Does anyone remember the flash-in-the-pan single Gay Bar? A bit of a novelty song, its lyrics provided an intellectual exploration of activities one could undertake at a queer drinking establishment:
Let's start a war,
Start a nuclear war.
At the gay bar, gay bar.
and
I've got something to put in you...
At the gay bar, gay bar.
So a while back I purchased this album, put it on the shelf and forgot about it.
The album covers quite a range of the rock landscape, and the recording style is also varied to a surprising degree. On some songs, the bass sounds are lacking and a bit muddy. However everything else is consistently praiseworthy throughout the album: a good mix of vocals, guitars, bass and percussion, all sounding nice.
Dance Commander kicks things off with solid yet unmemorable instrumentation, but is elevated to greatness by wonderfully irreverent lyrics. Now that they're warmed up, Electric Demons in Love adds an infectious groove to the mix, with fantastic results. I would probably be saying similar about Naked Pictures (of Your Mother), however I'm a bit prudish and find the song's title quite off-putting.
As an example of the very different recording styles mentioned earlier, Danger! High Voltage drops some deep thumping bass. And the cherry on top is lyrics such as "Fire in the... Taco Bell". And a sax solo!!
The next song, <breaks the 4th wall> errr, actually, I can't be bothered trying to write words any more, I just wanna enjoy these tunes instead. To wrap things up, special mentions go to
- Improper Dancing for its great disco-rock groove, fantastic title, non-sequitur bridge and the highly amusing "Stop. Continue." instructions.
- I'm the Bomb for its disco groove cranked up to eleven (especially the tease of the chorus in the intro) and contrast of the verses.
- Synthesizer for its infectious groove (somehow reminding me of the film Napoleon Dynamite) and the profound universal truth of its lyrics.
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