Employee of the Month

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The Austin Lounge Lizards--so named as to distinguish them from New York's Lounge Lizards and Chicago's Jesus Lizard, not to mention reptilian lounge denizens from everywhere else--has carved its own niche by penning satiric country/bluegrass songs that compensate for the oft-strained vocals with a venomous wit and deceptively adept musicianship. Take, for example, "Stupid Texas Song," which skewers the Lone Star state's outsized pride in all things Texan with lines like "Our rattlesnakes are the coiliest/Our beaches are the oiliest." Like most comedy albums, not everything here holds up to repeat listens. Still, it's hard to begrudge a band that can rewrite the Beach Boys' "Shut Down" as "Hey, Little Minivan" for soccer moms; visualize the world's drollest grease monkey in "Leonard Cohen's Day Job;" and keep a straight face on a barstool weeper called "The Dogs, They Really Miss You." --Rick Mitchellyes

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[I]t's always good to hear someone fresh sending up the excesses of Nashville.... The most country-specific track on this album is "Stupid Texas Song." ... "The Dogs, They Really Miss You" is a nice play on those maudlin country songs.... But the Lizards don't limit themselves to things southern. "Leonard Cohen's Day Job" lampoons the Canadian troubadour.... [T]he satire succeeds swimmingly....

Employee of the Month,Austin Lounge Lizards,Sugarhill [Country],Bluegrass,Country,Pop,Progressive Bluegrass

Average customer rating: Lizards Lead to Laughs and Leonard My favorite Austin Lounge Lizards CD (for now) Lizards Forever The funniest thing I've ever heard

Employee of the Month Austin Lounge Lizards Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Never an Adult Moment Paint Me on Velvet Strange Noises in the Dark Lizard Vision The Drugs I Need ASIN: B000000F60 Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

1. Stupid Texas Song
2. Hey, Little Minivan
3. The Dogs, They Really Miss You
4. Rocky Byways
5. Last Words
6. Monkey On My Back
7. Flatnose, The Tree-Climbing Dog
8. Love In A Refrigerator Box
9. La Cacahuate
10. Trailways Of Tears
11. Leonard Cohen's Day Job
12. Momma Don't Allow: Minutes Of The Last Meeting/Meeting Is Adjourned
13. The Other Shore

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The Austin Lounge Lizards--so named as to distinguish them from New York's Lounge Lizards and Chicago's Jesus Lizard, not to mention reptilian lounge denizens from everywhere else--has carved its own niche by penning satiric country/bluegrass songs that compensate for the oft-strained vocals with a venomous wit and deceptively adept musicianship. Take, for example, "Stupid Texas Song," which skewers the Lone Star state's outsized pride in all things Texan with lines like "Our rattlesnakes are the coiliest/Our beaches are the oiliest." Like most comedy albums, not everything here holds up to repeat listens. Still, it's hard to begrudge a band that can rewrite the Beach Boys' "Shut Down" as "Hey, Little Minivan" for soccer moms; visualize the world's drollest grease monkey in "Leonard Cohen's Day Job;" and keep a straight face on a barstool weeper called "The Dogs, They Really Miss You." --Rick Mitchellyes

Customer Reviews:

Lizards Lead to Laughs and Leonard.......2006-12-13

I can't estimate how much I've laughed and sang along to the songs in the Austin Lounge Lizards "Employee of the Month". Any anti-Cowboy fan will delight in learning and singing "Stupid Texas Song", a send-up on Texans pride in all things Texan ("if heaven isn't Texas, partner, I don't wanna die!"). The "Beach Lizards" follow up with "Hey Little Minivan", a family-bound hot rod song, complete with my favorite bridge line "Step away from the car! Step away from the car!" sung by the theft-deterrent system. "The Dogs, They Really Miss You" lampoons any number of broken-hearted country love songs (the dogs playing (or not playing) poker, carried over from "Paint Me on Velvet" are featured near the end). "Rocky Byways" tells the story of a "sharp dressed chicken" (from an itinerant bluegrass band) being discovered by Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl at the Piggly Wiggly and somehow it all makes sense. "Love in a Refrigerator Box", the story of what happens when a junior high school couple gives birth to triplets "Velma, Thor and I"--love conquers all as they live in a 20 cubic foot refrigerator box and wear "blown out tires" for shoes. "Leonard Cohen's Day Job" takes a shot at the Canadian troubador, whom I've grown to love after the Lizards directed me to him. The album closes with "The Other Shore", a look at what awaits when we die--as we are reunited with all our possessions, both those wanted and those lost ("earring backs, National Geographics from 1974, crazy cowboy shirts" and many others). This one is a capella and the harmonies are really quite nice if you can hear them over your own laughter. The title appears nowhere in the album, but it still seems appropriate--we can all use a little Lizards laughter as we run on the mouse's treadmill every day.

My favorite Austin Lounge Lizards CD (for now).......2006-10-26

Although listening to the Austin Lounge Lizards' CDs doesn't come close to seeing them live (which I highly recommend!), this is my favorite CD of their collection. My favorite songs on here are: "Monkey on my Back", "Rocky Byways", and "The Other Shore". The last song is beautiful, despite having the usual satiric Lizards' twist to the lyrics.

Definitely go see them live if you can -- I have been attending their concerts since 1991, and have enjoyed every one of them.

Lizards Forever.......1999-10-27

I love this CD because it's funny and witty. I can only say one thing, "buy it".

The funniest thing I've ever heard.......1999-08-20

I'd give this cd a 6 if I could. It is halarious! It's great for the whole family. It was the only thing we listened to in the car for a looooooong time

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Employee of the Month - Orig Soundtrack Various Artists Manufacturer: Lion's Gate Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Tucker Must Die Daylight Good Morning Revival Dusk and Summer Infinity on High ASIN: B000HLDEQO Release Date: 2006-09-19

Tracks:

1. Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra "Cobrastyle"
2. Sugarcult "Do It Alone"
3. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down"
4. Camp Freddy "Surrender"
5. The Sammies "Coming Out Wild"
6. Hard-Fi "Hard To Beat"
7. REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This Feeling"
8. Highwater Rising featuring Aidan Hawken "Wasted Days"
9. Santino "Kiss You All Over"
10. Camp Freddy "Twentieth Century Boy"
11. John Swihart "Disco Boy / Anal / Covered in Chocolate/ Taking A Dump /
12. John Swihart "Pocket Rocket"

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This soundtrack's biggest selling points are the two new tracks by Camp Freddy, an all-star group made up of singer Scott Weiland, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Scott Sorum. Camp Freddy's contributions are covers of well-known glam-muscle anthems--Cheap Trick's "Surrender" and T. Rex's "Twentieth Century Boy"--that don't add that much to the originals. More fun are tunes by less-heralded bands such as Sweden's Teddybears and their unspeakably catchy "Cobrastyle;" the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus's melodic pop-punk "Face Down;" and Hard Fi's triumphant "Hard to Beat" that's driven by the kind of mammoth dance-floor-friendly bassline that's rare in a rock track. While the majority of the album is made up of contemporary songs, nostalgic tracks pop up as well--take REO Speedwagon's grandiose, wave-your-lighter "Can't Fight This Feeling" for instance. The CD also includes excerpts from the score by John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite) that goes from funky to Devo-like eccentric, and is quirkier overall than the rest of the soundtrack. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Employee of the Month Official Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring the single "Surrender" by Camp Freddy and tracks by Teddybears, Sugarcult, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Sammies and more. From the film Employee of the Month starring Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard.

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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH "SEPTEMBER" RELIENT K ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000QULJCW

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Employee of the Month ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000GEU51E Release Date: 2005-01-04

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Curtis W. Pitts: Sub Pop Employee of the Month Various Artists Manufacturer: Sub Pop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00005NEJQ Release Date: 1993-11-24

Tracks:

1. Sacred Attention - Sebadoh
2. Crazy Town - Velocity Girl
3. One Born Every Minute - Big Chief
4. Cinders
5. Blue Sky for Julie/Smother - Eric's Trip
6. Ain't It So - Pigeonhed
7. Truly - Hazel
8. 400 Bucks - Reverend Horton Heat
9. Uncle Wiggly - Supersnazz
10. Flags - Les Thugs
11. Funny Like a Clown - Six Finger Satellite
12. Hidden Track - Sebadoh

Music Album:

1. Forosoco [Collector's Edition]
2. George Ducas
3. Gitarre 2000
4. Glimmer
5. Gospel Classics, Vol. 1
6. Hag//Let Me Tell You About a Song [Import]
7. Headed For The Hills
8. Heartsongs: Live from Home [Live]
9. Highway 377
10. Home for Christmas

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