The Best of Twisted Tunes, Vol. 2

1. Hello, I Love You (Let's Get Tested)

2. I'm Just a Singer in a Holiday Inn

3. What If God Smoked Cannabis?

4. Beat up Old Jetliner

5. Read It in the Tabloids

6. Mr. Magoo

7. When a Man Loves a Chicken

8. I Used to Rock & Roll All Night

9. Getting Fatter All the Time

10. I'm a Weight Watcher

11. Officer Fuhrman

12. OJ's Trial Thing

13. How It Feels (To Be Old)

14. Bowel Moves

15. Wrong Foot Amputated

The Best of Twisted Tunes, Vol. 2,Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio,Atlantic / Wea,Christmas Music,Morning Radio,Pop,Shock Jock,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows

Average customer rating:

Some good humor; some only ok
Bob Rivers is the comedy king of the 1990's and on
So-so production
You'll love this album if you want to laugh
Blech

The Best of Twisted Tunes, Vol. 2
Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002JE7
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

Hello, I Love You (Let's Get Tested)
I'm Just A Singer In A Holiday Inn
What If God Smoked Cannibis
Beat Up Old Jetliner
Read It In The Tabloids
Mr. magoo
When A Man Loves A Chicken
I Used To Rock And Roll All Night
Getting Fatter All The Time
I'm A Weight Watcher
Officer Fuhrman
OJ's Trial Thing
How It Feels (To Be Old)
Bowel Moves
Wrong Foot Amputated

Customer Reviews:

Some good humor; some only ok.......2007-01-04

IF you are into the spoofs, this CD is for you. The tunes tend to fit closely to the original songs and some songs (such as "How it Feels to be Old") hit my funny bone just right. Others seemed didn't quite work, and 2 OJ songs back-to-back didn't quite do it for me.

Bob Rivers is the comedy king of the 1990's and on.......2002-07-02

Well, I finally found out why Weird Al Yankovic's creative output has diminished from say, 1993 to 1999, and I was laughing hard as a result. Al's position as parodymeister has been supplanted by Bob Rivers. I have a few of his Rivers' Twisted Tunes CDs and the 1990's were his decade in comparison to Weird Al, who had the 1980's as his heyday. Rivers seems to have a head start on 2000 as well. Clinton, O.J. Simpson, and the Balkans were his big targets. Dated true, but fun for nostalgia's sake.

His takes on songs go further than Weird Al did, which is, tastelessly non-PC at times and yes, twisted. He also has vocalists imitate the originals if possible, so that makes the parody funnier. Another difference between him and Yankovic is that the songs are one to two minute snippets. And the songs sometimes has profanities.

"Beat Up Old Jetliner," a take on the Steve Miller song, is about a decrepit airplane. It ends with the pilot announcing, "Ladies and gentlemen, I just turned off the no-smoking sign. "I figure, the plane's smoking so why shouldn't you?" Whoa!

The funniest song is a send-up on the Doors' "Hello, I Love You." That song becomes "Hello, I Love You (Let's Get Tested)" For what? AIDS. Now that's funny! Joan Osborne's "One Of Us" becomes "What If God Smokes Cannibus?" Key lyrics: "And do you think he rolls his own." "And when the saints go marhcing home, maybe he sits and smokes a bowl."

Now, I really enjoy KISS so I can appreciate the parody of "Rock And Roll All Night," which is "I Used To Rock And Roll All Night." Basically, it rips on KISS for reuniting and going back on the road with makeup. "We're putting on the makeup again/it covers up a bunch of wrinkled skin" And the chorus: "I used to rock and roll all night/but now my hair's turning gray/"I have to get to bed by nine/rub in a tube of Ben Gay." Now that's really funny!

Two Beatles tunes are ribbed--"Getting Better" becomes "Getting Fatter All The Time" and "Eleanor Rigby" becomes "Officer Fuhrman"--"Heeee likes to set up coloured people." This is another highlight.

Speaking of O.J., "OJ's Trial Thing" is a take on Sam Kinison's "Wild Thing" which was of course a classic Troggs hit, full of Kinison's (his imitator, I mean) manic yelling.

I didn't take things too personally when Weird Al ribbed some things I liked, and the same goes for Bob Rivers. I figure, "hey, it's just a song, right?"

So-so production.......1998-11-10

Not the best of Bob Rivers, unfortunately... The O.J. jokes are quite dated by now, yet there are several on the album. My copy was stolen by accident, and while I would love to have it back, it isn't worth paying for it full price a second time.

You'll love this album if you want to laugh.......1998-08-09

This is one funny album. I have played it to all my friends and they keep wanting to hear it over and over. You will think the beatles sang some of these titles, Like Ofcr Furman.

Blech.......1998-06-12

Okay, when I first picked up Twisted Christmas several years ago as a kid, it was great. The little kid singing about Santa Claus being stuck in the chimney, and the christmas song about deadhead were the kind of humor that best appeals to kids.

Now, however, Mister Rivers has lost it. I regret wasting the money on Twisted Tunes #2. If you want comedy/music combos, go with Weird Al or Doctor Demento collections.

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