BOB RIVERS: Twisted Tunes - Volume 1 and 2 (Atlantic) |
Rivers parodies everyone--Soundgarden, Janis Joplin, Kiss, Joan Osborne, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Hootie & the Blowfish, The Who, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Percy Sledge, Lou Reed... No one is safe. Not even Petula Clark. The liner notes say, "all celebrity vocals and instrumental performances on this album are impersonated." The thing that's so great about these discs is that (the majority of the time) you don't know you're listening to a parody until you hear the lyrics. Seriously, the music is done that well.
Several of the artists parodied have told Rivers that they enjoyed the tunes. For Rivers (and the assorted musicians and vocalists who play on the tracks), that has to be the ultimate compliment. They do a great job on all but one or two of the songs, and deserve equal credit (by rachael). Rather than go into anymore details on the individual songs, I'll just list them below. You'll be able to figure out most of them from the titles. If you're a fan of any of the bands I mentioned above, you need these CDs. TRACK LIST: VOLUME ONE - You Don't Smell Like Flowers * Take a Whack on the U.S. Side * Three Inch Tool * Downtown in the 90's * What an Ugly Man He Was * Minimum Wage * Free as a Turd * The Old Man (is on the Commode) * Spinning Reel * PLO's and Israeli's * Middle Aged Waistline * Strawberry Rehabs Forever * Baby Madonna * Asshole Son * Magic Comet Ride VOLUME TWO - Hello, I Love You (Let's Get Tested) * I'm Just a Singer in a Holiday Inn * What if God Smoked Cannabis? * Beat Up Old Jetliner * Mr. Magoo * When a Man Loves a Chicken * I Used to Rock and Roll All Night * Getting Fatter All the Time * I'm a Weight Watcher * Officer Fuhrman * OJ's Trial Thing * How It Feels (To Be Old) * Bowel Moves * Wrong Foot Amputated |
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