anyone get the new Flo and Eddie "New York Times" CD
blu...@comcast.net
Jay
darkme
>if so, what do you think?
>Jay
I did, and I really like it.
The sound is excellent. They do the "Halloween" theme music (no
vocals) and surprisingly it's one of the best things on the album.
Their singing and dialogue is great as always. The Zappa tribute is
wonderful and Howard says he's dedicating all the remaining shows that
year to Frank, their late friend and great influence.
Overall, I'd recommend it to any fan of Flo & Eddy and/or FZ.
Rich
The old geezer
Here's a review of said cd I ran across.....
3.0 out of 5 stars For Completests Only, October 27, 2009
By Matt Leeds (Boston, MA USA)
I picked up this new, live two-disc set, despite the caveat on the
back that "these performances were recorded for posterity by hanging
two mics from the ceiling of the club." The tinny sound throughout is
a definite shortcoming, although it is not the only disappointment. I
saw Flo & Eddie in the early-eighties on one of their Happy Together
package tours. Aside from a handful of their songs and a Doors parody,
I honestly can't remember the material. But I do remember it being one
of the funniest things I'd ever seen, similar to the live portions of
Illegal, Immoral & Fattening and their work with Zappa. As they moved
through the eighties and into the nineties, though, there was
evidently a need to progress from the sex, drugs & rock `n roll humor
of the sixties & seventies, and keep things current. Unfortunately, I
am not nostalgic for the eighties & nineties, as I was for those
earlier decades. Much of the material here moreover comes off more as
tribute, rather than parody to people/shows/movies such as George
Gershwin, Bobby Short, Woody Allen, Mary Tyler Moore, David Letterman,
Escape From New York, Halloween, and songs from bad Elvis movies.
There are also a lot of in jokes between band members, and visual
stunts that I'm guessing were actually funny when seen live.
Unfortunately, there is precious little of the hilarity that I have
come to expect from this duo, and virtually none of this is
entertaining to me, either from a musical or humor perspective. The
packaging is OK, although there are no liner notes; not even a picture
of our heroes. However, there is a web link to an online "booklet"
containing extensive notes, credits & photos. If you listen through
the tinny sound, you can tell that the vocals and instrumentals were
actually quite good, and that they really were putting their hearts
into these performances. Some good material does show up toward the
end of disc two, with a nice rendition of Marmendy Hill (from their
second, eponymous album) and a Zappa tribute comprised of songs from
We're Only In It For The Money, Hot Rats and 200 Motels. There is also
a pretty good "new" song, Made It To The Top, from 1984, penned by
Graham Gouldman, which Kaylan suggests in the notes sounds like a
Turtles record. So I give this set what I consider to be a generous
three stars for 1) the nice online booklet, 2) the enthusiasm that
obviously went into these shows and 3) about 20 minutes of podworthy
material.
Of course, you may have to take this review with a grain of salt 'cuz
the writer IS from Boston....
TOG
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