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Hello Big Man | 
 enlarge | Artist: Carly Simon
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 219947
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075992388627
EAN: 0075992388627
ASIN: B000002KZ8
Release Date: August 21, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | You Know What to Do | | • | Menemsha | | • | Damn, You Get to Me | | • | Is This Love? - Carly Simon, Marley, Bob | | • | Orpheus | | • | It Happens Everyday | | • | Such a Good Boy | | • | Hello Big Man | | • | You Don't Feel the Same | | • | Floundering |
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| Customer Reviews:
Such a great album!!! August 16, 2008
Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States)
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LWFUZHWWTEKJ My name is Jeremy Gloff. I am a musician (check me out on Amazon!) and retro music enthusiast. If you enjoyed this review make sure to check out my Amazon user profile to check out my other reviews. I am always up for making new friends and discussing the music I love!!!
How can this be out of print? May 28, 2008
Jim Robinson (St. Paul, Minnesota)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Hello Big Man" features two of Simon's best songs: "It Happens Every Day" and "You Don't Feel the Same." Both appear to be simple folk songs on the surface, but the careful balance of longing and regret in the lyrics elevates them into something more profound. "Profound" sounds heavy, I know, but this album is not an earnest dissection of love. The music--particularly the reggae tunes--is breezy and melodic and Simon's voice has never sounded better. It's just that Carly Simon knows how to explore the vagaries of love in a remarkably conversational, casual way. That is her artistry, and those who label her as "lightweight" have missed the point. I hope the powers that be will resurrect this album. I do.
An Overlooked and Underrated Piece of Heart from Carly! May 20, 2008
Andrew Whaley (Piedmont, SC USA)
This is a "Wonderful" album that has been long "Out Of Print". How do these two match. I don't know, ask Warners Bros records. Carly has released three albums on their label and two have gone Out of Print. This and "Come Upstairs" and I'm afraid that "Torch" will soon have the same fait. I can belive this has been unavailable for so many years. I so glad that Amazon is doing something about it...
There isn't a dud here. The songs are full of heart. My most favorite here is You Know What To Do, it's fun, playful, and pure 80's fun (and the video isn't to bad either). It Happens Everyday and You Don't Feel The Same are heartfelt true stories, about her then lasting love for her X-husband James Taylor. Menemsha is a catchy little gem. Hello Big Man is also a true story, about how her mom and dad met, (he sad "hello little women" she sad "hello big man") and that's were the story began. Orpheus is beautiful, and Floundering sounds like Carly is poking fun at herself, with a good since of humor. Damn, You Get To Me is a great classic Carly arrangement. Is This Love is fun and Such A Good Boy is great up untill Carly start's talking in the background, then it gets just a little corney. I'm glad that Amazon is making it downloadable for all as Carly fan's who didn't get to get the album. This is Carly at the top of game. I highly recommend this album to any who likes (or loves) Carly. 10 out of 10.
Art in the Best Sense of the Word! November 26, 2007
J. sobolik (california)
What a songwriter Carly is! The title song on the CD and the video done of this song must have or should have won highest awards. This album is hard to find, but is worth the hunt! This is something that touches the heart of all who know a bit about her life through her work--- very well done.
MAYBE Carly's Best..................... August 13, 2007
Robert C. Hufford (Hopewell, VA USA)
...This wonderful CD has long been out of print, which is a crying shame. It commands huge prices on the secondary market, and I suspect that counterfeits may be floating around...I understand that a download has become available, but I prefer the "hard copy". Regardless, this may be the Carly CD that I play the most; I'm playing it as I type.
This 1983 release is from the heart of Carly's "rock" period; along with "Come Upstairs", it is the best of her rock albums, and it may well be the most "sexual" record she ever made [NOT explicit, or provocative; this isn't rap]. Here, the sex certainly isn't on the cover, but in the music itself. And yet, this is Carly; plenty of girls can entice, and still be forgettable...to entice with unfailing good taste, that's genius, and that's Carly.
The specific songs here are not Carly's best known; no BIG HITS. Still, they will grab you, and hold on. The title cut is one Carly's more personal songs, telling about her parents' love for each other; it's also one of her all-time masterpieces. "Menemsha" and "Such a Good Boy" are pure rock, and do, indeed, rock. "Orpheus", "You Don't Feel the Same" and "It Happens Every Day" are played at a much slower pace, but grab with equal strength. "Floundering" sounds confessional, but no clue who it's about. "Damn You Get to Me"...yes, Carly, you sure do, and have been for a long time.
This recording is an essentially unknown wonder. Maybe it will be re-released, or maybe you'll settle for the download. I love Carly, and am glad I have the CD. No CD ever made is worth the prices they get for this, but if one ever could be.....Carly is a living national treasure, her voice and beauty absolutely undiminished at 62. I know I've gushed; Carly does that to me, and my wife tolerates it [and she listens to her, too]. Try to get hold of this, and find out what the gushing is about...if only I could give 10 stars........
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