The First Ever Dr Hook Compilation to Concentrate on the Riotous and Irreverent Songs Written for them by Legendary Satirist Shel Silverstein. Culled from Eight Dr Hook Albums, Including Two Exceptionally Rare and Pivotal Early Recordings from the Soundtrack "Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?". Includes the Hits "Sylvia's Mother", "Cover of the Rolling Stone", "Carry Me, Carrie" and "More Like the Movies", Such Legendary Dopers Anthems and Slabs of Sleze as "Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie" , "Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball" and "i Got Stoned and I Missed It", and the Original of Marianne Faithful's Hit "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan".
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I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979
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I Got Stoned and I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-1979
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ASIN: B0000CG8I5 Release Date: 2003-10-20 |
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The First Ever Dr Hook Compilation to Concentrate on the Riotous and Irreverent Songs Written for them by Legendary Satirist Shel Silverstein. Culled from Eight Dr Hook Albums, Including Two Exceptionally Rare and Pivotal Early Recordings from the Soundtrack "Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?". Includes the Hits "Sylvia's Mother", "Cover of the Rolling Stone", "Carry Me, Carrie" and "More Like the Movies", Such Legendary Dopers Anthems and Slabs of Sleze as "Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie" , "Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball" and "i Got Stoned and I Missed It", and the Original of Marianne Faithful's Hit "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan".Customer Reviews:
the worlds group.......2005-03-02
Mostly funny, but some schlock as well........2005-02-06
The first 16 selections on this CD are the best; you get completely gonzo stuff like "Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie," "Marie Lavauk" and their biggest seller, "Cover Of The 'Rolling Stone'" ("Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother!") cheek-to-jowl with more conventional but still well-done songs like "Sylvia's Mother" (which stays just on the edge of soap opera without actually falling in), "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" (later a hit for Marianne Faithfull), "The Wonderful Soupstone" and "Carry Me, Carrie." Those are all terrific. What's not so terrific are later Hook/Silverstein match-ups like "I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight," "More Like The Movies" and "Pleasure And Pain," where big-time mawkishness sets in and the lewd campiness that was the band's strength is purged and flattened completely. All it really means, though, was that even the mighty were/are allowed to stumble now and again and if you've ever yearned for a time tunnel back to a period where you could be culturally incorrect and get away with it (cf. "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball"), this may well be what you're looking for.
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