DEATH
Paul Ess. | Holywell, N.Wales,UK. | 06/12/2009
(1 out of 5 stars)
"A triple-cd set of the most stagnantly awful, turgid AOR, packaged by accountants and predestined with vindictive cynicism to a certain male age-group.
I assume the general idea behind 'World's Best Dad' is that you put it in your car stereo and hare along to it a-la Jeremy Clarkson, so the people who bought it for you, ie: your doting children, don't have to listen to it themselves.
As someone probably in the aforementioned age group, I find it rather insulting that such a disrespectful artefact is edged so patronisingly in my direction and any child of mine even considering such an action will find themselves in care quicker than you can say Jeff Wayne.
It takes a certain kind of sadistic anti-social grump to compile something this God-forsaken and spiteful.
A good psychologist could probably develop a theory regarding sexual thrills derived by the men responsible for making these selections. Something akin to an icy Gestapo-like enjoyment of the infliction of pain.
Mere money, and I don't care how much, can not be the only motive.
There's hundreds of these things - mostly as bad : 'American Idol: Super Party Songs', 'Mullets Rock! Too!', 'Greatest Ever Driving Songs', 'I Love the 80's', 'Match of the Day' and not forgetting 'WBD' horrific sister: 'Dad Rocks!'.
I think I'd rather croak and that's not an exaggeration; the Euthanasia Society could easy be the sponsors of any or all of them.
Is that the sound of wills being altered..?
'WBD' has 60 (!) tracks of which 3 are any good: Hunter's 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'; Dylan's 'Tangled Up In Blue' and Marillion's 'Kayleigh' - not a great percentage - and with Dylan's reputation for litigation, you have to wonder where his lawyers were when the phone rang.
Put it in words: The Middle-Aged Man's Middle-of-the-Road Rock Compilation.
Scary isn't it?
You're probably vaguely aware that your kids hate you, but this will be final, blood-clotting evidence.
As Father's Day approaches - get in first! Phone Social Services before it's too late."
