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 ME FIRST
AND THE GIMME GIMMES- Ruin Jonny’s
Bar Mitzvah (Fat Wreck)
Made up of members of other bands (Swingin’ Utters, NOFX, Foo Fighters,
Lagwagon), Me First has carved a pretty cool niche of turning older
mainsteam hits into punk rock nuttiness, but of course they take it a step
further with this release. Always looking for a new twist, Me First has
taken their signature brand of lunacy live…at a Bar Mitzvah. Not only
will you find yourself enjoying your parents’ favorite songs transformed
(or as one of my older coworkers called it; “great example of music
molestation”), you’ll definitely chuckle a bunch at the cheesy live
band banter carried out by the boys in the blue tuxes. Covering tunes such
as Stairway to Heaven (thankfully a way condensed version), Blondie’s
Heart of Glass, Billy Joel’s
Longest Time, Delta Dawn (Helen Reddy-my mom use to have this album),
and-god- Styx’s Come Sail Away, you just might say to yourself, “Wow,
like I never knew these songs could be so nipper cool, man,” unless of
course, you like the original versions. You know, I remember when I was in
high school and my friend installed an insanely loud stereo system in his
car and one night he was “cranking” Led Zep’s Stairway to Heaven. I
sat there thinking to myself “This is fucking stupid and I hate this
song.” Well, sho’ enough, I no longer hate the song. Now I only hate
Zepplin’s version… but enough about me. Along with the pop covers, Me
First cleverly adds their style to the traditional O Sole Mio, Auld Lang
Syne, and Hava Nagila. If you have a computer, insert the cd into your
cd-rom drive and watch the amusingly awkward video of Jonny’s Bar
Mitzvah! I don’t own any of Me First’s past cds (I gave them to Mighty
Ben to review), but I shall be gittin’ them soon. Very
cool CD. – Denis Sheehan
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