| Various Artists / American Song-Poem Anthology, The |
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| Album: | American Song-Poem Anthology, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2003 | |
| Label: | Bar/None Records | |||
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| Add Date: | 2003-02-17 | Pull Date: | 2003-04-21 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 13 | Apr 6 | Mar 30 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 23 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 12, 2022: | Music Casserole Song of the Burmese Land | 4. | Dec 05, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Jimmy Carter Says Yes | |
| 2. | Nov 18, 2015: | Brownian Motion Richard Nixon | 5. | Nov 28, 2014: | Killer Yellow I'm Just The Other Woman, How Can A Man Overcome His Heartbroken Pain, Human Breakdown of Absurdity, Jimmy Carter Says Yes | |
| 3. | Nov 11, 2015: | Brownian Motion Blind Man's Penis (Peace And Love) | 6. | Oct 31, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley's Halloween Jammmmzzz Run Spook Run |
| Album Review |
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| Your Imaginary Friend Reviewed 2003-02-17 | ||
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“Song-Poems”. Holy shit- this is a Brownian Motion wet dream, a gift from heaven. A collection of late 60’s, 70’s songs that are all hilarious and bent for the wrong reasons. “Novelty”, ,”vanity” songs penned by wanna-bes and crack pots, amature song writers, and recorded in one-off studios as a service advertised in pulp mags of the era (“record your hit song!”). Odes to Nixon, Carter, acid, the American bicentennial, unbelievable. Guarenteed to make you gasp in astonishment that people can be so clueless when it comes to music, everything. More so, the realization that studio musicians were cranking these out in all seriousness is chilling. The fine line between seriousness and ridiculousness between the players and the writers and now, you the audience is greyed out immediately. Believe me, though its almost a year away, I already know what I’m playing on album week this year. If anything, check the last track, a cult classic as it was penned as a prank to see just how far these “Song-Poem” services would go (yup, they did it, quite nicely I might add). This is the ultimate “Bad-Ass Mo-Fo” cd, gak!! Better than taking acid and watching Bugs Bunny and the Pee Wee Herman Show. 1) swing, soulful blues, the worst lyrics maybe, um… 2) patriotic ode to bicentennial 3) sesame street pop, about “yellow things” 4) blues, “I’m the other woman” sung falsetto by a male 5) “human absurdity”, late 60’s pop in minor key 6) “smooth music” (!!) 7) bluesy dirty soul 8) oh jesus…god and Nixon, marching gospel 9) minor soul..Christ, Carter 10) “a convertible and a headband” is apparently all I need 11) disco, Crisco, cisco, marisco, frisco… 12) 60’s pop, “rug bug”, catchy really 13) 50’s country western “cowpunching gay boy” 14) upbeat funky soul, about a hospital stay, ER…! 15) a poem written on acid, 60’s cheesy pop 16) anti pornography message once again reveals exactly who the pervert is, nice 17) cheesy one man band organ, about Apollo missions, yeesh- no sense of musicality, verses or choruses or basic songwriting, just text 18) c&w, about a rose business 19) childlike, really weird 20) 60’s psyche garage, , almost “good”, Yo La Tengo covered this 21) 50’s south pacific, about burma, huh? 22) schmaltzy pop, green fingernails 23) vaudville feel, “mr hat” philosophy 24) a love song gone certainly awry 25) upbeat childlike pop, fucking absurd 26) swingy blues 27) jump jazz, “run spook run”, not too PC 28) swingy acid reference, prank song, “a blind man’s penis is always erect” | ||
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