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Making the pie higher, 17 Aug 2004
By John W. Evans - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Songs in the Key of W (Audio CD)
From the name of the group, the CD warning label ("Explicit Grammar") and song titles such as "Nucular" and "Commiserate/Not Commiserate" you might expect the band to be blatantly anti-Bush... Well, they might be, but after a couple of close listens they seem to be mostly making fun of his grammar. They do make his "Bushisms" look even more ridiculous than he does (thereby heling him look uber-idiotic at times) with some of their arrangements.
Listeners should check out the acapella spiritual-style choral rendering of Dubya's famous "There's an old saying in Tennessee..." mishap. "There ought to be limits to freedom", "put food on your family" and other gems are included in this collection. The singing is better than average, and the vocal group does well in setting Bush's neologisms and strange grammatic constructions to music. Actual sound bytes are heard from Bush, then the singers "answer" him in song. What I find especially fun is that if Bush stutters or repeats a few syllables... the singers do the same! "Uh, uh, uh..."
This CD is "ingrinable". Styles range from gospel to funk to reggae to old Mitch Miller-ish stuff. Whether you despise Bush or whether you adore him and find his Bushisms to be the stuff of cutesy cuddly folksiness, you will probably enjoy this disc. Warning: it is only about 30 minutes long. It bears repeated listening during the election season, although I would guess only the strongest Bush-haters will listen to it if Kerry wins in November. If Bush wins (perish the thought) this one might never leave my CD player as I anxiously await the release of a sequel... although I don't think they could make the pie much higher than this.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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It IS hard to put food on your family..., 20 July 2004
By ginchopolis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Songs in the Key of W (Audio CD)
This record works on a number of levels - but the best one is that it is just plain funny. And, it's a piece of history. I, personally, don't ever want to forget that GWB wants me to give "4000 years over the rest of (my) life in service to America." Funny for comedy fans - those on the right AND left. I defy anyone - Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green or otherwise to listen and not chuckle. Even a little bit...
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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does humour belong in politics, 18 Aug 2004
By Will B "Will" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Songs in the Key of W (Audio CD)
The beauty of this record is that every The American President said every word.
That is funny.
That is scary.
I find if I try and review the record I end up reviewing G.W.B.
The tunes are barbershop harmonies, The New Christy Minstrels meets G.W.B.
There is no political comment, just the words, just the facts.
On first listen its hard to catch everything, I found myself wanting to hear the original speech just to verify that someone so powerful could be so inarticulate.
With the right exposure I can see this being quite a hit and not just in The U.S.A, what The President decides affects us all.
Is that funny or scary.
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