One Fierce Beer Coaster

The bonus disc for my commute to the Aston Villa match (2-0 lovely match, very entertaining) was the Bloodhound Gang album, One Fierce Beer Coaster.
This album predates the europop on Hooray for Boobies and tends to stick to out and out rock/rap.
In all honesty this is Bloodhoung Gang at their most intelligent yet their most peurile, they dont care and tell you as much on "Shut up".

Cause' I don't like you cause you're not like me
And I don't give a damn if you don't like me

This album inexplicably features Vanilla Ice on the track Boom, why I am unsure perhaps its to reiterate it's rock rap credentials, maybe.

What does enforce the rock rap credentials are it's nods to hip hop, in the mix are elements of mantronix, a cover of Run DMC's It's Tricky, elements of The Roof Is On Fire by Rock Master Scott and also the riff to Walk This Way.

Moving away from this you do get the excellent Fire Water Burn, a clever, funny, danceable song that will bring a smile if only for its Pixies nodding verse.

Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice,
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is,
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven,
This honkey's gone to heaven,
But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well.

For every nod to the Pixies though their is a nod to Duran Duran and on "Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" intentionally I suspect, Jimmy Pop seems to set the whole song to Hungry Like The Wolf. Unsure if that is ever a good thing.

Criticisms of this album is that its a fine line between funny, peurile and offensive and unfortunately although the songs are pretty damn good it isn't a million miles away from The Macc Lads, which is never a good thing. A lot of homophobia, a lot of rascism, a lot of stuff about disability and some very schoolboy stuff about women. Alarmingly for me though I can forgive and tolerate this as this is what you get and expect from The Bloodhound Gang. 7 out of 10.



Fire Water Burn by The Bloodhound Gang

(lots of swearing so not entirely suitable for work)

Hooray For Boobies

I make no bones about the fact that I adore Tenacious D, I love them as a band and their debut album is one of my favourites ever, stunning album. People assume that this is all that is too me though, but no, I think its ok to like the D and also consider Neutral Milk Hotel’s In An Aeroplane Over The Sea to be a work of art, I think its ok to like both.
I didn’t listen to Tenacious D on my commute today though, and I didn’t listen to Neutral Milk Hotel. Today’s commute CD between Stafford and Birmingham is the rather splendid, Hooray For Boobies by The Bloodhound Gang.
Released a long time ago and purchased as a result of the popularity of The Bad Touch, I liked the band as they produced dumb ass fun that was a bit lacking in my life back then, the best sort of fun is the dumb ass fun.
Also present on this album is the porn star tribute that is The Ballad of Chasey Laine. I recall MTV2 playing a live version of this song and what struck me at the time was the American, Jimmy Pop instead of singing, now show me them titties, actually sung now show them Joey Deacon. It makes me think how the hell can Jimmy Pop know about Joey Deacon?? He may have a secret 70’s Blue Peter stash?
There is also a distinctive euro beat to this album, not just on bad touch, if you stripped away the guitar, euro disco permeates the album throughout.
The Bloodhound Gang are definitely a band to sample live, arguably one of the best bands I have seen live, thoroughly entertaining, putting on a real show that is quite lacking from traditional rock shows, not Tenacious D, but really I don’t think anyone puts on a show like Tenacious D.
All in all a good to firm album, enjoyable if not world changing. 7 out of 10



The Ballad of Chasey Laine by The Bloodhound Gang