Jerry's CD
First up, I ordered 3 of these CD's right off the bat without listening to a single note from the samples online. I knew it would rock. How can you go wrong with a Jerry Nelson CD? That's like a kid getting a "snow day" off from school.
I bought one copy for me, another for my girlfriend and one for my uncle. I may get more pretty soon (birthdays coming up).
From the beginning to the end of the CD is one big musical treat. It's the kind of album you could see either Floyd or Gobo Fraggle having in his collection (if Fraggles had CD players, that is).
There's a lot of songs that are very Fragglish.
I have to listen to it again and again...and maybe once more while running some errands tonight. I can't decide which song I like the best..."Tides" is relaxing, "Alligators" is a snappy little number (rimshot), "Little Red" is jazzy and makes you want to get up and dance, "Eye of the Storm" is beautifully done and gets to you (taps chest) right here...I just love 'em all.
I've heard that the best compliment you could get from Jim Henson was that he would say something is 'lovely'. Out of respect for Jim, I reserve that word for stuff I think has the highest quality.
"Truro Daydreams" is lovely. I just can't compliment it any higher than that.
Hopefully, Mr. Nelson will write some more songs and make another CD. I'll buy it!
Convincing John