Shoes For Industry! The Best Of The Firesign Theatre [Explicit Lyrics]

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Take some remarkably prescient plotting (1974's Everything You Know Is Wrong works as a parody of today's paranormal craze) and add absurdist wordplay ("May I take your hat and goat?"). Factor in a fertile social and political milieu courtesy of always-good-for-a-yuck Richard Nixon (like our erstwhile president, they began campaigning in late '67 and by '74 were truly hysterical, albeit in a profoundly puzzling manner). Voil&aagrave; The Firesign Theater, the only comedy group that took full advantage of the recording studio and the long-play record (they aspired to be the Beatles of comedy, but it was the Beatles of "Revolution 9," not "Love Me Do"). Here is the fundamental overview of humorists who made mirth "with your mind in mind." --Steven Stolder

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Average customer rating: What Kind of A Chump Do You Take Me For? He's no fun - he fell right over Pass this by-get the uncut albums here & at laugh.com! Clever, but not very funny Dogged nerve and rubber determination

Shoes For Industry! The Best Of The Firesign Theatre Firesign Theatre Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers! How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All? Waiting for the Electrician Or Someone Like Him I Think We're All Bozos on this Bus Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death ASIN: B0000028OU Release Date: 1993-09-07

Tracks:

1. Temporarily Humbolt County
2. Beat The Reaper!
3. I Was A Cock-Teaser For Roosterama!
4. Ralph Spoilsport Motors
5. The American Pageant
6. The Chinchilla Show
7. The Further Adventures Of Nick Danger
8. Stab From The Past
9. Ersatz Bros. Coffee
10. 'High School Madness!'
11. Napalmolive
12. Shoes For Industry!
13. 40 Great Unclaimed Melodies!
14. Station Break

Tracks:

1. Forward Into The Past
2. The Holygram's Song (Back From The Shadows Again)
3. The Breaking Of The President
4. Deputy Dan Has No Friends
5. La Bomba Shelter
6. Young Guy, Motor Detective
7. Toad Away
8. Not Quite The Solution He Expected
9. Bear Whiz Beer
10. Happy Hour News
11. The Golden Hind
12. The Army Training Film
13. Police Street
14. Communist Love Song
15. C'mon Jesus
16. Nasi Goring
17. Give Up This Day

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Take some remarkably prescient plotting (1974's Everything You Know Is Wrong works as a parody of today's paranormal craze) and add absurdist wordplay ("May I take your hat and goat?"). Factor in a fertile social and political milieu courtesy of always-good-for-a-yuck Richard Nixon (like our erstwhile president, they began campaigning in late '67 and by '74 were truly hysterical, albeit in a profoundly puzzling manner). Voil&aagrave; The Firesign Theater, the only comedy group that took full advantage of the recording studio and the long-play record (they aspired to be the Beatles of comedy, but it was the Beatles of "Revolution 9," not "Love Me Do"). Here is the fundamental overview of humorists who made mirth "with your mind in mind." --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

What Kind of A Chump Do You Take Me For?.......2005-09-20

"First class."

It goes without saying that any attempt to do a "best of" Firesign Theatre is going to disappoint someone, as the reviews here indicate. But, let's face it: the culture's attention span keeps getting shorter and shorter.

Firesign's oblique references and literary depth are not for everyone. The rewards of listening to their work are not unlike reading James Joyce. In addition to the sheer musicality of their work itself, they delight in language and obscure references. And, as they say in a cut here, you have to understand how radio works: audio-only feed stimulates centers of the brain which create imagery.

OK - take the Firesign test: get this CD and then wait for some long trip in a car when it's dark out. Preferably on a fairly deserted road; at least try for easily-flowing traffic.

Pop it on and, if you're not completely satisfied, it's because you did not buy the whole versions of these inimitable classix...

He's no fun - he fell right over.......2002-09-24

I have heard (and commited to memory) pretty much everything Firesign ever did and it's a shame to excerpt it. Don't be cheap. Buy them all and in order. Listen in order. You would not read the last book in a series first, would you? Picking bits and pieces of Firesign is the equivalent of reading the last page first.

I am waiting for "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" now that I have read the entirety of Sir A.Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. Giant Rat was excellent before but now I expect it to be even richer.

Do what I say: I'm not hotdoggin' ya.

Pass this by-get the uncut albums here & at laugh.com!.......2001-12-14

Make no mistake about it: the Firesign Theatre are brilliant. Then you may ask, why do you rate this CD only two stars? Well, they're so brilliant that it does them quite an injustice to clip excerpts of their classic albums (which were all conceived to be whole, full-length pieces) and construct a "greatest hits" from them. Taken as small pieces, these cuts, while still very funny, aren't quite as amazing as they would be if heard within the context of the album from whence they came. Until recently, nearly all of the Firesign's classic LPs/CDs were out-of-print and this collection was the best you could do if you wanted to hear stuff from their "golden" age. But now, the first four albums ("Waiting for the Electrician...," "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once...," "Don't Crush That Dwarf...," and "I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus")have been re-released on CD by Sony Legacy and the other titles from their '70s heyday ("Not Insane," "Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra," "Everything You Know Is Wrong," & "In the Next World, You're On Your Own") - not previously available on CD - have been re-released exclusively through laugh.com. Get those instead. They're all great and, to re-iterate, these mere "pieces" make much more sense when heard along with the "greater puzzle." The only cuts this collection offers which are not available anywhere else are some bits from their now-out-of-print collection of bits from their old, live radio show, "Dear Friends," and a couple of things from their "solo" albums (recordings consisting of only one or two of the members). So, unless your a real completist, pass this title by and acquire the complete, uncut albums from this site or laugh.com.

Clever, but not very funny.......2001-12-05

This album was my first exposure to Firesign Theatre after hearing about them from many friends. A "best of" collection seemed a good start. Alas, I was disappointed. While some of their wordplay was quite clever, none of the first CD was *funny*. Perhaps it has nostalgia value for some, but for a thirty-something like myself, give me Monty Python or Tom Leaher any day over these guys.

Dogged nerve and rubber determination.......2001-07-10

That most of their Columbia work is out of print while the mediocre latter day Rhino CDs are readily available is a disgrace. That far too much of the unlistenable solo stuff is included here - - - to the exclusion of many other fine bits - - - is a shame. Still, this is essential comedy, a sampling of the most ambitious group of laffmakers in history. Not as consistent as Monty Python, but easier to take over repeated listening, because the stuff is so damned layered and rich. This will tide you over until someone reissues more of the complete albums, or until free hands on both sides of the big ditch can press the same button at the same time.

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