The Bloodhound Gang - Use Your Fingers
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Artist: The Bloodhound GangEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1995-07-18
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Rip Taylor Is God
- We Are The Knuckleheads
- Legend In My Spare Time
- B.H.G.P.S.A.
- Mama Say
- Kids In America
- You're Pretty When I'm Drunk
- The Evils Of Placenta Hustling
- One Way
- Shitty Record Offer
- Go Down
- Earlameyer The Butt Pirate
- No Rest For The Wicked
- She Ain't Got No Legs
- We Like Meat
- Coo Coo Ca Choo
- Rang Dang
- Nightmare At The Apollo
- K.I.D.S. Incorporated
- Bonus Track 1
Free Music Notes for Use Your Fingers
Free Music Review: The totally unofficial Bloodhound Gang `Use Your Fingers' Q&A
Hit: 2 Stars
Q: So was the mega-successful, multi-platinum Rock/Hip-Hip crossover masterpiece `One Fierce Beer Coaster' the Bloodhound Gang's first album?
A: No, it wasn't. The band's first album was `Use Your Fingers', released in 1995.
Q: So how come I've never heard of it?
A: You haven't been looking in the bargain bin at your local record store.
Q: Was it any good?
A: The record-buying public didn't seem to think so, and neither did the band. Bloodhound Gang actually split up after the release of `Use Your Fingers' because of the poor response it received, but reformed again.
Q: So what's the title all about then? Is it referring to Guns n Roses or female masturbation?
A: Yes to both.
Q: So what's it sound like?
A: It sounds just how you might imagine the predecessor to `One Fierce Beer Coaster' would sound.
Q: So it's got the funky beats then?
A: Er, sort of.
Q: And it's got the silly lyrics?
A: Yes.
Q: And the dumb bits between the songs?
A: Of course it does. It's a Bloodhound Gang album isn't it?
Q: And does the CD have some dumb instructions on it?
A: Yes! These questions are really dumb!
Q: Sorry, but I'm doing my best. There are lots of obscure references to American pop culture here. Can you help me out?
A: I'll try...
Q: Is that really Rip Taylor on the first track?
A: Yes, it is.
Q: So who's Rip Taylor?
A: A camp American comedian, famous for being fat, having spiky hair, throwing confetti when he tells jokes, and being camp. Also known as the Prince of Pandemonium.
Q: Who are Vera, Flo and Mel?
A: All three are characters from the sitcom "Alice". Vera and Flo are waitresses, while Mel is the cook who owns Mel's Diner.
Q: Who are Jerry's Kids, and why do they need a sponsor?
A: Comedian Jerry Lewis got all serious when he started getting old, and started a charity for disabled children. The children helped by the charity are known as Jerry's Kids.
Q: What was the Rockford Files?
A: It was a 1970s police show starring James Garner.
Q: What are spaghettios?
A: Little rings made of spaghetti, shaped like the letter O.
Q: What was Barbara Eden doing in a bottle?
A: She was Jeannie in the sitcom "I Dream Of Jeannie", where she was a genie who lived in a bottle. Look, this is getting boring. Ask some questions about the music!
Q: Er, OK, I'll try. Um, did Bloodhound Gang write all the music?
A: Of course not! They ripped stuff off all over the place and covered Kim Wilde's "Kids In America". However, The Cure wouldn't let them rip off a sample, which is probably a good thing, because this album is bad enough on it's own.
Q: Is it as good as Lawnmower Deth's "Kids In America"?
A: No.
Q: Is "One Way" a Blondie cover, "Go Down" an AC/DC cover, and "No Rest For The Wicked' an Ozzy Osbourne cover?
A: No.
Q: Are any of the songs clever and funny?
A: No, but some are stupid and funny, like `You're Pretty When I'm Drunk', and he's pretty ...ing drunk.
Q: So what else can you tell us about the music?
A: That's a stupid question! Um, well, it sounds like the demo tunes on tinny little hand held keyboards, but it took five guys to make the sounds. Occasionally a guitar pops up, but not often enough.
Q: So, um, is this like, any good, or worth getting?
A: It depends. If you like other Bloodhound Gang albums, then you might like this. If you are just a casual observer, who quite liked "Fire Water Burn" then you'd probably be very disappointed.
Q: So it's rubbish then.
A: I wouldn't go quite that far, but it's not a masterpiece. Finished with the questions?
Q: Yes.
A: Good.
Use Your Fingers Poster
White rappers generally divide into two camps: the Beastie Boys disciples and the House of Pain clique. For the former, honky hip-hop has nothing to do with the African-American experiences that gave birth to the rap form; rather, it is borrowed to express the middle-class, often suburban, ennui that comes from too much pop culture and too much time on one's hands. In the latter, groups attempt to co-opt the Afrocentrism and identity worship from black rap and use it as a template for their own particular ethnic trumpeting--Irish, in HOP's case. On their debut album, Use Your Fingers, Bloodhound Gang make it clear which group they expect to be confused with: "No, I'm not the guy from the Beastie Boys!" yells Jimmy Pop (or is it his partner Daddy Long Legs?). Hailing from suburban Philadelphia, BG are a self-contained frat party dying to offend anyone who'll listen with their often hilarious, in-your-face political incorrectness. They fight for their right to be moronic throughout--whether worshiping Rip Taylor or invoking the Cavity Creeps from an old toothpaste ad. It's not all just fat-chick and cripple jokes, though: BG back up their obnoxious idiocy with some fairly wise musical maneuvering. While their age and background lead them to repeatedly mine the '80s for material--Duran Duran and Cure samples, Michael Jackson and Blondie interpolations, a "Kids in America" cover--their sly comments and ingenious a cappella snippets prove they're surprisingly sharp and able lads. --Roni SarigAlternative Rock Music CDs
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