Sore from getting Lei'd
Crystal Carter | 01/05/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"My fingers hurt from continuously hitting the replay button on my CD player. You can't listen to this CD just once! You'll also be sore from laughing soo much!!"
"Get Lei'd" ... A Tropical Treat For Everyone!
Michael Martin | Macon, NC | 12/31/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Well, the big let down is here, you know that time after the Holidays when you're finally getting back to near sobriety and wondering ... "what in God's name was I thinking?!"Here's a little something to make that transition just a bit easier ... a brand new CD from that "musical genius" (and I use both terms very loosely) Johann Sebastian Bork, the Marquis de Sade of Music. Trust me, this is just what the doctor ordered, provided you're talking about Doctor Kevorkian!Sometimes - not often - a record just seems to click. The arrangements, the songs, the musicians and the tap dancing suddenly coalesce, and you get a fleeting image of what theatrical show business is all about. That's NOT the case with this CD!This latest issue, from those debauched folks at Electric Lemon Records, is a veritable South-Seas smorgasboard of island oddities and tropical treats. Aptly entitled "Get Lei'd", this CD from Bork's "island period", poses the musical question "That was sarong ... and I'm so sari!"20 selections are featured replete with lilting melodies, exotic creatures, even more exotic vocalists and union musicians who should be forceably removed from the "active list" by their local. (Where is Petrillo when you need him?)Listeners are fondly reminded of the musical stylings of Spike Jones, Homer and Jethro or Ira Ironstrings with bad puns and witty ditties from the Ernie Kovacs, Stan Freberg schools of comedy. There's even a "tip of the Hatlo hat" to Steve Allen and his Schmock, Schmock bird. Now how could you go wrong?! Presented with tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, the cast of wacky adventurers take you on a musical travelog, a sort of Disneyesque jungle cruise but produced by Weird Al Yankovic on acid! These are true old-timers who clawed their way to the middle.Listeners are subjected to everything from raucous renditions of old standards like Beyond The Reef, Quiet Village, Yabba Dabba Honeymoon to new compositions "Get Lei'd" and "Sippin' A Navy Grog" ... with vocals by the ever-exotic Britney Spores and the equally lovely, Trader Verne.And then there's "Yellow Bird" a perennial jazz favorite that turns the spotlight on a pair of harmonizing hens clucking in Spanish. Yes, there's something for everyone!From Boston to Bangkok, Reno to Rangoon reviewers and cd buyers alike are up in arms. At all hours they're heard chanting "Don't stare at the trombone players ... you'll only encourage them!" But, let me encourage you ... take some of that ill-gotten, Holiday gift money and spend it frivolously on what will soon become a real collector's item. Please help. Keep these folks off the street. Order your CD today."
Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
