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From: Michael J Gebis <[email protected]>
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Subject: REVIEW: Bloodhound Gang, _Use Your Fingers_
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:24:58 -0500
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	REVIEW: Bloodhound Gang, _Use Your Fingers_ (Cheese Factory/Underdog/
		Columbia)
		- Bob Gajarsky
	Imagine the Beastie Boys in their pre-_Licensed To Ill_ days,
without Rick Rubin to guide them and with their creativity being (as yet)
unfulfilled.  Now, put them in the middle of Pennsylvania, and you've
got the Bloodhound Gang.
	Is the group's name a reference to the detectives on the 1980's
public television kids show, 3-2-1 Contact?  Damned if I know.  But they
throw out references to any and all cultural references from the
1970's to the 1990's, from Rip Taylor (the Gong Show!  among other things)
to Star Search and everything in between.
	The album is _Use Your Fingers_ and the first single, "Mama Say",
is a take on the gibberish spouted by Michael Jackson on his single,
"Wanna Be Startin' Something".  And with samples from "Goodhumor Man"
and "Save A Prayer", the gang come this close to producing a perfect
trailer-park rap song.
	Unfortunately, that's the theme of the album - almost getting there.
The deliberate tempo switches of the songs gets tiresome after a while,
which is a shame - their lyrics, while possibly offensive (and definitely
not politically correct) to some, are really funny and their non-rap
cover of Kim Wilde's "Kids In America" comes off without a hitch.
	They even attempted to sample an unknown Cure song, but were
turned down.  So, in the liner notes, they say "If you see them (the Cure)
walking down the street, hold them down and make them eat red meat".  
That's typical for the humor injected here - who else would sing
the K.I.D.S. Incorporated theme?
	In conclusion, it's not your standard white rap album, and it's
not the Beastie Boys.  But it does deserve a chance at your local
record store's listening booth.
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-- 
Mike Gebis  [email protected]

    I saw these guys on Much Music last night and busted a gut!  These are
    some pretty sick puppies!  
    
    Best part of the video, when that old bag runs up on stage and puts the
    tongue to 'em!!!
    
    I will probably never go out and buy an album from them, but I also
    think I'll never change the channel when I see that video again.
    
    	J

	"Use Your Fingers"


	 1  RIP TAYLOR IS GOD        
	 2  WE ARE THE KNUCKLEHEADS  
	 3  LEGEND IN MY SPARE TIME  
	 4  B.H.G.P.S.A.             
	 5  MAMA SAY                 
	 6  KIDS IN AMERICA          
	 7  YOU'RE PRETTY WHEN I'M DRUNK
	 8  THE EVILS OF PLACENTA HUSTLING
	 9  ONE WAY                 
	10  SHITTY RECORD OFFER     
	11  GO DOWN                 
	12  EARLAMEYER THE BUTT PIRATE
	13  NO REST FOR THE WICKED  
	14  SHE AIN'T GOT NO LEGS   
	15  WE LIKE MEAT            
	16  COO COO CA CHOO         
	17  RANG DANG               
	18  NIGHTMARE AT THE APOLLO
	19  K.I.D.S. INCORPORATED   

     "One Fierce Beer Coaster"


      1 Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny
      2 Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)
      3 Fire Water Burn
    * 4 Yellow Fever
      4 I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks
      5 Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?
      6 It's Tricky
      7 Asleep At The Wheel
      8 Shut Up
      9 Your Only Friends Are Make Believe
     10 Boom
     11 Going Nowhere Slow
     12 Reflections Of Remoh

    
    	[I found "Use Your Fingers" at an internet CD store, and I just
    	 had to order it ... I'll post a review after I've received and
    	 heard it.]
    
    	Well, I've listened to "One Fierce Beer Coaster" 4-5 times, and
    	a select few songs 7-8 times.  It gets better every time I hear
    	it, IMO.
    
    	In the liner notes, the band admits that they write 5th grade
    	lyrics and elementary music.  But, hey, that never stopped The
    	Beatles, either ... did it?
    
    	All the songs can be traced to a direct root/influence, but I'm
    	having a tough time making all the connections.  I know that I
    	can name the influential songs/artists, but they're not coming
    	to me for some reason.
    
    	Within the next day or 2 I'm going to load it into my Duster
    	and cruise around with the stereo blasting so I can annoy all
    	my neighbors.  Sean, wanna go for a ride?  I won't have to
    	ring your doorbell, because you'll know I'm there.  8^)
    
    
      1 Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny
     11 Going Nowhere Slow
    
    	It's been a long time since the last Scatterbrain album ... do
    	you need a fix?  Well, these are both respectable tributes to
    	their style, especially #11, which has the instrumentation,
    	vocal style and backing vocal style down pat.  #1 has the
    	instrumentation down, but the vocals are higher-pitched, and
    	includes competent record scratching, and it rips.
    
      3 Fire Water Burn
    
    	You've probably heard this on the radio by now.  "White guy rap"
    	could describe it pretty well, since it's basically a narrative
    	set to a rhythm background.  Amusing/bizarre.  No censoring of
    	the album cut.
    
    * 4 Yellow Fever
    
    	Not on this album.  It was apparently available on a previous
    	release [import, possibly].
    
      4 I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks
    
    	Neo-punk style ... think upbeat Green Day, possibly.  Competent
    	record scratching.
    
      6 It's Tricky
    
    	Serious Beastie Boys influence here.  This song rips.  Competent
    	record scratching.
    
     10 Boom
    
    	More "white guy rap".  Satirical, if anything.
    

    
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>     	You did buy it?
>     
>     	Well, what do you think?
    
    Novelty stuff.  Kinda funny listening to the words, cool party
    tunes, etc....  but there's just too much of an absence of 
    "music," for me personally.  The sampling, the rapping, the
    stock guitar riffs.  Been there, done that (listened to my
    Beastie Boys CD about twice before stashing it forever).
    
    Rap can be okay - I like Run DMC, and variations on the theme
    like Rage Against the Machine.  I still have to put Scatterbrain 
    way over these guys - at least they played, you know, real tunes.  
    Well, to me they were.  :^)
    
    I think also I'm just sort of getting worn down with the 
    "attitude" thang...  that in-your-face, trash-talking, NBA, 
    yo' momma, bumper sticker approach to life.  "Hold your head up 
    high and blow your brains out," yeah, dissing the world was 
    funny about the first bazillion times it was done...
    
    The CD's okay, though, I'm probably exaggerating things too much,
    it's good entertainment, but I dunno if I'd say good music.  The
    lyrics are pretty funny, though ("the drummer from Def Leppard only
    has one arm!")  Perhaps I'm just not in the right mood this week.
    
    "Why is everybody always picking on me?" was probably my favorite,
    gotta give good marks for the sample of Atlanta Rythym Section  :^)
    
    - Sean

    
    Somebody just informed me that "Fire Water Burn" is a cover of
    and old disco tune.  Really?  You learn something new every day.  
    Who did it?  Were the lyrics the same?
    
    - Sean
    

    
    	I think it's in the credits somewhere, but I forgot exactly what
    	was said about it.
    
    	If I think of it I'll check for the writer's name.
    

    "The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, we don't need no water let
    the mutha f*ck*r burn!  Burn mutha f*ck*r burn!"
    
    Can't rember who did the song- it was more ummm, shouting.  ;-)
    Rap.   It was popular back when I was in high school. (85ish)
    
    CJ, who didn't like the tune the first time around.  ;-)

    
    	The song is credited to
    
    	Pettiford/Wigfall/Fowler/Evans/Bloodrock
    

"It's tricky!!"

    "The drummer from Def Leppard only has one arm!"

"And Webster, yeah Emmanuel Lewis, 'coz he's the Anti-Christ."

"Took your mom to the prom and got lucky."

    "Why's everybody alway's pickin' on me?"
    
    "Cuz your only school chum was the lunch lady."