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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988007134729
ASIN: B0000561VB
Release Date: 2003-06-04
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts...
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Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 4988007134729 ASIN: B0000561VB Release Date: 2003-06-04 |
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Full title - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Big Daddy, a Los Angeles-based comedic pop group that emerged in 1983 on the Rhino Records label, specializes in performing contemporary hits in the style of 1950s & early-'60s rock & roll. Crown RecordsCustomer Reviews:
INCREDIBLE!.......2005-06-07
As good as the original for entirely different reasons.......2003-01-24
Example: Buddy Holly singing "A Day in the Life":
I read the news today, Uh-Oh, Boy
(Dum De Dum Dum, Oh Boy)
About a lucky man who made the gra-ha-hay-hade...
This is easily one of the funniest--and most musically entertaining--albums I own. It's nice to see that SOMEBODY, somewhere, is still offering it for sale. And you should buy it!
Beatles get gene-spliced with hits of the past--neato!.......2002-12-27
Their blueprint for this (and all of their discs, for that matter) seems to have been to play a spirited game of "what if". The answers to these "what ifs" are the content of this disc. What if Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon had recorded "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" in the same manner as his hit song "Palisades Park"? What if Jerry Lee Lewis had torn into "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" just as if he were doing his hit "Breathless"? What if Buddy Holly had been around to record "A Day In The Life" as if it were a cross between his hits "Oh Boy" and "Everyday"? What if Dion had belted out "Fixing a Hole" at the same sessions as his hit "The Wanderer"? How about if some beat poet decided to read the lyrics to the lone George Harrison composition on the disc, "Within You Without You", over appropriately "hep cat" sounding backing from some bongos and flutes? Other artists who are imitated or referenced here include Johnny Mathis, Elvis Presley and even the Dominoes' "Sixty Minute Man" (spot-welded onto the frame of "When I'm Sixty Four"). You're probably getting the idea of this disc by now...and you're either smiling or cringing. If you're smiling, read on.
This could be classified as a parody of what some think of as the Beatles best album, but these guys are not trying to imitate or even poke fun at the Beatles. What Big Daddy is up to is sort of in a class of its own-I know of no other artist who reinvents songs based on earlier unrelated hits in the manner they do. It's funny and skillful at the same time. It helps to know the Sgt. Pepper album and assorted 50's/60's hits pretty well; otherwise, you won't `get' the joke or the musical references.
The performances and sound here are great, the good humor and high spirits are evident, and the overall package is a musical blast if you're open to some major screwing around and reinvention of Beatles songs. Track down this hard-to-find disc and enter an alternate Sgt. Pepper universe you are sure to enjoy. As the package says, "A real swell time is guaranteed for all!"
A swell time is guaranteed for all, daddy-o!.......2002-08-05
WELL WORTH A LISTEN !!!!!.......2002-02-09
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