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Norah Jones — Turn Me On
Album: Come Away With Me
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Released: 2002
Length: 2:25
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Like a flower, waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I'm just sittin' here
Waiting for you
To come on home
And turn me on

Like the desert
Waiting for the rain
Like a school kid
Waiting for the spring
I'm just sittin' here
Waiting for you
To come on home
And turn me on

My poor heart
It's been so dark
Since you've been gone
After all you're the one who turns me off
But you're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi is waiting for a new tube
My glass is waiting for some fresh ice-cubes
I'm just sittin' here
Waiting for you
To come on home
And turn me on
Turn me on
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So sorry guys, but she turns me right off.  Reminds me of a really bad time in my marriage.
Posted 7 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Great LP. She has others, RP.
Posted 9 months ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
Man, she'd have me racing home, screw speed limits.........
Posted 9 months ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
 jonahboo wrote:

a married woman used to sing this to me (a married man)

that married woman left her husband
i left my wife

that once married woman is now married again........to a man that was once married



But the real question is: does she still sing that to her new husband ?
Posted 2 years ago by Sbed    [ Reply ]
What a sweet voice. She never fails to amaze with her vocals.
Posted 2 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
More please!
Posted 2 years ago by DanielHLloyd    [ Reply ]
Ah.... just watched Love Actually the other night. Must be Christmas time.
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 tinypriest wrote:

What a let down, I was expecting a Tubes cover...



Never hear the Tubes these days.  Well remembered, though...
Posted 2 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
a married woman used to sing this to me (a married man)

that married woman left her husband
i left my wife

that once married woman is now married again........to a man that was once married
Posted 2 years ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
Hold on, I'll be there in a moment, baby.
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
What a let down, I was expecting a Tubes cover...
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Nearly mainstream.. but quite likeable ;-)
Posted 4 years ago by martinlovesRP    [ Reply ]
Whoah within a very short time in the beginning of this song she reaches out and grabs my ears and heart with her incomparable voice
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
..like a light bulb, flower, desert, and child..nice!..
Posted 9 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 nmatavka wrote:
Love this lady's amazing smoky, deep voice.  Could be a bit faster, which is why I'm rating this an 8/10, but still very nice.

 
Although I do love this song, I don't hear a smokey nor deep voice coming from Norah Jones at all! Are we listening to the same song?
Posted 9 years ago by meinthecorner    [ Reply ]
Love this lady's amazing smoky, deep voice.  Could be a bit faster, which is why I'm rating this an 8/10, but still very nice.
Posted 9 years ago by nmatavka    [ Reply ]
Sexiest.  Woman.  Ever. 
Posted 10 years ago by Biscobret    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}both Nora and her sister are sublime to hear, see and feel. Good job, Ravi......
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 Caino wrote:
....sublime

 
...... it sure is :)
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
When this first started, I really thought this was Warren Zevon. First time I've heard this song, and I love it.
Posted 10 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
I used to like this CD, but then OD'd on it quickly after it first came out.  I've not been able to recover.  I will say it's still better than the more recent tracks I've been hearing.
Posted 10 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
finally a decent song from Norah Jones!! ...Oh wait, it's from her first CD.... {#Eek}
Posted 10 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
....sublime
Posted 10 years ago by Caino    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
Are there any comments on this page?  All I see is corporate advertising by calypsus_1.   Seems she sold 30 million with this CD!!!  I do not see why she needs more advertising....??...??...??...!!!!....??????????????????????

 
In the old days (before my time) there used to be artist fan clubs and if I'm not mistaken part of that experience was trading pictures, collectibles, articles, and rare releases. I would put Calypsus in that category before accusing him(her?) of being a corporate shill. Of course, many of the fan clubs of big pop acts were the inventions of record companies - so perhaps you're more right than you know.
Posted 10 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Are there any comments on this page?  All I see is corporate advertising by calypsus_1.   Seems she sold 30 million with this CD!!!  I do not see why she needs more advertising....??...??...??...!!!!....??????????????????????
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!{#Heartkiss}  {#Liar} ( can you guess what the nose is for)
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
I can't belevie that this record is already 10 years old!... so much time has passed by and I can still remember when I discovered her on NPR's All songs considered!... 
some of us are getting old!!!
lovely song and album!  
Posted 11 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]

Norah Jones Playlist: Neil Young

Fifteen years ago, Jones first fell in love with Heart of Gold, and she's been a hardcore Neil Young fan since. "At night, when I'm cooking, I listen to him really loud," she says. "It's hard for me to listen to anything else." Over the years she's seen countless Young shows and even performed with him at the Bridge School Benefit in 2008. "There's something so emotional about the way he plays and writes," she adds. "I always cry when I see him live."~

1. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere " | Neil Young with Crazy Horse, 1969I love the country side of Neil. This is one of my favorites. It makes me so happy when I hear it, from the opening guitar line to the amazing harmonies.
2. "Helpless" | Neil Young, 1970
This one is a tear-jerker for me, and the groove is incredible.
3. "Barstool Blues" | Neil Young, 1975
I remember being with friends at the beach, all singing this at the top of our lungs. We put it on repeat. I don't think I ever had so much fun.
4. "Comes A Time" | Neil Young, 1978
There's a string section, and then there's a fiddler. I always imagine a string quartet in tuxedos, next to some guy fiddling in overalls.
5. "Don't Be Denied" | Neil Young, 1973
This is from Time Fades Away, the live album he made of unreleased songs. It's so killer, just a classic Neil guitar riff.
6. "Motion Pictures " | Neil Young, 1974
On the Beach is one of my favorite Neil albums. This is one of those songs that makes you feel like you're underwater. It's weird, beautiful, surreal.
7. "Round & Round " | Neil Young with Crazy Horse, 1969
The notes and chords are so bizarre. There's like a weird seventh-chord thrown in there, and it's just beautiful.
8. "Down by the River " | Neil Young with Crazy Horse, 1969
This is my ultimate most favorite Neil song, probably. I'm actually learning how to play the guitar solo. So far I've got the beginning down, but that's the easy part.
9. "Star of Bethlehem " | Neil Young, 1977
When I saw him play the Bridge School, tears were streaming down my face. He just gets that reaction out of you.
10. "Harvest Moon" | Neil Young, 1992
I'm a big crier, clearly, but listening to a song like this makes me feel so good. It makes me less restless. Puts me in a zone

rollingstone.com

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Now, what I think, on this playlist of notable artists, open to the general public:
can, for obvious reasons, does not reflect, in an open or exhaustive, all your preferences and what they hear usually in your privacy.
Is a playlist  "defensive", which presuppose that the N.Jones does not risk much, perhaps with the fear to offending susceptibilities.
Choose a playlist to 10 songs by a single author and songwriter, who is admired, dedicated, and undeniable for all, to me does not tell me much.  Is a set 100% right.  Exclusively dedicated to one artist. Is not a playlist, it's an honor.
Now, if she chose 10 songs from different artist, bands, singers, currently active, for example their age, or contemporaries, as it could give us another perspective view of his vision, tastes, and sensitivity about the music that is by around the world. A real playlist presupposes diversity or eclecticism.



Posted 12 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Such a lovely song....
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]

God I wish she was talking to me.



Posted 13 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]

Why does she have to be so young?  Or why do I have to be so old?


Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Why? You some crazy stalker with a Norah Jones shrine in the basement, hearing Norah's voice in your head saying "turn me on" over and over? Only joking (BTW she spoke to ME first...)

 bartverheijen wrote:
Call me a fool, but after listening to her music for about 2 years now, she still gives me this warm and fuzzy feeling inside.
BTW. does anyone now where her home is?
 


Posted 13 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Music in the blood by ~takara13
©2008-2010 ~takara13

Haley @ 3.
Music in the blood for sure. Hopefully she'll keep on open mind and ear with it throughout life, like I *try* to do (sorry, not gettin the mainstream pop or rap/hip-hop or most country). That's just a fraction of the cd collection in the bg. When in proper order on the shelves (that you can actually see):
Top Shelf: Alice in Chains box set, then 311, 3 doors down, AC/DC x2, Alice in Chains x3 (aside from the box set), Allman Brothers, Greg Allman, Animatrix soundtrack, Anthrax x2, Armageddon soundtrack, Louis Armstrong, Baby Monoxide (lead singer chick worked with me at Capital One for a while :P ), Bad Co, Beastie Boys x2, Beatles x6, Beck, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Big Chill soundtrack, Big Wreck, Black Sabbath x3, Blind Melon, Blink 182, Blues Collection (3 disc various artists), Blues Traveler x2, Meredith Brooks, James Brown, Buffalo Springfield, Jimmy Buffett, Buffy TVS TV soundtrack, Bush x2, Butthole Surfers, Cake x2, Canned Heat, Jerry Cantrell, Cat Empire, Chant (Gregorian monks) x2, Eric Clapton, Clerks soundtrack, Coal Chamber x2, Collective Soul, Alice Cooper, Chris Cornell, Corrosion of Conformity x2, Counting Crows, Creed, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jim Croce, Crow soundtrack, Sheryl Crow, Crystal Method x2
Second Shelf: Dandy Warhols x2, Days of the New x2, Dazed and Confused soundtrack, Derek and the Dominoes, Detroit Rock City soundtrack, Dink, Doors, Down, Eagles x2, End of Days soundtrack, Enigma x2, Melissa Etheridge x3, Everclear, Faith No More x2, Fear Factory, Filter x2, Fishbone x2, Fleetwood Mac x2, Flyleaf, Galactic Cowboys, Godsmack, Goo Goo Dolls, Grass Roots, Grateful Dead, Al Green, Green Day x2, Green Jelly, Guess Who, Sammy Hagar, Helmet, Hilltop Hoods, Hootie and the Blowfish, Incubus x2, INXS, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction x2, Jethro Tull, Jewel x2, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Norah Jones, Janis Joplin, BB King, KJWAN, Korn x4, Johnny Lang, Led Zeppelin x2, Lifehouse, Linkin Park x2, Little Feat, Live, Lo Fidelity Allstars, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Macross Plus soundtrack (...otaku overload...I should send that to Wes or something...), Bob Marley and the Wailers, Matrix soundtrack, Dave Matthews x2, Sarah McLachlan

:phew:

If you read all that, you must be really bored. Or just curious. :3
Two more shelves under that, and it doesn't hold the full collection anymore.
Music is :heart:.
~takara13



 

You are a pretty cool person...thanks for sharing! Kids rule too btw! They are the best blessing we can have in this world!
Posted 13 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Soothing. Easy. Safe. Dull.
Posted 13 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Sublime
Posted 13 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]

Music in the blood by ~takara13
©2008-2010 ~takara13

Haley @ 3.
Music in the blood for sure. Hopefully she'll keep on open mind and ear with it throughout life, like I *try* to do (sorry, not gettin the mainstream pop or rap/hip-hop or most country). That's just a fraction of the cd collection in the bg. When in proper order on the shelves (that you can actually see):
Top Shelf: Alice in Chains box set, then 311, 3 doors down, AC/DC x2, Alice in Chains x3 (aside from the box set), Allman Brothers, Greg Allman, Animatrix soundtrack, Anthrax x2, Armageddon soundtrack, Louis Armstrong, Baby Monoxide (lead singer chick worked with me at Capital One for a while :P ), Bad Co, Beastie Boys x2, Beatles x6, Beck, Beethoven, Chuck Berry, Big Chill soundtrack, Big Wreck, Black Sabbath x3, Blind Melon, Blink 182, Blues Collection (3 disc various artists), Blues Traveler x2, Meredith Brooks, James Brown, Buffalo Springfield, Jimmy Buffett, Buffy TVS TV soundtrack, Bush x2, Butthole Surfers, Cake x2, Canned Heat, Jerry Cantrell, Cat Empire, Chant (Gregorian monks) x2, Eric Clapton, Clerks soundtrack, Coal Chamber x2, Collective Soul, Alice Cooper, Chris Cornell, Corrosion of Conformity x2, Counting Crows, Creed, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jim Croce, Crow soundtrack, Sheryl Crow, Crystal Method x2
Second Shelf: Dandy Warhols x2, Days of the New x2, Dazed and Confused soundtrack, Derek and the Dominoes, Detroit Rock City soundtrack, Dink, Doors, Down, Eagles x2, End of Days soundtrack, Enigma x2, Melissa Etheridge x3, Everclear, Faith No More x2, Fear Factory, Filter x2, Fishbone x2, Fleetwood Mac x2, Flyleaf, Galactic Cowboys, Godsmack, Goo Goo Dolls, Grass Roots, Grateful Dead, Al Green, Green Day x2, Green Jelly, Guess Who, Sammy Hagar, Helmet, Hilltop Hoods, Hootie and the Blowfish, Incubus x2, INXS, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction x2, Jethro Tull, Jewel x2, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Norah Jones, Janis Joplin, BB King, KJWAN, Korn x4, Johnny Lang, Led Zeppelin x2, Lifehouse, Linkin Park x2, Little Feat, Live, Lo Fidelity Allstars, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Macross Plus soundtrack (...otaku overload...I should send that to Wes or something...), Bob Marley and the Wailers, Matrix soundtrack, Dave Matthews x2, Sarah McLachlan

:phew:

If you read all that, you must be really bored. Or just curious. :3
Two more shelves under that, and it doesn't hold the full collection anymore.
Music is :heart:.
~takara13




Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
This made the hair on my arms stand up straight.
Posted 13 years ago by stevematic    [ Reply ]
When this CD first came out, I auditioned it on my HUGE vintage Magnepan speakers (3-panels each side) (Belles amp) and it seemed like Norah and her bandmates were playing in the room with me.  I just LOVE this CD... 9/10
Posted 14 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]

Norah Jones On Her Musical Style - Interview by Katie Couric, CBS (2007)

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:
Should be New York...
 
Home now or when she was growing up? Check the wikipedia entry, which states:

Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York City on March 30, 1979 to sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She spent her childhood with her mother, who moved to the Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, when Jones was four.


but goes on to say...

In 1999, after two years of struggling in the program at the university, she left for New York City. Less than a year later she started a band with Harris.


When her first album came out, she was billed as an 'Austin area' singer. Given the heat right now. I'd happily spend the summers in NY state. It's HOT down here. 107 on Friday.Sunny Flamed

Posted 14 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
Her best track. Love the painting lyrics - "like the desert, waiting for the rain".
That's just... Love it!
Posted 14 years ago by slippery    [ Reply ]
I grew weary of this album when it first came out.  Hearing this today (after a long time of NOT hearing it) reminds me of why I bought it in the first place.  Lovely.
Posted 14 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
bartverheijen wrote:
Call me a fool, but after listening to her music for about 2 years now, she still gives me this warm and fuzzy feeling inside. BTW. does anyone now where her home is?
Should be New York...
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Call me a fool, but after listening to her music for about 2 years now, she still gives me this warm and fuzzy feeling inside. BTW. does anyone now where her home is?
Posted 16 years ago by bartverheijen    [ Reply ]
rebeccaw wrote:
turn me on is a classic nina simone song - i'd rather hear nina sing it!
There's nobody better than Nina for this kind of music. Nice voice in this version, though.
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
turn me on is a classic nina simone song - i'd rather hear nina sing it!
Posted 16 years ago by rebeccaw    [ Reply ]
love this but if he was really any good, she wouldn't have to wait...she'd just...be...on already.
Posted 16 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
i want to wait to see what this talent does with her next piece before i judge so harshly or surgary . . .
Posted 16 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Shocking! Norah Jones on RP? I ordinarily am not a HUGE fan, but the fact that she's breaking the i-waves here, and it's a nice track to boot....bravo.
Posted 16 years ago by steve_san_carlos    [ Reply ]
It's nice to hear an artist whose voice is a muscial instrument.
Posted 16 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
I thought Norah Jones was boring too, but forced myself to listen to that cd a lot and liked it, but the new cd, not good
Posted 20 years ago by thelionsduck    [ Reply ]
I don't really like her stuff- too pop and mainstream. But I like this!
Posted 20 years ago by KALINEVE    [ Reply ]
GordianKnot wrote:
NO SNORAH JONES ON RP! She is awful.
Maybe no norah jones on RP, but i surely wouldn't mind norah jones on me.
Posted 20 years ago by wxman    [ Reply ]
NO SNORAH JONES ON RP! She is awful.
Posted 20 years ago by GordianKnot    [ Reply ]
Great song, great artist. I just hope she lasts longer than the other piano-playing, jazzy singing Fiona Apple did. At least she'll have airplay on this station!
Posted 20 years ago by SiniLMan    [ Reply ]
Yes, this works too...
Posted 20 years ago by Pez    [ Reply ]
lisa_bisa wrote:
I'm with you BC Night Heron. I am bored to tears by Norah. I do not get what all the hype is about. Anyone can sing like this, she's just getting attention cuz she's the first to do it in a while. (pimp) (just had to put the pimp smiley in cuz i could)
Yeah, she gets on my nerves a bit, but that may be a personal thing. She's certainly not anything to go really mad about.
Posted 20 years ago by Podge    [ Reply ]
david_finlayson wrote:
I heard a local jazz singer out here in Seattle cover this tune a couple of years ago that literally set my car radio on fire...even my wife was turned on. Man, Norah has got to live a little before she sings like that.
Uh, you might want to get you car wiring checked out. Or at least look up the definition of "literally."
Posted 20 years ago by harpsm    [ Reply ]
Love her version of this song :)
Posted 20 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
She doesn\'t get my interest. I really would like to see in her music something approaching the hype I\'ve read about her but I cannot. She isn\'t bad, not a Careyesque songbird-with-no-brain, but she doesn\'t set off any kind of fire in me. Where are the next Patti Labelle\'s, Aretha\'s and Joni Mitchell\'s?? I know they\'re out there, but they\'re probably hidden under tons of worthless record company lackeys. - Riff
Posted 20 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by justlistening: You are not succumbing to the pop-music hype machine - submit yourself for reprogramming!!! Actually, I like it. I think the hype is that compared to the typical pop-music offerings she is a notable difference and is held up as the high-art of the genre (hope that didn't sound to music-snobbish of me cause I've been know to toe tap to pop-music now and then) (although I admit to confusion as to how she got classified as pop )
This is one instance where "marketing" helped bring a very good thing to a wider audience. We need more of this kind of "pop". Just bought a dvd she recorded a little over a year ago in New Orleans, before she "hit" it big. She is the real deal; authentic. Now, whether one likes her music or not, that is another story. But getting this sort of music broadly exposed is a good thing. Any sort of music beyond the truly packaged, often lowest-common-denominator, productions that gets played on the radio is a plus to my ears. It makes it easier for other "different" sounds/genres to become "pop".
Posted 20 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
More Norah? More lounge lizards. What is the draw here?
Posted 20 years ago by Mot    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Skyhawk: Most refreshing from the pre-packaged alternacrap.
Posted 20 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]
Posted 20 years ago by Skyhawk    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by BC_Night_Heron: I admit it...I gave this one a "4"...I just do not find her convincing. I must be missing something.
You are not succumbing to the pop-music hype machine - submit yourself for reprogramming!!! Actually, I like it. I think the hype is that compared to the typical pop-music offerings she is a notable difference and is held up as the high-art of the genre (hope that didn't sound to music-snobbish of me cause I've been know to toe tap to pop-music now and then) (although I admit to confusion as to how she got classified as pop )
Posted 20 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
I\'m with you BC night heron- she\'s nice enough, but hardly revolutionary. I\'m thoroughly unimpressed.
Posted 20 years ago by Talula    [ Reply ]
It\'s a nice smooth cover of Nina Simone\'s hit, but she lacks that edgy desperation of Nina\'s that made it so convincing. Norah\'s version is pretty, but she doesn\'t sound like she\'ll really wait that long.
Posted 21 years ago by Joyfulchristine    [ Reply ]
I admit it...I gave this one a "4"...I just do not find her convincing. I must be missing something.
Posted 21 years ago by BC_Night_Heron    [ Reply ]
Norah has a sultry voice that is for sure. But she is young and most of the Jazz tunes she covers on the CD (like this one) lack emotion. It\'s all technique with no passion. I don\'t think she FEELS these songs. I heard a local jazz singer out here in Seattle cover this tune a couple of years ago that literally set my car radio on fire...even my wife was turned on. Man, Norah has got to live a little before she sings like that.
Posted 21 years ago by david_finlayson    [ Reply ]
Though I am happy for Norah that she won all the Grammy\'s the other night, I am kind of bummed out too. Usually, after only one record, it\'s hard to know if the artist is destined for even greater things. I hope success does not ruin her. She\'s great so far!
Posted 21 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]
All I had to do was buy the CD.
Originally Posted by jhamez: Man did I score big points with the girlfriend. Nailed two SWEET! seats to see her play here at the Sedona Cultural Center July 26. Bought them presale on Valentines day. Thank god they went on sale that day...I didn't know what I was going to do elsewise for a gift. Don't worry guys...I'll keep Norah company if you can't get to see her live. Oh wait...the whole girlfriend thing...yah...well, still gonna be great!
Posted 21 years ago by k2    [ Reply ]
If she\'s REALLY just waiting for me to come turn her on, she had me at the first word. God, what a rich voice. I\'d sign up for almost anything.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
wow... what a sultry set of pipes. I can close my eyes and imagine sitting a smoky blues club somewhere. more! more! more!
Posted 21 years ago by pbostian    [ Reply ]
the girl is awesome. great style, great song!
Posted 21 years ago by eqjohnson    [ Reply ]
She\'s gonna win a thousand Grammy\'s and then the industry\'s gonna try to exploit her bad. Please kick their ass for us, Norah!
Posted 21 years ago by haoleboy    [ Reply ]
Watch out for this girl - she\'s got real chops! Hope she\'s only at the beginning of her success, and that we\'ll be hearing from her for many years to come.
Posted 21 years ago by bardess    [ Reply ]
This entire CD is excellent.
Posted 21 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]