... I found Bad News funnier than Spinal Tap, but again I think it comes down to personal preference.
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Bad News - CD
Hey Hey Bad News We Haven't Recorded Anything Yet! Warriors Of Ghengis Khan Excalibur ... more
Bohemian Rhapsody (Take 1) (Part) Bohemian Rhapsody (Take 2) The Contract Introducing The Band Bad News Hey Mr Bassman Masturbike What Are You Going To Wear For Top O...
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Bad News Bears
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director of School of Rock. Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a struggling Little League team called the Bears. What he gets is a ragtag group of inept players who transform the field of dreams into the stuff of nightmares! Taunted by an arrogant rival coach (Greg Kinnear), pressured by his new employer (Marcia Gay Harden), and challenged by the Bears, Buttermaker must somehow step up to the plate and help his players become something they never imagined they could be: a team.
A review by smillie-world on Bad News - Bad News August 13th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Originality
Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics
Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks
Mixed
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Comis Strip Presents, Comedy, Music, Value
Disadvantages:
Heavy Metal, Explicit Language, Dated
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The first thing you need to appreciate is that this is a spoof British heavy metal band, and therefore should not be taken seriously. If you've heard of Spinal Tap and enjoyed them, then you'll no doubt enjoy this. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson head up the band, and as you'll find out, Queen's Brian May lends a "silent" hand with the instruments. Those of you familiar with TV programmes such as The Young Ones and the Comic Strip Presents will be familiar with at least three of the band members. So, what do you get in the "box"? Well firstly, there's a twelve page booklet, which features a short history of the band, and several pieces of artwork from previous albums along with the track listing. The history is quite detailed, and even I learnt something new from it. The CD contains a mix of music and dialogue throughout it's 22 tracks. This is where you really have to decide if you like this sort of thing. Heavy metal is not everyone's cup of tea, and probably less so when it's played as badly as this… Take for instance the cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, it's is eye wateringly excruciating, and sounds more like someone is in pain rather than trying to sing. But then, there are the other tracks where I actually think the music is quite good, despite this being spoof band. I would probably say the sound is somewhere with Iron Maiden, but it's not quite there, if that gives you a taste for the type of heavy metal. The dialogue is where the most humour is to be found and usually features the band's petty bickering to their hopeless attempts at writing music, to the strangely amusing discussion of what vegetables they're going to tape to there legs for an appearance on Top of the Pops (and if that doesn't conjure up some scary images, then the booklet cover spells it out for you). I found Bad News funnier than Spinal Tap, but again I think it comes down to personal preference. Is there anything extra to be had from buying CD, if you already own previous albums? Well, no. If you've followed the band, from the eighties, then you'll no doubt have everything already. The album is effectively a re-release of Bad News' Bootleg album with some B-sides from the singles thrown in. Around the mid nineties, two compilation CDs were released and one even featured the same cover artwork as this album (albeit being rotated through 90 degrees). This release adds several more tracks to that album. As for value, that really depends on how much you pay. I spotted it on sale in HMV for £5, which is definitely a bargain and a worthwhile buy. However, unless you really know what you're buying, and are absolutely sure you like this sort of thing, I'm not sure I could recommend paying full price for it (I paid £16 for the album preceding this one, and thought it was worth every penny). That said, if you didn't have a slight interest in this album, you wouldn't have read this far, would you? And to be fair, the merest mention of heavy metal puts most people off, so most wouldn't have reached the second paragraph of this review. Go on, find yourself a bargain.
...Comic Strip did their hilarious Bad News and More Bad News, came the Bad News album. A selection if spoof songs, all intentionally played badly, interspersed with dialogue of the band arguing, being interviewed, getting drunk and locking each other in the studio. Only the foulest of foul language is used throughout.
HOWEVER:
When I was fifteen (too long ago!), I was a huge heavy metal fan and many a breaktime, lunchtime and study period was spent ... ...The songs:
Hey Hey Bad News - THE best singalong chorus ever written
Warriors Of Ghengis Khan - "Baby, baby, baby, baby, babyyyyyy!"
Bohemian Rhapsody - Bohemian Crapsody
Bad News - Den's lead solo!
Masturbike - enough said
Drink 'til I Die - "Give me a drink, Mr Bartender…"
The dialogue is often witty, often sublime, usually vulgar and always hilarious.
If you like Heavy Metal, immature toilet humour and willy jokes, you must own this.
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Advantages: 'Amazing', 'See You in My Nightmares', 'Coldest Winter' Disadvantages: 'Say You Will', 'Paranoid', 'Robocop' (AKA the mess)
...a lot of buzz around this track being one of the biggest on the album, unfortunately I'm not really seeing it. Is Kanye West the Robocop? 'Street Lights' is like your CD-player has suddenly gone wrong, although I think for a lot of people they shall think something went wrong a long time ago. The track soon picks up, when you begin to understand the street lights are moments he's going past. If you ever thought that Kanye West would record a ballad, well -- this is the closest he shall ever come -- until '809s & Heartbreak'.
*09, BadNews (3.54), 3*
*10, See You in My Nightmares ft. Lil Wayne (4.23), 5*
*11, Coldest Winter (2.48), 4*
*12, Pinocchio Story (6.02), 1*
Lifes just not fair, and now we've got some 'BadNews'. This is not the first time that Kanye's given a reply to his badnews on this album. I feel the effects have been...
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Advantages: Probably the best release for 2001 Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks before the end
...Before we begin this review, I would like to announce that I have some good news as well as some badnews. First the good news: ?Amnesiac? sees Radiohead delivering an album with a more commercially friendly sound than they did with ?Kid A?. The badnews: still no sing-along choruses from Thom and co.
?Amnesiac? is the fifth studio album to be recorded by Radiohead, and comes less than twelve months after the release of their previous effort, ?Kid A?. When ?Kid A? hit the shelves it caused mixed reactions between the press and the fans. Certain music journalists and fans welcomed the new direction Radiohead had taken with their music, whereas others had expected them to return with ?OK Computer? part II.
For the lucky people out there who have heard both ?OK Computer? and ?Kid A? and liked them, you should be glad to here that...
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Advantages: Catchy songs Disadvantages: A bit sentimental/depressing for some
...one of the best and most unique songs on the CD. It starts with someone imitating the rhythm vocally (like a beat box type thing) which makes it stand out, and this continues throughout the song. The verses build up slowly culminating in the defiant ' Do it my way, or hit the highway'. I'm not sure what this song is about really, probably just someone being stubborn, but it is a good song. The beat is nearly march like at some points, with the snare rattling away in the background and the cowbells it has quite a complex beat to it and is quite good easy listening.
A Long Long Time Ago
A rather sad song about badnews reaching him, probably a death. The lyrics tell the tale of him coping with the badnews by drowning his sorrows and thinking back to the good times. It tells of the good and bad points of thinking back to your...
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Album Notes: In the manner of Spinal Tap, BAD NEWS is a parody of 1970s U.K. heavy metal, written and performed by alternative comedians Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer and Adrian Edmondson, who had previously worked together as the comedy group the Comic Strip and on the British cult classic TV series THE YOUNG ONES. 2004 remaster features bonus tracks and previously unreleased material.
Album Reviews: Uncut (p.125) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]heir low-rent satire still stands up..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Hey Hey Bad News
2.: We Haven't Recorded Anything Yet (dialogue)
3.: Warriors Of Genghis Khan
4.: Excalibur
5.: Bohemian Rhapsody (take 1)
6.: Bohemian Rhapsody (take 2)
7.: Contract (dialogue)
8.: Introducing The Band (dialogue)
9.: Bad News
10.: Hey Mr Bassman
11.: Masturbike
12.: What Are You Going To Wear For Top Of The Pops (dialogue)
13.: Drink Till I Die
14.: Maybe We Should Plug The Guitars In (dialogue)
15.: Pretty Woman
16.: Life With Brian (dialogue)
17.: Bad Dreams
18.: AGM (dialogue)
19.: O Levels (dialogue)
20.: Double Entendre (dialogue)
21.: Cashing In On Christmas (dub)
22.: Cashing In On Christmas
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