Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job [Live]

Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job [Live]

Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job [Live]

Editorial Reviews
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A double-dozen (give or take a few, they don't mind) songs about love, life, and chickens, Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job presents the wacky funsters of Ed's Redeeming Qualities at their best--live, in front of a hometown (well, an adopted hometown) audience. Transplants from the Northeast to San Francisco, the trio--Buckets and Breeders veteran Carrie Bradley, restaurant critic Dan Leone, and children's book author Jonah Winter--specialize in whimsical instrumentation (guitar, a one-string, homemade bass, ukulele, accordion, clarinet, violin) and playful lyrics. Sample: "If all I wanted was in your pants, I would've stole your laundry." Far and away their best album, as their studio recordings never captured the atmosphere of their live show, Grapefruit also features original band member Neno Perrotta. --Randy Silver

Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job,Ed's Redeeming Qualities,Slow River Records,Alternative Folk,Contemporary Folk,Country & Western,Folk & Traditional,Pop
Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Fun Tunes from Fun People
  • Prepare to transcend the mundane...
 Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job
Ed's Redeeming Qualities
Manufacturer: Slow River Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005NFX
Release Date: 1998-03-17

Tracks:

  1. The Princess & A Horseman Of The Apocalypse Have Lunch
  2. How Come No One's Dancin?
  3. Met A Man
  4. Paper Hat
  5. Scofflaw
  6. Guess Who This Is
  7. Green Glass
  8. Knockin Down Chickens
  9. I Will Wait
  10. Drivin On 9
  11. Intentions
  12. Rib Garden
  13. Another Song In Celebration Of Chickens
  14. Song Nancy Hates
  15. Bad Memories
  16. All Messed Up
  17. Spanish Champagne
  18. Swiss Chard
  19. Light & Fire & Smoke & Blood & Stuff
  20. Calypso On The Beach
  21. New Jersey

Amazon.com

A double-dozen (give or take a few, they don't mind) songs about love, life, and chickens, Big Grapefruit Cleanup Job presents the wacky funsters of Ed's Redeeming Qualities at their best--live, in front of a hometown (well, an adopted hometown) audience. Transplants from the Northeast to San Francisco, the trio--Buckets and Breeders veteran Carrie Bradley, restaurant critic Dan Leone, and children's book author Jonah Winter--specialize in whimsical instrumentation (guitar, a one-string, homemade bass, ukulele, accordion, clarinet, violin) and playful lyrics. Sample: "If all I wanted was in your pants, I would've stole your laundry." Far and away their best album, as their studio recordings never captured the atmosphere of their live show, Grapefruit also features original band member Neno Perrotta. --Randy Silver

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fun Tunes from Fun People.......1999-09-11

This CD is fun and light-hearted music from a band that was a true delight to see live. I miss their gigs which always drew a crowd of people to dance, sing along, and laugh. In the years since I bought this CD, it has kept my fiance and I entertained on several cross-country drives and makes me smile whenever I slide it into my stereo. My favorites are "The Princess and the Horseman of the Apocalpse...(aka "the Unicorn Song"), "New Jersey", "I Met a Man", "Green Glass", "Driving on 9", "Swiss Chard", and "Calypso on the Beach". I even bought a tee-shirt at one of the gigs with the cover art and lyrics to all the songs... (sniff!) I miss Ed's :(

5 out of 5 stars Prepare to transcend the mundane..........1999-07-01

Transcending the mundane with its own devices.. I can think of no better way to describe the music of Ed's Redeeming Qualities. A quaint mix of folk, blues, alternative, with a dash of country, Ed's eschews the "standards" of these genres by REFUSING to embrace an over-reliance on percussion. It's impossible to describe how wonderful it is to hear Carrie's breathy expositions without some drug-crazed, slack-jawed wacko banging away arythmically on a snare in the background. Though one might find their music merely light-hearted, the jovial demeanor is really a veneer; what lies below is the stuff that we all struggle with in some form or another; death, love, ambition, finding beauty in ordinary flies in a blue light. For me, this is not party music; this music is for quiet introspection in a dark room with an alcoholic beverage in my hand, contemplating insecurities, failures, and hope for the future.

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