heard this CD I was thoroughly appalled! I couldn't believe it! What happened to the Choir?! The 'Vienna Boys' are supposed to sing like angels. They were never meant to sing this way. It's not just how well they sing that gives them their fame - it's also what they sing. They completely degraded the boys in the making of this CD. It's really very sad!

I think this is one of the few recording that I have bought of the Vienna Boys Choir that I was disappointed with. And I have over 70 records & Cd's of this Choir. The Boys did an excellant job singing. It was the selection of songs that I was disappointed with. If You like the songs listed then You will probably like the cd. I guess I would recommend other recordings of this Great Choir.

The greatest thing about this CD is that it wasn't meant to be funny! Upon listening to "Burning Down The House", I was seized with a fit of hysterical laughter that nearly broke a rib. And the laughs keep coming. Need a smooth tune for that special gal, try "Fantasy", she will be yours! Need a good jogging tune, "Get Down" should serve your purpose. A CD that will offer hours of entertainment. Guaranteed.