Kathy Griffin - For Your Consideration
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Artist: Kathy GriffinBrand: Griffin Technology
Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live
CD Release Date: 2008-06-17
Music Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Soundtracks:
- Hot Ticket
- The Survey: Gay?Straight?
- The Clicker (For The Maggie Fans)
- My First Rebanning (Hi Barbara Walters)
- Happy Sunday (More Maggie!)
- Cover Me
- Oprah Is A Deity (And I Think She Is Full Of S--t)
- Oprah's Favorite Things
- The Osmonds Were Never Cool
- Freaky Doll People (Demi? Oh Yeah!)
- Straight Guys Wake Up!
- Our New Daddy's Coming
- The Wizard Of Woz
- My Run In With Spelling
Free Music Notes for For Your Consideration
Free Music Review: A little too self referential for me
Hit: 3 Stars
I picked up the CD on a whim, having heard Kathy Griffin on Howard Stern and having seen one or two episodes of her Bravo show. I always found her to be quite hilarious, and thought I'd give the CD a whirl. My caveat is that I'm reviewing and reacting to the CD purely as a casual fan, so may be a bit more critical than some.
Kathy begins the her CD with shout-outs to the ladies and the gays in the club. "Straight guys," she warns, "I don't have much for you." Fair enough. I was warned. I didn't really take the the CD, but I don't think my being a straight bloke had much to do with it.
The CD does have some very funny moments, especially when she talks about her relationship with her mother and how out-of-touch Oprah is. For the most part, unfortunately, it seems as though to get a lot of the jokes on the CD one needs be VERY familiar with Kathy Griffin as a public personality and her TV show. As I mentioned, I've only seen one or two episodes of her Bravo show; so contrary to her assumptions, I don't "know her mom", I haven't "seen her dad", I can't "picture her assistants", I had no idea that she was dating people to get in the tabloids, and so on. I also don't watch The View or Oprah. As she consistently refers to things that happen in episodes, a lot of the humor was lost on me. Current pop cultural references are par for the course in contemporary comedy, but I don't think a person should have to do homework before popping in a comedy album in order to "get" 90% of the act.
I'm sure people who watch her show with devotion will get a much greater kick out of the album that I did; but as a simple stand-up comedy album listened to by a casual fan, it just didn't get too many laughs from me (the true gauge of a "good" comedy album, in my book). Sorry members of the "Kathy Cult", but that's my honest reaction.
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Explicit Version. For Your Consideration. A comedy CD created exclusively for the purpose of gaining a Grammy nomination. Kathy explodes onto your stereos and IPODS with track names like Straight Guys Wake Up! and Hi Barbara Walters.Miscellaneous Music CDs
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