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Cowboy Bebop: Blue
$54.98
Cowboy Bebop is one of the finer animated series produced, and Yoko Kanno is the best when it comes to music.
This is one of my favorite Sound Tracks. The music is mainly jazz, but is still filled with variety and can be enjoyable for any listener. The "Blue" OST has a few vocal songs (many of them in well spoken English). Fun songs like "Go go Cactus Man" and the music-box song from "Waltz on Venus" are included. The songs "Call me call me" and "Words we couldn't Say" are some of the best songs I've heard.

My complaint is the price: but it is an import CD with 17 tracks.
The last song (17) is the bonus track "See you Space Cowboy..." with the tune of Real Folks Blues, but with different words.

I'm grateful to have this CD in my collection.

CG Lock Performance Add-On for Your Seatbelt
$34.90
I have recently purchased and have been using the CG Lock on a daily basis for the past 2 mths. Upon receipt from Amazon, I was a little unsure how to install-so went onto CG Lock site as advised in the manual to see a 10min video of actual installation. Was a big help I did it in about 15mins...was actually surprised how easy it was! No unbolting of anything on seatbelt.

I drive a Nissan Frontier 2004 and drive about 3 hours daily (1 1/2hrs to work in the morning and then back in the evening). Purchased the CG Lock with the intention of allowing myself to push a little harder through the corners through a nice curvy section through the hills. This product does deliver its promise in making the driver feel more at one with the vehicle. I never had trouble pushing through the corners a little hard with the rear tires squealing in protest on the edge of their traction limits. I think the CG Lock enables me to quicker feel the tail break away, and also by keeping my hips squarely planted in the seat doing a quick switchback from left to right or vice versa (like on the esses) is smooth sailing as no wasted time and/or discomfort in having to readjust my body in the seat. With your comfort level high you can probably push faster through the second half of the S curve...?

I want to mention that a much apreciated and also unexpected benefit was the great back support provided. Previously after arriving home from working late, I would get out of the van and stretch my tense back. I have realized that I don't do this anymore...and credit it to the CG Lock keeping my back against the backrest and preventing slouching.

Very satisfied with this product.

Honda Seatbelt Buckle Belt
$20.95
"Honda Seat Belt Buckle style with Belt, official licensed product, adjustable up to 44"" waist"

Cowboy Bebop V.2
$53.99
For me, the greatest appeal of the first Cowboy Bebop disc (O.S.T. 1) is that all of the pieces (except the abysmal "Rain") work well together and form a cohesive whole. No Disc approaches the sounds of Cowboy Bebop from multiple perspectives and from various bands. There are more actual songs (music with lyrics) on No Disc than on O.S.T. 1. At first, I didn't like this approach, but the music grew on me with time. Not every piece or song is as complete as those of O.S.T. 1, but there is plenty of great music to write about.

"American Money" is a hilarious, banjo-driven critique of the foundation of the United States' economy, and it accomplishes this task in just over a minute.

I find "Fantaisie Sign" hard to describe. The female lead (Carla Vallet) delivers slow, silky jazz vocals over some nice brass and woodwind rhythms. I'm somewhat confused by the overzealous percussion, but I enjoy the song overall.

"Don't Bother None" is a great blues song. There's more than a little hint of Janis Joplin smokiness in the female lead. Great guitar and harmonica work round out the song. The song stops without resolution, but what we have is excellent indeed.

"Live in Baghdad" hits my ears as a rather silly metal song. I don't listen to it often.

"Cats on Mars" is pleasantly weird. I have no idea what is being sung about (it's in Japanese), but it's fun to listen to.

If "Want It All Back" wasn't in English, I don't think it would work as well for me. The brassy rock song doesn't have the greatest melody, but it does feel like a complete song.

"Bindy" is a fun instrumental break. The saxophone and hand drums explore what sounds like an Egyptian tune.

"You Make Me Cool" sounds like an homage to Henri Mancini (think The Pink Panther) as sung by an amateur Vegas lounge singer. The music is far more enjoyable than the vocals. It doesn't have a true ending, but homage doesn't have to be complete. It just has to get the job done.

"Green Bird" is a great call-and-response chorale. The piano accompaniment completes this short and beautiful song.

I have mixed feelings about "ELM." The guitar work is fantastic, but the vocals are distracting. The only distinguishable lyrics seem to be "no, "na," and "la."

"Gateway" is a great growling jazz tune with many quick mini brass solos. The piano solo towards the end is the best.

"The Singing Sea" requires the listener to slow down and take in the beautiful female vocals and great clarinet lead.

"The Egg and YOU" is a reprise of O.S.T. 1.'s "The Egg and I," and makes for a piano-driven, jazzy companion piece.

"Forever Broke" offers the listener an example of what music is all about - the silence between the notes. This slow, sparse, and bluesy piece sounds like what a very hot and dusty day in an early nineteenth century Old West town looks like.

"Power of Kung Food Remix" remixes "Tank!", the opening piece from O.S.T. 1 and theme song for the Cowboy Bebop series.

Scattered throughout No Disc are very short song-lets called "Vitamin A," "Vitamin B," and "Vitamin C." They are ingenious little intros to the songs that follow them. They last only a few seconds, and as they are fading, the next song starts. On iTunes, a "vitamin" starts and soon the next song joins it; both tracks play at the same time. It's seamless, something I've never heard on an album before, and very effective.

No Disc is a great addition to O.S.T. 1, because it approaches the anime source material from a completely different musical place. It takes more risks than O.S.T. 1, and because of this, falls short once and a while. Overall, I recommend No Disc to fans of Cowboy Bebop music and to those who want an alternative musical experience to mainstream tedium.