A John Waters Christmas
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Free Music Notes for A John Waters Christmas
Free Music Review: Very mixed feelings.
Hit: 3 Stars
I love John Waters. I've seen all of his films, read all of his books, and followed his art career. In other words, I really, really wanted to like this album. Unfortunately, it just wasn't that much fun. While I enjoyed his playful liner commentary, it was too short and felt somewhat phoned in. The music, while somewhat amusing, never really reached the crescendo of joyous horror that I was really expecting. Basically, this collection was too cynical to be sincerely funny and too sincere to come off as any sort of effective parody. Sorry, John!Free Music Review: it's ok
Hit: 3 Stars
it's alright - not great, not horrible. listened to it while i was traveling for christmas, good for a few laughs, but not nearly as clever as I thought it would be.Free Music Review: I wanna wish everybody Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Kwanzaa, Merry Christmas, Have a Nice Time!
Hit: 2 Stars
This CD apparently features records from John Waters' Christmas record collection. They seem to be recorded directly from old records, because some of them are rather scratchy. Most of these records are pretty rare, probably on account of the fact that they aren't very good. I'll go over the CD track by track.
1. "Fat Daddy" is really Santa Claus, he says. Bizarre and stupid.
2. Tiny Tim did a better version of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" on his Christmas album.
3. "Christmas Time is Coming" is a pretty good acapella doo wop song that is reminiscent of "Daddy's Home".
4. "Happy Birthday, Jesus" is an awful, corny recitation by a little girl.
5. "Here Comes Fatty Claus" is a mildly amusing, somewhat vulgar, novelty song.
6. "Little Mary Christmas" is another corny recitation, this time by the DJ who collaborated with Brian Wilson on some of his early songs.
7. "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a decent, early '60s style R&B number.
8. "Santa! Don't Pass Me By" is a mediocre country ballad.
9. "Sleigh Ride" is not even by the "real" Chipmunks, it's by the '80s revival version.
10. "Sleighbells, Reindeer and Snow" is badly sung by what sounds like a little girl.
11. "First Snowfall" is a forgettable instrumental featuring the theremin.
12. "Santa Claus is a Black Man" features a little boy badly singing a song about how Santa Claus looks like his dad.
There you have it. It's not good, but I suppose it has some "camp" entertainment value.
Free Music Review: Dissapointing
Hit: 1 Stars
Having watched most, if not all of John Waters films i was sorely dissapointed by this Album, obviously his name was put to something he hadn't quite looked deeply enough in to. Talk about misleading. As we all know John Waters has a certain reputation for sleaze, trash, camp, kitch and bad taste in all the best possible terms, this album had none of this. Shame on you John Waters for putting your name to a complete load of rubbishFree Music Review: BAD WATERS
Hit: 1 Stars
True, you would expect a lot of cheesiness from a John Waters compilation, but this is simply dreadful, awful, no where near the low standards Mr. Waters brings to film arts. O! How the Mighty have fallen.