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Having already skewered and punkified easy listening
classics on Have A Ball, Fat Mike and his cohorts
have set their sights on well-known songs from film and
Broadway musicals. Once again, the So-Cal punk formula is
applied to these familiar tunes with surprisingly listenable
results -- for instance, while "Science Fiction Double Feature" (from
Rocky Horror) might be expected to adapt readily to such
constraints, Rogers and Hammerstein's "Favorite Things"
comes off with unexpected brilliance, as does the "Phantom of the Opera"
song. "Rainbow Connection", meanwhile, could only be
improved by vocals from a drunken Kermit the Frog, and the
schmaltzy "What I Did For Love" somehow acquires a great
deal more credibility and pathos when removed from A
Chorus Line's context. There's even a high-speed take on
"Tomorrow" for all the listeners who've ever wanted to
picture a mohawk-coiffed Li'l Orphan Annie pogoing around
chez Warbucks. If you haven't figured it out yet, Are A
Drag is just plain fun -- and a way to bring you closer
to all your theater-loving friends who don't own any CDs
that aren't Broadway soundtracks... |
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