Jerky Boys - Jerky Tapes
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Free Music Notes for Jerky Tapes
Free Music Review: Hey, it's pretty good.
Hit: 4 Stars
I disagree with the reviewer who said that they "phoned this one in". Although the documentation with the CD is scant, and no real information can be found about the CD on their website(Have they broken up or what?), I think it's clear that this material is not "new", but a release of older outtakes made before they got famous. (the sound quality is proof of this alone)It's interesting to hear the Jerkys do their thing in this longer format, the flower shop calls being the best example of that. The mixing of the characters in the same call, the extent to which they antagonize this lady - it's all at a level that we've never heard before. I thought it was pretty darn funny. Pick it up. It's at least as good as "Stop Staring At Me!". You may even like it more because it's a change of pace from the usual shorter bits.
Free Music Review: Not their best but I like this one!
Hit: 4 Stars
Yeah this album is different with the longer calls, which I guess isnt for everyone. Personally I like it more than "Stop staring at me" which has some really good calls but theres alot of filler on that one. The flower lady calls are wicked funny, that lady gets so pissed off and "Bright" is a classic too. Definitely pick it up if your a hardcore fan of the jerky boys.Free Music Review: You think this is funny?
Hit: 3 Stars
Each Jerky Boys CD is a bit less funny than the previous one. This being the last one they released (so far), it's the least funny one. That being said, it does have a fair share of laughs. You at least have to give them credit for trying something a little different this time around. Instead of the usual 20something short prank calls, this time they have less than ten calls, which are all fairly long (the album is over an hour long). Four of the tracks are incoming calls from a florist, who gets exasperated when she keeps being given the runaround. Like I said, this is their weakest album, but fans of the Jerks should get a few laughs out of it.Free Music Review: Primitive Calls
Hit: 3 Stars
The Jerky Boys have broken up and Kamall had released his solo-project last year. These calls are probably off the duos earlier works (before the signed a record contract). I would assume that many of these calls were done in the late 1980s and had the original Jerky Tapes a few years ago, however, I do not recognize some of the calls on the CD version. There could have been a little bit more calls on here (I am sure there are 1,000 of unreleased prank calls). Anyway, the calls on here are funny, innovated, and are what The Jerky Boys were all about.Free Music Review: They Mailed This One In
Hit: 2 Stars
It's hard to tell what the Jerky Boys were thinking when they came up with their latest prank phone call comedy CD The Jerky Tapes. For one thing, it seems like they're trying to put together a concept album. Four of the nine tracks on their new CD involve the grueling and unfunny harassment of some shrieking florist who's trying to contact Harry Getsoff. It's a bunch of yelling and arguing reminiscent of a Jerry Springer episode. Really, they devote about a half-hour of CD space to this ignorant runaround.The thing I always enjoyed about the Jerky Boys is that they were like commandoes--they hit and run. They would go three or four minutes with somebody and come up with much more creative and colorful situations for their victims than they have here. The rest of the segments are pretty clever. On one track, Frank Rizzo pretends to be a baseball player agent and tells a guy he can get him a spot on the Yankees by starting him out as a peanut salesman. On another track, Sol Rosenberg impersonates Gary Dell'Abate's mother and complains about the way Gary's hair was cut. The other tracks involve the purchase of an air blower and a log splitter and an angry black woman who has issues with Howard Stern.
The tracks that are good seem to pass too quickly (there are only nine tracks total on this disc compared to 20 or more on the average Jerky Boys CD), and the Flower Lady segments are skippable. This CD defines the phrase "mailing one in", and as their last collaborative effort, it's a rather hollow finale to some great prank calls.