Entering Marion

Entering Marion

Editorial Reviews
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John Forster records for the folk label Philo, but he's actually a cabaret parodist in the tradition of Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, and the Capitol Steps. Like most performers in this genre, Forster is very good when he's good but extremely annoying when he's not. Entering Marion has more misses than hits, but when it connects, it scores big time. Unlike most of his peers in the parody dodge, Forster is actually more skilled as a musician than as a lyricist. In fact, it's his pastiche of bombastic Teutonic music more than the words that makes his lampooning of modern German imperialism so witty. Unfortunately, too much of the album is given over to songs that try to wring double entendres out of Massachussetts road signs like "Entering Sharon" or "Entering Lawrence," or try to imagine Mozart as a boogie-woogie piano player. --Geoffrey Himes

Tracks:

Entering Marion
Fusion
Bye Bye Future
Silicon Slim
Whole
Tone Deaf
Way Down Deep (You're Shallow)
The Big Mac Tree
Article Nine
Codependent With You
Classical Music Is Cool

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John Forster records for the folk label Philo, but he's actually a cabaret parodist in the tradition of Tom Lehrer, Allan Sherman, and the Capitol Steps. Like most performers in this genre, Forster is very good when he's good but extremely annoying when he's not. Entering Marion has more misses than hits, but when it connects, it scores big time. Unlike most of his peers in the parody dodge, Forster is actually more skilled as a musician than as a lyricist. In fact, it's his pastiche of bombastic Teutonic music more than the words that makes his lampooning of modern German imperialism so witty. Unfortunately, too much of the album is given over to songs that try to wring double entendres out of Massachussetts road signs like "Entering Sharon" or "Entering Lawrence," or try to imagine Mozart as a boogie-woogie piano player. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

If you like Tom Lehrer.......1998-11-16

You'll probably enjoy this album. Although musically more interesting than Tom Lehrer, most of the songs, while quite amusing, lack the master's savage bite. Exceptions are "The Big Mac Tree" and "Fusion"--which manages to slam an entire musical genre and Paul Simon in particular.

Other memorable songs include the title track, "Silicon Slim" and the cute "Tone Deaf." Some mildly forgettable songs round out the cd.

The best musical and lyrical satire since Tom Lehrer........1998-11-03

Tom Lehrer said it himself. "You don't need me anymore now that you've got John Forster to kick around." This album is hysterical, insightful, a classic gem of musical satire, from fusion to folk, from politics to new age exorcisms. The title tune and the marvelously clever indictment of Paul Simon's "method" of annexing other people's creativity for his own musical needs alone are worth the price of the album.

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