Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots

1. Amen Corner - Munly

2. Big Black Bull Comes Like a Caesar - Munly

3. Old Service Road - Munly

4. Another Song About Jesus, A Wedding Sheet, And a Bowie Knife - Munly

5. Cassius Castrato the She-Male of the Mens Prison - Munly

6. 'Ragin' Cajun' - Munly

7. Song Rebecca Calls, 'That Birdcage Song', Which Never Was Though Now Ki - Munly

8. Goose Walking Over My Grave - Munly

9. Leavening of the Spit-Bread Girls - Munly

10. Gentle Man's Jihad - Munly

11. Denver Boot Redux - Munly,

12. Of Silas Fauntleroys Willingness to Influence the Panel - Munly,

13. Jacob Dumb - Munly,

14. My Second Salvation Army Choir - Munly,

15. River Forktine Tippecanoe - Munly,

Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots,Jay Munly,Alternative Tentacle,Country,Pop,Rock

Average customer rating: Where's the love?

Jimmy Carter Syndrome Manufacturer: Smooch Records/Revolver USA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blurry Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots Always Say Please and Thank You The Bloudy Tenant Truth & Peace Galvanized Yankee ASIN: B000BKWZOI Release Date: 2002-06-26

Tracks:

1. My Darling Sambo
2. Circle Around My Bedside
3. Cooney Vs. Munly
4. Haggie Hennies Almost Dirty Dress
5. Censer From The Footlights
6. Spill The Wine
7. The Denver Boot
8. Weegee. The Univited. Blues #2
9. Dar He Drone
10. Cattle, I Will Hang
11. Chant Down Cap'n
12. The Fabulous History Of The Churchill Falls Barrel Races

Product Description

TRACK LIST: [1] My Darling Sambo [2] Circle Round My Bedside [3] Coony vs. Munly [4] Haggie Hennies Almost Dirty Dress [5] Censer From The Footlights [6] Spill The Wine [7] The Denver Boot [8] Weegee. The Uninvited. Blues #2 [9] Dar He Drone [10] Cattle, I Will Hang [11] Chant Down Cap'n [12] The Fabulous History Of The Churchill Falls Barrel Races

Customer Reviews:

Where's the love?.......2007-03-22

I find myself listening to Jimmy Carter Syndrome more than any other Munly album. None of the songs are as good as the best songs on Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots, but overall I think it's a stronger, more consistent album.

The album is bookended with two highlights: "My Darling Sambo" (no, it's not racist) starts things out with a bang, with an ominous vibe of barely-suppressed violence. The ghostly female vocals on the chorus are a highlight. It's the most accessible song on the album. Then, at the end, we are treated to "The Fabulous History of the Churchill Falls Barrel Races," an epic nine-minute shaggy dog story. There's nothing really overtly creepy about it, but there's it comes across as intangibly but deeply macabre nonetheless, and Munly's voice brings it across perfectly. I won't even try to summarize it. Explore it for yourself.

Highlights within the album include "Cooney vs. Munly," a seriously strange tribute of sorts to a (real-life) prizefighter named Jerry Cooney--who, Munly alleged in one interview, babysat him when he was a child. True? Who knows. But it's good fun, featuring, for obscure reasons, a chorus of rock and roll gibberish ("he sang wop bam a luba, wop bam boom, a tutti frutti, oh rudy"). Quite arresting. Also arresting is "Cattle I Will Hang." It's impossible to tell what the ending MEANS, exactly, but the badly distorted sexuality that runs through it is VERY disturbing.

There's lots of other stuff here. Most of it works; some of it doesn't. Regardless, Munly is a unique talent whose music is probably too willfully obscure to ever find a wide audience. But for those of us who are into this sort of dark, pentecostal, southern gothic gumbo, he's an artist to treasure.

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Munly de Dar He Jay Munly Manufacturer: Smooch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blurry ASIN: B000GIWGP8 Release Date: 2006-07-18

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Blurry Jay Munly Manufacturer: Smooch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Galvanized Yankee Munly de Dar He Jimmy Carter Syndrome Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots Munly de Dar He ASIN: B000GIWGOY Release Date: 2006-07-18

Average customer rating: Wonderful, powerful, a must have Finally! Brilliant, highly original album! Bizarre but beautiful A Strong Pioneering Effort

Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots Jay Munly Manufacturer: Alternative Tentacle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Bloudy Tenant Truth & Peace Always Say Please and Thank You Black River Falls Slim Cessna's Auto Club Folklore ASIN: B0002VES8C Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

1. Amen Corner - Munly
2. Big Black Bull Comes Like a Caesar - Munly
3. Old Service Road - Munly
4. Another Song About Jesus, A Wedding Sheet, And a Bowie Knife - Munly
5. Cassius Castrato the She-Male of the Mens Prison - Munly
6. 'Ragin' Cajun' - Munly
7. Song Rebecca Calls, 'That Birdcage Song', Which Never Was Though ... - Munly
8. Goose Walking Over My Grave - Munly
9. Leavening of the Spit-Bread Girls - Munly
10. Gentle Man's Jihad - Munly
11. Denver Boot Redux - Munly,
12. Of Silas Fauntleroys Willingness to Influence the Panel - Munly,
13. Jacob Dumb - Munly,
14. My Second Salvation Army Choir - Munly,
15. River Forktine Tippecanoe - Munly,

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful, powerful, a must have.......2007-03-18

I was lucky enough to see them play at the Sunnset in Ballard and went straight out and bought this cd; and a cello. I only wish the cello had a stronger presence in this recording (as it did in the live performance), otherwise this is a true classic. Why munly isn't better know is belong me, this is some fine fine music.

Finally!.......2006-03-03

....an album that gives me the creeps (in a good way) as much as Sixteen Horsepower's "Folklore". Love it! Be careful with this one on long, lonely road trips, you might start to see shapes in the cornfields....

Brilliant, highly original album!.......2005-11-06

If you are a fan of Nick Cave and/or 16 Horsepower this is a must have. Sounds like a darker version of 16 Horsepower with Nick Cave's use of strings and female backing vocalists. Too bad Munly is essentially unknown because he deserves far greater recognition for this brilliant work. Probably my favorite album of 2005.

Bizarre but beautiful.......2005-08-02

Munly might be a little much to handle for newcomers to the whole Denver goth-country scene, populated by such bands as 16horsepower and woven hand, but if given a chance you will be pleasantly surprised. And don't let the occasional use of a banjo fool you, Jay Munly obviously thinks very deeply about the use of everyday images along with bizarre rituals and circumstances to write lyrics that at times seemed plucked from some nightmarish post-civil war folk song, and at others to be crafted from his very own unique mythos. I hate to sound like a pompous ass when doing this reveiw, but its just so good that only big fancy words will suffice in describing it. I mean, how many albums feature a man singing about how he became a eunuch in prison, in a wavering soprano voice? Buy this album and enjoy it.

A Strong Pioneering Effort .......2005-03-23

Munly's music probably best falls in the gothic americana genre if such a genre exists (could possibly include the Pinetop Seven, Dolorean, James Yorkston, 16 Horsepower, Willard Grant Conspiracy, etc.). (Hey, could we call it "E. Poe" as a foil to emo?) If people who are unfamiliar with his work are looking for a further reference point, think an Americana Nick Cave and you're on the right track.

After listening to "alternative" music for over twenty years, it is those albums that possess a visionary quality that catches my attention these days. Munly is such a visionary artist -- who else could perform a Gothic tale involving boxer Jerry Cooney (the 1980's "Great White Hope") and then turn his focus on eulogizing eunichs? Brilliant.

There are certainly three or four songs on the two Munly CDs I have that, musically, don't do it for me. But, like many of my favorite bands, when the bow is aimed high, the arrow is bound to miss the mark on a few shots. As a result, I readily forgive these misfires.

One more note: The full-sentence song titles may could feel a little Spinal Tappish in less capable hands, but with Munly they give the songs further goth flavoring. To this end, I cannot imagine a cooler title than the "Big Black Bull Comes Like A Caesar" for the second track (which in my opinion, is the best track on the CD).

Average customer rating:

Galvanized Yankee Jay Munly Manufacturer: Smooch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blurry Jimmy Carter Syndrome Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots The Bloudy Tenant Truth & Peace Songs of Desperation ASIN: B000LPR57A Release Date: 2007-02-13

Tracks:

1. Funeral Blues
2. All Men Are Divine
3. Pretty Saro
4. Death Ain't You Got No Shame?
5. Why and the Wherefore
6. Who Will Care for Mother Now?
7. Long Time Ago
8. Cluck Old Hen
9. Virgin of Manhattan
10. Marching Along
11. Parting Glass
12. Math Made Easy

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Shmowballs Grimace , Small Dog Frenzy , Munly , Reejers , High Seasons , and Idle Mind Manufacturer: Sh-Mow Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000005E1U Release Date: 1995-12-04

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It's a Sin The BlackStone Valley Sinners , Slim Cessna , Rich Gilbert , and Judithann Manufacturer: Valley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00077VDQG Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Angel
3. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
4. Slater Mill
5. Cranston Sinner
6. Fraulein
7. Lethal Injection
8. Intermission Music
9. Knightsville
10. Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
11. Rainbows Are Back in Style
12. Pawtucket Pickup
13. Fairy Tales

Product Description

1. Intro 2. Angel 3. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 4. Slater Mill 5. Cranston Sinner 6. Fraulein 7. Lethal Injection 8. Intermission Music 9. Knightsville 10. Saturday Satan Sunday Saint 11. Rainbows Are Back In Style 12. Pawtucket Pickup 13. Fairy Tales

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Munly de Dar He Jay Munly Manufacturer: What Are Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blurry Always Say Please and Thank You Jimmy Carter Syndrome Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots The Bloudy Tenant Truth & Peace ASIN: B00009VU20 Release Date: 2001-01-18

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Jay Munly Jay Munly Manufacturer: What Are Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00009VU21 Release Date: 2002-10-08

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