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Music : America, Why I Love Her
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America, Why I Love Her by: John Wayne List Price: $14.98 CD-Charts Price: $13.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0030306810522 Label: Mpi Home Video Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mpi Home Video Release Date: November 27, 2001 Studio: Mpi Home Video Sales Rank: 2167 MPN: 8105 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: This best-selling recording was performed by the legendary John Wayne. It's finally available as Duke’s spoken-word CD of poetry, written by Big John Mitchum. It's a must-have for all patriotic Americans, film buffs, collectors and poetry fans. Amazon.com: This sentimentally over-the-top spoken-word recording was originally issued in 1973, during the height of Watergate and the final, unsettling days of the Vietnam War. In the wake of September 11, 2001, the John Wayne Estate reissued it on CD. And why not? Marion Morrison, a.k.a. John Wayne and the Duke, remains an enduring symbol of America--a country with an endlessly conflicted legacy of largely improvised symbolism, national myths, revised-on-a-dime history, and the freedom to make a buck on effusive patriotic rhetoric. Kitsch collectors may welcome the chance to own a true genre staple in digital sound, while others may yet find genuine solace in its orchestra-and-choir-backed oratory. With a poetic sensibility that seldom strays from the "Carolina pines/Appalachian mines" level of its opening verses, Wayne's processed voice (which betrays the health problems that would be his demise) expounds on topics that range from his homeland's undeniable natural beauty to his son's high school football career and the wisdom of a fictionalized aging Mexican caballero. The would-be idealism in "The Hyphen" aims to erase ethnic and racial boundaries, yet modern hyphenated Americans may find continued prejudice and the vagaries of history have rendered its rhetoric distinctly double-edged. Still, Wayne's love of country emanates from every track. Patriotism may be the last refuge of scoundrels, but it's been graciously hospitable to Hollywood icons, from the Duke to Dutch Reagan. --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - FantasticThis is a great product for those of us who love our country. If you're an America-hating liberal you won't like it. Rating: - America, Why I Love HerA patriotic, heart-warming CD for all. John Wayne's rich baritone voice and accent perfectly express the John Mitchum poems and hearing them reminds us we have much to appreciate in this country. Everyone should listen to this daily! I do! The volume must be turned up higher than the rest of my CDs, which causes the next CD in my 5-disc player after this one to be very loud! Rating: - Anuerica, Why I Love HerThis is a group of songs by a true American, John Wayne. He tells it like it is. This should be required listening for all the youth of America. We really don't have any John Waynes today which is a sad state of affairs. God bless America!!!! Rating: - How did he know?I still have this CD in my car since I purchased it. I've enjoyed it so much. In the songs, you can hear John Wayne's love for this country. I agree with him that America is the greatest country on earth. There are some songs which I know will offend people of today. One song is called the "Hyphen". The message is that anyone who uses it (African-American for an example) is a divided individual. Torn loyalties between countries. Yet, if you love and stand up for this country - call yourself an "American" and leave it at that. For those who have seen, enjoy and know what John Wayne stood for - will enjoy this. Rating: - So TrueSome great words to live by. Ideas and American Ideals that America has forgotten. I just love listening to this. The lyrics are very poignant and expressed in no better way than by John Wayne. |
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